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Hats Go Off td
The Heroes of
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By Henry McLemore
NEW YORK If all of us in
the United States shared a com
mon hat one that covered us
If Fvor Sways Ua,)No Ftar Shall Av
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DeCicco Brawls with Josslin
Th redoubtable Mike DeCicco who emerged
tha vanquished in a brawl with woman and
er a brace of sailors at his Gearhart resort. Is
In no mood to take to the brush at the behest
of W. L. Josslin, newly elected chairman of the i
state democratic committee. Mike, who so lately i
a-ipired to the post himself, but had to b con-
tent with the lesser honor of party treasurer, 1
d?fies the chairman. This time, evidently he
plans to stand up and fight.
The party regenerators, who backed Josslin ;
for his win, had to hold their noses when Mike
was elected treasurer. After the Gearhart affair, j
politely referred to as an '-incident," the odor
bcam too strong for them; hence the demand
that DeCicco relinquish hi party post in favor .j
of )mt upstate war veteran To that request j
e? demand battle-scarred Mike replied a firm
negative. !
"Now" is the time." says Mike "for all good"
democrats to come to the aid of the party." The
trouble seems to c that Mike has been doing j
to much partying with his cronies and some ;
of them are fearing they may suffer from the
guilt of association." Maybe Mike should wire
the woman to come back, ' all is forgiven;" but -!
It sterns too late for that. He should have one ;
stalwart friend however in the high sheriff of
Multnomah county, the other Mike (not to be
confused with B Mike). Now irfdeed is the time
for Mike Elliott to come to the aid of his spon
sor Mike DeCicco.
Our venture is that the skids are greased tpn
th treasurer of the democratic state committee. ?
The episode illuMrates the capacity of Oregon
democrats to row amonj themselves; but this;
time it looks as though purity will prevail and;
Mike he relegated to the ranks of the party
roust iholltS.
Nw Chance for Germany
A critic of Bismarck and the Hohenzollern
monarchy once wjr,te that 'in order to be strong,;
Germany has rejected the great modern com-;
frf of democracy."
Nov , because a strong Germany is essential
to th? economic rn-covery of Western Europe,:;
thf? Germans have been given an opportunity;
to j tn the freedom-loving nations of the world-a-i
a strong and d mocratic equal. The constitu-;
tion just signed at Bonn marks a new milestone;
In-(let niany's pif press from extreme decentral-;
1atioti m medieviil times to the totalitarian re-i
ginc? if Hitler a journey toward statism only:
or interrupted by the short-lived Weimar;
republic.
From the era of the Holy Roman Empire, the
loov Italo-German political union in the 10th
c-ntury. to the opening of the French revolu4
ti hi in 1848 Germany was a patchwork of in4
djp-nient states and free cities. Patriotic feel
ing for Germany as the common fatherland
were not evident until Napoleon's imperialism
Interfered with the German princes. In 1815
the aristocrats formed a loose association call
e-1 th German Confederation which left the
counti y still politically divided.
Then Otto van Bismarck, Prussian Junker,
b-gan to preach his '"blood and Iron" theme:
Germany must te unified by force. He broke
Austrian domination of the Confederation, anf
nene-J several small states and won the Franco
Prussian war to gain Alsace and Lorraine. In
-k71 at Versailles. Wilhelm became Kaiser of
l?e firt German Reich.
Th government, under Chancellor Bismarck,
was ' absolutism under constitutional form ?
Th constitution gave the monarch a veto over
bth legislative chambers, the Bundesrat and
th Reichstag. Great material and economic ex
pansiofi and some colonization marked the years
between 1871 and 1941, and the rise of intense
nationalistic fervor was a natural result. The
belief that Nordics (later. Aryans) were a su
perior race became accepted and Pan-Germanism,
an effort to unite all Germanic peoples,
grew.
During all these years respect for caste, au
Russian Eyes Still Focused on Ruhr
By J. M. Raberta. Jr.
WASHINGTON. May 1 A
dipt matic report in London that
France has proposed to give Rus
sia voice in control of the Ruhr
hi been received in the United
Sta?s with skepticism.
All sorts of possibilities are
being mulled over in connection
with the forthcoming negotta
ti mh looking toward a four
powr settlement of the Ornun
roblem. But nore of the wt-
em allies would be expected to
make such a proposal peniing
receipt of Russia' demand.
LA'though there are political
glin to be sought by Rusi in
a cummunlzed Germany. M.
ca real object. ve has alwars
leci the Ruhr It is ore of tha
world's five great industrial bn
e which are carab'e of supply
ing the sinews fcr wars of any
The ether are Russia her-s-!'.
Japan, the United Sfies
i Britain. India may soon he
!vth-r. Possession of the Ruhr
emiv-iKtersed Germany to defy tha
w.-1 1 twice
The allies hae no (lightest
lnf rtion of seeing her dt it.
If there were to be any ftiur
power settlement, which seems
verr doubtful. Russia would
hve to have some, sort of voice,
of course. But not, as in the
f'Hir-powrr council ' which fett
r rt two years ago, a voice cap
able of derailing the allied pro
gram for western Germany.
Whether she would accept
metibership in the Ruhr con
trol without the veto on which
she always insists, knowing that
she would be in a C to 1 minor
ity i highly problematical. .But
Jnst's as good ail offer as ass
thority, strength and victory were drilled into
the German people. Liberals, especially the Scr
ciaUDemocrats under Wilhelm H, were consist
ently out of favor and the idea of popular sov
ereignty was, of course, incompatible with the
traditional Junker fascism. The liberal constitu
tion of the Weimar republic established after
World War I provided for initiative, referen
dum, recall, proportional representation and
other machinery of democratic procedure but
the political innocence of the citizenry, along
with other factors, brought this experiment to
ruia by 1923.
With the rise of Hitler to power. German to
talitarianism was complete and the Fuhrer's de
mand for loyalty to "blood and soil" brought
forth the hysterical response that eventually
ended in Germany's unconditional surrender.
Once more, now, the Germans have embark
ed on the difficult course to democratic govern
ment. And the good wishes of the western world
go with them.
Band Make Trip to Klamath Falls
I. Don Jessop, high school band director, call
ed up to say that the band Is off to take part
in the state competition at Klamath Falls. The
effort to raise funds to finance the trip was an
unqualified"' success, said Jessop. A little more
than the $1300 needed was collected, and the
excess will be kept in the band fund. Jessop and
the band people were highly appreciative of
community response to their appeal.
We had no doubt they would respond and
give the band the financial support it needed.
We are sure too It will make a good showing at
KF.
Our county court strikes a pose: "Curfew
shall not ring tonight." when they reject day
light saving time for the courthouse. Now what
will the statehouse do? Workers would prefer
this arrangement: go to work on standard time
and quit on DST which is what the Canby Her
ald calls Playboy time.
: William Green, head of AF of L has executed
what may be called a strategic retreat. Seeing
that repeal of the Taft-Hartley law is hopeless
at present he steps back to the trenches which
Speaker Ray burn prepared In the way of amend
ments to the Lesinski bill. He may find how
ever, in view of the house coalition, thai his re
treat is too little and too late.
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Frank Bartholomew of United Press says af
ter an interview with General MacArthur that
the latter plans to continue in Japan until a
peace treaty is signed. He must count on living
to "ripe old age."
A strike of uranium bearing ore is reported
from southeast Oregon. It doesn't seem to be
radioactive, so we wonder if it .Isn't like the
famous "tin" strike in the Squaw Butte district
west of Burns a few years ago, which proved
phony as did the "tin" discoveries around
Grants Pass two decades ago.
Scientists have found that feeding coconut
milk to carrots makes them grow to 80 times
their original sizes in three weeks. We'd prefer
to feed carrot juice to grow coconuts.
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Americans consumed 13 billion aspirin tablets
last year. That's one measure of the nervous
tension they work under.
Scotland followed England in defeating many
labor party candidates for municipal offices.
The Scots must have just got their tax bills.
Look who's here if it isn't Old Man Summer
again, with warm ways and sunny days. He's
welcome too.
The biggest item of export from Great Britain
to the United States is Scotch whiskey. Their
"poison" for our "meat."
is likely to get Western diplo
mats have learned much tn Rus
sia's own hard school of intran
sigence and Jwill be very wary
about possible loopholes for un
ilateral interpretations of any
agreements from now on.
There is room for allied counter-attack
lit this ruhr question,
too. Russia has frozen out Brit
ish and American participation
Literary Guidepost
GOD'S THUMP DOWN, by Os
car DeLiso iScribner's; $3)
Misery, misfortune, poverty,
hunger, disease, treachery, crim
inality, brutality, despair ... it
l with such things that this first
novel is filled to overflowing.
The town f Aceto in Southern
Italy is the scene, and the char
actors are its hapless inhabitants:
The girl deserted by her lover
nd thrown tnto th street by her
father, the girt dying of tuber
culosis, the mad farmer, the sel
fish black-marketeer, the callous
mayor, the man with the ill wife,
daughter, and; son and the rent
unpaid, the man who fights with
his brother the Democrat and bis
brother the LFasctst. who in turn
tight with him the Communist.
As If this was not tragedy
enough, there is the constant
threat of catastrophe, for the
town lies between .crumbling
peaks and a cliff that drops off
into the river. Heavy rains keep
eliding houses 'and streets closer
13 the brink. 3
Some of the people have fled
to Rome or Naples, and come
back; ether bav vanished In
in the enforcement of the peace
treaties with Hitler's former sat
ellites in eastern Europe. Where
as Russia has no Investment in
the Ruhr. Anglo-American inter
ests had vast prewar investments
In tha oil and other industries
of southeastern Europe from
which they have been evicted.
The west might at least get some
ponies in return for any horse
it trades to Russia.
fabulous America. Among thos
who stay, DeLiso's hero is Ren
ato Fronte. a lawyer without a
practice, living on his mother's
toil, disapproving th Commun
ists who have fled to the sur
rounding hills but not blaming
them, clear-eyed about the fate
of his town, his friends and him
self but too dispirited by the om
nipresent poverty and suffering
to try to mend matters.
Except for an occasional char
acter like U Bambino, whose
habit of digging wells for lack of
other work, and thus flooding
his farm and his home is too
contrived; and except, also for
some purple passages, this seems
to me an unusually graphic novel
about collapse, decay and rot.
Until the very end. the accent of
futility and despair is beard in
every voice. Incident and scene
crowd frenxiedly on one another;
if there is a touch of madness in
the novelist's manner, it only re
flects th madness in the men
aced town. The reading is pret
ty strong medicine, but only
strong medicine can save th
wretched people.
all I feel that
it would be
very fitting if
we lifted it to
day. Lifted it to
the men who
created, flew,
and maintained
the Berlin air
lift.
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The impossi-
b 1 e can't b
done, otherwise
there would be
no use in hav- afcLemer
ing such a word as impossible.
But the air lift men came close
to making the word obsolete.
In short, they ran "impossi
ble" to a photo finish. It didn't
beat them much, boys, and
that's for sure.
The Russian backbone is a
tough thing. Stalingrad proved
that. The air lift didn't break it,
perhaps, but you can be mighty
certain that it bent it.
I doubt if any of us who
didn't fly "Operations Vittles"
ean ever appreciate what the
American and British fliers did.
There's a great deal of differ
ence between sitting at home,
talking about bravery and ac
tually being out there being
brave.
I never have been brave my
self, but I have seen enough
brave men to know what the
word means. Bravery is nothing
more than the fear in a man
beaten down by the pride la
a man.
Lord, how many hours those
fellows of the air lift must have
sweated with the cold sweat of
fear, yet they kept taking oft
landing, unloading, taking off.
reloading, and going again. And
going, mind you. against the one
thing that man, with all his
smartness, has yet to make a
dent In. f mean Nature.
Tog. Ice. Wind. Lightning.
Rain.
The men of the air lift feared
the elements feared them. In
fact, much more than you or I,
because they knew more about
them, and more about what they
could do to a fellow.
We must remember, too, when
we lift our hat to the men of
the air lift, that they didn't have
the benefit of the glamour that
goes with combat. They were
dropping coal, not bombs. They
didn't sail out into the wild
blue yonder against a backdrop
of th gaudiest drama of all
war. No. theirs was a Job that
was grubby a plain, dirty Job.
When this country was at war
a soldier (and when I say "sol
dier" I mean anyone in the
armed services) had the satis
faction of knowing that any
hardships he was undergoing
was being shared by millions of
other men. Th guy in th fox
hole In the Pacific, suffering
from thirst and heat, had the
human satisfaction of knowing
that somewher in Franc his
counterpart was also in a fox
hole, undergoing misery from
the cold.
But the men of the air lift
didn't have this comfort. They
wer Just a handful, risking
their livs while their country
men, not at war any more, were
living normal lives.
As far as I know, our gov
ernment hasn't done anything
special for these men who, by
a magnificent combination of
courage, skill, and fortitude,
brok th Russian blockad and
kept countless Germans from
dying of hunger and cold. If
I'm right, and the government
hasn't done anything, it should.
To start with, a distinctive
air lift mdal should b struck,
and awarded to every man of
them, from th highest brass
who worked it out to th low
liest private who shared a part.
Then, to follow up the medal
with something a soldier could
get his teeth into, so. to speak,
every blessed on of them
should be given a substantial
vacation with full pay. They
hav earned it. I doubt if any
taxpayer in th country would
kick if some of his money went
to th men who proved to all
th world that there are more
ways than one to skin a bear.
McNawrht Syndicate. Inc.
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tenViorTof social security cov-
rag may be made, and pay
roll tax may be raised. That's
about all for 1949.
. CVA, Nothing doing this
year.
7. Federal aid to education.
Senate has passed this; house
action uncertain. Still close in-
fighting over federal aid. Fears
of federal bossing of education.
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chial schools, and compulsions
of economy are involved.
a rivil riffhts Dead for tha
session unless it b an anti-poll
tx bill.
9. Military aid te western
Europe: The bipartisan policy
will probably hold together to
finance limited aid to Europe,
though as the fog lifts at Ber-
lin congress will be less willing
to dig up cash money for for-
elgn rearmament.
Add it up and Truman ap
pears loser in this round, ex
cept on matters of foreign pol
icy. The administration played
its cards poorly. Senator Scott
Lucas proved an ineffectual ma
jority leader in the senate. The
president's making Taft-Hartley
repeal; a test for patronage re
acted against him. An appeal
to the country against a con
gress controlled by his own
party would be of doubtful f
feet. Even Roosevelt failed with
his attempts at purging.
Truman's doctor describes
him at ag 65 as an "iron man."
In th past he has shown he
has considerable rubber in his
composition giving him ability
to bounce back. Hell need both
Iron and rubber in his makeup,
the way his term is starting.
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William th Conqueror caused
gre-t nsus to b ma da of Eng-
'nd. c11 th pomday Book,
whlch enumerated all possessions
down to th last pig, OX and COW.
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JDV LilCnty
Vour Health
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In years gone by we have heard
much talk about the seven-year
itch. This is a condition which
produces a great deal of itching
of the skin, and it was though
that seven years were required to
get rid of it.Now it can be clear-
a up quicKiy wiin proper treat-
ment and, therefore, it would ap-
Pr that the expression, seven-
y itch- should n lon8
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with a tiny parasite. Th disorder
is known as scabies, and itching
is the most outstanding symptom.
Th parasit burrows or digs
, , 7. r " I - .uitu iv 1770. was also th nrst superin-
mal lays its eggs in thes bur- three treatments. , In .fact, in two tendent-ieneral of th French
rows. On careful examination, out of three of the patients there postal system. Beneath his por-
r!ffubuU"?W" "Tv bVB!u,g WM no lgn ot activitJr of con- trait is Idepicted a horse-drawn
little black lines on th skin They dition after a single application. malI carrier which was th swift
er most easily noted In between Th gammexan is applied in Mt miU of dUmtrhini mail 1b
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the lingers.
rrMit Crrled
Of course, when scratching oc-
curs, th parasites ar carried to
various other parts of th skin,
The skin may become infected,
so that patients with scabies often
have boils and many scratch
marks. Furthermore, the parasites
gat into the bedding and clothing,
and the disorder may easily be
transmitted from one person to
another. It is often found that all
Hollywood
On Parade
By Gene Handsaker
HOLLYWOOD "The Stratton
Story" is an enjoyable movie
based on the career of a real
life baseball hero, Monty Strat
ton. Jimmy Stewart, as Stratton,
la his old-time bashful self. June
Allyson, striving leas hard than
usual to b cut, la pleasing as
his wife.
A baseball-expert friend of
mine complains that "it's mainly
a boy-meets-girl picture." Thinks
It would have been better with
out any Invention at all.
Stratton, a right-handed pitch
er, had a bright future with the
Chicago White Sox. In 193S he
won 15 games and lost nine. A
hunting accident wounded him;
his leg had to be amputated.
Seemingly finished as a pitch
er, he worked for a while as a
Whit Sox coach. But in 1940 he
made a hurling comeback in the
Sae4 Trmm mertm ur.nnintf 1
Mil AJfc Jl.UV, OTltUIU 10
games on an artificial leg. Miss
Allyson, as Stratton's wife, helps
him regain confidence and skill
by catching a few practice tosses.
The real Mrs. Stratton, I'm told,
performed at this to the point of
exhaustion.
A completely fictitious char
acter is represented in the movie
by Frank Morgan. This is a broken-down
ex-major leaguer who
takes Stratton in tow, helps knit
events together, and gives Jimmy
somebody to talk to.
Featured briefly are C me
Bearden. Cleveland ; Bill Dickey,
former Yankee slugger; Jimmy
Dykes, manager of the Sox when
Stratton was with the team, and j
Mervyn Shea, Stratton s catcher
then. Agnes Moorehead plays
Stratton's mother.
Th character of Lucrezia
Borgia has been the subject of
much controversy, but recent his
torical researches have placed her
in a much fairer light, and it has
been shown beyond dispute, that
after her marriage to Alphonso
D'Este her life was a model of
virtue and beneficence.' Ency
clopedia Americana.
Paulette Goddard, as Lucrezia
in "Bride of Vengeance, poisons
only one man. and not even him
successfully. The movie derives
suspense elsewhere: the machlna
tiona of Cesare Borgia (Macdon
ald Carey) and th defensive
ruses of D'Este (John Lund), in
cluding primitive artillery. By
and large, if s quite an er.tertaia
ing snow.
Wrtttea by
Dr. Herman N.
Bandenaen. M.D.
members of a family are affected,
The standby treatment for this
condition still seems to b sulphur
ointment. On of th difficulties
with this remedy, however, is that
irritation of the skin sometimes
results from Its use.
More recently a new prepara-
tion, known as gammexane,
been found quite helpful.
has
This
insecticide was developed in Eng
una uurui in wr. 11 n vvvii
u.sed to control chiggers. ticks.
fleas, bedbues. and lice
Two Out of Three
When the gammexane was test-
ed on 100 patients with scabies, all
th form of a cream. It is non-
toxic, non-irritating, and has a
faint but not unpleasant odor.
scaDies is not a ai riicuu aisoraer
to diagnos and, one th diagnosis
has been made, it would appear
mat me use or me gammexane
would be worth trying from the
excellent results thus far obtained
from it.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
E- M.: My nineteen-year-old
daughter has swelling of the
nanas. mere is no pain, wnai
could cause this condition?
Answer: This condition possibly
la due to some allergy or sensiti
vity, or to a circulatory disorder.
Your daughter is in need of a
careful study by a physician to de
termine the exact cause of her
difficulty.
(Copyright. 1049, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
ARABS DEMONSTRATE
TRIPOLI. Libia. May 12 -OP)
Arab demonstrators ripped down
the United SUtes flag at the
American consulate Wednesday
and hurled stones and iron balls
at the windows.
Women generally have slightly
heavier brains than man in pro
portion to the size of their bodies.
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SEVERAL GOOD USED DISC HAKXOWS
30S5 Savefloa KdL
By Syd Krvni&h
Postmaster General Jess M.
Donaldson has saved the day for
American philately. j
He has received the assurances
lug of US. commemorative post
age stamps will not be authorized
by congress. The post office ! de
partment will, as in the past, have
the final word on what and how
many commemoratives will; be
lei r .y
-e..
issued during 1949. Donaldson ex
plained that if all the proposed
bills for 1949 stampa were to be
come laws it would take four years
to produce the issues. j
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The bicentennial anniversary of
Alexandria. Va . will be honored
with a new 6 cent air-mail stamp.
It will be placed on first day sale
at Alexandria on May 11. j
A reproduction of the Alexan
dria seal forms the central f de
sign and a pair of outstretched
wings appear from the rear of
the seal. To the left of the seal
is shown the Carlyle House.; the
home of John Carlyle. one of the
founders of Alexandria. Gadsby's
Tavern, which was frequently used
as a meeting place by such famous
people as George Washington; and
John Paul Jones, appears to; the
right of the seal. The names of
these two buildings are inscribed
below them on an ornamental
ribbon. The dates 1749-1949 are
prominent beneath the wing.
Stamp collectors desiring first
day cancellations of this stamp
may send as many as 10 self-addressed
envelopes to the post
master at Alexandria, Va.. together
with postal note or money order
to cover the cost of the stamps to
be affixed.
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"International Women's Day" Is
the theme of the latest set of t
stamps issued by the Soviet Union,
The values range from 20 kopecks
to 1 ruble. Each stamp depicts
Soviet women in various fields of
endeavor-f-from politics to sports,
Th 2 kopecks and the 40 kopecks
have identical illustrations.
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Etienne Francois Choiseul
(1719-1783).. fabulous statesman
of the Mesdamej Pompadour and
DuHarrv era la nirtured on a new
DuBarrylera. Is pictured on a new
French .Uilpostal. The 15 franc
plus S green adhesive actually
commemorates Stimn Dav. Chois-
eul, who directed French foreign
and domestic policy from 1757 te
thos days.
Romania has lsiued a nw slr-
mail set of thre stamos. reports
Leon Monosson.
Belter English
By D. C. Williams
BETTER ENGLISH 1H Ed Pg
1. What is wrong with this
sentence? "I shall be home to
morrow.' 2. What is the correct pronun
ciation of "adverse'?
3. Which ofejof thes words la
misspelled? Raccoon, ragged,,
raddish.
4. What does the word "pert
menter" mean?
5. What is a word beginning
with Imp that means "Imma
ture"? '4'
ANSWERS i
I. Say. "I ahall be at home to
morrow . S. Accent first syllable
not the second. S. Radish. 4. The
whole outer boundary of a body
or figure. "One side of the
square lot measured fifty feet,
its perimenter two hundred feet.1 -S.
ImpuberaL j
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