The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon. Wdnsdor Morning. June 13, 194S
PAGE rOUB
Vo roror Suay$ Us; No Fear Shall Awe;
j From rirst Statesman, March 28, 1831
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" CHARLES A. SPRAGUZ, Editor and Publisher
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1evQ Behind the Nevo
- By PAUL MALLON
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WASHINGTON, June
Withoot a fanfare or even an
Reclamation's Value
While we of the west are familiar with ir
rigation projects and their value in the produc
tion of wealth, perhaps even we do not have
adequate appreciation of the magnitude of
the returns which have been made on our in
vestments in reclamation projects. Therefore
the following summary, prepared by the rec
lamation bureau, will be both informative and
interesting, and should be quite convincing of
the importance' of maintaining and extending
our program of land reclamation. We quote:
The Bureau of Reclamation projects in the
13 western states have contributed to the total
national wealth through irrigation and power
developments as follows:
1. Through crop returns which add to the
Nation's purchasing power. The accumulated
gross value of completed irrigation projects
from 1908 to 1944, inclusive, was $4,007,382,000,
on conservative reports. The cost to the Federal
Government of irrigation facilities actually in
operation at the end of 1944 was slightly in
excess of $318,000,000. of which more than
$67,000,000 has already been repaid by . the
water users under the operation of the reclama
tion law. Thus the increased purchasing power
accruing to the Nation from operating irriga
tion nrrrfprt was aonraximatelr 18 times the
cost of the irrigation works. The 1944 gross
crop value' alone was $411,000,000, or 129 per
cent of the cost of the irrigation facilities serv
ing them.
2. Thsough irrigation development, 4,065,000
acres of land have been either reclaimed from
barren desert or provided a protective supple
mental water suddIv. The current value of this -
land with a full reliable water right is esti
mated at $750,000,000. This land is taxable by
the local governments, .and thus represents a
powerful support to them.
3. Through providing a steady demand for
the services of skilled and professional workers
and for other nonfarm workers in servicing
the reclamation farms and the farmer's families,
338 cities, towns, and villages with a combined
population of 906,343 persons have developed
on or immediately adjacent to these Federal
reclamation projects. The estimated value of
. this village and urban property is estimated at
$1,300,000,000.
4. Through extended purchasing power. The
value of extended benefits accruing to the
Nation from basic production in agriculture
is variously estimated at three and one-half
to seven times the return to the farmer. Based
on the least optimistic figures, these extended
benefits which are evidenced in the supporting
towns, villages, and cities are placed at $1,435,
000.000 in 1944.
5. Through the value of reliable low-cost
power. The installed power generating capacity
of Bureau projects in 1944 was 2,440,275 kilo
watts. Through the 1944 fiscal year, the power
production from Bureau projects amounted to
13,500,000,000 kilowatt-hours. This energy was
used in cities and towns having a combined
- population of over 4,000,000 persons. To-supply
this power the Bureau has invested approxi
mately $400,000,000. In 1944 electric "energy
sales from Bureau developments aggregated
$18,902,000.
2. Through farm living values. Perhaps one
of the greatest contributions of Reclamation
to the Nation is found in the 91,000 family
sized farms which provide desirable and health
ful living for 351,000 persons. The value of
farm living, including food, fuel, and shelter,
.to these people on Reclamation farms is about
$80,000,000 annually, which, of course, is in
addition to their cash returns from crops.
current before very ; long and Chester Bowler
breezed in, fresh from a successful career in
advertising. 1 1 -
- Bowles in recent months hs found the going
rough, too. But not all the blarhei should fall
on him. As to food supply thjat was the peculiar
job of the war food administration,' not OPA
Pricing and rationing were
has made mistakes some oj
We hardly see how it could avoid mistakes
in bossing distribution of supplies for 130 mil
lion people
But whether OPA's blunders are great enough
,to warrant a resignation
question for President Truman, not the senator
i OPA's j chores. It
which i it. admits.
audible mute note, of the bugles,
Mr. Truman has eased the handl
ing of European food over to the
army, as much as possible.
The rumbling congressional
distrust of united nations re
lief and rehabilitation adminis
tration and all
the other govern
ment bureaus di
rectly or remote
ly connected with
a planned ideo
logical distribu
tion of foodstuffs
abroad is un
questiona bly
what inspired the
easing process,
the sidling away
be gradual and limited.
UNRRA. has $450,000,000, ana
PaJ ataJloa
Remember Mr. Hoover's visit
to ' Mr. Truman v: f ew ! weeks
back? t The meeting was sealed
airtight against publicity or spec
ulation in public, and no men
tion of it has been made since
the former European .food ad
ministrator walked out and told
newsmen that, in view of his
own -presidential experience in
the White House .with talking
callers, they could never get
anything about this conference
from him. - "
Stories were published that Mr
Truman might have offered Mr
Hoover the European feeding job.
This is extremely "unlikely. Mr.
Hoover's age (70) would exclude
him from considering or accept
ing such a vigorous task. My in
formation is that this subject
never came up.
The real purpose of the meet
ing was to discuss who could
handle this botched European
TKD ITTIIT!
from Oregon. The post is
far as we have been able td
lative arm has been far readier
and criticism of war agencies than it has been
with counsel and support. House and senate
chambers have been amplifiers of gripes, some
of them valid, others the squeals of those un
willing to accept regulation.
Maybe Bowles should gcfc maybe he wants
to go. But what assurance is there that a No.
Four administrator will dojja better job than
Henderson, Brown, -and Bowles?
has a few men in some Balkan
rom Bowles is a nations like Yugoslavia, beyond ood j0D best Singularly, both
r . l t m - - Un mm .
ine reacn oi our inuj. u i tne repuoncan ex-presiaem wno
skilled! army supply men are in ; u mq successfully last time
administrative. As
nhcprvA th W?. Fran4 Belgium, Holland, Italy he won international fame that
ODserye ine legis part of Germany. They j eventually put him in the White
ler with complaint v--, L.nnK n Kont their busi- a
by Prime Minister
Canadian election
Election in Canada
The liberal party headed !
Mackenzie King won the
Monday. The result Was forecast in the liberal
sweep in provincial elections in Ontario last
week. King, who has headed Canada's govern
ment most pf the time for! the last quarter
century, is thus returned to power. The old
conservative party, now galled progressive
conservative, ran second in the national election
and the radical CCF ran third, despite its
earlier successes in the prairie provinces -
While there was much criticism of the King
ministry over the bungling f conscription, the
old liberal stronghold of French-speaking Que
bec held with King. Elsewhere the opposition
divided between the tories and the socialistic
CCF which let the liberals to."
While Canade has only a small population,
government there is not m j simple task. The
French-Canadians of Quebec and lower On
tario are a staunch minority bloc,' while the
prairie provinces are inclined s to social and '
economic experimentation. Alberta has gone.
in for social credit and Saskatchewan for gov
ernment ownership and operation of industry,
piecemeal. The poor showing of the CCF indi
cates Canada as a whole! is not ready for
socialism. :
King is past 70, so his tenure of power will
not be long extended. As liar as the United
States is concerned the result of balloting in
the neighbor countrjr is veryj satisfactory! King
has long maintained friendly relations with
this country, and w6 may eipect a continuance
of cordial cooperation in all matters of mutual
concern.
knew j enough about their busi-
: ness td supply a victory.
Therefore it is quite natural
and logical for 'this government
to utilize their distribution facil
ities, father than to prod into
action jthe half -dormant UNRRA,
with its notions of handling food
in a political way, gaining lip
prestige for America from
doughnuts. The change no doubt
will be popular even among the
hungry In Europe, as UNRRA
has nqt been able to reach many
House, and the new democratic
president agreed this time the
only agency fitted to undertake
it was the army. It has the ship
ping facilities, the know-how,
and, incidentially, most of the
available food for the purpose.
The political phase may not
have been discussed between the
two.. Yet it seems to me the fair
est and cleanest job which could
be done along this line in Europe
will be the most popular, will
gam us the most permanent
with Jnuch (note Italy for a friendliness, and in this connec
The Literary
Guidepost
I By W. Q
Rogers
From all sides come warnings that it would
be the better part! of wisdom to take care
of these old cars of ours. fChe national , auto
mobile dealers' group is sending out statements
decrying "false optimism" regarding reconver
sion and pointing out the "grave consequences
of wide-spread car neglec."
"THE INQUEST," y Bofccrt Ncs-
(Datton; S3.M).
Between a November Tuesday
and a Saturday, when the in
quest which gives this novel its
title takes place, Neumann bares
the dramatic story of Bibiana
Santis passionate daughter of a
Kiev ew and an Italian count?
ess.. '
The background is the war;
and tl e scenes, are laid in the
heart of the fascist-democratic
strugg es: Italian cities, Berlin,
Paris ind London.
The English novelist Shilling
meets the heroine by chance,
spendi a night with her and then
is visi ed by police who tell him
Miss Spiers . . . doesn't know the
name?j
. . . nd
found
Shil
. . . then Miss Hermann
again? . . . well, Bibiana?
that clicks , . . has been
dead. - i
ing can't rest until he
gets tj the bottom of it all, and
he untovers an intriguing trail.
Bibiana was an antifascist She
had wprked at it most of her life,
and hadn't scrupled to use what
is regarded by most novelists as
woman's most effective weapon.
Bibana and her friends be
lieved it wasn't enough to make
trains run on time; they thought
the Spanish civil war was a pre-
Interpreting
The War K ews
Si
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press Wajr Analyst
Morse and Bowles
T, Now that Wayne Morse no longer runs with
the hares he feels he can hunt with the hounds.
That seems a plausible explanation of his letter
to Chester Bowles of OPA urging the latter 1
to resign. Morse was once a high- man in the
war labor board," another war-created agency,
which endured the stings of criticism as it
labored to stabilize wages.. OPA, with a far
more complicated job of price control, draws
no charity from Morse from his own experience
as a public servant. Now a senator, Morse joins
the pack in outcry against OPA.
I Let us -see, how many administrators has
OPA had? First there was Leon Henderson, the
tough boy who finally threw in the towel
and took private employment. Second was
Prentiss Brown, named after he was defeated
for reelection as senator from Michigan in 1942.
Brown went in with cordial support from all
sources, but he got sucked under in the swift
Editorial Comment
18 EFFICIENCY SERVED? . " r
Every time we read of the large percentage
of congressmen who are out of Washington, and
junketing around the world on one mission or
, another, we think of such legislation as the new
Wagner-Murray-Dingell bill, which is huge and
complex. This chunk of legislation alone would
take sustained and concentrated study by even
the ablest and most seasoned legislator to examine
and digest. This is only one of several tremendously
important and involved -legislative problems. Yet
the legislators are gone. V - ' - t '
The above-mentioned bill expands and . liberal
izes the social security system. It calls for .exten
sion of social security to farm and domestic work
ers and employes of non-profit institutions. This
provision is estimated to cover about 15,000,000
additional persons, and was generally . endorsed
by both American political parties at the last
election. - i - -
Another part of the bill provides for f ederaf
grants and loans to build a $950,000,000 system - southwest, including garrisons at Uuchow and
of -hospitals and health centers. Another ; would
boost other grants, fqr increased federal public
health service, and a chain of insurance programs
including health,-, unemployment, temporary dis
ability, retirement . and insurance for survivors.
The bill would take unemployment insurance
from the states, and liberalize payments. It would
raise old-age pensions.: Senator Robert Wagner of
New York, one of the burs prune sponsors, thinks
cursor
what
being
But
of World war II, and that
wiey fought for then was
sought for now.
in this book they are
caught neatly between the devil
and the deep blue sea;, the fas
cists fry to kill them, the demo-
powers to squelch them.
In their own words, they "fell
for Djemocracy . . . the great
makeshift, the great common de
nominator, the great Irish Stew."
They j were "guilty of having
crusaded against Hitler too
early .1 These are bitter words.
but justified by the experiences- be
through which- Neumann has
put his characters.
h The! climax is tense and stir
i ring. iNeumann can do wonders
with a plot, but once in a while
i I caught him taking something
: out of (his sleeve. Practically the
whole story is a cutback; after
reading about the death in the
present, you return to other days WOMAN LEAPS FROM BRIDGE
to leafn what led up to It Neu- PORTLAND, June 12 -(JF)- A
holds things out on you woman identified as Marie Shan
he digs into the past nah Laughlin, 34, Portland, leap
fair if it works, but there ed to her death from the Vista
were a couple of spots where I avenue bridge today, taking her
wanted him to hurry on faster, wire-haired terrier with her.
mann
while
That's!
Intensifying Japanese reacfion against Chinese
forces bom east and; west of the Hankow-Canton
communications corridor ' is Indicated in Chung
king advises although enemy ( successes admitted,
at far separated points of action as yet furnish
j : a , i ; ' . 1.1 . a
no uciiiiiie uHucaaon 01 a concrete acuon.
They are, with one exception, too local in
character to warrant belief thit the Japanese lhave j
found it possible to take, the offensive on any ,
important scale. jj T
The exception is the reported progress of two
or more Japanese columns fin JCwangtung and
Kiangsi. They have been reported moving north 1
in one case and east in thei other, but presumably ;
aiming at a junction that would widen' eastward j
the- defense lines for the lower , stretch of the i
Hankow-Canton railway andj its flanking north-
south highways. 1 1
- No more than Chinese milif a or guerrilla forces ?.
are known to be oberatinzf in that area. That
could also account for rapid enemy advances in frRIN AND RKAR TT
that section in contrast to hillnow virtually com- f laii uumi A j.
pleted retirement from Fukiiai and southeastern
Chekiang provinces to the ijoith and east.
The real danger points fol j the Japanese Hankow-Canton
corridor; so far j as present Chinese
operations go, however, lie fr to the north and
from the west The! Changslf a-Hengchow span is
still imperilled by jthe Chirfese two-prong drive
that is close to poaching in jthe south and has
apparently cut the ChangsHa-Kiangkow railway
to the northeast in rear of Inemy forces on the
northwestern face of the bulge protecting Heng
chow. . '.'' i . . ... l : . -
The supply' line for defense of Poaching is via
the Changsha-Poaching highway - which lies Just l
south' of the last indicated j Chinese position onl
the Changsha-Kinagkow railiay. If it should be
cut to a sizable enemy forcef guarding the bottle
neck stretch of the Hankow-danton railway would
be in danger of entrapment) It seems likely that Ji
tion, also the army qualifies best
The shortage of all foodstuffs
in this country today also pre
cludes any reasonable possibility
of going through with the new
dealers', program of improving
the diet of everyone everywhere.
Indeed, the improvement of our
diet at home has been turned by
events into a primary adminis
tration responsibility.
Yet I hear new dealers here
maintaining that this nation is
eating better today than ever in
its history and they can con
trive figures to shed a truthful
light on this impossibility.
Their story is that the under
privileged are buying and eat
ing more. They mention negroes.
Yet all the negroes I know are
in the same thin soup as every
other citizen, unable to get more
than a spare bone for it Their
most famed food was pork chops
(and I have heard new dealers
in years past shed verbal tears
because negroes had to eat this
meat of less nutritious content
than beef), but they get nb.pork
chops now. ;
No matter how high the NDs
may pile their statistics, they
cannot disprove the fact that few
stores , in " my .little town near
here have had any meat, except
bologna, since last Wednesday
and the A&P closed its butcher
counters last Saturday. Talk of
diets to privileged or underpriv
ileged becomes onerous when
only bologna can be obtained by
anyone, and a grade greatly in
ferior to pre-war at that
But to a new dealer, everything
is a class problem and a social'
question and there is no side to
anything except the one they
have taken. They cannot get
their minds accustomed to work
ing with bare larders and over
taxed treasuries'. Theirs is a give
away philosophy which is try
ing to survive a have not era.
, No doubt they will start
ricocheting a few shots at Mr.
Truman for turning a worthy
but impossible social purpose
over to the un-social direction of
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:'. science now that few are -quipped
with adequate knowl
edge and available for $4800 a
year. Most of those with the
' proper background of knowledge
are 'employed hy special interest
groups like the railroads, lum
ber industry, business groups,
and may have developed a bias
which would disqualify them for
this office which calls for strict
devotion to the public interest
r Since so much of the recent
agitation about taxes has come,
out of Multnomah ' county it
might be a good .thing if the new
commissioner would come from
that county provided he be free
of preconceptions and prejudic
es and special affiliations, a con
dition not easy to satisfy. Like
wise there is -a need to give
more attention to the problems of
urban taxation (city and school
district) and thought might be
given to this factor in making
the selection of a tax commis
sioner. .
Now is the time when the ap
pointing officials should go on
a search for the best qualified
man, not sit back and pick from
among the boomers who may
come along. Above all, the re
cent difference of opinion among
the three over the reappoint
ment of Fisher and Galloway
should not vex them in making
this new choice. They should
hunt till they find a man they
can back unanimously. In view
of past controversy and present
problems this appointment is
one of the most important to
come, before the state adminis
tration during mis quadrennium.
I hope the appointing officials
so regard it
''v"' leather Industry .: f
4 I Cfsff, Y;- '" Underway.' jfcgaln, : , 'f
Mr''; : - '; Thank, to taruc.
-?At the FRoim y ?,l ict A
If so, they could well be in
vited to turn themselves strictly
to a diet of their own words.
They they might have an abund
ance, , but , they would starve to
death, for there are no vitamins
in their verbosity or their
statistics.
By Lichty
Kweilin, to brace this most crucial and vulnerable
sector oi me nanxow-canton ocntdor. ; j
The southwestward stem of the corridor leading
to Indo-China has already post its value as a
supply route or for: escape, purposes. Reports ofj
Japanese withdrawal have been persistent fori
weeks. r-'r, ';'': f -V'' - J i'il"- - .--
There is no present indication of enemy pre-
pa rations to abandon the Hankow-Canton life line,!
an original eight per cent pay-roll tax would get however. Instead his limited pperations in Kwang-
the program started, although help from the treas- - tung and Kiangsi seem aimed t widening it east-:
iiry woufa yobably be necessary later. - ; ; i ward beyond what .would seem necessary if he
- But we are stm -wondering H the best interests . is intent on holding it open only to facilitate escape
of the people, confronted with the problems of northward of troops in Indo-thina, Siam and the
Malay peninsula.
One explanation might be , Japanese fear that
in event of an allied landing in eastern China,
tive future as reflected in this and other important
Jegblation, are best protected by galloping legis
lators, some of whom seem to have an awful time
hanging around Washington and sawing wood.
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Oreg
Starr to Head
on School
Of Dentistry
PORTLAND, June 12.-(jP)-Tem-
porary dean of the University, of
Oregon dentistry school formerly
North Pacific College of Oregon
will be Dr. Ernest E. Starr of the
present staff, the state board of
higher education decided today.
He will serve pending selection
of a permanent dean. Next year's
budget for this Portland institu
tion, the only dental school m
the northwest, was adopted at to
day's board meeting. The last legis
lature added the school to the
state system, appropriating $150,
000 for two years' improvements.
The board adopted an annual
operating budget of $263,914, most
ly covered by fee and clinic in
come, and a total budget' of $314,
940. This includes $40,000 of the
legislative appropriation for new
equipment and $8000 for building
renovation.
Dr. Herbert C. Miller, owner
and president of the private col
lege since its start, was named
dean emeritus without compensa
tion. 'Detailed plans and specifications
for a women's domitory at Oregon
State college received board ap
proval, but proposed apartments
for married veterans at the Uni
versity of Oregon were indefin
itely postponed. The board said
rents on the university proposal
would be too high, because bids
submitted were so far above esti
mates. The finance committee re
port submitted by Edgar W. Smith
recommended federal aid.
Other board action included: ap
proval of $16,050 more to com
plete improvement of physical
education fields, building of : phy
sical plant shops, roads and walks
at the university;-approval of pre
liminary plans for a men's dormi
tory at Oregon State, with addi
tional architectural work; arrange
ments to collect, out-of-state fees
for veteran students enrolled un
der the "CI." bill, as provided
by the veterans administration.
the Canton rea might be that selected for the; "Well, ft alat a bad company .to work for after J00 missions they
'major amphibious moves. v "f - " - H-v- riWjtttyaj; 1 't.esBp. t.4.". vv--.Av-
Bakeries Can't
Get Fats, Oils
PORTLAND, June 12.-(ff)-The
WFA food industry advisory . com
mittee here was on record today
urging that fats and oils now going
to lend-lease be given to Portland
bakeries 22 of which have closed
in the last month. ' . y ; .',
iBy July" 1, 50 other ovens may
be forced to shut down because of
insufficient shortening and sugar,
bakers said at the meeting. - -1 .
The request went to the national
war food-administration. : i
"The committee "said ' Portland
restaurants alone could use' all the
lard rendered by local packers.
Packing plants here are killing
less than half the hogs handled a
year ago, committeemen, reported.
5 : IN . OCCUPIED CERMANY-(A)-Jttst
southeast of Frankfurt
lies the- German town. 6f Offen
bach where a group of , economic
minded dough
: boys have been I .
e. x p e r x
men ting suc
cessfully for a
montn with the
'old law of sup
ply and de
mand. The supply
was German jr
skilled labor. ' L
. The demand ? Kenneth DUoo
was that of Allied , soldiers for
worthwhile souvenirs.
The - eventual product was
some of the world's finest leath-
er articles.
When the VS. vlftth corps
doughboys moved into , Offen
bach &ey found much of the
town destroyed. The local
leather industry, which had been
converted to full contracts for
the German army,. Vas- para
lyzed. , !
Some of. the boys remember
ed that before the war the high
quality ; of Offenbach leather
goods had been recognized ail
over the world. A. few of them
recalled they had paid" fancy
prices for such craftsmanship on
Fifth avenue and elsewhere in
America.
Many small Offenbach plants
still were usable when the mili
tary government took ' over.
corps and toll "Here's your
leather. Get work." '
That took care of production
but It was onij the beginning.
Distribution arid sales remain
ed to be arranged.
The showroom of one of the
town's larger plants which had
suffered the least war damage
was selected as! a salesroom. The
Offenbach merchants were call
ed ; together after having been
given the same; screening to e
liminate the Nazis.
- They: were told to get the
salesroom cleaned up, equipped
and staff ed ready i for trade.
Within 24 hours they were to
open for busiriess. Their cus-
tomers were soldiers of the Unit
ed Nations.
" There was no time for adver
tising but the Vord spread fast
and the' first day was a sellout
Business houis are from 9 ajn.
to 4 p.nv, but the line of cus
tomers j inevitably starts form
ing about an hbur before open
ing time. Thej line consists of
British Tommies, American
WACS, nurses ind even full col
onels as well m buck privates
and moves slowly in and out of
the building all day long, rain
or shine. j
During the serv en-hour day the
store serves 'about 1,000 custom
ers. At first eich customer was
permitted four purchases. That
has , been cut to two articles
but it is stiU aj daily sellout
The demand .was so wide
spread : that a branch store op-
Crmfismfn still were there and
needed little equipment other - erated, m ihe Mme basi was
than thir swinff machines. openea.
Bolivian Pictures Will
Be Shown br Friends -
Thursday at t pjn. at the South
Salem - Friends : churchvX South
Commercial, at Washington street,
there will be a Salem quarter
missionary rally with pictures of
Bolivia. . '
Dr George R. ' Warner, general
secretary of the National Holiness
Missionary society took these col
ored motion pictures while on a
trio to Bolivia in company with
Walter P. Lee and Joseph Reece
of the Friends church : ?
Dr. Warner will explain the pic
tures and the general public is in-"
vitecL. -s
sewing
since there products were hand
made except for stitching.
However, the leather industry
was dead in Offenbach for two
reasons: no raw materials and no
way .of distributing the article.
So the military government
went into action Tanneries
throughout the area were ran
sacked for workable leather un
til a small stockpile was assem
bled. Then the German crafts
men were called in after the
leading Nazis in their midst had
been screened out by the army
G-2 and counter intelligence
Despite the -limited stock of
goods this army-instigated en
terprise now if responsible for
the employment of more than
2,000 German j civilian workers
and does a daily volume average
of 30,000 marks, representing
about $3,000.
However, thefe is no profiteer
ing. ,'The military government
has fixed prices, at approximate
ly prewar levels and exacts a tax
on the daily volume. In addi
tion to preventing excess profits
this tax also furnishes money
for general improvement in war-
torn Offenbacbi
Blood Quota
Almost Met '
Here Tuesday 1
Almost the quota of blood, 198"
pints, was taken from residents of
Salem and vicinity on Tuesday by
the-American Red Cross mobile
blood unit at the First Methodist
church. , j
Names added to the list of Gal
lon club members are Mr. and
Mrs. D. T. Bradford, 1161 Second
street West Salem; Mrs. Mary .
Light, Siiverton; Gene Vanden
eynde, 845 D street; Marvin John
son, route one, box. 142; Mrs. Beryl
Porter, route four, box 108; Con
nell C. Ward, 449 South Cottage st
and Lewis McRae, 200 Fairview
ave.
Nine-time donors are Kenneth
Long, 360 Union st; Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Weddle, Stay ton; A. J. Swo
boda, 670 South st; Mrs. Vernal
Starr, 1113 North Cottage st; Lee
Barnum, 1320 Mission st
Those who gave for the 10th time
are A. W. Foglesong, 745 South
High st; Charles Claggett, 917
Kingwood ave.; E. Burr Miller, 450
North 19th st.; Rex Kimmel, 1861
State st., and Frances Reid, 575
Court st
Those who gave for the 11th
time are G. C. Herrig, 2125 South
Church st.; Elmer' Terrill, 390
Fisher road; Hazel Harper, 1544
Ferry st; Mrs. F. C Bell, Glen
Creek road, and Carmalita Hunt,
543 Shipping st" ; .
Doolittle Says
B-29 Will Not
Win War Alone
SEATTLE, June I2.-P)-The
B-29 superfortress alone is Incap
able of knocking Japan out of the
war but it will "unquestionably
save many ' lives' among the
ground forces, Lt Gen. James H.
Doolittle -said here today,
"Jimmy" arrived to spur the
Seventh war loan drive, immedi
ately inspected the Boeing B-29
plants here, was star figure in a
military parade and then made a
public appearance In. Seattle's
victory square. : :
; ; Tm In a hurry .to get this war
over because I want to do it with
a minimum loss of fine American
boys," he said at a press conference.".-'
, , - ." : ,: ". ': ' -H
.. The Japs are putting up a hard
ngni. ine team in tne new is
doing its best, but the team at
home must do iti best too to keep
the men supplied with all planes,
tanks, ships and ammunition they
need. !
He said the Japanese have en
joyed little success in combatting
the B-29 adding that losses have
been phenomenally low.
Gen. Doolittle said the B-29
was the finest bomber ever pro
duced and asked jif he thought the
United States had enough of them
he replied:
"There Is no $uch thing as
enough of anything in a war. And
the more we have the sooner we
can get it over.'
King Majority
In Parliment
Not Definite
OTTAWA, J u!n e 12.-P)-Tkj
questions of whether Prime Min
ister W. L. Mackenzie King's lib
eral government jwili have a ma
jority in- the new parliament
elected yesterda rests with the
armed forces, Whose votes, al
though cast will; not be announ
ced for another eek or ten days.
The King government which
had overwhelming majorities in
the parliaments elected in 1935
and 1940, won handily over their
nearest competitors, the progres
sive conservative but their total
seats on the basis of the civilian
vote was close t the 123 needed
for a clear majority of the 245 In
the house of commons.
Latest returns! f ave straight
liberal candidates 1 17 seats and
had them leading in both of two
constituencies still in doubt To
these King could! add eight independent-liberals
elected for Que
bec, giving him a total of 125 or
127. ; J .; -
There was some 750,000 servic
meni and" women at home and
abroad who wefe registered to
vote, and it was believed perhaps
500,000 cast b a II o t s. Canadian ',
press tabulations! showed i there
were 64 seats where the civilian
majorities were seven per cent or
less and r the soldier vote could
conceivably alter the results.
FELT PLANT T0 OPEN
PORTLAND, June 12-if)-Pa-cific
Roofing copipany's $90,000
plant to manufacture felts for
merlr imported from California
will start .operating here tomor
row. The factory will make felt
from waste papejj- and rags. :
' -Diamond 1 I V I
I Wedding Pair Ci; avV
If jT . xTaeefmlly carved. I Tl x V
.Terms Gladly
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