The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, February 05, 1994, Page 1, Image 1

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Today marks the centennial of
another notable event in the his
tory of the Oregon 1 country. On
thi date in 1840 the first news
paper. The Orcgoni Spectator,
published its first ise in Oregon
City. It was the fir.it newspaper
of the west. Its printing plant was
not the first in the west, how
ever. In 1539 a prjinting outfit
consisting jbf a Ramage hand
press, typej, furniture and paper,
the gift of a native mission on
Oahu, Sartdwich islands, to the
missions of j the northwest, reached
Lapwai, Idaho, where the Rev.
H. H. Sfalding used it to print
mall books in the native dialects
of the tiet Perce and Spokane
Indians.. After the heavy migra
tions of 1842-5 the population in
Oregon, clustering chiefly in the
Willamette valley, had grown so
large that the need of a news
paper win felt. The Spectator, a
non-politicil paper, was the an
I swer to thiji local demand. It was
the firot newspaper published west
: of the Missouri river. William G.
TVault wain its editor. He did not
Jat very long, .however, because
'his writings did not meet the ap
proval of the owners of the sheet,
George L.. Curry, later governor
of the territory, succeeded him.
Curry did not hold the job long,
either. In 1848 he became editor
of a rival paper in Oregon City,
then territorial capital, the Ore
gon Free Press. ,. i
Other papers started in days
le fore statehood were the Oregon
American and Evangelical Union
ikt at Tualatin plains in
(Continued on editorial page)
Engineer Says
Sweet Home
Facing Flood
PORTLAND, Feb. 4 - JT) - Col. Leg-Oil MeCt Set .
George J. Zimmerman, assistant;,, 15
district army engineer, told the j J. fj otllClV LjelflVS
chamber of commerce today that . J 'a
Sweet Home would be flooded un- I In Veterail AlUUrS
less plans lor a dam on the soutn
Santiam river are changed to an
other site.
Rapid growth of the town since
the origiaijite was chosen for
the Sweet Home dam has made
inundation undesirable, he report
ed, addii.g that alternate sites are
being studied.
" Zimmerman, outlining the ar
my's plans for the Willamette and
its tributaries, reported release of
storage water will lead to channel
improvement and increased flow.
This may make possible a 150-foot-wide
channel, 6 feet deep,
between Oregon City and Salem
and one that wide and 5 feet deep
between Salem and Albany, he
said.
He reported work' probbly will
start this year on the Dorena and
Detroit dims, but no funds have
been allocated for the Meridian
project.
0iociKiriaii8 at
Lebanon Married
U:HAN)N. Feb. 4.--(Special) -Aiiiiourwrrru-nt
was m;ide here thin
Wi-ek of the recent marriage of
Mrs. S.i i ah Humphrey mid Ed
waid Turner. Itoth are 0 years
of age. The ceremony was per
formed in the parsonage of the
Chu
fch of Chrikt, the Rev. Holly
J.rv
'is, pastor, officiating.
Yi
ierds met them after the ceie-
riMtiiy at the home of the bride's
iumi ami dmightrr-in law, Mr. and
Mr. Ueit Humphreys,
Mr. and Mrs. Turner went to
Seattle to viHi t for a short time
but will make their home in this
Vicinity.
G. Wallace Hug New Manager
Of Salem's Municipal Airport
fr. Wallace Hug, recently dis
charged navy pilot, is manager of
the Salem municipal airport to
day. He was named to that post
Monday night by 'the city coun-
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
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"Lightly! Lizhtlyr
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NINETY-FIFTH YEAR
They'll Lose Estates, Maybe
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STAMFORD, Concw Feb. 4- Manfred Enrich (left) talka with Gene
Tanner former heavyweight boxing champion, at Ehrich'i home
near here yesterday, darinr a gathering e-f Stamford area resident
"to protest appropriation of their homes' for permanent site for
, UNO headquarters. Tnnney said he thought selection of the Connecticut-New
York border area "is a great mistake." (AF Wlrephoto
U The Oregon Statesman)
PORTLAND, Or.,; Feb. 4-iip)-State
American Ljspvn Comman
der Neil Morfitt'.ii jounced, to
night diitrfct Cikt4&vi6)ld
be, held al CorvaUis Feb. 7 and
at Salem Feb. 8 on reports of de
lays in handling of veterans af
fairs in Oregon.
Morfitt said the American Le
gion's criticism of the veterans'
administration "comes as a shock
to the average Legionnaire who
has not been following the situa
tion and does not know the pic
ture." Peace Envoys
Not Charged)
In Jap Trials
TOKYO, Feb. 4.Hyp)-Japan'
false peace emissaries, Siburo
Kurusu and Adm. Kichisaburo
Nomura, self-proclaimed innocent
hie of the militarists, probably
will escape prosecution as war
criminals, an allied headquarters
source disclosed today.
If it was finally decided not to
charge them, the same source
said, a full statement of the rea
sons would be announced later.
nOLDFN GATE GETS FLEET
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4 -")
Headquarters of the Third fleet
have been established in San
Francisco and eventually all of
its ships will b docked here as
a naval reserve, a Third fleet
spokesman said tonight.
cil, his salary fixed at $275 a
month.
Son of Mrs. George Hug and
the late long-time superintendent
of Salem schools the new airport
manager was an athlete at Uni
versity of Oregon, and served for
four years in the Oregon state po
lice prior to enlisting in the Ca
nadian air force. From the Cana
dian service he entered the U. S.
navy, where he was a lieutenant
at the time of his discharge.
A representative of the army
engineers handling surplus prop
erties is expected here today, Al
derman Tom Armstrong said
Monday, either to turn back to
the city or to complete details for
such a return. The airport since
early 1942 has been under army
management.
Mayor L M. Doughton told the
council he would "require a little
time" to select five persons for
the new airport commission the
council provided by resolution
Monday night The five members
are to serve staggered terms, one
retiring yearly.
The council authorized the
transfer of $2379 rom the emer
gency to the airport fund.
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UNO Wouldn't
Depose Entire
Stamford Area
NEW YORK, Feb. 4 -)- The
site selection committee which
advised! the United Nations or
ganization to establish world
headquarters in the North Greenwich-Stamford
area also recom
mended that persons living in the
zone be allowed to continue resi
dence unless there ij immediate
need for: their buildings and land.
The report, made public tonight
in New York and London, said:
"W feel that, while the local
population would have to be re
moved from such areas and
buildings as are; immediately
needed by the United Nations, the
occupants of other premises
premises within the zone: could
continue to reside there as ten
ants of the United I Nations until
such time as It became necessary
to take over their premises."
This section of the committee's
80-page report was expected in
some quarters to cool off the
storm of protest among some 3000
residents of the 42-square-mile
New York - Connecticut area.
High Officials of
Nash Finn Laud
Plans for Salem
George Mason, president of the
Nash Motor company, and other
high officials of the Nash or
ganization were in Salem Monday
to visit K. Smith and W. L. Phil
lips, Jr., of Marion Motors, which
handles - the Nash products In
this area, ?
Included in the party besides
Mason were H. C. Doss, general
sales manager of the Nash firm;
Roy Boscow, western divisional
manager, of San Francisco, and
C. W. Wentworth, Portland dis
tributor,; who brought the out
state visitors from Eugene.
The officials expressed approv
al of Marlon Motors' proposed
new location at 430 N. Commer
cial st. i They were guest of
Smith and Phillips for luncheon
at Normandy Manor,
Gearing Work Started
For New Rank RuiNing
Removal of service station
buildings at the Chemekete-Lib-erty
streets corner iwas begun
Monday by the Hoffman con
struction! company. It is the first
step toward construction of a new
bank building for Salem branch.
First National Bank of . Portland.
FIVE DIE IN AMBULANCE
CADIZ, Kjr Feb,' 4-(4VFive
persons died today when they
were overcome by carbon monox
ide fumes in an ambulance which
stalled In flooded Dyer's creek In
Trigg county eight miles
here.
from
SILAS IL STRONG DIES
PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 4.-
(-Silas Hardy Strawn, 71, fa
mous Chicago attorney, died of a
heart attack today.
OUNDBD
Solam, Oregon, Tuesday Morning.
Brighter
Lights Get
Approval
Council Acts to
Reduce Hazard;
Curfew Changed
By Isabel Childs
City Editor, The SUtesmair
Brighter lights for three down
town Intersections, $6000 from the
emergency fund for postwar sew
er construction, an informal re
quest for federal aid to hold Shel
ton drainage ditch within its
banks, and a new curfew ordi
nance came out of Monday night's
one hour and forty-five minute
Salem city council meeting.
The resignation of Paul Burris
from the city water commission
was accepted and Dr. Harold
Olinger was elected to return to
the post he held before entering
the service. Burris noted that he
had taken the commissionerzhip
only on a duration basis.
Traffic Hazards Cited
Approving plans for installa
tion f powerful, modern lights at
the Commercial, Liberty and High
Street Intersections of Center
street, the council, acted to lessen
what Alderman A. H. Gille de
scribed as 'probably the three
worst traffic hazards in town." .
The new lights, to cost the city
35.29 a month, will provide an
opportunity to study plans for
further street light improvements.
Alderman Kenneth Perry, chair
man of the committee on lights,
declared.
Chairman C. f. French of the
sewer committee told fellow al
detmen, as he asked for additional
funds, that his committee has been
advised an intercepter sewer for
the new sewage disposal plant
should be installed shortly so that
engineers working on the project
plans may have some cost experi
ence to go by in figuring cost of
the entire plant. "
Complaint Net First One
A pair of complaints from a
father and son, William and Paul
Allen, mentioning legal action if
Shelton creek were hot restrained
from destroying their properties,
came before the council. Through
the years such letters have come
with increasing frequency, French
said as he asked -for authority to
seek federal aid for the extensive
Job of rip-rapping the drainage
ditch which flows west through
the south side of the city.
The curfew ordinance puts Into
the formal record the council's ac
tion of a month ago lowering cur
few age to 18 and extending the
curfew hour 10,12 midnight on
Fridays and Saturdays.
Admiral Leigh,
75, Succumbs
LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. 4
-(yP)-Adm. Richard Henry Leigh,
75, retired, died in the U.S. naval
hospital here today.
Commander-in-chief of the fleet
in 1932 and 1S33. Admiral Leigh
relinquished the poxt to head the
navy board in Washington. In
1034 he asked retirement because
of durabilities. He headed anti
submarine warfare in the first
world war.
HORSE STEAKS FLY WEST
TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 4-(P)-Old
Dobbin took to the air tonight
in the form of steaks for human
consumption. The horsemeat was
bound for San Francisco.
West Salem Gives Franchise to Salem Electric,
Declines to' Consider Similar Action for PGE
Br Marguerite Gleeaon
SUtcnnin Valley Editor
WEST SALEM, Feb. 4(Special)
By a divided vote the city coun
cil tonight voted Salem Electric
company a franchise to operate
within the city limits and re
fused to hear the first reading of
an ordinance which would grant
similar rights to Portland Gen
eral Electric.
The Salem Electric ordinance
passed first and second readings
t a special meeting held last
week. When it came up for final
reading tonight it was adopted
with two dissenting votes.
When the ordinance to grant
the Portland General Electric a
franchise came up for first read
ing it was tabled without being
heard, on motion of Councilman
nfesmatt
Fabruary 5, 1946
Yamashita Step Nearer
Noose in Split Decision
WASHINGTON, Fib. 4. - (T) -Japanese
General Tomoyuki Ya
mashita today lost his supreme
court fight to csca)e the nooe.
A six-man majority of the court
held that the military commission
which sentenced him to death on
a charge of condoning wholesale
barbarities proceeded legally.
But Justices Rutledge and Mur
phy, in two ringing dissents,
branded the trial unfair and con
trary to traditional American jus-
tlce.
Yamashita, whose conviction
still is subject to review by Gen
eral MacArthur and the war de
partment, was charged with per
mitting 123 crimes and atrocities
by his troops in the last days of
the, war in the Philippines.
Postmaster Must
Mind Mails, Not
Art, Court Holds
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -(A1)
The supreme court ruled 8 to 0
today that the postmaster gen
eral has no right to bar Esquire
magazine from second class mail
ing privileges just because its
bosomy girl don't look like art
to him.
The opinion, written by Justice
Douglas, said: "To withdraw the
second class rate from this publi
cation today because its contents
seemed to one official not good
for the public would sanction the
withdrawal of the the second
class rate tomorrow from another
periodical whose social or eco
nomic views seemed harmful to
another official." i
House Refuses
To Kill Bills
Limiting Labor
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-()-The
house overwhelmingly repul
sed today a move to scrap all
pending labor legislation and for
ged ahead with consideration of
sweeping strike-control propos
als. A 130 to 42 standing vote de
feated a surprise parliamentary
move by Rep. Celler (D-NY) to
kill the pending bills by striking
cut all their provisions except the
introductory "enacting c 1 a u s e."
Celler said his aim was to fore
stall "hasty" and "bad" legisla
tion. One of the bills, introduced by
Rep. Case (R-SD), would set up
a national mediation board with
power to step into major disputes
and forbid strikes or lockouts for
30 days. The bill also would out
law violent picketing and permit
civil suits against either party
breaking a contract.
Reverse Welcome
Heralds Arrival
Of 5 th Air Force
PORTIAND, Ore., Feb. 4 -(A1)
Fifth air force veterans home
bound from Japan reversed custo
mary port welcoming ceremonies
today with banners reading
"Hello USA glad to have you
with us" decorating the troopship
Chanute as it berthed here.
The airmen paid an Astoria,
Ore., harbor pilot to telephone
Portland in advance of their ar
rival here and read a welcome
proclamation to the city of Port
land from the 1402 veterans. An
other banner said "The Fifth Is
back you lucky girls.'
Donald Kuhn. Others voting with
him were A. F. Goffrier, Arno
Myers and Roy Stevens. They
voted for the Salem Electric or
dinance. C o u n c i 1 m e n Donald
Burns and W. C. Helse voted
against granting Salem Electric a
franchise and also against tabling
the Portland General Electric
franchise.
When the Portland General
Electric ordinance came up, Fred
G. Hodges, division manager of
the company, was granted per
mission to review the last six
year history of the two com
panies in West Salem and in
closing appealed to the council
to adopt the ordinance. He said
if it were not granted "we will
take it to the people."
Before the final vote on adop
tion of the ordinance to grant
No. 270
Chief Justice Stone, for the ma
jority, calmly overruled the en
emy general on every point raised
and concluded:
(1) The order convening the
commission was lawful; (2) the
commission was legally set up;
(3) the indictment constituted a
fharge of violation of the Jaw of
war; (4) the commission had au
thority to proceed; and (5) in try
ing Yamashita it did not violate
any military, statutory or consti
tutional command. -
The ruling was nut on the trial
itself but on a petition for writ of
habeas corpus on the grounds
that the commission was illt'sal
and that Yamashita should not be
held as a war criminal.
Woodworking
Plant Planned
North of City
Construction of a large wood
work i n g plant on the Keith
Brown industrial properties in
north Salem is contemplated this
year, Keith Brown, president of
the company, said Monday.
Brown termed "highly exagger
ated" a report published by a
Portland trade paper to the effect
that his firm would erect a $600,
000 woodworking factory this
summer and had other plans for
a $250,000 unspecified type of in
dustrial plant.
"Arrangements have not pro
gressed beyond the preliminary
discussion stag e," he declared,
freely admitting, however, that
"there is not just smoke but fire"
in the report of industrial devel
opment plans.
The woodworking plant, he said,
would not be built by Keith
Brown Building Supply Co., al
though his concern might, do a
portion of the work, but would be
constructed by other Interests on
properties- purchased from his
holdings. Would-be builders still
unnamed, have not set a cost fig
ure, Brown declared.
Pauley Denies
Deal to Raise
Party Funds
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (T)
Testimony that he had tried to
get an American oil tanker trans
ferred to Mexico in 1041 in or
der to gain $6000 for the demo
cratic campaign fund brought
Edwin Pauley to his feet today
with the exclamation "dirty lie."
Max Thornburg, former state
department oil adviser, gave the
testimony before the senate naval
committee holding hearings on
President Truman's nomination
of Pauley to be undersecretary of
the navy. Pauley, California oil
man, was formerly democratic
national treasurer.
There was no explanation where
the $6000 was to come from.
Clare Booth Luce
Temporarily Blind
WASHINGTON, Feb. .-m-Rep.
Clare Booth Luce (R-Conn)
said today she had temporarily
blinded herself by putting the
wrong type of drops in her eyes.
She expects her sight to be back
to normal in a day or two, she
said.
the Salem Electric franchise.
Mayor Guy Newgent had the city
attorney read from the Oregon
code regarding public officials
accepting; remuneration in return
for their vote. Newgent said this
point had been called to his at
tention and he queried the four
councilmen on their interest in
the Salem Electric cooperative.
The four denied any connection
which would affect their vote.
The council tonight also voted
to purchase four new hydrants
from surplus property, and de
cided to put in a hydrant for the
Oregon Textile company which is
installing its own water main.
The council voted to pay $25
as its share of the cost of an
engineer for the nine-county
Willamette flood control project
Prica 5c
Planes, Boats Race
To Aid of Stricken
Vessel Off Alaska
KETCHIKAN. Alaska. Feb. 4.-l'-Tbe liner Yukon fcreke in ta:
tonight, its forward part remaining fatt aground in Jehnstone bay!
and the after part "rolling to starboard, " the eoast guard cutter
Onondaga reported tonight as it fought to rescue tbe 449 persona'
apparently still aboard.
The cutter said it had removed 4 women and children to it
own decks before the ship broke. Thr Onoadaaa's two power boats
fought icy water and high waves to effect the mmt.
The report said the weather and ra conditions were improving
j slightly after hours of gale wine
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UU tails Work
Stoppage for
N. Y. Monday
By the Associated Pret
A two-hour w ork stoppage of
New York CIO members, claimed
to number 600,000, was called last
night by the Greater New York
council of the CIO as a demon
stration in support of the CIO
communications workers' strike
against Western Union.
The CIO council said the strike
would be from 4 to 8 p.m. (EST)
next Monday. It would not affect
viU.1 industries such as light, heat,
transit, health services and news.
Plans for the demonstration
were announced on the heels of
predictions of imminent federal
seizure of tugboat operations in
New York's strike-bound harbor
where food and fuel supplies have
been cut to a-point which a labor
spokesman termed "critical."
Meanwhile, two of the brass in
dustry's "big three" companies
(American Brass and Chase Brass
and Copper) in the Waterbury,
ConnM area shut down as 14,400
workers struck for a 30 per cent
wage increase.
The nation's total of idle due
to labor disputes went to more
than 1,400,000.
In Washington OPA Adminis
trator Bowles met with President
Truman amid reports the White
House is aiming at a quick deci
sion on price control, main stum
bling block in the steel strike.
Report Claims
'Monopoly9 in
Timber Sales
! EUGENE, Ore., Feb 4.-f)-The
Western association of Lumber
men and Loggers, representing
small operators in Lane and
Douglas reported today the Ore
gon and California revested lands
administration program is foster
ing a monopoly for big lumber
companies.
A protest, sent to Secretary of
Interior Ickes and to Oregon's
congressional delegation, declared
the OAC administration is partly
to blame tor allowing timber to
over-mature by refusing to re
lease it to smaller operators. The
association asserted most of this
area's sawmills will be forced out
of business within three years if
the practice continues and if the
government approves p r o p-o sed
sustained yield units.
t'NO TO MEET SEPT. 3
NEW YORK. Feb. 4.-The Unit
ed Nations, assembly will hold its
next session on September 3, 1946
In New York City, NBC said In a
broadcast from London tonight.-;
British Brides Reach U.S.
History Repeats Itself , In Effect, With Arrival 465
NEW YORK, Feb. 4- -The
first large contingent of brides to
reach the United States since Eng
lish sailing ships brought wives to
American colonists 200 years ago
arrived today aboard the liner
Argentina which docked with 456
British wives and 170 babies of
American GI's.
They were the vanguard of
63,000 wives and children of serv
icemen whom the army says will
be reunited with their husbands
before June.
A cold, windy welcome in pre
dawn darkness and a nine-day
trip through exceptionally severe
north Atlantic storms failed to
mar the brides' anticipation. They
braved the cold to glimpse the
flood-lighted Statue of Liberty.
They sang verses of the "Star
Spangled banner" learned in ori
entation classes during the trip.
Four army tugs maneuvered the
former 30,000-ton troop transport
through ice floes in the North riv
er to its docking at 6:30 ajn.
Weather
Max.
.44
Win.
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33
S4
Rain
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Salem
Eugene
Portland .
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San Francisco 49
Willamette river S- ft.
FORECAST (from U.S. weithr bu
reau, McNarr field, Salem): MoaUy
cloudy today with occasional light
rains. Little temperature change.
HUheat today 43 decree.. Light to
moderate wumIs aaost es the Sjr.
and towering waves buffeted tro
vessel.
Fortresses Ordered Ovt
Mf.-.nwhile at Anchorage the
Gen. Delos orderei all B 17 Fly
ing For;rses carrying power
cut- bo;rts to come in from thos
Aleutian chain an i, aid in the
rescite work. .
Th r f.as no mention of lo
of life jn the Onondaga's report.
The ait guard said other ve-
, .)!, v.,.re ilie at the scene w ithm
the rifxt few hours to assist in the
y.,vM ; nut time and weather.
Th weather bureau at Anch
orage aid the storm, which
sered to have centered its fury
on the marooned and the re
cutrs, was moving off to the eat
southeast.
Other Ship Converge
Wind wrre 50 miles an hour
or more. 0:her vessels com erg
inji .ri the M-ene to eid the Orion -dr.gi.
iiiilui ttl her sister cutter,
the tYtar; the army dispatch citlt
SS Zahnski.
the SS North Hatn.
the USS Cijrb and the TP W.
Snow isUt (visibility.
The Yukon left Seward for -Seattle
last night with 49ft" person.
371 pamengrrs and a crew of 12.V
An Alaska line spokesman in Se
attle said probably 250 patent
ers were military men. ,
Total of 10,082
Veterans Will
Arrive Today
By the Associated Pres
At. least 10,082 returning ecrvli e
mcn were scheduled today to de
bark at five U. S. ports from il
vessels.
Debarkation of 377$ pcrsonr.el
from 1 1 ships is expected at l.vn
east coast points while three wet
coat ports await at least 4332 vet
eran? on 10 vessels.
Ships, and units arriving include:
At Sab Diego
Minesweepers VMS 281 snl
281 and 286, 12 navy (due oris, r
ally Feb. 3).
At Loo Anceles
St. Mihlel from Okinawa, 829
miscellaneous personnel.
At 8aa Franclse
Miscellaneous on following: Jer
ald from Samar, 2186 navy; Cher
bourgh from Okinawa, 38 marine;
Chaffe from Pearl Harbor, 33
navy; LCS (L) 3 from Pearl 11-r-bor,
27 navy; LST 734 from Petri
Harbor, 24 navy; Riverside from
Pearl Harbor, 1278 navy and rne
rines; Vinton from Pearl Harbor,
206 navy.
AgeI Albany Man
Injured in Flames
ALBANY, Feb. HAVR'scue 4
84-year-old Joe Wakefield f rm
hi blazing bed by Harvey KmWe.
a neighbor, was reported tod.?
by firemen. Fire fighters confined
flames to the bedroom. vWakefie'd
rt-ceivrd minor facial burns.
The floating nursery was ab!a.a
with lights as it swept up the har
bor. The brides hadn't slept sit
night They pressed clothes, curled
their hair and primped until th
last minute planning either to
meet their husbands in the NV-v
York area or to board trains fr
reunions later in 44 states.
The brides came from England
Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Mal
ta, and were chosen by priori'
system from 27,000 applicants.
The ex - soldiers, mcanwhi'e,
paced the floor and smoked cha rt
fashion at the American Red Cn
headquarters set up for reunions.
There was one British girl fr
whom no husband was waiting.
She was Mrs. Curtis Guy John
son, whose husband, a gunner on
a medium, bomber, failed to re
turn from a mission over France
last December. She said she prom
ised him she would bring their
daughter, Joanna Curtis, now If
months old, to America.
SOME GI's DONT WANT
TO BRING WIVE HOME
LONDON, Feb. 4-(v?VUS. army
authorities said today that 100 Gt
husbands had written them can
celling applications to have their
British wives taken to the United
States, pending divorce actions. A
spokesman said that many addi
tional husbands never have ap
plied for transportation for theis?
wives.