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J. hi PAGE FOUH Tnav-OEEGON STATESMAN,-Satan, Oregon, Friday Morning March 21, 1848 -I resott "Ao Foror Sways C; Wo Fear Shall Au From ririt Statesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A S PRAGUE, Editor and "PublUher Member of the Associated Press Tha Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all newt dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. Only -the Figurehead Dies -General MacArthur has directed the carry ing out c? ihe death penalty for Massharu Hom ma with the irrefutable comment that "if this defendant does not deserve his judicial fate, none in jurisdictional history ever did." It is an apt statement, even though there will be criticism ci his use of the word "jurisdictional." Jurisdiction ordinarily carries the connotation of authority within limits, and there still re mains the question as to what legal and moral limits futh authority extends. But MtcArthur certainly is correct in declar ing Homma, whose command perpetrated some of the met infamous atrocities of the war in cluding the Bataan death march, deserves the firing squad or worse If we must tread on unprecedented ground in the prosecution of de feated war criminal, there is no more worthy subject we can use. It must be remembered, however, that Homma is paying the penalty not only or himself. Many of the Japanese who served uncer him, who are indisputable linked to the bayoneting of babies and the torturing of pnsoritrj. may now be home suavely prating of their love for democracy. The execution of four-star generals isn't going to change the national psychology which prompted the crimes. It should be increasingly evident that the war crimes trials on both sides of the world, are purely punitive in effect. Yamashita has been executed; Goering may be one of the next to go. But unless their prestige and leadership finds decent replacement inthe re-moulding of their nations, their deaths will cause nothing more than a cry in the continuing dark. Why i5 it the emperor does not publicly decry the "atrocities of his subjects and tell them their ancestors will be ashamed to welcome such mtn it Homma into the ghostly glories of Japan? - - i Tliere" Still Romance Clare Bcothe Luce is an estimable wife, a respectab: representative, and an attractive woman. But her crystal ball of the future does n t seem tc hold much with romance. She told 500 young co-ed that opportunities for mar riage arej'ilowly, surely closing," and that the girls should take husbands unto themselves be fore iff too late. Her crystal ball alo sees less children, productivity, prosperity, as well as drop-off in business at the marriage license bureau. Why fewer marriages? Because papa can't k'-ep up vc jih the Joneses in outfitting his daugh ter who therefore has to go to work and by the time r.er cho.m hero strides by she's" in the money more than he is so that both shy off from the marital bonds. So, therefore, she h as to teU 'itr on a Loch invar much older than herself fc-tause he must be of an age to match hr own ,n financial status and cultural ac corr.ph.'hmer.ts, iJnce the husband must not be out show.; ! She. may be right In infinitessimal degree. Bilt thtre rtill are a lot of young Sallies and Johnnie to whom life and love are not such cold-bloodedaffairit. Mutual attraction of boy and girl han't been outlawed by sophistica tion, ambition, the war, papa or the atomic bomb, and there hasn't been a new statistic thrown out from Portland to Palestine in the lat.thouiJff.d years to prove that innate human nature haf changed. It's fine lor Clare Bootlf to advocate marriage over a career, but if there is one thing we re f je to v;tv. -with-alarm its the marriage rate. Parental Delinquency Parent celinquncy stands out sharply again in 1 &45 figures of the FBI showing that the a;es of 17 and 18 predominated among arrestees responsible for crime which increased 12.4 in number over the previous year. The FBI report tis in closely with the state ments made this week by M. D. Woolley, super intendent ci Oregon's training school for boys r -Woodburn, who said his charges' average ae was around 15 and that their plight in many instances was due to parental neglect during the war. The ages of the most frequent violators of the law, loth locally and nationally, are a re flection upon the nation's homes. More and more it is becoming recognized that so-called jjvenile delinquency seldom arises without its counterpart parental neglect. It is a sad com mentary that nationwide figures show persons under 21 years old are responsible for 30 per cnt of all rapes, 33 per cent of the larcenies, 35 per cent'of the robberies, 50 per cent of the burglaries and 61 per cent of the auto thefts. The wage of war run deep when they pene trate to keenly into the youthful brackets. The luwne frcr.t did a good job in some ways; in Others just as important it failed, A re-evalua-ft!'! of reponsibilitis is in order. Filing cf affidavits of prejudice against a j idie i5 ret at 1 1 uncommon in circuit courts. I: remained for Federal Judge Claude McCul loch of Portland to ' seat himself out' of a case iecaue cf one of its attorneys, Cecilia Gallag her (Mr. John Galey in private life). Miss Gallagher is OPA enforcement attorney and the judge says she contradicted herself in her affidavits. ; Co-eds it Willamette may sing "Happy days pre? here again" more men than women are fi rolled this semester. But this fact may flat ten some of the rretea many .of the men are ' married. I Ruian are asking a "friendly Korea." Jffft'6 like to find friendly Russia, too. Rationing and UNRRA Herbert Lehman, who has retired aa director of UNRRA, recommends a return to rationing in this country. Government officials frown on the idea, though President Truman says he would not object if it becomes absolutely neces sary. Rationing will not solve the problem of food lack, and unless something is done about black markets might hot solve the problem of food distribution. Since the pinch ought to moderate after the next harvest which now is not many months away our people should be able to get through without resort to blue points and red points again. 1 Speaking of the UNRRA it is noted that ex Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of New York i has been appointed director to succeed Lehman, He was reputed to be a good administrator in New York, at least an honest one; but if he does no better job than he did as director of civilian defense in 1941-1942 he will make the mess worse than it is. Maybe the job will get hint out of radio commentating!; and newspaper column izing. That would be some relief here, but hard on Europe. I, f 14 ' I JU- I, ibu fm (I 6ETTIN3YOUR DbtrBnrteS by Ktae: fminrm ffmefeste r arrsasasMat wita Tbs Wuhiatfoa Star Production As Usual The army has arrested "Axis Sally," the girl who was born in Portland, Maine, and broad cast German propaganda in Germany during the war. She will be brpught back to this coun try to be tried for treason. She might meet up with her axis counterpart, "Tokyo Rose," Los Angeles native daughter who tried to woo and woo the Yanks in the pacific theatre. Fortun ately we had very few turn traitor oh our coun try during the war, S Drew Pearson says that "Roosevelt always found Stalin easier to deal with than those around him." And Stalirj evidently found Roose velt easier to deal with than those around him. Witness, Yalta. S r n raal Mails As long as fact-finding boards are all the rage, how about one delegated to discover what happened to the Monroe Doctrine! Behind the News By PAULfMALLONi (Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Re production in whole or irt part strictly prohibited.) WASHINGTON, March 21 The condition! of foreign affairs is apt to become more deeply In volved before it gets better. ! 1 The military man, Lt, Oen. Walter Bedell Smith,' selected by Mr. Truman 'to go to Russia as am, bassador, has now been sent on his way to Moscow, presumably with new instructions on the course: of So viet-American affairs. My guess would be General Smith wjil enter into the, confus ing diplomatic fray with a purpose of establishing the usual direct non-political approach. Diplomats seldom say what they mean; mili tary men speak directly With them it is a question of "what do you want?", "what have you got?" and "what do you propose to do?" The West Point schooling al ways has taught practical: consid erations. For these reasons I judge the permanent mission of General Smith represents a fresh effort by this administra tion to establish some reasonable and practical grounds for future Russian negotiations. J This under interpreted Venture seems to! me to be equally as important as the Iran developments which are deeply involved in diplomacy. The filing by the Iran government of a protest against Russia with the United Nations security council in its provisional nature, may have been too happily In terpreted in this country. On its face it represented a decision by the Iranian government to stand for it.- independence. This naturally has raised Amer ican hopes that a new stanchion has been: built to resist the encroachments Russia has been making upon the basic peace doctrine of the four free doms, i Underlying Deebts -i . The wiles of diplomacy are such however, that this conclusion must b hedged. Some underlying doubts in the situation can be found upon analysis of the strength of the stanchion. In the first place, the new premier of the Iranian government was established after the Soviets had protested the resistance policy of the former gov ernment head. The protest of his minister here to UNO was made after his recent visit to Stalin out of which many rumors have grown. One story accredited td British circles is that the premier was told by Stalin not only that an appeal to UNO would be considered an unfriendly act as announced but his government would be replaced if he tried it. On the other hand an un accredited rumor here supposes that the protest will not be pressed before UNO as it occupies only a status on the provisional agenda of the council that is it may not be taken fip. Regardless of rumors or reports on either side, the. status of the protest, of course, is provisional. It can be taken up by a vote of 7 members but a' veto by Russia ; would shelve it. With matters in this involved diplomatic state, the dispatch of General Smith represents the most encouraging development, and a firmer one. Tew Swayed by Appeasement As nearly as I can judge, few authorities are being swayed by the appeasement efforts such as represented most conspicuously by the speech of Senator Pepper. Big three gatherings were im portant from a publicity? standpoint and were necessary when the foundations of peace had not been laid. But now that the agreements have been established, the problem is to put them into effect. My latest information suggests Russia has noth ing of a military nature! which we need fear. Specifically she does not have the atom bomb or early prospects of getting jit. The bomb formula is so deeply covered by arrangements for secrecy made during the war, that! it may be assumed to be safe. : i ": The need for appeasement in the face of Russia's threatening diplomatic position is therefore not apparent. I f Tho Literary Guidepost Br W. G. Rogers MEMOIRS OP HECATE COUNTY, fey Edeiand WlUoa (Doabledar; S2S0). 3 Hecate, goddess part earthy and part not, presides over the spirit of these half-dozen stories as surely as over the place. In one, time runs mystifyingly backward; in another, a man's hate changes to love, out of which he makes money; in an other, guests become host and hostess and have a phantom try at what they hesitated to risk in reality; in another, the wounded soul develops into the injured body. I But it ; isn't only this aspect which gives them unity. They are all told in the first person by the same perxon. Characters in one reappear in another, and their relationships remain the same. Finally, they have in com mon a most distinguished prose style. Three were published before: "The Man Who Shot Snapping Turtles," ) "Ellen Terhune" and "Glimpses of Wilbur Flick." Of the others, "The Princess With the Golden Hair," a novelette, is easily the most effective; "Hie Milhollands and Their Damned Soul" indicts the book publishing business and book4 clubs; and "Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn at Home," 111 which you must pre pare for several pages of French, winds up with the claim that, though Hecate county is a New York suburban area, it's univer sal and its inhabitants are middle-class people anywhere . . . which is perfectly true. "The Princess With the Golden Hair" is 150 pages of practically nothing but sex given an ad mirable Proustian twist. While on a purely imaginative level in effect, it is, strangely, on an im purely physical level in detail. If you want! to become really in timate with a couple of girls, you'd almost do better to meet Anna and Imogen than go phil andering on your own account. Thought the censors may call foul, this Us creative writing of the most praiseworthy caliber. Whether the "1" of these stor ies is none of Wilson, New York er magazine critic and author of a dozen books, or all of Wilson or part of him, you arc free to guess. In one place Imogen says to him: You're really a bril liant man, aren't you?" Later, Blackburn remarks: "I've Just read your;very brilliant article." m I 030003 (Continued from page 1) tion. If he enlists within six months after his discharge he is given the same rank (non-com-; missioned) he had on his dis- charge. Commissioned officers, warrant officers and flight offic ers are re-enlisted as master ser geants, grade one. Numerous cases have been reported of of ficers as high as colonel In the wartime army who are enlisting as sergeants, their army grade being only temporary. Considering pay, allowances and retirement annuity, the pay of a private is equivalent, ac cording to: the war department spokesman, to $40 a week in civ ilian life. While the base pay is $50 a month the private gets his full sustenance, board, clothing, housing; and his pay increases with service and promotion. The master sergeant is drawing $207 a month on bis tenth enlistment, plus all his; allowances. Married men enlisting before July 1 next will receive family allowances also. His compensation is com puted as the equivalent of $3000 a year in civilian life. Retirement on pay iao allowed after 20 years service and amounts In j the case of master sergeant to; $89.70; or $155.25 after 30 years service. Wartime service counts toward the re tirement annuity. All men enlisting before July 1 next are entitled to the privi leges of the GI bill of rights in the way of education. Young men just out of high school may enlist and on the completion of their term get the benefits al lowed according to their length of service, tb attend college. I believe : virtually all of us recognize the need of maintain ing an army of considerable size for some time to come, to wind up the last war and man our posts. Many people, perhaps a , majority, are opposed to com ulsory universal service in peace time. The alternative then is a volunteer army; and those who oppose conscription should That much, 'certainly, is true of Wilson; "brilliant" is the word I'd use unhesitatingly. GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty III heartily endorse the plan the army is now carrying out to provide an army on that basis. It offers soldiers a chance to learn an occupation, to travel, to receive good compensation and promotion, and to serve their country. For thousands who may not be able quickly to adjust themselves back in civil ian life it offers a worthy career. The general public needs to be educated on what this army program Is and then to adopt a friendly attitude towards it, so men may be encouraged to enlist. "And Congress can't hope to hold the respect of people on our present salaries! Why, people are calling as CIIEAr politicians!" Meat Scarcer In Salem Area Meat is becoming scarce in Sa lem again, local packers and slaughterers warned Thursday. G. F. Chambers, head of the Valley Packing Co., said tattle are virtually" unobtainable at prices allowed by OPA and that hog are scarcer than ever be cause the high cost of feed has put farmers out of the hog rais ing business. B. E. Edwards of Edwards Sc Drakeley blamed black market competition for the scarcity of stock for slaughtering. Silver Creek Camp Opens Registration Registration for boys' camping at Silver Creek Falls recreation area will be open to the public April 1, after boys who have gone on YMCA camping trips in pre vious years complete their regis tration. Boys register at the local YMCA. ' Older boys will camp June 18 30, younger boys in two periods, June 30-July 7 and July 7-14. The older boys are those 12 and older. BIBLES SET ASIDE FOR NIPS TOKYO, March 21 .-(P-Si x hundred copies of the New Tes tament have been set aside for war criminal suspect held in Su garrlo prison. The books, printed in Japanese, are among several thousand contributed by the Am erican Bible society. MALHEUR SEEKS POW AID ONTARIO, Ore., March 21.-7P) -Malheur county farmers have asked for 1550 foreign laborers - - 800 German prisoners of war and 750 Mexican - - the County Farm Labor association said today. Salem Spanish Club Meets Tonight at YWCA The Salem Spanish club will meet at the YWCA, 768 State St., at 8 o'clock tonight. Miss Theresa Aguilar, program chairman, has procured the fol lowing programT"5ound pictures, "Fiesta of the Hills" and "A Line from Yucatan," both on Mexico, and baton whirling by Anita Aguilar accompanied by Mrs. Barbara Lovcik. 1 Theodore Merritt-will conduct a study drill from the new study book written by Sra. Victoria Villagomez de Macaulay of Portland. Action Urged To Preserve State Wildlife Oregon has every reason to ex pect a $K)0,000,000 tourist busi ness, in the opinion of W. J. Smith of Portland, president of the Oregon Wildlife federation, but citizens of the state must act to preserve its wildlife and na tural scenic spots in order to at tract tourists and new residents. Addressing Salem Lions club at Hotel Marion Thursday, Smith asserted that no state has the varied terrain and outdoor at tractions of Oregon. He pointed out that the Willamette river alone carried 38 species of fish and that the state as a whole has 450 species of birds and 350 of mammals. Other outstanding attractions, the speaker noted, are the 155 public parks and a coast line public-owned except for 23 miles. The public must interest itself in preserving Oregon's natural advantages, however. Smith said in recommending action to pro vide winter feeding areas for big game,' public right-of-way along streams, and public approval of houne bill 378 which was enacted to protect salmon, keep the iteel head trout for game fishing and provide coastal stream - studies and control. At the luncheon the club wel comed a transfer member, J. Wilbur Richardson, farmer who recently came from Las Crures, N. M., and among its guests, Hollis Smith of Dallas, former district Lions governor. Reports were heard from Wes ley Stewart on the forthcoming Lions state convention, June 9-11; from Lee HendersonJon the city's recent rat control action, and from Floyd Bowers on the , recent Lions-sponsored dog show. Jos eph B. Fclton Introduced the speaker. Cub Pack Sets Hike for Sunday; Schools Praised Cub pack 3, their den mothers, and den chiefs were guests of the Hollywood Lions meeting Wed nesday noon. Present were 45 guest including 36 cubs, four mothers and five chiefs. The pack, one of the largest in the district has nearly 60 mem bers, and is growing fast. Denmaster Don Goode said It Is "only through the fine co-operation of the schools that this con structive program has been made possible." At their next general meeting, the Cubs will be shown movies loaned by Dr. D. B. Hill, and shown by Lfon Charles Edwards. Next Sunday the pack and their dads are planning a hike and woirifr roast, starting from the Highland school building at 12:30. NIPS PRODDED, STATISTICS TOKYO, March 21.-UP)-Gener-al MacArthur today ordered the Japanese to improve their system of compiling vital statistics. He said such information is necessary for occupation policies on social and economic factors, and the present system was too slow and expensive. IPuulbMe nUetedDirdls CIRCUIT COURT Vera Martin v Gerald S. Harrison: Complaint char km negligence in an auto accident, asks $15,353.15 damages. Laura Greene vs William Grene: Complaint charges cruel and inhuman treatment, asks divorce, custody of child, possesion of a house trailer, 1100 a month support, and attorney fees. Married Oct. 10, 1S42. State ex rrl , Marie Katherinc Oster vs Albert Levi Oster: Order for cita tion for defendant to show cause why he should not pay support money as ordered. R. U Wallln. Paul R. Wallin and Charles A. Wallln vs Denver Young, sheriff of Marion county, and the Re gional Agricultural Credit Corp. of Washington, D. C: Order sustaining defendant's demurrer to amended com plaint and discharging same. Esther Bradshaw vs Ray Bradshaw: Judgment and decree of divorce. Mrs. Jerrold Owen vs rranklin Fire Insurance Co.: Demurrer to amended answer because it does not state facts sufficient to constitute a defense. Mine Alsman vi L. M. A Isms n: Or der overruling defendant's demurrer. PROBATE COURT William Dchler, estate: Order setting hearing of objections to final account. Ben Schlag. estate of incompetent: Petition to appoint Cod fried Schlag as guardian. Mary Davis, guardianship of Incom petent: Order authorizing guardian to subordinate all claim of ward to certain premise for considerations. Otto r. Z wicker, estate: Order set ting time for hearing of objections to final account. George E. Martin, estate: Order re placing Phlllis Gardner Beyer as ap praiser with Neal M. Hanson. John Leslie Haugen. estate of Incom petent : Annual account filed. R. C. Menklmon. estate: Order ap pointing Ida E. Meakimons as administratrix. Robert Chapman, estate: Order ap proving final account. William 1.. Bishop, estate: Order set ting time for hearing of objections to final account. Pauline Hisler, guardianship of min or: Order appointing Minnie G. Man ning, John H. Miller and Myrtle N. Shelley. MUNICIPAL COURT Chester Kendall, 1477 Marlon st , no muffler, fined II. Ernest Pierson. Morris Hotel. Salem, no license plate on car, fined $10. and no operator's license, fined $3. Herbert J. Bauer, passengers on out side of rsr. fined $2 50. Abel Berger, S64 Brevs ave, viola tion of basic rule, fined $7.50. George R. Greenup, 1344 Lee St., Violation of basic rule, pouted $10 ball. lVern Ebrlght, route S. no opera tor's license, posted $3 bail. JUSTICE COURT Prank Angeberg, Sacramento, and Loren Hlrtel, Bryte, - Calif., charged Jointly with larceny, waived prelimi nary examination and held to answer. Warren Bruce Hamilton, 146 N. Lib erty st., driving while Intoxicated, con tinued for pita until 10 a. m. March 22. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Edwin Carl Wittenberg. II, USN and Marjorie Lorraine Walters, IS. typ ist, both of Salem, Carroll C. Harlow, S3, salesman, and Gloria Reynolds, 17, waitress, both of Salem, Wayne C. Buchert, 23. dry cleaner. Ft. Collins. Colo., and Sarah E. Davis, 3S. nurse. Seotts Bluff. Neb. Wes McWain, SS, radio announcer and Charlotte Hatseth, 23, secretary, bot hof Salem. Harold Armentrout Rosebraugh, 17, foundryman and Isabel Child. S3, newspaper reporter, both of Salem. Report Upholds Lincoln County Utility District Reporting on a proposed north Lincoln county people's utility district, the itate hydroelectrie commission stated Thursday that such a PUD could be operated successfully eitoher by building a new power system or by ope rating the existing facilities of the Mountain States Power com pany. The district would contain 63 square miles in the northwestern part of the county and would In clude Ocean lake, Gleneden Beach, Kernville, Cutler City, Taft, Nel ecott, Delake, Wecoma, Road's End, Otis and Rose Lodge. It would have a population of 3311, an assessed valuation of $1,315, 815. i The power company now has 1883 customers within the boun daries of the proposed district, its facilities being valued at $248,708. The district would use Bonne ville, power. The company now has $75,981 annual revenue from the customers within the pro posed district, and expenses of $50,401, leaving $25,560 a year which the1 district could use to take over or build a system. This amount, the commission said, would be sufficient to build a $343,550 system and still leave a surplus. Services Held For Mrs. Day MILL CITY, March 21 -(Special)- Funeral services were held in Stayton Tuesday for Mrs. Rosa Day who died at the age of 73 in the McMinnville hospital Sat urday after a long illness. Inter ment was in Fairview cemetery near Mill City. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Lizzie Van Buskirk of Dal las, Mrs. Merle Hammond of Mc Minnville and Mrs. Morris Howe of Mill Cjty; three sons, Lafe of Red Lodge, Mont., Charles and Howard Of Mill City, and sev eral grandchildren. 12 Initiated By Sigma Tan Twelve pledges were formally initiated Into Sigma Tau frater nity on Ute Willamette university campus this week. Rituals were conducted by Dr. Robert M. Gatke, faculty advisor. Bill Stortz, Wes McWain, Val Slo per, Dave Geddes, Otto Wilson and Reid Sheldon. A formal ban- quet at the Quelle cafe followed. New members are Sam Bar ker, Bob Husirk, Norton Tricky, Bill Halseth, Morris McElwee, Willis Person, all of Salem; Bill Bonnington, Albany; Keith Ev ans, Independence; David Bns tow, Ben Mosher, Don Preiss, and Dick Spooner all of Portland. SHS Wing District Speech Tourney Salem high school's debate team won the district championship and qualified for the state speech tour ney April 1 1-13 by defeating Dal las high in a debate at Linfield college Thursday. Four Salem debaters, Cornelius Batexon, James Danielson, James Ragland and Thomas Kartlett. de bated on both sides of the ques tion, H evolved, that every able bodied male citizen of the United States should have one year of full-time military training before attaining the age of 24. STEVEIIS Always Dependable For RimA bold black i onyx with diamond, set In massive geld meant-lng. 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