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EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE REGISTE R-G U A R D Page Four AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER (Published Cm Brmtag m Sunder! CDtTOR AND PUBLISH! ...... Alton t. Baker MANAGING EDITOR ...... William H Tuiraan NEWS SERVICE ... . Aseeelatea Press. Unites Frees MEMBER ....... Audit Bureau ct Circulations Entered at tha Poet Oefloe at Cuaaoa, Orasoa, aa aaoon4 cdaaa mattar. Tha ReglateMSuard'f poller la tha eotnalete and Impartial publication la Ita newa pesea at all newe and etatementa on newt. On thle page tha adltora of Tha Raglctar-Ouard offer their opinion on avanta of tha day and matters of lmoortanca to tha community, endeavoring to ba candid but (air and helpful Is tha development at eoartnietlve community poller. LET'S NOT GRASP AT STRAWS! There is a dangerous tendency to over optimism because of a few encouraging facts in the current war news. The German drives into Russia are "bogged down." Conquered- nations in Europe have seized the moment for demonstrations of unrest. Hit ler's own newspaper "Voelkischer Beobach ter" has found it necessary to explain that "people passed lightly over sentences in the proclamation of Der Fuehrer which left no doubt that we faced a bitter, bloody war, the most violent battles in world history." One may even enjoy the irony of Hitler's explanation that the Russian resistance has been made possible because "now we see why the very marrow was scraped out of the , bones of the enslaved masses because everything which the clique of Bolshevist dictators could press out of the people was used for offensive armaments." We may read with satisfaction that Japan's move into Indo-China and the re sultant American-British embargo made it necessary to suppress mob terror in Tokyo where rations for a long time have been thin, but it is wiser to regard the expected next move into Siam for rice, rubber and tin and Admiral Sakonji's statement that "a sin gle; spark may cause explosion, now." The crafty (and well informed) Japanese war lords are gambling that Germany not Rus sia will win. ! Latest communiques indicate that the Germans have at last brought their infan try and other support troops into effective coordination with their advanced "swift troops" (tanks) and this probably signifies the actual beginning of the last offensive phase of the struggles before Moscow and Petrograd. IF the Germans eliminate Rus sia as an effective military power, the prob lem for us and for our British allies becomes really critical. Germany still has the tremendous advan tage in trained and equipped armies. She can demand peace on her terms or sit back to dare us to take the offensive for which we are not yet either morally or physically prepared. The war news of the week is not so bad, but it is nothing to gloat over. Churchill uttered a warning. NEW WEAPONS It is most encouraging to see the Army come out with two new weapons which sug gest that it has really been studying the needs of modern warfare. First, a new carbine, a semi-automatic light rifle weighing only five pounds, and only three feet long. All infantry officers below the rank of major, all non-commissioned officers, and many special troops, en gineers, machine gunners, and the like, will carry it. This is a businesslike means of in creasing by almost 50 per cent the ftumben. of rifles in an infantry regiment, replac ing the defensive 50-yard pistol with an offensive-defensive 300-yard light carbine. Second, a new half-trac truck mounting a 75-mm. field gun is already coming off the assembly lines. Such a weapon in the hands of France might have stopped the German tank blitz which broke through the French army. Criticism based on pictures showing U. S. field pieces being pulled backward into position is here answered. This gun could even fire pointblank with the truck in motion. Some people talk in their sleep and others sleep in their talk. 4 , Starting fires with care is a fine theory nut in just a few months you'll find out you need coal. An eastern church burned and, for once, the congregation was there. Bet the person who declared saccharin the sweetest thing known never slept till 10 a. m. . . During hot weather Chicago police are forgetting that parks must be cleared by 11 p. m. Sleeping in a park will do in a pinch, but much better without one. WHAT OTHER EDITORS THINK TRAVEL ON NO. 97 (The Klamath Herald) Driving north on The Dalles-California high, way Saturday afternoon, this writer made a traffic survey of his own to satisfy his curiosity as to what proportion of travel on that route is from out-of-'52;; . AheM i'Wms are, of course, strictly un official, but reasonable effort was made to get an accurate count, starting from the north end of Wocus (to eliminate local travel) and ending at Diamond lake junction. A total of 249 automobiles were met or passed In that section. Of this number, 137, or S3 per cent, carried Oregon licenses. There were 63 Cal ifornia cars, or roughly 25 per cent of the total. The remainder were 38 cars from states other than Oregon and California, and U army conveyances. From these figures, it appears that foreign car drivers, notably Californians, are beginning to find the excellent motor routes of which this section of No. 07 is a part. We were particularly impressed with the amount of travel north of Chiloquin and Fort Klamath, indicating the large proportion of through travel on the route. If you like to be "doing something" while trav eling, and have someone in the car with you to keep tally, and note the license plates when you are busy at the wheel, travel surveys like this are an interesting diversion. Also, they may open your eyes to some new facts about roads. READER EDITORIAL MORE GLENWOOD DORTLAND (To the Editor) Perhaps I should address the envelope of this letter to Nero in stead of Eugene as I think everyone knows of the old story of how Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Although you can't quite class Glenwood as any thing the size of Rome, it is a nice little community of which Eugene should be proud to help. After all, it is all the small communities around Eugene that help in making it a place that everyone should be proud of. I used to live in Eugene myself for about eight years and I liked it there very much and would like to boost it a little myself, but how could I be expected to do any boosting after such a rotten deal was pulled down that way last week. I know that rules are rules and laws are laws, but it looks to me as though there could have been ex ceptions to those laws in such a. case, especially since the fire department had a good guarantee which I understand was a sum of money enough to buy a pretty good interest in a fire truck. The Eolitics of Eugene are actually getting to smell, my opinion. While I'm putting in my two cents worth I would like to mention the fact that I saw the Portland Rose Festival parade this year and saw all the pretty floats representing: cities as far away as Pasadena, Calif., and especially all the towns and cities of any size in Oregon. I was mighty disappointed when the parade had finished with out any representation from Eugene. Seems as though they would have had something at least to advertise the great pageant that was produced there this year, Eugene seems to be making a name for itself in the wrong direction. How can people be expected to send their children to such a great institution as the University of Oregon when the city of Eugene itself can't keep its name up and above board? An old resident of Eugene, GLENN O. ADAMS, 1010. N. Stafford, Portland, Oregon. WASHINGTON LETTER By JOHN w. KELLY WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 7 All that kitchen ware aluminum which Oregon housewives were talked into giving "to- build airplanes" will tiot be used for such war machines, after .all. This, at least, is the way the navy looks at it, for navy specifications call for . virgin metal, and none other. Navy refuses to have anything to do with scrap metal, and the pots can go to pot insofar as the navy is concerned. Rear Admiral John H. Towers, chief of the bureau of aeronautics, ought to know, and that is what he says. The use only of virgin aluminum Is such a set policy with the navy that it will not use the scrap from its own seaplanes. Government officials who are familiar with the program concede that 40 per cent of the aluminum material that goes into the original order for airplane production as virgin material goes out the back door as scrap, and there is no foreign material injected into that scrap. However, under navy policy this unused material, which is as good as any in the plane, is scrap, and therefore the navy will not use it again. Perhaps the percentage, 40 percent, is too high; the admiral was not certain, but imagined it was a little more than he believed; but it was made quite apparent to the committee on ways and means that a tremendous poundage of first class, virgin, never-been used aluminum is' thrown out to the junkman by the navy. Specifications for army and navy are very strict; they will have no scrap, no re.fabricatlon. The British are not so fussy. The Englishmen are making use of scrap aluminum in different plants in the United States which are specializing on British orders. The joint aeronautl board, which fixed up the standard for army and navy, issued a report condemning the application of scrap. There is a perhaps unconscious similarity between the report of the board and the report of the Aluminum Company of America, made back in 1929, in the days when the Aluminum Company was the only manufacturer of the light metal. Fatigue tests of the virgin aluminum and of scrap have been ignored by the navy and army air corps, and, in the view of these officers, the virgin material that goes out the back door (cuttings from the metal used in making the planes) is just no good. Neither the brass hats nor the navy has any place to use those percolators, kettles, pots and pans. This may surprise housewives who made their contributions and the people who collected the kitchenware, and it does not agree with stan dards made by Mayor LaGuardia when he guar anteed that every bit of the utensils would be used In planes. Aluminum is no longer being used for domestic purposes, so perhaps the old percolator will be made a part of a British plane. Last December, when Secretary Ickes was not hating Alcoa as he is now, he issued a press re lease praising that company for taking enough power from Bonneville to create 60,000,000 pounds of metal a year, saying this amount of aluminum would provide for 1,500 Boeing flying fortresses, or ships. Since then the Alcoa plant, at Vancouver 9,200 Douglas attack bombers, or 12,000 North American dive bombers, or 12,000 Seversky pursuit has been expanded; the Reynolds Metals Co. is about to operate at Longvlew, and the government is to establish two plants at Tacoma, one at Spo kane and one at Troutdale. MUCK rakers are already busy, and the People's Lobby, Inc., which is always looking ask ance at big business, charges that representatives of the "economic royalists" now working for the government have been taking care of their own organizations. They cite General Motors, repre sented by Bill Knudsen, OPM director, receiving $324,403,069 in contracts; Proctor & Gamble, repre sented by R. R. Dupree, OPM, with $24,720,000; United Aircraft, represented in government by George J. Mead, with $186,439,438; Westinghouse Electric, represented by E. C. Brandt, OPM, with $37,747,430; Western Electric, represented by J. F. McKermann, OPM, with $22,017,520; American Brass corporation, represented by James H. Mad den and James T. Kemp, both in OPM, with $6, 857, 101; Chrysler corporation, represented by Ed mund S. nhnnman ill cu 17(1 tin. ------ r 1 v. n.ui pu-.A U cible Steel, represented by Frank E. Spencer, OPM, wnn ii,ioi,o; u. a. steel, represented by E. R. Stettinius, OPM. with $5,548,143; Lukens Steel Co., represented by A. J. O'Leary, OPM, with $8,000,719. The list is much longer. Dupont contracts amount to $170,328,955, but that organization is not repre sented in government. Office of Production Management Itself, ad mits that nn third nf all u. . . v. .1 m UQIWIIBB VUllUHia have gone to six corporations and. with 50 others, " "i" lourms. tnis means that 80 corpora tions in the country have all of the business except 25 nercent. which la natt.i . , r -."-vu amviig several iiidus and minor contractors. These orders do not include, kautytttucyia, oasei, usenaif, or airports. 'Playground' Night Spot Changes Hands The Playground, Lane county's pioneer "night club" and enter tainment spot, located near Jas per and 14 miles from Eugene, has been purchased by Lou Thompson, according to an announcement made Thursday by D. E. Hayes, original owner. Thompson has been in the en tertainment business for - many years and for the past few sea sons has been associated in a sim ilar business at Rockaway, on the Oregon coast. The new owner plans extensive Improvements to the grounds and swimming pool which will be open free to the public for picnics every day. Dancing, with the usual hobby horse races, will be held every Saturday night, according to Thompson, who has signed Hal Hardin and his band for this week. Thompson also plans to carry a complete line of groceries at the Playground. Thursday Radio KORE Eugene 1450 Kllocyrles (Mutual-non Lee Network! 5:00 p. m. For Your Information 5:15 Cavaleada of Drama 5:30 News 5:45 Let's Dance 6:00 Confidentially Youri 6:15 Twilight Trails 6:30 News 6:45 Dinner Dance 7:00 Music In a Mellow Mood 7:15 Music from Scandinavia 7:30 Wythe Williams 7:45-Sky Over Britain 8:00 Standard Symphony :00-News :15 Wrestling Matchea 10:30 News 10:45 Freddy Martin Orch 11:00 Leon Molica Orch. 11:30 Johnnie Davis Orch. 12:16 News 12:15 Night Owl Bandwagon . XGW Portland 620 Kilooyeles (NBO Bed Network) 5:00 p. m. Kraft Musis Hall 6:00 Cugat Rhumba - Revue 6:30 quiz of Two Cities - 7:00 Pleasure Time 7:15 Lum and Abner 7:30 The Housewarming 8:00 Musial Interlude 8:05 Ctatterbox Cafe Orch. Siso Tommy Rlggs and Betty Lou :u0 Faithful Stradivari 8:15 Good Neighbors' :45 Musical Interlude ftlKO Vl.1,1 Hnm- TV....- 10:00 News Flashes 10:15 Palladium Ballroom Orch. 10:30 Ed Stocker Orch. 11:00 Biltmore Orch. 11:30 Florentine Gardens Orch. 11:35 Newa Bulletins KEX Portland 1400 KUooyelei (NBO Bed Network) 5:00 J, m Grant Park Concert 5:30 Drama Behind the News 5:45 Musical Interlude 5:50 Household Hints 5:55 The clNkel Man 6:00 Rudy Vallee Show 6:30 Organ Musings 6:45 News Headlines and Highlights 7:00 Roseland Ballroom Orch. 7:30 Clark Dennis 7:45 What Can I Do? . . 8:0O Easy Aces 8:15 Ore. State Golf Interview 8:30- Portland Baseball M:l& I1.ni.. tr.. 10:30 Bal Tabarln Cafe Orch. 11:00 This Moving World 11M.1 tnvtln 11:18 BUI Sabransky. Organ l&ll till SUN. V,Ro9i m ready fJS BIERY was 4 MarjerieMoia " 3531 Mr s Bull,r!el!l"'11191 B01.UOr THAI MERLE 0BER0N iinilll mikipitk r. , KOAC CorT..UU BM KtJtDTtUf 5:00 p. ra. Muiie, Masttrworkt, Vocal 5:15 Ey openers 8:30 Muilo. Vespertld 6:00 Pinner Concert, Weathrr 6:15 Newt 6:30 Agricultural Review 6:45 Weather, Spot Market 7:00 Animal Husbandry Dept. 7:15 "Household Water" 7:30 Muiic. Solo Instrumental 8:00 Forester In Action 8:15 Music, Vocal Duet 8:30 Oregon On Parade 9:00 Cam pf ire Pro., at Oregon Cave 9:30 Music, Muterworkt, Orch KOIN Portland 078 KlloeyeUi (CBS Network) 00 p. m. Major Bowea 00 Glenn Miller 15 Prof. Quiz 45 Leon T. Drewi, Organ 00 Amos 'n' Andy . 15 L Tiny Ross 30 Marriage Club 00 Smarty Party 30 Deth Valley Days 00 Paul Sullivan, Newt 15 Ken Ward 30 By the Way :45 Reld Tanner Orch. 55 Rhythmic Strings 00 rive. Star Final 30 State Taffic 15 Midget Auto Races 45 Defense Today 00 CBS SO Manny Strand orch. 55 News Friday Radio KORE Eugene 1450 Klloeyelea (Mutual-Don Lee Network) 6:00 a. m. Newa 6:15 Early Bird 7:00 News 7:15 Evangelical Church 7:30 Morning Varieties 7:45 Morning Sermonette 8:00 Haven of Best 8:30 News 8:45 News and Musio 0:00 John B. Hughes 0:18 Breakfast Club 8:30 Front Page Farrall 0:45 ril Find My Way 10:00 Newa 10:15 Songs by Lillian Sherman 10:30 Desc. Shillelah Handicap 10:45 Grocery Grab Bag 11:00 News and Music 11:15 Johnny Bright Orch. 11:30 Carvel Craig Orch. 11:45 Muse and Music 12:00 Newa 12:15 p. m. What Lane County Thinks 12:30-rohnson Family 12:45 Refreshment Time. Slntin' Sam 1:00 Singing Strings , 1:15 Confessions of the Corsair 1:30 We Are Always Young 1:45 At Your Command 2:15 As the Twig is Bent 2:30 At Your Command 3:00 News 3:15 Here's Morgan 3:30 Stanley Kenton Orch. 4:0O Studies In Black and White 4:15 Ma Perkins 4:30 Musical Matinee ' 4:45 On Parade KOAC Corvallls 850 Kilocycles 10:00 a. m. Weather, Today's Programs 10:05 News 10:15 Homemakers Hour 11:00 Tragedy of Wutherlns Height! 11:15 Music, Popular 11:45 Music. Organ 12:00 News 12:15 p. m. Farm Hour 12:30 Markets, Crops. Weather 12:45 Pest Control 1:00 Music. Masterworks. Piano ' . 1:15 Varsity Half Hour 1:45 Music. Masterworks, Vlolta 2:00 Seeing the Americas 2:15 Music. Variety 2:45 Monitor Views the New 3:00 Music, Musicale. Instrument 3:15 Traffic Safety Quia 3:30 Music, negro Spiritual 3:45 News 4:00 Keyboard Classics 4:30 Stories for Boys and Girls KOW Portland 620 Klloejelts (NBO Red Network) 6:0O a. m. Sunrise Serenade 6:30 The Early Bards 7:00 Newa Headlines and Highlight! 7:15 Musio of Vienna 7:45-J3avld HarUm ' 8:00 Sam Hayes 8:15 Stars of Today 8:45 Arthur Godfrey 8:00 Benny Walker's Kitchen 9:15 Bess Johnson 8:30 Ellen Randolph J 8:45 Dr. Kate 10:O0 Light of the World ' 10:15 The Mystery Man till SUN bQi fir &tlt't SUMHYI J $kitk SAHOHGS ZfolJ'i SONGSI 0 lAMOUR UNAMIRKIl """"laeeeeeeJaa? jlQLlvENTH AT Aull MOVED OVER! FOR 3 DAYS ONLY! I SiWiKI Galaxy of gorgeous girlsl l"V iK 7 sweU ne song hits! It sNkif vWVlilugh8ga'oeyoM',I Short Subjectl News Doom Open 6:30 16:90 Valiant Lady 10:45 Arnold Grimm's Daughter 11:00 Against tha Storm 11:15 Ma Perkins 11:30 The Guiding Light 11:45 Vic and Sade ' 12:00 Backstage Wife 12:16 p. m. Stella Dallas 12:30 Lorenzo Jonea ' 13:45 Young Widder Brown 1:00 Home of the Brave 1:16 Portia Faces Lite 1:30 We. the Abbotts 1:45 Story of Mary Marlln 9:00 Pepper Young'a Family 3:16 Lone Journey l:SO strictly From Dlxia 2:45 Newa S:00 Biltmore Orch. : 15 News of the World 1:30 Hollywood News Flashes 3:45 Newa of Frank Bingham 4:00 Stars of Today 4:30 Organ Concert :45 Cocktail Hour KEX Portland 1400 Kilocycles (NBC Bed Network) :00 a. m Ed's Up 7:00 Western Agriculture : Breakfast Club 8:00 Amen Corner Program 8:90 Farm and Home :15 Between Bookends 8:30 Democracy's Spiritual Def. 0:45 Musical Interlude 8:50 Whst'a News . 10:00 Newa 10:15 Art Baker'a Notebook ' 10:30 Hollywood Headllneri 10:35 Tony Pastor Orch. 10:46 Charmingly We Liva 11:00 Orphans of Divorce 11:15 Amanda of Honeymoon Hill ' 11:30 John'a Other Wife Il:45-Jut Plain BUI 12:00 Xavler Cugat Orch. 12:15 p. m. Your Livestock Reporter 12:30 News Headlines and Highlight! 12:45 Market Reports 12:50 Household Hint! . 12:56 Newa 1:00 Richard Brooks 1:15 Women'a World ' 1:30 Charles Dant'a Musio 1:45 Curbstone Quiz 2:00 Quiet Hour 2:30 Lost and Found Items 9:JS Rose City 'Calendar 2:45 winga on Watch 3:00 Bridge to Yesterday 3:15 Radio Magic 3:45 Hotel Penn. Orch. Uh' Friday. Saturday . TWO FEATURES George O'Brien in - -"STAGE TO CHINO" and Bonita Granville In "NANCY DREW AND THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE" 4:00 Southemalrea 3:30 Betty Randall 4:15 Bcthencourt Rhumba Band 4:30 Ireene Wicker 4:45 The Bartons KOIN Portland lit Klloerelei (CBS Network) 8:30 a. m. The Early Worm 6:00 Northwest Farm Reporter 6:15 Breakfast Bulletin 6:20 KOIN Klock 7:00 Treat Time 7:15 Headline 7:30 Bob Garred Reportlng- 7:45 Consumer Newa 8:00 Kate Smith Speaks 8:15 When a Girl Marries 8:30 Romance of Helen Trent 8:45 Our Gal 8unday 8:00 Life Can Be Beautiful 8:15 Women In White 9:30 Right to Happinesa 9:4.1 Gems of Melody 10:00 Big Sister 10:15 Aunt Jenny 10:30 You're the Expert 10:45 Kate Hopkins 11:00 The Man I Married 11:15 Golden Treasury of Song 11:30 Hello Again 11:45 Meet the MlaHU 12:00 News 12:15 p. m. Myrt and Marge Springfield Theatre TODAY S SUPEB BILL : Jack Benny and Fred Allen la "LOVE THY NEIGHBOR" alio. Bill Boyd In -"PIRATES ON HORSEBACK" Serial: "WHITE EAGLE" Cartoon and Newa Most Seats lie Children 10e COMING SUNDAY! Tnree times the romance, Ji f "Kitty royto". . thai wen Ginotr her Oscar! (!w.ia. VSR! with GEORGE . UN IUIIESS MUBPHY. MARSHAL MEREDITH STARTS TODAY! FOR 3 BIG DAYS. THE WEIRDEST ADVENTURE . . . YOU EVER SHIVERED THROUGH ! n STRRlCHT-SHOOTinC PIOilEER TRIO! diollenging the forces of corruption at they stand alone In an effort to unite me untamed Weil! 3:6b-The J:15Your?",J :30-N1 Make,"!. S:New,D,Dtr . ' 4.45-sun,rM, " I oHELL COMES THE DAB. AVIATmv a.,.- I Q.1c;a ,.'.''11 overKOlV WUIameH Midg RvA( Race EUGENE FAffiGHJ Saturday, U wo p. hi Improved ImJ Public AddreSr fl Ftr Tried Admission (j, J ST WERNER JANSSE tionally tamoiu Ani ductor, and hit peris ganized Juumb. J b Orchestra of forir musicians, wfll be prt Pacific Coast mudc-lnl series of six Stsqdzf phony Hour, concert I broadcast weekly on It evenings from Jul; 31 tember 4. Inclusive.' 9:00 p. m., Paciflc ! Time, over the M Lee Broadcasts Sm Born In New Tcrtl the son of the turn restauranteur Auwit Warner Jinsiaf his parent opposed SI sical career, ae pi id himself thereafter m tog and meraoriaw il of the masters. J' the Prix de Borne wit his compositions, be i t..J!u k to finish rus stuora h h nnn establtt self as a conductor M In Helsinki HeWn8J Janssen was ew"--i j'. mm ter, as the only had presented Wi J actlyashehadwncelin Mr. ' t.hm hit IViXe '"fl"w ,m duct in many AowJ and has Just highly weeewff;?! engagement nrl. Sao Pul. Brutt ... ei.ird Sjl For rus jJ Hour series t janssen ha. 1 mono; "- u classics-Mi tf" ture." THOTS- I0 m
