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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1950)
4 The gkriwmcnv Soltitu Ofoyoa, Tuesday Marc&'ll. 1350 ; THE STATESMAN PUBUSHINC COMPANY CHW A RPBAGUE. Editor and Publisher teres1 at the posts fflee at Salem. Oreron. as second class matter under act at congress March S. 11711 rablished ctctj morning. Business office 214 S. Commercial, Salem. Oief on. Telephone S-241L Welcome, Spring! Long-looked-for Spring arrived officially at S36 o'clock last night and if a word of advice la warranted we'd like to remind the new sea son that it need not bother about trying for new records. We've had records this year, thank you, and winter's gift of a 10-below-zero bone chiller won't be forgotten for a long time. Now Dear Spring, we'd like to have you take the snow from the foothills so that the winds may be warmed and the budding veg etation encouraged to full glory. We're already bit over normal in rainfall around seven inches, in fact and while we certainly have nothing against the life-giving showers of the springtime we could nicely do without the sou'westers which dying winter brought. But we're not complaining, not at all. The grass is greening, the wells are full, the ground nicely moistened for verdant growth' and the valley taking on the look of well-being that Is its prideful heritage. All we're saying, Spring, is that winter did its job thoroughly and left no unfinished work. You are warmly welcomed and whatever you bring will be appreciated. Does that make you want to be nice to us? After all, we've got to have some week ends fit for gardening. Comfort in Pride If quarreling with fate were either seemly or profitable, one might well do it in regard to the Aberle family of Longview, Wash. It was only a few months ago that 15-year-old Ruth Aberle survived four cruel days and nights while lost in the foothills of .the Cascade mountains, and there was no doubt that her training as a sea scout was responsible for the dear-thinking and resourcefulness without which she never would have , emerged alive. Now the father is dead as a result of heroic, and - successful, efforts to save a 1 6-year-old girl who was among the group thrown into the Columbia river Sunday when' the boat Aberle was -stoppering capsized. It is not hard to read into these sagas, one so relievedly joyous and the other sad, the happy (rentage wmiii iiium ue uie lut ux surviving members of the family. And certainly it is be yond contradiction that it was the father him self to whom should go a great measure of credit for the survival of his daughter. " Sympathy will not bring back a life. But 'in the memory of the father the family which was his can find comfort in pride. One Hundred Yean Old If it is true that "the first hundred years are the hardest," Salem is "over the hump." Not as an incorporated city that came a few years lata. But a a rilziifA territorial entitv ' Kalom la 100 years old this week and a story by Con rad Prange in Monday's Statesman gave an Interesting background to the historic era. Much of the lore of the west has been lost or dimmed in memory, so far as detail is con cerned, and there are divisions of opinion on some points. But the overall picture is clear and little of moment is missing fat modern chronicling. It is Interesting to note there were three separate plattings of various areas within a few months and all later became a part of the combined city. And since that time its size (and population) have increased many times over. . .-: ' ' ' - History seems to confirm events which showed that Dr. William H. Willson truly could be termed Salem's original "proprietor." To him goes much of the credit for the city's park areas and once-criticized wide streets, and it is with nride that Willson nark vm named in State, Defense Department Controversy May Leave Russ in Position to Seek Jap Peace Pact By Stewart Alaop WASHINGTON, March 20 An absolute deadlock on a vital Issue of American policy , has now developed between the state and de ten se depart- meata. The is sue is whether or : not ; to go ahead with? a Seace treaty for apao a deci skm which pro foundly affects . ! " the whole range I The state department is firm-- ly convinced that an early peace treaty, whether with or without the concurrence of the Soviet .Union, is essential. But the Pen tagon has taken the stand that ' a peace treaty 'will undermine the American security position la the far east. The inner history of the dead lock is interesting. As first re ported in this space. Secretary of State Dean -Acheson , agreed .with British.. Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, on Bevin'a Sep tember visit to Washington, that a peace treaty for Japan was long overdue. ' Acheson agreed to have a draft proposal for a peace treaty work ed out, and delivered j to the British for discussion with the Commonwealth countries at the rtcent Colombo conference. A proposal was drafted, but it was never delivered to the British. . The Pentagon intervened. J What the state department proposed and still proposes is : roughly as follows: First, diplo matic means would be used to reach agreement with, the pro western majority of the Far Eastern Commission no easy task, since Australia and the J, K favor Swayt Vt, So Fear Shall Am" first SUteanm. March tt. US1 his honor. His work with the old Oregon In stitute, forerunner ! of Willamette university, and later as operator of a drug store from which he dispensed a great deal of valuable medical advice pending the arrival of a medical doctor played a great part in Salem's early growth and prosperity. With Salem's amazing growth of the last half decade, it is to be wondered where its platting will reach another hundred years hence. After-thought on St. Patrick's day: The Un ited States no longer maintains just a legation in Eire, or the Republic of Ireland. The auld sod, -homeland of the shamrock and Mother Ma chree, is now the site of a VS. embassy. From now on, this country and Eire will exchange ambassadors instead of only ministers. The first Irish ambassador is John J. Hearne and one of the important topics in his portofolio is the mat ter of facilities and servicing for American pas senger airplanes on the north Atlantic hop. The cartoonist Herblock (see Time, this week) showed Attlee without a stitch on his bony frame entering the House of Commons with a "bare majority." The Wall Street Journal, cri ticizing' Secretary of State Dean Acheson for trying to "scare the britches off the American people says, "It is Mr. Acheson who is losing his well-tailored look; who is standing grotes quely naked." ... From striped pants to pants stripped, eh? Abdu Krim El Khatabi, Emir of the Riff and president of the National Liberation Committee of North Africans has warned the 25,000,000 natives of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia will rise in revolt if they are not granted immediate independence from France and Spain ... To which Colonel Blimp would reply, "HrrrumpJu Riffraff!" Re the proposal in congress that movie stars be subject to federal licensing, the Coos Bay Times says: "If we must have licensing, let's start with the politicians so that there will be a means of shutting up those irresponsible enough to use their positions to claim an audi ence without seeming to care what harm their words may do." Commenting on the request by a Missouri cave-owner to Reconstruction Finance Corpor ation for $1,000,000 to fix up his cave for an atom-bomb shelter. The Dalles Chronicle says. "After all, pouring money into a hole in the ground is no new experience for the RFC." The newest initials for the use of headline writers are M-AJ. meaning Military Aid Pro grant, and not to be confused by the laity with the currently popular alphabebop about M-O-P. The recent response to the Red Cross appeal for blood has indeed been a credit to Salem and its area. And the Red Cross appeal for funds is a worthy one, too. The courts refused to recognize the claim of that old boy in Missouri who said he was Jesse James. It doesn't seem probable, however, that anyone will claim to be Hitler. Dept. of Useless Information: March is aqua rium month. So if you have an old fruit jar, fill it up with water, duckweed, snails, and get in the swim. The Monmouth mail addressed to ue. If Philippines particularly fear Japanese industrial and commer- rial revival, without which an independent Japan . could not survive, .. : With this hurdle surmounted, the second step would be an in vitation to the Soviet Union and to communist China if a majority of the Far Eastern Com mission had recognized the new regime, as is likely to a peace treaty conference. If the Soviets refused, the conference would be convened anyway. If they ac cepted, they could be outvoted on the vetoless council. Finally, as a condition of the treaty, a lateral agreement would , be worked out with the Japanese, providing for the retention of American bases on the islands. This proposal was referred to the defense department last No vember, and drew a prompt dis sent from Under Secretary of War Tracy Voorhees, who is in charge of occupied areas. The Ioint chiefs of staff subsequent y supported Voorhees, on securi ty grounds. The basic Pentagon objection is that American bases .would . commit the United States to the defense of Japan In case of war, and within the limits of Ameri can military strength imposed by. Defense Secretary Louis ' Johnson, Japan could not be de fended against a major assault. Yet this logic is difficult to fol low, simply .because even now -the American occupation troops could not possibly defend Japan against an , all-out assault, as General Douglas MacArthur is fully aware. - - Moreover, MacArthur himself has supported the state depart . ment position, first to Voorhees on his trip to Japan last ber, then to the joint chiefs in February, and more recently to far eastern division chief Walton Butterworth. Yet . the Pentagon I - ; postoffice reports receiving "Collector of Infernal Reven has refused to budge. a The danger is obvious. The Soviet Union could at the very least now deeply .embarrass the United States by calling for a Japanese treaty conference, while the United States has nei ther agreement with its allies, nor agreement within the Ameri can government. The long term danger is perhaps greater. For the longer it continues, the more surely will the American occupa tion of Japan, with its violent social, economic and racial strains, play directly into com munist hands. Indeed, the danger is now so acute, that the state department is even seriously considering the appointment of a special official of high rank the name of Gen eral Walter Bedell Smith has been mentioned to ' deal with the problem. This official would act as a sort of Ambassador-extraordinary, not only to our allies on the Far Eastern Commission, but also to the Pentagon. This in itself is an interesting commen tary on the relations between the state and defense depart ments. . ' ' ' There is still some hope that the ' deadlock can be broken without reaortkif to any such ex traordinary devices. But the signs now are that the dispute will have to be deferred, still un resolved, to the National Security Council, and from the Council to the president. It will then be up to Truman to break the log jam one way or another. The record suggests that when the chips are down, Truman will back Ache jfta and the state department. At (any rate, the log Jam must be broken soon, r or until there is agreement on Japan, there can be little hope for a strong, ef fective 'American policy any where in Asia. NEW 'SPRING OFFENSIVE G5MING UP v a sv tt C ATVaf Your Hedth r Dr. Herman N. Bandensea By A aiew theory has recently been advanced to explain an old and familiar disorder the colic from which - so many young babies under three months suf fer. We have known for some time that colic is due to a spasm of the bowel, but why this spasm should occur was not so appar ent Now comes the suggestion that it may be due to allergy or over-sensitivity, and that it is probably inherited. If one or both parents had colic in early infancy, or if the 'parents have some type of dis order due to allergy, such as hay-fever or asthma, it seems likely that the baby will de velop colic a Often, before the colic devel ops, the baby may have repeat ed attacks of hiccoughing. In fact, the baby may have hiccups while still in the mother's womb. If the breast-fed baby has colic. It may sometimes be re lieved by having the mother avoid certain foods which may be responsible for the trouble. However, only careful question ing concerning the mother's diet will reveal just what foods may be responsible. Some few colicky babies who are receiving cow's milk may be sensitive to the casein or pro tein part of the milk. Sometimes milk substitutes may be employ ed in these cases with good re sults. In some other instances, all milk formulas and milk sub stitutes must be eliminated and, instead, the baby is 'given strain ed meats. Of course, in these cases, fats, such as olive oil, and sugar and lime-containing prep arations must be added since all of these Important food elements are normally furnished by milk, a a a Some of the best remedies for colic are those Grandmother used heat over the abdomen, warm water by nursing bottle, or warm enemas. Newer treatments include the use of a drug known as atropin, as well as quieting preparations such as phenobar bitaL These, of course, must be prescribed by the doctor and their use depends on the sever ity of the attack. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ' PJLM.: What is the cause for GRIN AND BEAR IT v a the ladies noticed each ether's hats before they noticed the signals Jud changed -i W yavs in Washington ' ' ' By Jane Eads WASHINGTON-iffVDr. Win fred Overholser, superintendent of St Elizabeth's hospital here, doesn't take much stock in love at first sight There are times when you can't trust your -Instincts, and the selection of a mate is one of them," says Dr. Overholser, who also has ( been proiessor - of psychiatry at George Wash-1 ington univers- t ity medicals school since! 1Q3 i- Dr. Overhol ser says the "love at first sight theory" is a figment of the poets. An engagement should be a matter of months "to be sure there Is compatibility and no jarring traits." Even the so-called "love at first sight" romance of Dante and Beatrice was leg end, he says. He visited Florence, Italy, last year and says that if Dante fainted on seeing Beatrice on the Santa Trinita bridge over "the Arno it was "from some other reason." The poet had known Beatrice, whom he im mortalizes in his "Divine Come day" since early childhood. . a a a Love that develops into a life time teaming-up is built on a reasonable period of understand ing and adjustment. It's not the result of a flash-ln-the-pan re ood By Gene Handsaker HOLLYWOOD Claudette Colbert suffers through the war as a prisoner of the Japanese in "Three Came Home." This is a vivid, well-acted movie but strong stuff. One feminine pre view er, a trade-paperwriter har dened to most Hollywood hor rors, couldnt take it She got up and left an impulse many an ovarian cyst? . Answer: The cause of ovarian cysts is not known and therefore cannot be given in most cases. (Copyriaht. 140. Kin Taatom) by Lichty Hollyw lationship. He says: "In general, the betting Is bet ter for good marriage relation ships if each otthe parties knows the other well. and they have a common - religious, racial, eco nomic, social and educational background." Dr. Overholser says many marriages which re sult in divorce are neurotically conditioned. "A lot of people don't grow up." he says. "Often a man is looking for someone to replace the mother-figure in his juvenile imagination, or the woman a re placement of the father-figure. He thinks considerable damage Is caused by over-affection on the part of parents, especially mothers, who because of their closer contact with the child, are prone to pamper. a a "I am convinced more damage is done by over-protection than by neglect, he says. It's differ ent in the marriage set-up. He concedes that "husbands are still pretty much like children and expect to be pampered." The successful marriage, he says, de pends more on the wife than the husband. She must learn to make more adjustments. "Women are biologically stronger than men and endure longer. Any man who expects to be boss is kidding himself," says Dr. Overholser, who has been married, but happily, for 30 years and ought to know what he is talking about j on Parade a woman viewer may feel dur ing the cruder scenes. At the moment of her depar ture, Claudette, with agonizing grimaces of pain, was having her left arm twisted behind her back to near the breaking point by a husky captor. She has been mauled at night by a Japanese guard and made the mistake of complaining to the camp com mander. Now a porky officer is trying to force her to sign a confession that her charge was false. Such an admission would be grounds for her execution. The film wrings all possible heart-rending drama from Agnes Newton Keith's autobiographical best seller. The setting is North Borneo, where many of the film's backgrounds were shot British officials and their wives, the Utter with their children, are herded into separate camps by the Jap conquerors. Thus parted are the lone American, Mrs. Keith, played by Miss Col bert, and her husband (Patric Knowles). There are many striking shots: women prisoners, struggling to board a launch with their lug gage and children, while their husbands watch helplessly. . . . The internees straggling into a dilapidated camp in a tropical deluge. ... Tearful husbands and wives permitted a brief re union across a water-filled ditch where they can barely touch hands. ... Claudette gulping a gruel made from Japanese gar bage . . . and being beaten with a bamboo bludgeon for pausing in the women's drudgery of rice-planting. Five-year-old Mark Keuning of nearby Whittier, in his first movies, appealingly plays Claud ette's son. Florence Desmond strikes a sympathetic note as Claudette's friend and fellow sufferer. Sessue Hayakawa, as Colonel Suga, the camp com mander, skillfully tinges harsh ness with sad, perplexed hu manity. Knowles and Miss Col bert, in unglamorous roles, leave no doubt that they are much in love and sorely oppressed. . . . "Outside the Wall" is a som ber story about an ex-convict Country Club Atmosphere in Barber Shop By ITeary McL-mare DAYTONA BEACH; Fla, March 20 The first time I ever got my hair cut (excepting those infant snips and cups by Mama) was in a barber shop about the size bf a phone booth, and I sat on an unadorn ed pine plank stretched across the arms of the chair. The barber was a nun in his fifties or so. who had taken - ;" up the cutting of hair when his cotton crop failed for the sev enth year in a row and he found an extra pair of scissors in his wife's sewing basket. His idea of hair cutting was very simple. His motto was "Get It Off," and whether his cus tomers were young or old they departed from his shop with lit tle more left than a top knot. As his was the only barber shop in town most of the male citizens went about looking much like freshly yanked-up onions. Some where this rural scalp artist had gotten bold of pair of clippers that were as rusty as a garden gate hinge and which hadn't been sharpened since "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" was on everybody's lips. a a a What the clippers didn't clip off, they pulled out To this day my head bean the scars of those clippers. The floor was littered with clippings which provided a soft carpet, the only luxury In the snop. ine supply or tonics was limited, the barber preferring to treat himself Internally with them rather than rub them on the scalps of his patrons or vic tims. If the stuff he kept on his shelves really grew hair, then the lining of his stomach must have had the appearance of a Shetland pony that had been combed the wrong way. Barber shops have come a long way since those dear and unhappily remembered days. The latest evidence that they have Bottor English By D. C Williams 1. What is wrong with thia sentence? "We shall have to combine together to stop this condition from spreading. 2. What is the correct pronun ciation of "coupon"? 3. Which one of these words is misspelled? Mien, slieght, be lieve, conceive. 4. What does the word "an nihilate" mean? 5. What is a word beginning with vie' that means "changes of fortune, condition, etc."? ANSWERS 1. Omit together. 2. Pro nounce first slyyable as kaa, not as kew. 3. Sleight 4. To re duce to nothing; destroy abso lutely. "Nothing whatever is an nihilated. Matter like an eternal river, still rolls on without di minution. Roucher. 5. Vicis situde. (Richard Basehart) who tries to go straight. He is a pushover for a gold-digging blonde nurse (Marilyn Maxwell) in the hos pital where he gets a laboratory ' job. Another nurse (Dorothy Hart) is more sympathetic An escaped con (John Hoyt) and his wife (Slgne Hasso) involve Basehart in a million-dollar rob bery. Things get pretty depress ing. Also excruciating when a gangster jabs a scalpel under Basehart's fingernails to make him talk. 'v Third Annuel Registered and Commercial ABERDEEN ANGUS SHOW Merck 24th SALE March 27th 62 Heed Reglsteree Femelet end Bells. 40 Heed Commercial Heifers ie Pens ef 3 eed I. Jadfe--Ueyd lenaa, FeirfSeM, Make Aectiaaaa Cat. larf Wafaw. rim. Make Fairgrounds, Klamath Fells, Ore. I fry Pacific Ceeet AWdeea Aaeat I Save Easy jSAUM MOeiAl If State Street Salem. iTQP Conscientious, Dignified Service ii North Capitol ' comes from Miss Mary Troja en-. ergetie press agent for the Bev erly Wilshlre Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. , Miss Troja's dispatch, written with all the formality of a State Department White Paper, tells of the formal opening of the new barber shoD in that hoteL Read ing Miss Troja s latest contribu tion to belle lettres I couldn't quite make out whether the new shop was one devoted chiefly to the cutting of hair and shaving off of whiskers, or a combina tion of the reading room of the ' ' Union Club, the northeast wing of the Louvre, the first ten rows of Carnegie Hall, and the Early American wing of the Metropoli tan Museum of Art The chairs are placed I In al coves and were especially de signed by an internationally known barber chair designer. The cabinets all are custom made. There is soundproofing, air conditioning, special lighting arrangements, and music by Tel esonic I gather that the walls are hung with Tltians and Ra- poaci na ncassos, mat tna bar bers are all descendants of the Pilgrim Fathers, and that fifth and sixth-generation Vander bilts, Morgans and Rockefellers are In charge of hanging .up coats, dusting off customers anf shoeshining. I Wonder how one goes about joining such a barber shop? I suppose you have to be proposed by a member, then Investigated by the membership committee, and finally passed On by ; the board of governors. I. v And I wonder what the dues are? Bet they soak you plenty. This shop is almost certain to have a country club where mem bers may play polo, golf, and a" manicure while dancing to the music of a name orchestra on ' Saturday nights. l . Surely would be nice to be rich enough to join such a barber shop. But I guess it is not for the likes of you and me. ' (McNaught SyndlcU. Inc.) t t Barclay Back, Returns from Airport Tour McNary field Is "pretty well up with most airports" of its size,: Airport Manager Charles Barclay vu mum Atom- ."t7 ws,uciu uuiuik vacation trip in California. rii:iaj inspected lacinues and talked with managers at several city airports in the neighboring state. ' , . The new airport administration building . began to . rise above ground level at McNary field Mbn- aay,. iier weatner-caused r delay. Girders were being erected for the structure first section. wmv mvm FWJW to paint the city's airport pickup as a "follow me" truck to aid in parking planes. cnriDie s MILLER'S loxlniff Englniirlng Is An Invtstmtnt - NOT A COST Geokge S-AUyCohpavt Western Division 11 tavy Skae. Saa tmmhu J, Cakf. Estebllshed 192S The Way SAVINGS IQANf Oregea Telephone Z-413' TL J-J572
