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EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE REGISTER - GUARD Page Eight. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER (Published Every Bvcnlnj and Sunday) EDITOR AND FVBl .I8HT.R Alton s Baker MANAGING EDITOR William M. TUiaian NEWS BEftVICG Associated Prea. United Prew MEMWEH Audit Bureau of Circulation! Enteren at tba Post Office at Eugenft Oregon, u aecond elaaa matter. The Reglster-Guard'a policy ts the complete and Impartial publication In lie newt page of all news and statements on new On talk pace the editors of The Sedstcr-Guard offer their opinions on events of the day and matters of Importance to the community, endeavoring to be candid but fan ar.d helpful to tba development of constructive community policy DON'T BABBLE The army may be suffering shortages of certain kinds of material. It would be strange if there were no such shortages, when you consider that a year ago the country simply had no munitions industry at all. Of one thing there is no shortage the volume of babble and gossip. about such shortages. In an unusually timely and serviceable story, Paul Harrison, who has been touring army camps and writing about them through NEA Service, showed just how evil such talk may be. "They" say, Harrison tells, that there are no rifles to drill with, the boys have just the old World War artillery guns, there aren't enough tanks, and so forth and so forth and so forth. Nobody ever finds out who "they" are. The stories go the rounds, added to and dressed up by each person who thoughtlessly repeats them. And finally a large number of people become convinced that the army is not adequately equipped and' cannot be properly trained. Isolated cases may be true. Certain' short ages, especially of ammunition, are real enough. Much old equipment has not yet been replaced by the new, which is on the way. The specific cases of which you hear may be real enough. The danger is that from constant repetition and embroidery of these incidents, a totally wrong impression may become widespread. In general, we believe it is true, and we base our opinion on repeated reports from many men who have gone to the camps themselves to see, that equipment is suffic ient for elementary training, and that new equipment is continually arriving in quantity. " ' This is not to suggest that any truth about lack of equipment or poor conditions should be suppressed. If your nephew writes you from Camp Whoozis that he's been there three weeks and hasn't got a rifle yet, it may be true. But find out how many others are in the same boat, and why. People have a right to be assured that their boys in camp are properly equipped, fed, housed, and trained. There is excellent reason to believe that these things are all being done as fast as it is humanly possible to do them. There is a difference, of course, between neglect and inefficiency and a sheer lack of materials that haven't yet come off the pr duction lines. The former should be exposed and remedied. The latter is to an extent un avoidable; be patient. Above all, don't babble just for the sake of babbling. Restrain that perfectly human impulse. FRANCE, AU REVOIR! Farewell, France, until in some happier day we may see you again! Painful the words, after a year's waiting and hoping that somehow out of the wreck of France something might have been sal vaged for freedom. Painful the words to those who have felt and who still feel that the French people are good and clean, and wholesome.- Nearly a year ago, France suffered the humiliation of military defeat. With more than a million of her sons in German prison camps, virtual hostages, to have expected her to continue the war in Africa, or in the Near East, would have been to expect much. There were some who had learned to expect much of France, however. Hope died slowly. France chose. No vote was possible in the confusion of surrender. Whether the French people ever were, or are now, back of Petai.i, or Darlan, or Laval, no one knows. There is room for the gravest doubt. Nevertheless the Petains, and Darlans and the Lavals are in charge of France. They have personally elected (no one compelled them personally) to play ball with Hitler. Aside from actions, which might have been forced on them by circumstances, they have given lip service to Fascism, which was not. They have opened the gates of Tunisia and Syria to the German invader; they have chosen to ride a surf-board on the "wave of the future," on which one may expect the remainder of the French navy to be launched at any moment. For the moment, the Frenchmen of Fascist mold of mind are in the saddle. For the mo ment, they are France. Resolutely we must push into the background for the moment the memory of Frenchmen who fought so gallantly for freedom, our own as well as their We must forget, for the moment, that "Liberty, Fraternity and Equality" were born in France. .We must not speculate, for the moment, that perhaps 90 per cent of Frenchmen still love freedom. For the mo ment, such force as France has is at the dis posal of the Totalitarian Revolution. That is the fact, and that is the only fact in reference to France that bears on the situ ation today. To all who love France, who love the French people, who love the freedom which found so fine a flowering in France, it is painful to say this. But it is the nasty truth. All that can be said today by the most ardent lover of all things French is, "France, au Revoir!" Farewell, until we see you again, in your true tricolor, firm and ardent once more for freedom! Doubt it not, that day will come! UPON ALL OF US From the Soldier's Handbook, small pocket introduction to military life issued by the War Department: "The American people of their own will, and through the men they have elected to repre sent them in Congress, have determined that the free institutions of this country will con tinue to exist. They have declared that, if necessary, we will defend our right to live in our American way and continue to enjoy the benefits and privileges which are granted to the citizens of no other nation. It is upon you, and the many thousands of your comrades now in the military, service, that our country has placed its confident faith that this defense will succeed should it ever be challenged." Yes. And it is also upon you, there at the lathe, you swinging the hammer in the ship yard, you on the assembly line, you at the. desk, that our country has also placed its faith and its future. Every" American, soldier and civilian, bears his share of the responsi bility for defending freedom which the times have imposed upon us. WASHINGTON LETTER By JOHN W. KELLY WASHINGTON, D. C, May 21. Approximately $35,000,000 will be invested in western Oregon by the war department in the two cantonments, one at Medford and the other at Eugene. In making this announcement the war department very belatedly confirms the prediction first made in' this space many months ago and which the high command re peatedly denied. The prediction that a cantonment will go to eastern Washington is yet unfulfilled, but the "dope" on that is as authentic as on the projects In Oregon west of the Cascades. Under the army estimates, it is calculated that the cost of the cantonment is $500 per man. (There are many cantonments recently built or now being constructed the cost of which runs $700 per man and at one place almost $2000.) On the $500 per man basis Medford's military camp will represent an investment of $17,000,000. The same cost at Eugene. This is the original investment for bar racks, mess halls, administration hall, sewers, water, .sm yiaiKt a nospiiai 01 aoout 400 beds) and road ways. With 35,000 men in each cantonment it means a payroll of substantial importance. The 70,000 men will represent better than $1,500,000 a month say about $800,000 per camp. This is the payroll alone, and troopers spend their money. It costs ap proximately 50 cents a day to feed a soldier, or for the two camps the quartermaster department will spend $35,000 a day of $1,050,000 each month the troops are at the cantonments. On a per year basis (period of training) the grocery bill will run in the neighborhood of $12,600,000. Regulations call for furnishing one-half pint of milk to every man each day. This means 8,750 quarts each for Medford and Eugene; total, 17,400 quarts or 4350 gallons every 24 hours for both camps. Milk sheds of the Willamette valley will be drained to furnish this new amount of consumption. When possible, troops receive one apple or one pear a day (sometimes a peach or grapefruit), which will provide a market for Oregon fruit, particular ly that of the Rogue river valley, site of the Med ford cantonment. Vegetables and meat must be bought, and when possible the local market is pat ronized. An important responsibility devolves upon citi zens of Eugene and Medford and nearby communi ties. This is in nrnviritntr amucamAnt t- . Many soldiers will visit Portland to have a fling; many others will not go so far. Someone proposes that the town of Central Point be taken over and made into a rest tamp for the troops, with movies, taverns, etc. And before a contract is awarded or even an appropriation made by congress for these canton ments, a group has started a campaign against "sin," meaning hard liquor and members of "Mrs. War ren's Profession." Incidentally, it shoud be men tioned that several chaplains win be with the soldiers at the cantonments and there will be sev eral chapels. Either cantonment will have a larger population than 29 of Oregon's 36 counties. Only Portland will have a population in excess of these camps, for second city in Oregon is Salem with census popu lation of 30.908. or 4000 fewer people than will be in the Eugene or Medford establishments. Jackson county is barely larger than the proposed canton ment, the county being credited with 36,213 in last year's census figures. The camp will double the population of the county (with camp followers) and will triple the population of Medford, if the con- luiimcm uan oe rcgaraea as in the metropolitan area. The Eugene camp will be only 50 per cent county population out will be 15,000 larger than Eugene. Roughly, the two cantonments will mean $30, 240,000 a year new money to those communities, plus the capital investment of $35,000,000 in can tonments. Selection of Medford and Eugene was partly political. War department saw on its map that theer was no project west of the Cascades. Great base for the army air corps is building in Pendleton; munitions depot is under construction at Hermis ton; bombing range has been acquired cast of Arlington; Portland has an army station, but there was a perfect blank on the ocean side of the Cas cade mountains. The planning board spotted Med ford and Eugene for new developments when the army is increased and money is available, but the brass hats of war department were unaware of these preparations. Meanwhile officials and public spirited citizens quietly obtained options on tracts of land for the department, preventing any at tempt at a hold-up, There may be some difficulty n obtaining funds for clearing the bottleneck on the Pacific highway for military purposes between Grants Pass and Eugene, subject to revision now with cantonments decided upon at Medford and NAVY SCHOOL NESTLES IN FORD PL A NTIn foreground is the nearly completed Navy Service school in the heart of the Ford Motor company's River Route plant at Dearborn, Mich. A thousand recruits are being trained there. P.-T.A. To Sponsor Wendling Picnic WENDLING, May 21 (Special) The Parent-Teachers association is sponsoring the grade school pic nic to be held at the school grounds Wednesday, May 28, at 6 o'clock if weather permits. The commun ity is invited to attend and each family is to bring a basket dinner, plates, cups and silverware. Free ice cream and coffee and drinks are to be served. There will be games for everyone. Mr. and Mrs. Les Craiger were hosts to a group at their home Saturday night Mr. and Mrs, George Ehlers of Marcola were present and also Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Re. dell, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Ruthven and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Abel. Another party Saturday night was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Spellmire. A pot luck dinner was given and bridge played during, the evening. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lar- sen, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Gard. Mr. and Mrs. George Gilbert, Mr. ana Mrs. Deb Metzker. Wednesday Radio KOBE Eugene 14M Klleeyolei (Mutual-Don Lee Network) . fl:0O p. m. Orga.i Melodies 3:15 Cavalcade of Drama 5:30 News 3:45 Captain Midnight ' 8:00 Raymond Gram Swinf 6:19 Fulton Lewis. Jr. 6:30 News 6:45 Triangle Traininit Table 6:50 Howard and Shelton 6:55 Musical Interlude 7:00 The Patriarch 7:15 Van Alexander Orch. 7:30 The Lone Ranger 8:00 Adventures in Rhythm 8:30 A Trip to Mars 8:45 Let's Swap 9:00 News, Hardy 9:15 Band o the Week 9:30 Leigh ton Noble Orch. 10:00 Art Jarre tt Orch. 10:30 News 10:45 Freddy Martin Orch. 11:00 Jan Savitte Orch. 11:30 Henry King Orch. 12:00 News 1 12:15 Nieht Owl Bandwagon KGW Portland (ISO Kilocycles (NBC Red Network) 5:00 p, m. Arranged by Eliot Wright 5:30 Concert Favorites 5:55 Howard and Shelton 6:00 Kay Kyser's Kollege 7:00 Tony Martin 7:15 How Did You Meet 7:30 Plantation Party 8:00 Eddie Cantor 8:30 Mr. District Attorney 9:00 Pleasure Time 9:19 Palladium Ballroom Orch, 9:30 The Five Edwards 10:00 News Flashes 10:15 Brick Holton 10:30 Palace Hotel Orch. 11:00 News 11:15 Biltmore Orch. 11:30 Florentine Gardens Orch. 11:33 News Bulletins KOAC. Corvallls 550 Kilocycle! 6:00 Music 6:15 News 6:30 Farm Hour 8:45 Spot Markets. Weather 7:00 Ore. State Game Comm. 7:15 OSC Ag. Club 7:30 Business Hour (Eugene) 8:00 School of Music (Eugene) 8:1ft World in Review (Eugene) 8 : 30 Pari fie Collect 9:00 Land and Construction Surveying v:mr uepw oi music 9:45 Application of Scientific Mang. KEX Portland 1100 Kilocycles . (NBC Blue Network) 5:00 p. m. Roy Shield's Revue 9:15 Excursions In Science 5:30 Drama Behind the News 5:45 Triangle Training Table 5:30 Baldwin Varieties 3:55 The Nickle Man 6:00 NBC 6:15 National Defense and You 6:30 Impudent Jazz 6:45 News Headlines and Highlight 7:00 Quiz Kids 7:30 Manhattan at Midnight 8:00 Easy Aces 8:15 Dance Hour 8:30 Portland Baseball. 10:15 On With the Dane 10:30 Behind the Headlines 10:45 Musical Interlude 10:50 Portland Police Reports 10:53 Musical Interlude 1:00 This Moving World 11:15 Portland Police 11:19 Paul CarsOn. Organ 11:30 News Roundup KOlN Portland 970 Kilocycles (CBS Network) 5:00 p. m. Buddy Malevllla Orch. 5:30 Big Town 6:00 Glen Miller Orch, 6:15 Public Affairs 6:30 Adventures of Mr. Meek 7:00 Amos 'n Andy 7:15 Lanny Rosa 7:30 Dr. Christian 7:93 News 8:00 Fred Allen 9:00 Paul Sullivan 9:15 Leon F. Drews. Organ 9:30 Baker Theater 10:00 Fve Star Final 10:15 Nightcap Yarns Springfield Theatre Jean Arthur and William Holden In "ARIZONA" Plus Walter Catlett In BLONDES AND BLUNDERS' Shorts and News Most seats 15c Children Its 10:30 Eyes of the World 10:45 Jerry Jones Orch. 11:00 Bob Bradley, Gaylord Carter 11:30 Manny Strand Orch. 11:55 New. Thursday Radio KORE Euf.n. 1450 Kilocycle. (Mutual-Don Lee Network) 6:00 a. m. News 6:15 Early Bird 7:00 News 7:15 Morning Varieties 7:45 Morning Devotional 8:00 Mutual Dons 8:15 Musical Fill 8:30 News 8:45 Muslo and News 9:00 Breakfast Club 9:30 Modern Melodies 9:45 I'll Find My Way lO:0O-News 10:15 Hollywood Wnlsnera 10:3O Corntussel News 10:45 Hits of the Day ll:0O Musio and News 11:15 Standard School of th Air 11:45 Radiating Rhythms . 12:00 News 12:15 P- m. What Lane County Thinks uonnson family 12:45 Refreshment Time, Slngln' Sam 1:00 John B, Hughes 1:15 Confessions of a Corsair 1:30 Wa Are Always Young 1:45 At Your Command 2:14 As the Twig Is Bent 3:30 At Your Command 3:00 News g 3:15 Here's Morgan 3:30 Piano Solllauy 3:45 Music in a Mellow Mood 4:00 Emerald of the Air 4:15 Ma Perkins 4:3feWhiep'(-rlr.g Smith KOAC, Consuls 650 Kilocycles 9:00 a. m. News :U-Nelghbor Reynolds i2:S2 We-athttr. Today. Programs 10:03 Music 10:15 Eye Openers 10:30 Music 11:00 Music 11:30 Music of the Masters 12:00 News 12:15 p. m. rarm Hour 12:30 Soot Market Report. 12:45 Farm Flashes l:0O Music 1:15 Vsrlety 1:45 Music 2:0O Homo Garden Hour 2:30 Music 2:45 Monitor Views the News 3:00 Music 3:15 Youth Speaks for Itself 3:30 Muslo 3:45 News 4:00 "Pop" Concert 4:30 Stories for Boys and Girls S:AnV-0n Campuses 5:30 Music 4:45 Vespers KEX Portland lloo Kilocycles (NBC Bias Network) 6:00 a. m. Ed' Up 7:0O Western Agriculture 7:15 Breakfast Club ?:men Owner PJrogram 8:30 Farm and Home S:i5?ctwwn th" Bookends 8:00 Amen Corner Program 10:0O News Ballr'J Notebook 10:30 Charmingly We Liv. 10:45 Music Graphs ll-W-Orohans of Divorce i!:5Jzf,l;"Ilcla "onoymoon Hill 11:30 John's other Wife 11:45 Just Plain Bill 12:00 Mother ot Mine m Vour Livestock Reporter 12:50 Household Hint 12:55 tfews 1:00 Richard Brooks 1:15 Chansonetto 1:45 Curbstone Quiz 2:00 Quiet Hour 2:30 Lost and Found Items 2:33 Rose City Calendar 2:45 Gasoline Alley 3:00 Count Your Blessings 3:15 Mr. Keen. Tracer 3:30 Shirley Sadler. Sinfier 3:45 Intermezzo - 4:00 Pot of Gold 4:30 Ireene Wicker 4:45 The Bartons KGW Portland (WO Kilocycles (NBC Rrd Network) 6:00 a .m. Sunrise Serenade 6:30 Trail Blazers 7:00 News Headlines and Hiehlichts 7:15 On the Mali 7:30 Tony Pastor Orch. 7:45 David Harum 8:00 Sam Hayes 8:15 Stars of Today 8:45 Listen, Ladies 9:00-Jean Abbey 9:15 Bess Johnson 9:30 Ellen Randolph 9:45 Dr. Kate 10:00 Light of the World 10:15 The Mystery Man, 10:30 Valiant Lady 10:45 Arnold Grimm's Daughter 11:00 Against the Storm 11:15 Ma Perkins 11:30 The Guiding Light 11:45 Vic and Sade 12:00 Backstage Wife 12:15 p. m. Stella Dallas 12:30 Lorenzo -Jones 12:45 Young Widder Brown 1:00 Home of the Brave 1:15 Portia Faces- Life 1:30 Shirley Sadler. Singer 1:45 Story of Mary Marlin 2:00 Pepper Young's Family 2:15 Lone Journey 2:30 Speaking of Liberty 2:45 News 3:00 Biltmore Orch. 3:10 Five Miniature Show 3:15 News of the World 3:30 Dinner Music 3:45 H. V. Kaltenborn 4:00 Stars of Today 4:30 Sunset Symphony KOIN Portland 970 Kilocycles (CBS Network) 8:00 a. m. Northwest Farm Report 6:15 Breakfast Bulletin 6:20 KOIN Klock 7:15 Headliners 7:30 Bob Garred Reporting 7:45 Consumer News 8:00 Kate Smith 8:15 When a Girl Marries 8:30 Romance of Helen Trent 8:45 Our Gal Sunday 9:00 Life Can Be Beautiful 9:15 Woman in White 9:30 Right to Happiness 9:45 Mary Lee Taylor 10:00 Big Sister 10:15 Aunt Jenny 10:30 Fletcher Wiley 10:45 Kate Hopkins 11:00 Martha Webster 11:15 Golden Treasury of Sing 11:30 Hello Again 11:45 Woman of Courage 12:00 News 12:15 p. m. Myi't and Marge 12:30 Story of Bess Johnson Note:, "SEA WOLF" Starts Last Times at 9:15 "WASHINGTON MELO" Last Times 8:00 P. M. I U H 1 I II1 iTTTTs ui UP' ,-r-"' HffijUiu 1331 till Sun. iUi till Thur. I r 'ono"s rfvr 8TH WIFE I I worid-i J I II I hone.!" iiy - OJASMOGTO! MARKETS lm& I I CowneUci Tonqhtil I Tht Eurjorn Central Labor Council ha declared th Peoples Mark at and Kampfer Broi. Market un fair to the Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of Eugene. - MEAT CUTTERS LOCAL NO. 324 THAT GOOD BREAD BUTTER-KRUST BAKED BY WILLIAMS 12:45 Stepmother 1:00 Hymns of All Churches 1:15 Refreshment Time, Sin Bin' 1:30 The O'Neills 1:45 Scatterflood Baines 1 2:00 Young Dr. Malone 2:15 Sunshine Almanac 2:30 Joyce Jordan 2:45 The World Today 3:03 The Second Mrs. Burton 3:15 We the Abbotts 3:30 Newspaper of the Air 4:15 Feature Pane 4:30 Eyes of the World 4:45 Bob Garred, News 4:35 Elmer Davis. News FIRST AMERICAN NEWSPAPER The "Boston News Letter" was the first newspaper to be publish ed in America. John Campbell, of Boston, founded it in 1704, and it appeared regularly for more man yu years. 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