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WOMEN PARAPLEGIC ARCHER 5 Tht Duchess of Gloucester (left) watches twa
nwiin paraplegics at archery te improve their mbn ef balance, at a hospital In England.
$1 Billion Seen as Only Start of
Cost in Rearming West Europe
B Wm Gall.it her
BERLIN. April li-ij; How much wo.ild it taketo rearm Western
Europe to withstand any Soviet agg!es,on'
That i a question the I'mted S'a'es will const JUr in giv ing arms
aid under the North Atlanti. treat v.
Figures of $ 1 .000.000. ()U oi $1250 000.000 hd been mentioned
ss a start. It is difficult to see here where these sunn would provide
much more thaq a start :
Fundamentally, Wester:. Emopa
mu-l rearm itself, materially and
mentally. This is the situation as
tt now stands:
1 1 there should be a future war.
many assume it would start here
in Germany. Here East meets
lands. Military men believe they
ould fight.
o Doubt of Britain
There is no doubt about Britain.
She lias long ago prosed her
toughness and ability.
But any defense of F'.urope
would have to be based on Fiance
and, to a lesser extent, Italy. West
ern military men ponder the ques
tion: Could Fiance, in view of the
event of 1940, put up any effec
tive resistance if torn by 800,000
communist agents?
What' would happen to Italy,
PTi at Lyjoiis
Plans Aid for
4-H Program
LYONS The PTA met at the
Rebekah hall Friday evening with
Mrs. Wilson Stevens in charge of
the business meeting. It was voted
to sponsor two scholarships for 4
H club summer school at Corval
lis. The nominating committee sub
mitted the following recommenda
tions: Burl Smith for president,
Mrs. Wilson Stevens vice presi
dent, Mrs. Robert Fetherston sec
retary and Jim Lande treasurer
A musical program of piano solos
and accordion music was given.
AhAnt n 4-H rlnh members war
1 O l,,Ks oV f I
present iiuiii u liuui, a.u
which exemplified a club meting.
H. Joe Myers, Linn county club
agent, gave a talk on 4-H club
summer school. Kenneth W. Pri
est, assistant county extension
agent, took pictures.
The second quarterly conference
meeting was held at the Methodist
church with Dr. Roy Fedje in
charge.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Baker of Sa
lem were Sunday evening guests
at the home of Mr. and Mr.s Alex
Bodeker.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ring, with
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lewis visited
one day last week at the Odd Fel
lows home in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Allen visited
Sunday evening at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Hester in Salem.
Mis. Hestei is an aunt oif Mr. Al
len Sautiam Valley grange met Fri
day evening. A visitation came
from the Scio grange. The lecturer
from Scio presented a program o
a skit and readings. Mrs. Rollier
displayed her collection of dolls
with many different varieties.
Lyons Card Club
Convenes; Scouts
Attend Camporee
where communists claim member
ships reaching one famiily out of
evei y four'.'
No one here can say with cer
tainiy whether the wetern Euro
pean count! te wouia mane ui
LYONS Mrs. Orville Downing
was hostess for the Afternoon Card
club at her home in Fox Valley.
Several tables of 500 followed a
dessert luncheon. High score was
held by Mrs. Pat Lyons, second
high went to Mrs. Earl Allen, low
to Mrs. Herman Free and Mrs.
May Patton drew the door prize.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hilton hava
purchased. the Bob Free property,
and moved in Sunday. Hilton ia
agent at the Southern Pacific de
pot. Janice Huffman, oldest daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. George Huffman,
is confined, to her home with rheu
matic fever. Janice is a sophomore
in St ay ton high school.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kampe and
son Ray of Portland were weekend
guests of her sister and husband,
Mr. and Mrs. John McClurg. Ray
is spending this week with his
aunt and uncle.
Mrs. Paul Johnston uedrwent
surgery on her nose at Salem Gen-
jeral hospital Monday.
George Wilson is convalescing at
I Salem Memorial hospital following
a back Injury sustained . while
; working in the woods.
j C'jhet Grimes and Walter Hilton
with the Boy Scouts spent Satur
day night and Sunday at C'ampo-
: ree oil the Nohth fork of the San
tiam river above Mehama. There
, were also scouts from Gates, Mill
j City and Stayton,
Rosedale Children of Rose
dale school will have an egg hunt
samfices oi whether the people .anl party Friday afternoon, April
would have the will to fight. 15
Amity An Easter youth rally
will be held at Amity grade school
gymnasium ' SatuVday evening,
April 16, including a film, "Ste
phen, the First Christian Martvr,"
special music and a speaker.
Heath W. Lowery of Albany.
The Statesman. Salem, Oregon, Thuradcry, April 1 4, 1949 IS
KED CROS; T NQ IN , 1 1 , : . , wet Ml Victor Aeoggaaind lira.
GRAND ISLAND This com
munity raised $79.50 during the
Bed CrOss drive with Mrs. Pauline
Fowler as chairman. Solicitors
Cecil Will.
Thirty-six per cent of the peo
ple of Alabama are Negroes.
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ditions. the allie possibly could
thiow 15 or 20 divisions into any
conflict.
In the last war $1,000,000,000
would equip 20 infantry divisions
with primary weapons. -It would
:j 1 e l m .
West across the center of the.?10 no upkeep ioi mo lor
-,.ntrv Hon. th hiBt fakiS c Just th weapons.
ould be won quickly. From the
Elbe river west is the quickest
route to the Atlantic The Ger-
snan ere disarmed and presum
able" would be no help to either
aid
What have the Russian now?
'Yreop Estimates
Best estimates place th-tr troops
In Germany at slightly more than
1)0.000. perhaps representing 20
divisions. Some of these livisions
ere skeletons of 3 000 oi 4.000
anen. Howpvci . they i-ouid be filled .
quickly from reservoirs i man
power in the F-dsT.
There has heeri no indication
be i e that the H.iv.iaib are nvu ios;
Up any -laige number i men. n"
th-t thev a"!' planning anv ol
fenive ac'.on. Western intHh-
tVnce snui 1 1--- ay the number f
Ki'.'t forces has leniaineit fairly
constant in Ceimam" : two
fei -
l event o! an attack, however.;
westerners figure they .would have
t reckon on meeting an assault
by 100 divisions. fairly we!!
equipped, from Hungary to the
Biltie.
Hew f DiTiaieas
Western allies now have a to
tal f perhaps eight divisions to
sold a hne along the Rhine from
Vie Nor eea to Swireertvid. The
amakeup: i
Under the best of prevent con- i
Military men say $1,000,000,000
would provide about 10 armored
division on the World War II
scale.
Ceet ef Air Fewer
The cost of sir power is con
siderably more, i
Granted that; the money was
available, would the western al
lies have the will to fighT Would
te people support their aimed
forces in the field? Would they
stand up under bombings?
If they did hot. any force in
the field could -only collapse like
a paper bag.
There is little doubt of the small
countries, such ;a Norway, Dert
i:.iiik. Belgium . and the Nether-
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