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i 4 " : 1 . fagz roua i- Xbm OSTGOM STATESMAN. Solera, Oregon. Thursday MornlngI Korambar 22. 1113 . , I.- : : - ,! - I " v. e()itfion Wo Facor Sways U; No Fear Shall Awt" -I"rom rirst SUtesman, March 18, 1891 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COBLPANY . CHARLES A. SPRAQUE, Editor and Publisher ! Memoer ot we Associated tress The Aatodatad Press la exclusivity entitled to the its for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this newspaper. I Changes in High Command There will be universal approval of the appointment of General Dwight D. Eisenhower as chief of staff of the army to succeed General George C. Marshall, and of Admiral Chester Competition for UNb Capital A keen, close-in fight U being wfged over the location of the capital of the Vniteji Nations. When the decision of the preparatory commis sion favoring a site in the United States was W. Nimitz to succeed Admiral Ernest J. King unannounced last month it i may havel been as- as chief of navy operations. Both have proven sumedTthat San Francisco, which proved such in the hard test of combat their qualifications for heading the armed services. . j General Eisenhower should rank as one of the great commanders of history. He organized and directed armies for the most difficult type of military operations: sea-borne invasions and land campaigns far from sources of supply. North Africa, Sicily, southern Italy, Normandy all stands at testimony for his competence in organization. The brilliant drive across France and through theSiegfried line into the heart of Germany conducted under Eisenhower's com- an admirable host to the jconferfncelast sum mer, would be the final choice. But it develops that the city by the golden gate is having real : competition. ' tj I f. ' f f Philadelphia was early; in tie field; then came Kansas City, followed by Denver, Chi cago, New York and the Black Hills. But the real contender seems to j be Hyde park; and the principal backer of that location seems to be Great Britain. j ' I 1p" The British wanted the seat jof world gov ernment in Europe, but! was able to, muster mand will long be required study for students only two votes besides her wnf-those of France ana me wetnerianas -ior mai locauon. Nine nations, headed by Russia, ffvored the USA, our own representative not pasting any vote. Failing in its first desire Britain now is working to have the selection go the east coast of the United States, j and las picked up Hyde Park, capitalizing on! its' emotional appeal as the town nearest the burial place of Franklin D. Roosevelt. This ha$ gained little favor in Washington, so it is reported, although President Truman is keeping his fiands off. The patent objection is that Hyde Park is in a rural area, so an entirely! new city would have to be built to serve as the UNO capital. Mayor Roger Lapham of San! Frsjncisco has gone to London to present the clim off his home city. A group of advertising rhen irrSan Francisco worked hard for two weeks to pre pare presentation material in the city's behalf. The best designers, engravers,! printers and bookbinders there were called in o produce the book descriptive of San Francisco which is being used in support of its ease v The west coast backs up Sans Francisco un animously, and sincerely: hopes; that the new experiment in world organization may locate its offices in that city, whose ! windows open on the Pacific and on the countries of the far east whose problems loom large in) the world of tomorrow. I i - - J of tactics. The single great reverse last De cember in the German "counter-offensive in the Ardennes region was quickly absorbed through the plan of holding the anchors of the broken line firm and then pinching off the salient. But there is more to Eisenhower than ability in handling armies. His is one mind which seems to understand the trends of modern politics, who appreciated the menace of fascism to a liberty-loving world. His public utterances have always been sane, well considered and meaty. Particularly commendable is his atti tude toward the Russians. He has gotten on very well with the Russian army and seem? eager to maintain friendlyrelations between Russia and the! United States, ...which hardly seems to be true of some of our leaders. Admiral Nimitz is fresh and salty, with a vigorous but well-balanced mind. His task was on a similar scale with that of Eisenhow er's the building and direction of the biggest fleet in history and its successful progress across the Pacific to the enemy's shores. j The men who are retiring from the offices of command, General - Marshall and Admiral King, leave with the highest praise of the Amer ican people. Marshall is better known to the American people and has retained their warm respect. What a blessing it was that we had for this war period a commander who held the full confidence of the president and of the congress! Even republicans in opposition to Roosevelt paid, heed to the word of General Marshall. That gave a unity in military leadership the lack of whkh would almost have been fatal to our cause., Admiral King is pictured as a more austere figure. Nevertheless his , contribution to the victory was very great. The navy, at may be said, made no such great blunders as the Alcan highway and the Canol project and the Central American highway. Under King the navy pulled itself out of some tight holes. In 1942 the sub marines were popping off torpedoes into the bellies of ships right in sight of our shores. Steadily this menace was pushed back into the mid-Atlantic,, the convoys were run to Britain and Murmansk. With slim resources the navy remnant began talcing "calculated risks" (King's famous phrase) in the southwest Pacific, won their gamble and then j the aug mented fleet ground Japan's sea power to sero. King was the directing genius of the far . flung naval operations. He too. belongs with the heroes of American naval history. The Anxious Seat QtP I SfflHlQB Wise Planning NeedeI The nation's "unprecedented highway con struction program, expected to get well under way in 1940, is drawing major attention from the American Road Builders' association.! and with good reason. The association apparently is fearful that'planners will not benefit by prev ious experiences. ' j It offers; these statistics and comments: Only 6 per cent ifjthe 333,000 miles of pri mary rural highways -'irt the United States have more than' two traffic lanes. Of the 6 per cent, only per cent are four lanes. The other; 4 per cent, constituting three-lane high-'' Ways, is condemned "as an invitation to' high way accidents." Where, the volume of. traffic requires it, bur primary rural roads of the future should have four, lanes. ' That succinct story should be given ', every, consideration, particularly in the northwest where a tremendous gain in tourist travel is assured. It should be considered even in thew acquisition of rights-of-way for roads which , now may warrant no more than two lanes, but which some day may have to be relocated entirely unless adequate room for expansion Is assured. Similar developments have happened many times before. ,'.". "i - - ' The 'most striking. instance of oversight in adequate highway planning probable consti tutes the two great bridges over San Francisco bay. The $77,000,000 Oakland-San Francisco span has six traffic lanes and a constantly growing casualty list because there is no room for a few-foot division strip between the right and left lanes. The $35,000,000 Golden Gate bridge has four lanes, and an accident record In proportion to its use. In both instances, en gineers allowed for plenty of traffic lanes but neglected the further paramount factor of safe ty a center strip. It 'a too late to remedy that now without .the expenditure of millions, of dollars. .,- . ; ' ? ' The four lane highway is well worth , the efforts of the road builders' association in pro motion. The division strip also certainly should not be overlooked. ! Interpreting The Day's (News By James D. WHU AaKcitd Presa jStmif WrlU SAN FRANCISCO, Nov! 2l.f()-Is; World war HI beginning in China? j A pessimist who asks this question and who .suspects the answer is "yes" can point to a seem ing parallelism with Spain in 1936. There two rival groups were' contending for control, and were depending to some extent on out side help to get it. j I j .In Spain the republican government got soma helD from Russia, a little 1 from unofficial liberals in various parts of the world. The, Francoj insurgents got much help; from dermany and Italy, Indirect: help from a non-intervention pol-; icy on the part of other powers.; Today in China the Chiang Kai shek government has some help; from America equipment includ ing transport facilities, and some assistance from U. S. marines fin disarming Japanese troops which "inadvertently" (to quote Gen. Wedemeyer) operates to the cen tral aovenunent's advantage in.1 its struggle with the communists. i . Seme Suspect Kwlu AM Many people In this country, suspect Russia- anyway, suspect (Continued from page 1) us in our power and might? It might be well as we frame our. prayers today to remember that the Pharisee also went to church and thanked God in the Pharaisee's fashion, i ; I suggest that at dinner tables the master of, the house read or recite Kipling's Reeessional. Surely it is appropriate for the occasion: i, D. WtlM some of whom Russian aid to the Chinese communists, but not even the central Chinese government openly makes! that charge. And if it Is said that the Russians are at least indirectly aiding the communists bji withdrawing from' Manchuria before Central troops get there, the Russians may repl that they are abiding by their treaty with Chungking :and that such aid is quote' as "inadvertent" as American assistance to the Chiang Kai-shek forces.! . The pessimist can go on and reflect that World t war II may have begun In Manchuria itself in' 1931, and not in Spain in 1936. Much depends upon the importance the observer attaches to what hap pened in the j orient in relation to what goes on in the western world. ' ,y :j But the optimist, asking the same question can remember that it took the world 2S years after World war I to work itself up jto the armament and confusion and animosity, necessary to embark on another world struggle. f t It is true, he can reflect, that IShe World is tired of fighting. And this presumably! includes Russia, whose losses in this war are so vast as to be com parable only with those in China and in the de feated axis countries. j : ! j , Threat Oetweighs Conflict I j "l In China today,' it is true that the threat of fighting still far outweighs the actual conflict, ' which one astute Chinese1 definesj as ."skirmishing." Both sides in China may be "ikirmishing". with two things in mind. They may count upon the war weariness of the Chinese people! to preclude any large scale civil war, but.in case that should develop they may look for outside help. Each side has its fundamental conditions tori a settieraent, and each side' backs down and resurges as the winds of world politics blows across' the land. The optimist will share President Truman's con fidence that with the divided, atom in our midst the human race preforce will work out the means 1 God of our, fathers, known of old, j ' Lord of our far-flung battle line, ; I Beneath whose awful hand we hold ( Dominion oVer palm and pine- Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet. j i Lest we forget lest we forget! fi, . : " i; The tumult and the shouting fl dies; j : The captains and the . kings ; departf i I! Still 'stands thine ancient sac I; rifice, j 1 f An humble and a contrite heart f h Lord God, of Hosts, be with us i ; yet, 'I i . j i Lest we forget lest we forget! : ii - ... .! : i Far-called, i our navies melt away; f . ' On dune and headland sinks If the fire: 1! Lo, all our; pomp of yesterday ?i la one with Nineveh and Tyre! : Judge of the nations, spare us j ... : yet, ! ij. Lest we forget lest we forget! U I I If, drunk with sight of pow er, we loose Wild tongUes that not thee in awe, ' .v Such boastings as the Gentiles use,. " i ; i Or lesser breeds withot the ; law ' Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, I Lest we forget lest we forget! For heathen heart that puts . her trust ; In reeking tube and iron shard. All valiant dust that builds on dust, ; . And guarding, calls not Thee to guard, h t For ' frantic boast and foolish ; . word4- T ' " Thy mercy on Thy people. Lord.' : ! and women in our armed ser ; vices, by their will to ight, have ' jwbn victory forlfree men every- where. Each in his or "her own right has won glory in the libe ration of the oppressed; the dis illusioned, and the sick at heart. ! It is man's inherent destiny to i produce, therefore . the produc jtion line is the natural leveler j of class, race and ereed. Our tremendous power of mass pro ! duction born of the necessity of war is irrevocable in j time j of i peace. The sinews of Our pro . duction line must not be allow ed to become soft now that vic tory is won. The hands which : guided our material might over turbulent waters of war cannot relinquish their hold- to drift onto the shoals of peace.! A ' shortened production line is no challenge to inflation; ; the way to peace is not down a dead end I street. We of America must dedicate lour physical efforts to ah ever i lengthening production line for peace, and ordain our thinking to the betterment of civilization. , Our glorious flag must wave . high on its staff over' a strong America always at the 'noon day of production so that it will be j reverently folded into i the good : will of the peoples of the world at each setting sun. f f Dean McWain I i 986 North! 5th St. Putaam Lauds StateJEducation At Luncheon ! !' ; - v. Measured by 1U results, the Oregon system of public educa tion is among the topv 10 in the United States, and onajfome bases of comparison is among-the first four states. State Supt of Public Instruction Rex Putnam told Sa lem Soropti mists at their lunch eon meeting Wednesday. Oregon bids fair to lose this rat ing, however, he declared, because she Is not preparing the teachers she needs. One reason for this, the speaker maintained is the "de cidedly unstable financing of the schools of the state. To replace. ; those leaving the profession,! Oregon needs 600 new teachers annually and currently has 300 persons preparing to teach, Putnam said. A large per centage of those now teaching are not able to meet the state's re quirements but are teaching un der emergency permits, most of them as a patriotic contribution to the state. Still the schools are un derstaffed by several hundred teachers, he declared. Dr. Putnam was presented to the club by Florence Beardsley, supervisor; with the state depart ment of education and program chairman for the day. at -m bUAppli Institutions to Have Turkey Special turkey dinners, with all the trimmings, are scheduled at most of the state institutions in the Salem area Thursday, Thanks giving day, officials announced Wednesday. Dinner for more than 2500 pa tients and attendants will be served at the Oregon state hos pital here at noon. The state peni tentiary has a population of near ly 1000. Boxing matches have been ar ranged at the penitentiary in the afternoon, while special enter tainment programs also are sched uled at some other institutions. Most of the turkeys to be con sumed .by state wards were pro duced at the state plants. Indictees Arraigned Before Circuit Court Six men previously indicted by the grand Jury were arraigned be fore Circuit Court Judge M. Page Wednesday resulting in; the following dispositions: Fred Peppie, rape, continued to Nov. 24. R. I. Moore, forgery,: en tered a plea of guilty and will be sentenced Nov. 23. Walter Rhodes, larceny by bailee, entered a plea of guilty and will be sentenced Nov. 23. L. O. Noland, forgery, entered a plea of guilty and -witt be sentenced Nov. 23. Patrick L. Lacy, forgery, extension to Nov. 26 for, entry of plea. CJHLDunn, obtaining money by false preten ses, extension to Nov. 23, for en try of plea. I V ' The Safety Valve LETTCTS FROM STATESMAN HEADERS i THE FOWEfc AND THE GLORY To the Edito: j Man seeki power. Glory seeks i the man. Power may dwell in I the house of the privileged and the schemer. Glory lives only to the conscience of the just and -righteous. Power is a tangible ) force against the material things of life. Glory is the intangible of preserving permanent peace. The 'logic of that ; value bestowed upon that force " An Oregon-laid egg hatched in Minnesota winds up m big turkey or President Truman's table today. It's "broad-breasted" of course. - stand is obvious. It must be done or men everywhere face the prospect of another war at the best, at the worst a chain-reaction of splitting atoms which might convert the one world we inhabit Into a bright new star, highly interesting from afar, but eminent- ly onlivable for all of us.' by others, and the measure of I spiritual reward to ourselves. ft , The men and women on the borne front,' by their will to la bor, have won the greatest pow " er for good on earth, the power 1 of mass production. The - men r " : rV . ; I tr -aw- si . cations Received for State Vet Loans i : Sixty applications for farm and home loans, under the so-called veterans' farm and home loan act of the 1945 legislature, had been received by the state veterans de partment up to noon Wednesday, Hugh Rosson, director, announced. Six of these loans already hate been approved and are in process of completion. The loans are ap plicable only to veterans of World war II. Other applications have been referred to the state land board for appraisal of properties offered for security. The law authorizes maximum loans of $3000, abased on not more than 75 per centfof the appraised value of I the ? property involved. The loans draw 4 per cent inter est and must be paid within 20 years. The veterans department already has .sold bonds of $1,000, 000 and other bond Issues will be announced later. Speaks Today ' .... . i . 'i .... " " - J ... . ; :; l! " The Jtv. H timer A. Brown, pas tor of j the First Evaagelieal church. Win be the, speaker at union Thanksgtving services at If -o'clock this snoramg at the ! First Methodist church. (Story ; Psge l)i v , : Dr. Williams Sees jReligious Revival Coming Dr. W.llivin Wilns. ',ormer pastor of (the First Presbyterian church and now of Long Beach," Calif., gave a Thanksgiving day talk at the Salem Rotary club luncheon meeting Wednesday. Williams Jwas a member of the V club while here and has since been retained as an honorary member. He predicted a religious revival in America within the next 10 years and said it would put Chris tianity in ;the lives of individuals, it is "religion or anarchy," he concluded. . The luncheon was one of the best attended in many weeks with members of the Presbyter ian Men's club present to swell the attendance. Minister Talks To Lioiis Club "Subservience only to one's con science, a heritage from our Pil grim forefathers, is the corner stone of our present position in the world," the Rev. Roy Fedje, district superintendent of the Me thodist church told the Hollywood Lions club at their Wednesday noon meeting. Guest at the Thanksgiving din ner meeting was Leona Tingel stad, the group's candidate for Victory Bond queen. Mrs. Iris Purvis, president of the auxiliary announced that plan, had been made for a basket social next Wednesday evening. Jack Stick, ariatten erdnaaee le, lest kfa life wbma hie was ieatreyed la the raeifie aa May. 25 et this year, the aavy bee aetifted Us aaeib er. T e bretheey Kay SHek, F le, 1a Japaa with the navy; Edwla Snek. who served with the Seabees, aad Freak Slick, at ben; three sisters. Aaaeta glkk aad Mrs. Charles Ordway, Astoria, aad Qvaee SUek. 8a- Iw, la addiUoa to tk aarvtve. (Story rage 1) GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty Hi t IT m WL Vl t a mi.s TV? v h fit t . 1 w x&m. " McKenna Urges Short Tax Report - Tb report of Governor Earl Sn ell's tax studying conunission. instead of featuring lengthy tech nical discussions, should be as brief as possible and stress the future financial demands of the state and its political subdivisions and suggestions as to how these demands can be met, Coe McKen na, -state tax commissioner, de clared here Wedaaadayrw x McKenna also is a member of the tax study group. McKenna said the commission probably will have its report com pleted well in advance of the If 47 legislative session. "My, bat It's nice to have the tarkey aad dressis disappear as if . by ; nuufle, agsinT . Public Records eeed Don CIRCUIT; COUKT Jury to hear case of State vs Dean Anderson will be called In Monday morninl, tiw. M. ISM. lfelvin U. SUwart Sam St In bock: Complaint aks judf ment totaling S20, 000 in abvnatiotT of affection suit. Virginia Kidd County of Marion. State of Oregon, a public corporation and Southern Pacific Co.: Plaintiff awarded judgment from each defen dant. Miry Mttfceny v Robert D. Math- eny: Application to place suit on trial docket.. Mrs. Jerrold Owen vs Franklin fire Insurance Co. Philadelphia), a cor- . porauon: complaint asks judgment of $1064 plus interest : and costs foa al low of a coat. rothy Vsd vs Theodore Van: Time in which defendant is required to further plead is extended to Jan. S, IMS. Harold Serock vs Gladys May Gr ock: Divorce decree granted to plain tiff. Lillian Marietta Throne vs Marion Francis Throne: Application made to set tor trial on ore. a, i49. . Helen McMiUia vs Earnest McMiUin: Plaintiff moves court for order award ing custody of two minor children during suit pendancy and $M per month support money. Fred A. Williams vs George X. WU liams and Dessie Williams: Order of default and Judgment of $217.50 plus costs against defendant. PROBATE COURT LiUian Voorhees Speare. estate: A. M. Austin; Dean Bishoprick and Ly Seely appointed appraisers. HuMah M. CasweU. estate: House and lota at Woodbura appraised at $1000. Arthur CecU Tox Perry, estate: Sup plemented final account of Altnea-B. K- Parry approved and sum of under, taking reduced to $1000. , MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Rusarf Carl Haakina. M. mechanic. Stjteton' T' wJtr' botl Byron Haielton, it.. -VS. army. lm Berry ttj and Uli Fay Williams. . seeretary S4S Division St.. both Salem. Kenneth L. Neff. ST. battery techni cian, and Helen M. Stover. M. clerk, both Seattle. Robert P. Meier. S$. US SUvertoa rd., Aaien, and Rosemary Coleman, S dossssette. St. Pass! . T Rlwaasl A. Graham, optician. Sa Jftn. and Mary U Hoehgraef. Clerk. Portlastd. j 1 " WJVTi TrumM. . VA aavy, SM UntaH sM and Mary Nelke. IV. see-seUu-y. both Saksox. . Woman Taken to Hospiul After Wreck Helen Blondell, passenger In the car driven by Cube Rensen, 2240 rairgrounds rd, was taken to the Deaconess hospital Wednesdav morning with a fractured collar bone, after the Hensen car collid ed with a Southern Pacific switch engine on 12th st Hensen told police that he had just left his work at the Thomas Kay Woolen mill and did not see the engine as he was driving out of the alley near the firm. Hensen was not injured -although hia car was badly damaged. r ' USO Program Head Transferred to Cal. Lucy Elen Coe, who has been program director and assistant di rector for the Salem USO center since August 14, bas been trans ferred 'to the YMCA - ooerated USO at Coronado, Calit, and will leave for her new post next week. Priori to coming to Salem. Miss Coe was for 11 months program airector and for one month di rector of the Coeur d'Alene, Ida ho, USO, and before that was sec retary to -the editor of publics lions. University of IHinois. 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