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pAci roua CI Wilis Auto Seattle Union! oh. no. mas mzziL In Bond Drive ". i ' ' i! nVTfUVi trrXTTTJlKn. H, fV-swwt SsTiifsy TWaV 9? 10.M M ' ! . .. . I She i - i V. W - awm m m mmmm j - w - . - s t i 1 11 hlf l ' it f.. V..V 1 Lv c ysx I. "No Favor Sway$ V$; No Fear Shall A to ! rrom first Statesman, March 28, 1191 .1! io TaLmutsFso? ike TOE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRACUE, Editor and Publisher ' . Member of the Associated Press The Aaaodatad Press Is exclusively antitlcd to tha uaa for publication of an Btw dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. Santa Answers His Mail i -. . Yet, Santa does answer his mall, many times, and this saga of tha Christinas spirit in our postal department Is well worth the telling. v It is estimated that 100,000 children directed' mail-order pleas to Saint Nicholas In tha few weeks before the jYuletide j this year. And it would be surprising to know how 'many were answered. Of course, if tha scrawled I missives were illegible, or signed only with "Little Sis ter of "Your friend, Bobby " not a great deal could be done with them. But if a return address could be read, and if -need and sin cerity were unquestionable, none was ignored. For several years now, ! postal authorities have been legally able to turn 6ver such letters to philanthropic organizations and individuals for reply. In fact, in many instances postal employes have been known to take up their own . collection and respond to particularly. , plaintive notes especially if they ask for some thing for "dear mama" or request "a toy truck for my brother." ! Sometimes, in addition to baskets which may be their own answer on Christmas morning, actual repliies are sent to tha little corrspon dents. Such replies usually art forwarded to Santa Claus, Ind.. of Christmas, Fla., for re mailing so the letters will bear the kind of a postmark to delight the heart of a child. This year, many laboriously-written letters asked that Santa "please bring my daddy home.' and replies, of course, had to explain that this waft a bit outside of St. Nick's prov ince. But the heartening factor Is that so many sich letters were answered at all. Some, of necessity, find their way to the dead-letter office. But not when postal employes can help it. It is a richly-endowed nation which can and does engage in a labor of 'love to lift the faith of little sisters and Bobbies at the sacred Yule tide. J Holt to Manage livestock Show Persons interested in ' the Pacific Interna tional Livestock show at Po'iland will be pleased to learn that Walter Holt of Pendleton has been picked to manage the 1946 exposition which will be the first show held since 1941. Holt at one time was county agent for Clacka mas county and later for many years held the same position in Umatilla county. A few months ago he resigned to manage a farming enterprise. v I . , A different type of man than the late O. M. Plummer who directed the show ever since It was founded. Holt is exceedingly capahle. He knows agriculture and livestock and long had a hand in running off the Pendleton Round tip. While the announcement refers only to the 1946 exhibition, it Is presumed that if it goes Off satisfactorily he will become the permanent manager of this important show. A' Great General I! An entire nation will imourn. tha death of III Rn. Cfctram Patton. on ttf the most able offi- "V cers and certainly the most colorful figur of World War II. ! , His mistakes were many ha slapped a dier he suspected of cowardice, and there a glaring lack of diplomacy I in his London remarks oh Russia but an intrinsic ability, an utter disregard oft danger or overwhelming odds, land a driving will-to-win sends him into history as one of our greatest field commanders. There are not, many men who could err as Patton erred and still come back to win tha hearts of a nation and of the men he led. His mighty drive to relieve the beleaguered heroes of Bastogne will never ba' forgotten. "Georgie, "Two-gun" pPatton was cut down in a car-truck accident long after the victory to which he so greatly contributed. , He was gravely injured, but scorned to meet the death which many felt would j come. As days went on, hopes rose that a fighting heart would, see him through. But George Patton was a tired man. Providence had let ;hrm live to help lead his beloved country out bf danger. Now he is at rest and his memory U one to be treasured along with those of other great men who have died in the service of this nation. sr BbtrOwM br Kia Mm It's Been a Long, Long Time Tho Ljtcrary Guidcpost A few days ago an operation was performed to remove a detonating cap from a service man's bladder. He must nave felt himself pre maturely embombed. I I: 1 .. . ; By W. G. Rofert Another chapter in the controversy over Coos bay oyster lands was written with the filing of a suit in federal court at Portland by Tidelands Development company against 24 residents of Oregon and one California n. The suit asks for $300,000 damages alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff corporation on account of "false and malicious statements intended to ruin the oyster business of plaintiff." The Tidlands concern is said to be a promo tion of Robert Erion and J. R.' Barton who are under federal indictment for using the mails to defraud. The Oregon defendants are principally resi dents of the Willamette valley. Many of them are connected with the Coos Bay Oyster Coop erative with which Erion and Barton were once Identified. They are: Charles B. Davis, Walter Winslow, W. C. Cate, Warren Gray, George Coffey, Ernest Werner, Cornelius Stuy, Alvin Manning, Ralph Dodsea. Ralph Shepard. George Weirich, J. A. Ryan. George Beckner, Tred A. Roberts, Clarence Moser, Ernest Hoisington, William T. Hatteberg. Lowry H. West, C. M. Lafollet, Garalee Hargrave. Guy E. Ervin, Joe J. Walker, T. L. Folaom and Ray Joalin. . The complaint alleges that defendants repre sented to purchasers that titles to beds offered by the plaintiff were defective, also that the beds were worthless. ' Up to last night process had not been had on any of the local defendants. Senator Cordon in a talk in Portland said he feared that housing of veterans would become a critical domestic issue. It is critical already. Not only do veterans have a hard time finding a place to live but some can't even stay where they are. We heard of one case in Salem where an apartment house owner is evicting a veteran, his wife and baby. Whether the eviction is made to oust the baby or to Increase the rent on the next tenants we do not know; but the family is ordered out and can find.no place to move to. A war veteran ought to be spared such treatment. When It took a week: for a pack of letters . containing tmcmploy eit compensation checks to g9 from Salem' to Portland the UCC hired its own truck to make the run so the checks mUht be delivered on time. It's the Christmas , rush which has engulfed the postal service 1it and elsewhere. Deliveries of first cjass mail are retarded, and second-class and parcels dr a!crg still later. Cold weather and bliz zards have added i the delays in transporta tion. AH Ccse who wanted an old-fashioned Chriitmss cwht ta be satisfied. Denmark has made- General Eisenhower ' kr.i -M cf tha tlfl :t." There's hope for rTutlicana. ' ... A Warrior Die&f George Si Patton By tha Associated Presa 1 Gen. George Smith Patton, jr., warrior for inor . than 30 years, poet with the tongue of a muleskin ner, elegant disciplinarian ;of the- Mspit-and-poljsh" school, was a legend long : befora his spectacular Job was done In Europe. i' ', (Patton died yesterday story of his death on page 1.) t, ! " His Job was war. and he did it with a skill that often amazed his colleagues. But as a diplomat the hell-for-leather cavalrymkn who brought tank warfare to a peak of perfection failed completely. He was constantly in hot Water. ; ? The story of Patton! in jVorld War 1 Is the story of a lightning series. of allied victories from Africa, through France and Germany to Austria and Cze choslovakia. , l' 1: I M :. Dancer Was a Privile( The Patton legend flowered in the African cam paign, when the roaring cussing tankman, two pearl-handled six-shooters swinging from his hips, led American forces in the conquest of Tunisia. To showman Patton, danger was the privilege of an officer, and he was 'constantly at the front. , His doctrine was expressed pithily: "We shall attack and attack until we are exhausted, and then we shall attack again.! 'I He carried out this doctrine with spectacular success in Europe, when his Third army was born , ' after the invasion. . I Patton himself narrowly missed being a casu alty on a number of occasions. Once, when a huge railway gun was being employed by the Germans, a 700-pound shell landed 'within eight feet of him. It was a dud. 1 1 ti Leads Rts Army Aeraes River Patton's legend was built upon Incidents like these: 'Til f! The Third army waa about to cross tha icy Sure river in Germany, Into a hail of enemy gunfire. Patton himself, ignoring tha enemy bullets, leaped into th stream ahead of fits men and swam across. Once during the North African campaign, he ordered a visiting major general to "get to the top of the hiU so you can get shot at a bit. I ; Patton's pomp made him the awe of native pop ulations. Besides the pearl-handled pistols,' he often wore a leather - encased, j needle -pointed French sword. He was garbed in 'fancy-cut riding breeches and puttees much of the time, and wore a shiny helmet. Known as a lover of sartorial elegance himself, even in the field, he was the bane of those who were careless in such matters. Infantrymen who knew him aa "Old Blood land Guts," "The Green Hornet," "Gorgeous G0ge,,, or Just plain Geor Cie were well aware! of the sharpness fof his - tongue. ' I- -1 ... j i - Seftrr Side Shews Throve - . Patton cussed out enlisted man and officer alike. But his soft side showed often. Once, informed of the death of an aide at the front, he broke into tears, mumbling: "I'm acting like an old fooL" A sparkling success in war, Patton was ' con stantly getting in difficulties because of his thun derous pronouncements,! or his quick temper. The first big wave of criticism was the soldier slapping incident in Sicily. Then, In the spring of 1944 in London, he made a speech in which he said: "It is our destiny to rule the world we Amer icans and British and, f of course, the Russians." The war department quickly disavowed the re markNmd said it was Patton's personal viewii Even home on leave, Patton exercised hi facili ;ty for getting into hot water. His remarks to a Sunday school class ! that mere always would be wars drew bitter criticism. 'i ! . - It was this facet of his personality which caused censorship to forbid publication of his statements from the drive across France until -V-E dayj . Camaaeata Leae Him Cemaaaaal - ; j Later, he was removed from the command of his beloved Third army, and the eastern military district in Germany after Sept 22, 145, when he expressed Impatience with the de-nasiflcaticst pro gram. He was quoted as comparing "this naxi tbmgn to the "democratic and republican fights ; back home." He then took ever the 15th, a paper army whose duty was to prepare reports on lessons learn--ed during- the war. g i The sorter side of Patton's nature displayed hhn "aa a poet and-an intensely religious man. His poem, - "God 'of Battles," has been set to music He was fond of Biblical quotations, liked to sing in church, and knew the Episcopal order of morning prayer by- heart. ' ' .;. .'. ; .. I 1 jJ Considered one of the wealthiest men in the army. Patton could have retired after the European war ended. Instead he wanted intensely to fight the Japanese. Ha never hart the pporrunity, . an. PETUNIA; ay Oilvtr St. Johto Gocarty (Creative A(; SJ). Petunia is the name of a watchmaker, ! though it may nbt sound like it. . . . jny more than it sounds like the title of a very appealing noveL . He had a niece whom he kept under his thumb and with whom he had relations which she con fesses are prudent but repugnant. He had a friend, LaTouche Plan ts genet, over whom for a time he lorded it. But when Ann Lord, at his invitation, entered his life, though without entering it as far as he would; have liked, he got his come-upance. fte was a! man little in spirit, skillful with anything as small as the inside of a watch but baffled by a full-grown, inde pendent woman. It's true ha wasn't the ojily one Ann baffled, but the repulse affected him more profoundly. The only large and ample thing in him was the revenge he plotted. f Though this novel, Gogarty's first on an j American theme, jis laid in Virginia a eentury and' a quarter ago, it has a strangely convincing atmosphere ot, con temporaneity. It's an odd mix ture of horsehair and grand father's clock and Freud and psychiatry. f Admitting it has its faults, such as a slow start and a few 'too many of the-semi-philosoph-Ical cracks ifor which the witty Gogarty is noted, I still think! it builds up into a story you might like. IMS Trrorrrre fYrQiristmas Party Draws 756 Children It IT iviav . - j Plan (Continued from page IX Over 758 grammar school chil dren and parents , participated in two. hours of singing and enter tainment in the YMCA gymnas- Black sea coastline then it would ium at. the annual "Y" Christmas look very definitely as though party last night Over 600 cello- Russia was determined to round phane bags of candy, oranges and out its southern j frontiers and nuts were gjven' the eager chil dig a firm toehold in the near dren who have just begun their east which is rich in petroleum j school vacations and holiday fes and strategically important. 1 tivities. " I The professors say in their let- Christmas carols were iung by ter to the press! that . "in far both children; and adults and were or.' s. SEATTLE. Dec. 21-vD-Mayor William S. Devin announced to night the strike committee of the Typographical union (AftJ naa rejected an offer oi arwirauoa ia the M-day-old dispute involving the three Seattle daily newspa pers, r U ' ! ! He said, however, that ne naa appointed a citizens committee to "make a fair examination of the facts involved in the dispute and Dresent those facts to the public." The -striking printers have held firm in their demand for a daily wage increase of $2 J5, turning down a counter-offer of $1.85 by the publishers. ' ; The mayor said he had offered the services of the committee "to act as an arbitration committee to make recommendations for ; tne settlement of the dispute, provid ed that both sides agreed.' bkdleate rrUUngneas "Both groups indicated their willingness to submit their sides of the case to such a committee. the mayor saidj "The publishers agreed further to be bound by the recommendations made by such a committee. The union represents tives stated that they would have to submit such a proposal to their membership, which they subse quently did and the strike com mittee of the union unanimously rejected such offer of arbitration. The mayor said his fact-finding committee weni Into session at once and "would complete its work within the! next 72 hours." A short umeflater the publish-; erg announced they had advanced. their own arbitration proposal; with a commitiee different from that named by the mayor. Suggestions ! They suggested Vice President Dave Beck of j the International Teamsters union (AFL), Judge Lloyd L. Black iof the U.S. district court, and W.j Walter- Williams, Seattle business man, "or any two of them or any one of them," with both sides to be bound by the decision. ! i This proposal also provided that TACOMA& Dee. 21-WVCpL John M. Reitr, 33, of Willows, CaliL, was about the happiest til in Fort Lewis today aitnougn ne won't be home for Christmas, l The corporal became" the owner or a ' 1948 de luxe rooaei seaan which , today became his in the Pierce county? ;wir bond cam-, paign. ' . I nearly fell o 1 1 my chair when I got the -telephone call," he said. "J have been buying bonds regularly for two and a half years but I never thought I'd get such a ! dividend." - He is the son of Mrs." W. P. Belieu of Willows and will' drive the new car home when he is discharged, as j he expects, after New Year's day. SMpbuuding Property Sold COOS BAY, Ore, Dec Sale of the 30-acre Kruie & Banks Shipbuilding c o m p a n y property here; to Weyerhaeuser Timber company was announced today by ' Robert Banks of the shipbuilding firm. . - He said the timber company was considering the property as a sawmill site. It has wharfage space on one; side and trackage on. the other. - -Weyerhaeuser also is negotiat ing for adjacent properties "owned by WVT. Culver company and by Coos county. Some timber is be lieved included in negotiations with the Culver company mill which burned 12 years ago. PLAN 18 AIRPORTS PORTLAND, Dec 21 ) A proposal that; eight airstrips be built within the city limits and two on the outskirts was made today by Portland . chamber of commerce and planning commis sion representatives. . nJ ln - j 1 ,lT I .niniAr i-k-L v-ijm the printers return to work dur-. this territory . . 1 creating new Alice Craryj Brown accompanied Pf!,f centers of civilization and gov- at the piano; Magician "Houdini ernment." The j Turks seized Jack Spong .provided 30 1 minutes southern Georgia in the 18th of baffling entertainment with century, and in 1921 occupied the his many tracks of magic. Dr. David; B. Hill, who with Bishop's Boys' store and the YMCA sponsored the: party. showed a series of fine comedy . . ...k:k i 3 i At I oers. tertainment. j Old Saint Nick met the wide-eyed grammar school southern section of Batumi. The professors, may have their his tory correct, butj where is the stopping place if we try to rec tify the title to territory as far back as the 16th.! century? Claims such as; the Georgians make are familiarly classified as irredentism, and there is no end j handed them the bags Of candy to them. They have been the and nuts the strike "could be settled be fore ChristmasJ snd the people of Seattle would receive a welcome Christmas present." " The publishers' statement said the printers representatives had agreed to submit the proposal to its strike committee of IS ; mem- cause of wars without number.' It is to prevent such wars that the United Nations organization was set up. Armed seizure of ter ritory would be defined as ag gression. There is nothing in the charter however j that directly applies to civil war and to in- boy r and girls and personally J Q foiSOll 111 Carlan Case The Christmas party j is the first of a series of Yule time events which have been! planned by the "Y"! staff to provide ac tivity for the vacationing youth. Although there will be j no pro gram on Christmas day, on the morning of Dec. 25th a series of dependence movements like that I educational trips will begin. The FRENCH FAier TALES, y Charles Perrault, rtM. with forewor. fcy LtaiM Uatermayer. UlHsUate my CasUTt Drc (Dlder; S1.7). i Here are five stories age-old and popular: "Puss in Boots," "Sleeping Beauty," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Hopo'-My-Thumb" and "The Fairy," em bellished with 13 pictures by Dore. Youll like reading them again, and jthe children will be glad to hear them. i f f TH AMERICAN JEWISH TEASt . BOOK SI 0. 1MS-4S. by Aatericaa Jewish Caaailttc iwSer edHanhlp f Harry Srhnetdrrmaa ajrt JaUas B. DUUer (JcwUk PahllcaUa Sa elety; S. j I This 47th; annual bf nearly 800 pages includes reviews of 'the. year and. a number of special articles; in jits field, an essential to jump to a in northern Iran, heran government blames on the Russians. j It is too earlyj conclusion and jump on the Rus sians and blame them with up setting the applecart in the near east. Their hand will be dis--cloeed sooner or later , if it is dipping . into mat trouble-spot But all of these- incidents add to the difficulties of the which the Te- first trip wjll leave the "Y" at V- a.m. to visit the state peniten tiary and the forestry building. Grants Pass ! i Talks Collipse BOSTON, Dec. 21 JP)- A med ical examiner's report of "death by asphyxiation and pneumonia" and a Massachusetts chemist's statement that there waa no evi dence of poisoning tonight re leased the body of tiny Ronald Carlan to his , parents. Funeral services for the sue months of son of Machinist's Mate and Mrs. James Carlan, original ly scheduled for today but post poned pending the medical find ing, will be held tomorrow. Mrs. Rose Carlan, 23, who said she found her baby dead on the night of Nov 24 when she re turned from a party in her moth er-in-laws flat upstairs, is free GRANTS! PASS. Dec,; 21-(AV- foreign I Conciliation efforts to dissolve a ministers at Moscow. With the (picket line at the Redwood coffee in $2500 bail on a charge of mur- oest wiu in tne wona to get shop failed today as a meeting of I der. along with Russia" it becomes the-principals fell through. embarrassing to run into situa- George Brewer, department of tions like this at so many of labor conciliator, said after talk- Oefanlalte Population ' i ; vusaiw m mvm.f j i aaaf wpfeusiwtj w uiuvu icnuci I t gavawaaw ' Bevin might well get from Mo- and the shop manager, Mrs. Coral 1 Otai r IX ea at DO 4 lotov a statement of intent from Robertson, mat a meeting of the the USSR, ao they and The world two could not be arranged at pres- may know what Russian policy I ent , f ' J is: nationalism or honest co-1 Brewer came here, at tha re operation in the United Nations quest of the- Central Labor council. organization. j ; I The picket line was established GRIN AND BEAR IT The population of Oceanlake Is 557, according to a report released Friday by Robert S. Farrell, jr., cretary of state. Oceanlake re cently voted to incorporate, and by me-Culinary Workers' Alii- f8 Rw T 5ihtr "IV 1r failing to a-Y jLaClllJ J reach an agreement with Mrs. pate in the distribution of state liquor and highway revenues on the basis of the census. Today's . Needlecraft Start a little girl embroiders, ing with trim 'colorful needle work! The jumbo cross stitch brightens towels or other kitchen- linens, j , V -4 - i i : ' This large cross-stitch works up fast and is so effective. Tow els are a welcome -gift. Pattern S80 has transfer of 8 motifs 8Hx7V inj - . d f 1111 CRNTS ta rn to THX. TaftDep Sale PATTIRH HU and ASORXSS. to THL mtnuiM n uf, salcnt. Or. M patter rqcran Pr p, Salem, Ot ErlSS frVTl "UhtBX anS yew - :" : ! ' . . ' ! ' j - J21 - f --: ! - . -.. . unm nan aoora Briars ran ar fUKS Naadtaer.lt Catalocua IM . . 4" war emoreM. fry. toys. kaitUag. crocbet. quUta. - fre doll 'aitt5 Brtpaea ncht hi catalogue State Veteran's Advisory Board, Meets Recesses Tne advisory board of the state veterans department met in Sa lem Friday,) discussed a few vet erans problems, and then recess ed until after Christmas. The i board 'passes on all policy prob lems of the veterans department. More than 100 applications for farm and home loans under tne 1945 veterans aid act of the 1945 legislature already have been re ceived and many are in process of execution." i REINSTATEMENT WASHINGTON, Dec IHflV- , Reinstatement, with back -pay, has been ordered by the national la bor relations board for 10 i discharged 1 last March by Cape Arago Lumber Co, Empire, Ore. "Overdraw.?! the best aethoriuea -. , y A seeaey Is. getting saeeead mare lnfts tedT , ... OPA ornoAL USIONS PORTLAND, Dec 11 -WV wh Stern, disrtict OPA enforcement official, said - today he had - re signed, effective Deei 38, would practice- lew here, ; In th days I .of, Riohard U, steaks, chops, etc. used but fish, lleah, fowl were chopped, minced or hacked into pieeeauandl served as soups, pot- ages, ' ragouts, stews- hashes. ;our tt in ' Pfcesje tilt ' for Cfiristmag ipbmg Give Her one of thest perfect little told waich Bemutiful aa jewelry la their exquisite cases, but with fine mechan b oof which ahe can rely. Som t With diamorrda; j others 'tailj mooern. r Budgrt pyntent-. Ceirt t a: ' : i : - " . . . , . . .