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EUGENE MUST HAVE AN AIRPORT
For Eugene voters to refuse to accept the
small lew to enahl the ritv tn nhtain a new
- j
irport would be as short-sighted as it would
r.ave Been years ago to deny builders ol rail
roads and highways the right to enter this
then primitive area.
Air travel is not coming tomorrow. It is
here today. Eugene has lagged behind.
With Friday's encouraging visit from
Col. A. G. Fisher and Caritain G. E. Henrv.
Eugeneans should become more united than
ever in their determination to obtain a field
adequate for commercial and defense needs.
They brushed aside a suggestion the pres
cnt airport be used bv the armv as soon as
they climbed from their ship which brought
tnem here from ban Francisco. "Yes, its
suitable," welcomers were told, "if you can
cut down the hills around it!
The two officers were cautious in making
promises. But they left no doubt in the
minds of their hosts that Eugene today would
already have its army air squadron base,
with more than a thousand men, represent
ing a million dollar payroll, if it had a satis
factory airport. The army is "scouring" the
west coast, they said, for new sites. At the
present time ,thcy reminded, there is no
army field between Tacoma and San Rafael,
a dangerous gap on a Pacific coast threatened
Dy Japanese statesmen.
The visitors were verv imnresscd with
the sites shown them northwest of the city.
They used strong words, "ideal," "excellent."
Noting the Fern Ridge dam construction, too,
they insisted the navy should immediately
study the possibility of using the waters
which will flood the Long Tom and Coyote
creeK Bottoms.
Although Colonel Fisher and Captain
nenry only have the power to recommend
it is known the armv is impressed with facta
maps, and figures which Eugene has placed
on me with its headqarters.
Colonel Fisher is air chief for the nloht
corps area, serving in the dual capacity of
dminstrative officer and commander of
combat units. He works as a direct renro
sentative of General H. H. Arnold, chief of
the air corps, as well as of top ninth corps
officials.
Because the site Is regarded as exceptional
and the position of Eugene one of great
strategic value, action will certainly come
soon after the November 5 election, if the
voters permit the allowing of an investment
of $75,000 to purchase a site. Spokane pur
chased an airport site and waited two years
for government help. Now it has It, and is
the greatest west coast air base. Spokane was
ready.
"If you were a citizen of Eugene, would
you take our airport gamble?" Ben Dorris
asked the captain as the pair left for Portland
with tickets to the Oregon-Washington clash.
His answer was: "Yes!" W. H.
THE 'GREAT FRIEND' SPEAKS
Roosevelt's masterful Saturday night
speech from Dayton, 0., was a continuation
of his "bray loudly and carry a feather dust
er" policy which has gained for his great but
unprepared country the hate of all but one
major nation in the world.
No dictator combination, he said in direct
answer to the axis pact with Japan, can pre
vent America from continuing aid to Great
Britain across the Atlantic. Western nations
have the right to use both the Atlantic and
the Pacific for peaceful purposes, he said.
Why should the president extend his nation's
neck in such a bold dare for enemy interests
abroad to try to stop such aid? Why not
continue the stream of support, if that is to
be Yankee policy, without brags and foolish
dares?
If the United States had already reached
the point in its rearmament program where,
as Roosevelt predicts, no enemy clique can
successfully assault the far-flung shores of
North, Central and South America, his out
burst might be more timely. He would have
might to baiv up what is unquestionably
right. But today, when even if the new deal
defense efforts had been conducted with
greatest efficiency, the chief is stepping on
another dangerous stone in his "brink-of-war"
foreign policy.
It will be difficult for Germany and Italy
to believe, too, that the use Roosevelt is mak
ing of the North Atlantic is peaceful. He just
hasn't loosed the other half of the two-ocean
navy he doesn't have in an outright declara
tion of war.
Portions of his address were well-spoken
and excellent consumption for a western
hemisphere which needs uniting in common
purpose again! potential attacker. Ha
warning against accepting overseas assur
ances the west win pe sale was healthy. His
accusal of nations sponsoring the fifth
column and his prediction of its rout was
warming.
But until America completes "total de
fense on land and sea and in the air," Roose
velt could Bain manv votes for November 5
if he would adopt his cousin's old policy of
carrying a plenty big stick and of not stirring
enemies to the point of declaration of war
by wistful speeches. Fewer words, speedier
action might well be good advice to the great
democratic " friend from his people. W. H
THE AXIS VICTORY BLUFF
Although bluffs are dangerous, as they are
sometimes "called," the recent bristling of
Japan may be stronelv alone that line.
The greatest fear for the dictators, no
doubt, is that their only remaining Euro
pean foe, Britain, the toughest, will be aided
by its Yankee cousins, as it happened once
before within their lifetimes. Probably the
main converstation in the corridors of Ber.
lin when Japan was "roped" was on methods
short of war from keeping America from
helping London.
If the United States can be kept out of
the European red hell by bluffing, the axis
win teriaimy continue io try lo do it. Their
first action, it is becoming more annarpnt
tri
daily, is to place the Japanese on their boxes
to maKe a big crisis in the Pacific. That noise
has, perhaps as Hitler cleverlv plannpd.
aroused grave concern in Washington. Al
though an American is not easily bluffed
Hitler and Konove will find. Yankee at.
tention has certainly been drawn from the
British isles and sufferine London. Whereas
a tew days ago there was little street talk
oi naving xo 'stop japan, now there are
more fears war will come in the Pacific
before in Europe if it does come.
So Japan will play bluffs, as manv as the
cable from Berlin advises. Perhaps thev are
prepared, even, for war, if they fail. The
dictators are convinced, within themselves
as well as in their press and to the world,
that they can beat the British without
Roosevelt help. If they can keep the Ameri
can fleet watching and waiting in the orient,
half way around the world from Lands End,
they perhaps hope to have the islands
stormed before Washington realizes the dirty
joo is finished., w. H.
BULB TIME
In the mails now. to tell home
just how deep, how far apart and what kind
of soil, are pamphlets from favorite bulb
dealers. Though the world marks lUnrr-V,
when whole fields blossom with Inline anA
daffodils, when yard borders are rnlnrH
with the crocus, the narcissus and the iris,
as bulb time, it is really only bloom time.
uctober is bulb time. Snacinns hinc
stacked and piled with brown, labeled and
priced and tagged with five-color illustra
tions ot lust what can be expected with
care in a few months.
October is the time when extra chanee
goes into the earden bunVpt tn nru.
funds to purchase tha t dozen Kinn AlfrA
or Spring Glories, the Inglescomb Yellows
or Grenadiers, so the backyard will be a little
Holland in March. It is difficult to
ber from March, through the summer and
autumn, when flowers much mn.-o find,,.
than a bobbing red tulip or a modest vcllow
daffodil, bloom In their splendid nrftfucinn
How hard it is to recall the list of favorites
scribbled during the shower at the bulb farm
when dahlias as big as dinner plates and
zinnias the size of soup bowls are still break
ing their stems by the kitchen window.
But if March is to be blossom iim if
there are to be forerunners in the garden
to the violets and the lilacs, the cold
hearing its season of rest, must be given its
rows of bulbs. With the sprinkling of a few
handsful of sand in the trench, careful .-mor.
ing, just as the florist instructs in his little
pamphlet with the pictures, and an eye kept
on the cold weather, the tunnv s.-l i
basemcnt, and the gopher trap. Holland in
maren win he easy. W. H.
IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG
Suggestion is made to the
U. S. should have two vice nrecirientc T
stead of having little to do, they'll have twice
as little to do.
WAR SCENE
PUGENE (To the Editor)
The people of the U. S. have
practically no conception of what
terrible experiences the refugees
of countriea in Europe are com
pelled io eo tnrouffh. extent per
haps from letters that manage to
get through.
One such letter from Bordeaux
states that a man with his wife
and seven children were trying to
escape from the approaching Ger
mans, and saw five of them killed
by machine guns used by the Ger
man aviators UDOn helnlesg men
women and children.
A trainloaH nf refupea. was
bombed, a mother slain anH ban tn
be left unburied, while the father
ras comDelled to keen aroint with
the rest of the family. No doubt
thousands of such cases could be
recounted.
A Mr. and Mrs. Cormerwheat
Americans, were in Paris whan
the Germans wer ahnut in nf
They had to have special permits
to leave, and these must be ob
tained five days in advance with
photos attached. Thev stood in line
two hours in order to eet their
papers stamped. Thev arrived at
the depot two hours ahead of time,
and "what a scene." They wrote.
Everybody seemed to be leaving
r-ans. police were simply swamp
ed trying to get the thousands of
vehicles into some semblance nf
irder. The station wac a ma r.f
swarming humanity. Each one
loaded down with all their belong
ings wmch were portable.
Several trains stood reariv tn
take "refugees only," and here and
mere were manv mnth-rc e,,r
rounded by their children hold
ing last to their precious baggage.
Finally the trains started lnarf-
ed to capacity, all liahts out nnri
thick curtains covered Mia win.
dows. At midnight the slow mov
ing trains came to a halt. A signal
had been hlown that airrraff
overhead and had gone into action.
"These were exciting moments
would our train be hit?" wrote
Mr. CoDDerwheat rSn
had been there). "For an hour we
remained stalled, then moved only
two or three hundred yards at a
time. The engine crew feared that
the track had been destroyed
ihead of them."
(The strain unnn tha npvAE tu.
sadness, the sorrow, the suffering,
was indescribable. Mr. former-'
wheat wrote).
From En eland pnmM wnrd that
ine laitmui norse is no longer em-
pioyea m tne war now going on.
janns, ana more tanks Is the
cry. In Belgium, when th nr.
mans overran that country, thous
ands oi tanKs were employed.
Army reports stated that so many
dead Germans filled
five feet high, that tanks had to
pusn ngnt tnrough them
irpianes sprinkled helpless
citizens wnn machine mm hniutc
not caring for the children.
(Referring to the parachutist
we heard about over here, the
army reports states)- "ITsnailv a
party of 12 and often more, armed
with a small quick-firing gun. re
volver, and a letter tn nm.n-
likely to helD. Thev wer id in
Finland bv Russia and
adapted by the Germans with
some success.
'Strange to relate." (the .urit.r
goes on) "is that the parachutist
is dressed sometim
battle dress, sometimes in tver,,-:-,
sometimes in Dutch, sometimes in
women s dress, sometimes in pri
vate dress but most peculiar of
11. sometimes in min(tta'
clothes.
Imagine seeinp a
soldier with a rvnK- tM i.;..i
dress. What could a dozen of these
do? One of the most ungodlv.
hateful and hypnc ritical usages
pretending to be holy, YET FULL
OF HATE."
The late Vnodrn. w,w-
(for a time at leant) "in t.i
bed for keeping us out of war."
(During the plertinn ,;... 1
But we know that his immortali
zation was of short duration. Are
we gome to make nursau.ac
Ish believing that Roosevelt is go-
. nn any Deutr than Wilson?
It looks more and more as though
..i.i irri re going to be caught in
the net of war.
If General Sherman could have
seen the "real thing in Belgium
rraiu-e. Poland and v,i.j v..
wouldn't be able to find a word
"m wouici describe what war is
today."
l et's not forget the "Blue Eagle"
attempt to rob us of our blood
bought liberty of 'T and 1812.
Had it not been for the supreme
court "killing the Rlue Eagle"
...in ureriy would already be
inmg or the days BEFORE
superman r DR rim im
tatorial power. "
H. W. HALL
bottles, soup in cans, bedding,
blankets, anything else you want,
and sorry you have to use a can
opener.
Thev beheve in discouracing
private business by taking away
most o: me earnings oi me in
dividual through income and ex
cess profits tax. This is the same
as if John Smith had gone to the
granary of the thrifty and taken
the Greater nart nf his mm and
passed it out to keep John Smith
in omce. how long would tnai
man's ambition last? How can
business men furnish jobs for the
unemployed under such treat
ment? .
America's problem today is
this: Families are cooped up in
houses on small city lots, without
access to the soil, and no job is
furnished. It was our problem
when Mr. Roosevelt took office
and it still is. Subsistence home
steads furnished a rich man's
buildings on a poor man's farm,
the occupant couldn't stand the
pressure of interest payment so
generally lost out.
The U. S. A. can be likened to
a gigantic farm when Mr. Roose
velt took it over it was mort
gaged. He has increased the mort
gage to the limit to buy improve
ments; whether needed or not.
He has built monstrous irrigation
projects to irrigate more land to
raise more crops that aren't
needed. One can borrow govern
ment money today to put down
an irrigation well even in the
midwest where one must go two
hundred feet for water while on
the same farm the government is
paving the owner tn let nart nf
his ground lie idle to reduce the
surplus crop.
If some, one in Lane county
has a farm to let out, with the
same mortgage priviliges granted,
to Mr. Roosevelt, I promise you a
dandy joy ride as long as the
money lasts. Bridges can be built,
cams constructed, fountains made,
even a few electric generators can
be installed here and there over
the place, a lot of help can be
hired, and all will have a swell
time until the limit of the bor
rowing spree is reached. Then
what? It wouldn't take a smart
man to spend your money would
it?
Government in business nlart e
bayonet at the citizen's back be
cause all authority lies in the
government. Remember it was
Mr. Roosevelt who told the WPA:
"You can't strike against the gov
ernment." If WPA can't, then
others can't; then where is our
redress for grievances?
W. W. WHEELER.
HE CANT BOMB GOD
In this world of strife and woe;
Our men are killed, our children
go,
He who slaughters with a nod
Does he think he can bomb God?
Smaller nations he has taken,
Larger nations he has shaken.
Now he covets Liberty's sod.
Does he think he can bomb God?
This devil who the world would
rule
Will he realize he's naught but
"fool"?
While old Satan stands by to laud
Will he try a Blitzkreig on God?
"God Bless America," immortal
song.
Trust we in God we can't be
wrong;
Don't drag His teachings in the
mud
Remember this devil can't bomb
God!
No! By bur faith in Heaven. No!
This devil, like the rest will go!
The Lord will smite him with his
rod.
Because, by Heaven, he can't
bomb God!
ETHEL TRUEAX
October 13,
could do something decisive about
a war? After all we have Nylon.
MRS. MAUDE TURNBOW.
Our boy has gone into service,
On duty for old Uncle Sam
We're lonesome without our lad
die
For nineteen is not quite a man
Seem's like onlv yesterday he was
my baby
But now he has gone away
To help defend his nation, because
They say it has to be that way.
For they sav the vounger the
better
Some how it doesn't seem right
For the vouth of the nation to
suffer
And even die if called to fight.
They will teach him how to murd
er
They call him a gunner first
class
A boy, who was always so gentle
God! why has this come to pass?
For I am the gunner's mother
God, please watch out for the lad
And keep him safe for us always
Is the prayer of his mother and
dad.
"His Mom"
I WANT TO BE A CAPTAIN
I want to be a captain in the good
old U. S. A.
I want to be like "Elliott" with
a rank and higher pay
Three sixteen bucks per thirty
davs. mv what I wouldn't do.
I'l yell like "Hell" at all the rooks
and bark out orders too
With shiny boots, two spurs at
tached and baggy pants all
creased.
A Sam Brown belt of leather
made just out of "hock" re
leased; I'd strut and swagger, through the
camp, boy would I do my stuff.
No flat-foot could every aay
"there goes a new cream
puff"
Above my door in black and white
these words "La Officier"
I'd paint them big, I'd paint them
Drigm, i a paint tnem nice
and clear,
And from my desk and swivel
chair I'd serve my Uncle Sam
u always am nn . .
. to eat my beans N
And when I'd hear 1
call, the call for 4nM
I'd want to be lik. .nifr 'N
lots of golden braid u 1
And as I'd pass in fuii
my happy face a bej1
I want tn h. . r..Ma.
WALLACE R.
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ARROW MESSENGER
BUTTER-KRli
THAT GOOD BREAB
BAKED BY WHLIami
BUILDING MATERUtT
AT LOWER PRf8U
Three years to
for Home taprovenwn
Mogcm Lumber Ce.
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At City Limits North PhowJ
NYLON BOOSTrn
U G E N E (To the Editor)
If the United States govern
ment economic authorities believe
Japan could not survive a year if
American purchases of silk were
discontinued, isn't it up to the
woman?
It isn't very logical to wear
Japanese silk hose, to furnish
them with the monev tn turn
around and wage war on us.
isn t it one time the woman
FRUIT S LOOM
SHIRTS
LMS
Not only whta
you itand
lik this
bul alio whta
you itand
naturally
OIdfMliloBd sUrtc war cut quar
across ilv and shoulder and na
turally "bunehtd up" uadsr th armi
and aerou lb beiom whta you
drepptd your arms. - -
FlGURIZED
hlrlB, bacaus el tbtlr xcluilvs
fheuldtt and - bourn construe
Hon. nvr ba7. bunch- or balloon
out of your vast tbT ro
mart as a whip horn J I
collar to Up. Extraordi- r
nary valuat at
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the
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British coif club decides that V,,n
bo lifted from a bomb cratrr u-iii,t .... i.l.
of a strokr, which is thf onlv thing thr duffor
thanks Adolf for.
Adolf Picks Ilcrm Uocrmg as the world's
No. 1 man. What that docs to the rest of the
scale makes it pretty tough on a lot of people
in this world.
of ;
enjoy j
labor.
Demand for money places V. S mint on a
even-day week. As if there hasn't alwavs
peen a demand for money.
The map of Europe is likely t,, continue
changing unhl somebody gels around to
dunging Hitler'.
WANTS JOHV SMrru n-T
gTRINGFlELD (To the Editorl
WHm t.l. r- ., ....
...... ,. .-Mm in lam down
the ruling necessary for the sur
vival of Jamestown vu: "He that
i n" work shall not eat " he
i lid a foundation of individual
j ism wherein each man or family
; "uia oe sate in possession
property and each could
."'I the fruits of his own
.uui,, aoousnect the "com
mon storehoue" and as laid do vn
by John Smith has been one ba,c
law of our land which haj m.ide
America famous.
Apparently the present admin
istration has never caught the
spirit of rugged mdn idualum that
is bound John Smiths ruling, or
those billions would have been
id to furnish familv-sir-d
farms where people who are able
bodied and willing could raise
heir living by ,h.ir own ,f(
Instead of this they have deliver
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