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Crash Landings Get Tiresome jSet Thursday
LONDON. J Crew mem
ben of the riyinf fortress "Hang
the Expense Again" are "getting
damned tired" of emergency land
ings especially In planes with the
tails blown off.
On a recent mission over Ger
many, a direct flak hit blew on
the tall gunner's compartment and
the tall gunner, the entire left
elevator, half the right elevator,
and nine-tenths or ine ruaaer.
ah... Af ih formation
uuirr ("oi'tn w -
reported the Fortress, piloted by
2nd Lt. Trank E. Valesh, of St.
Paul, Minn, probably had crashed
deep In enemy territory.
.un,. th.t fik hit us lt felt as
If somebody hsd hit me In the
stomach with a pianx, wim gun
ner S-Sgt. Herschel H. Broyles,
of Chattanooga, Tenn., said. Broy
les picked himself up seven feet
from where he had been standing
when the flak hit.
In the pilot's compartment,
Valesh snapped on the automatic
pilot. The hand controls were gone.
"We reared up all at once into
an uncontrollable steep climb,"
Valesh said, "but there was enough
fall surface left to straighten us
out.
"I sent Jt an SOS for fighter
protection and Just then a voice
came over my radio: 'What the
Secret Service Busy
Stamping Out Rackets
WASHINGTON U.R The
secret service, whose agents were
kept hopping to safeguard Presi
dent Roosevelt during his un
precedented travels In 1943 In
cluding his trips to Cairo and Teh
ranwere also busy combating
new wartime rackets at home
during the past year.
In a year-end report on secret
service activities, the treasury
said vigorous steps had been taken
to smash ration stamp counter
feiting, which resulted In ISO ar
rests, principally in the New York
area. Secret service agents, un
' covered and blasted a new type
of fraud the counterfeiting of
postage stamps bearing misprints
to deceive collectors.
In one of the most Intensive
crime-prevention campalgna ever
conducted In this country, the
secret service went after the cur
rent classification of "the mean
est thieves," those who steal and
forge allowance and allotment
checks for dependents of men in
the armed forces.
Secret Service Chief Frank J.
Wilson said there were 1,828
forgery convictions during the
year, but that the success of the
prevention program was reflected
In the fact that while the check
payments doubled In 1043, the
number of forgery Investigations
increased by only about one-third.
Wilson said an encouraging note
was that money counterfeiting
dropped further toward a position
of "relative Insignificance" in the
national crime picture during the
year. Two counterfeiting plants
were seized In the United States
and one In Havana.
AIRRAIDTHAT
head mm
MISERY ZONE
I with Just 3 drops Penetro Note
' Drops. Open un oold-cloeaod
G nose. Breathe freer almost in
l stantly. Economical. Only 25c.2tf
zJ times aa rauch.tOc. Caution: Ifsa
only aa directed. Always demand
PEN ETRD drop!
hell do you think we are?'
"I looked out and damned If
the air wasn't full of P-47's."
The crew threw overboard
everything they could move and
Valesh headed the plane for the
nearest field in England. The first
one they found was taking in
other planes. Valesh had to find
another.
The second field didn't answer
on the radio, so the fighters
"buzzed" the runway to keep it
clear.
While the crew huddled In the
radio room for a crash landing.
Valesh brought the crippled plane
In for a perfect three-point land
ing. It was the fourth emergency
landing for Valesh and his men.
Twice before they crash landed
bullet-riddled planes and once
made an emergency landing be
cause of mechanical trouble.
Other crew members included
Frank C. Gregory, of Greeley,
Colo, and S-Sgt. Louis Black Jr.,
of 4290 39th St., San Diego, Cal.
Eugene Building in
January Up Slightly
Eugene building, now at one of
Its lowest points in history, man
aged during January to show an
increase over the previous month
and over January 1B43.
The city engineer's office an
nounced the month's building
valuation as $8,305. This sum In
cluded seven new-building per
mits for work valued at $930, plus
91 repair-building . permit for
$7,379. During January of last
year, building totalled $4,499, and
during December, ft ta
JOHN K. PRATT
Funeral services for John K.
Pratt, Eugene insurance man who
died Sunday after several months
of illness, will be held Thursday
as a requiem mass at 9 a. m. at
St Mary's Catholic church. The
rosary will be recited Wednesday
at 7:30, at the Poole chapeL
Mr. Pratt, who had operated his
agency in Eugene since 1911, was
a member of the Eugene Elks
lodge; the Kiwanls club; chamber
of commerce; War Dads of Amer
ica; Eugene Association of Insur
ance Agents, of which he was the
first president; the Portland asso
ciation of Insurance agents, and
the Oregon association, of which
he was president in 1930-31. He
also was a charter member of the
Beta Theta Pi fraternity, at the
University of Missouri.
New Ways to Prayer
Suggested by Priest
BUFFALO, N. Y. () Stating
that "consecration of trivial acts
In our dally life could lead to new
ways of finding prayer," Rev. Tim
othy Monahan, OFM, Buggests:
"The modern woman In painting
her 10 fingernails could be re
minded of the 10 commandments
and find God in what might oth
erwise be an act of. vanity."
He spoke last night at Our Lady
of Perpetual Help church.
It's NEWS in England!
PRESTON, Eng. 01.10 Wealthy
83 - year-old Sir Cuthbert . de
Highton, holder of the second
oldest baronetcy in England, mar
ried his 19-year-old secretary
typist, Phllomena Simmons, here.
It was the first wartime wedding
to crash the front pages of Brit
ish newspapers.
WOOTON GOE8 EAST
SALEM, Fob. l.-OP Col. El
mer V. Wooton, atate selective
service director, left today for
Washington, D. C, where he will
attend a conference of atate selec
tive service directors, and a meet
ing of the executive board of the
National Rifle association.
Utah Is the only state In the
union which was colonized sys
tematically, Brigham Young Bend
ing scouts throughout the terri
tory to find lands suitable for
farming.
GILLETTE TIRES
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Farmers Back-
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
Vanport Federal Schools
Described By System Head
MISSIONARY MEETING
Assembly of God Tabernacle
710 W. 13th, Eugene
Hear Rev. and Mrs. Hauker, missionaries recently re
turned from the Kentucky mountain area.
The subject, "A Heathen People Within a Christian Na
tion," should be heard by all. It la a challenge. Don't
miss lt
WED. EVENING AT 7:45
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED
Roy K. Reed, Pastor
tlon here.
Stlckels further told the erouo
of the necessity of contacting serv
icemen who are now in the field
as well as those . who have re
turned. It was suggested that
through veterans organizations
and the boys' families they be con
tacted and asked regarding their
future plans whether they want
the old Job back, a new job,
school, or what? It was empha
sized that there should be some
central place where the newly
returned veteran can find an answ
er with a human approach to his
problem.
Officers for the council were
nominated and elected at Mon
day's meeting. Fred Stlckels, Eu
gene, was elected president; W. B.
Card, Eugene, first vice-president,
in charge of the industrial divi
sion; William S. Fort, Springfield,
second vice-president, in charge of
public works division; Dr. A. Or
vllle Waller, Eugene, third vice
president, in charge of service
men's contact division; Roy Wood
ruff, North Davis, precinct, secre
tary; Horace M. Myers, Hayden
Bridge precinct, treasurer.
President Stlckels announced
that within a few days he would
name chairmen of 12 committees
or departments of post-war activ
ities, who would sit in with the
council's board of directors.
O. S. Fletcher, chairman of a
sub committee which has charge
of precinct appointments to the
council, explained that the men
selected by his committee were
subject to approval by the pre
cinct and that precincts within a
! six-mile area of Eugene can elect
whomsoever they ' wish,
Farmers present at Monday
night's meeting included Wilmer
I Walton, Wendell Bartholomew,
j Route 1, Santa Clara; Glenn
Hnrnden, North Davis; Roy
Woodruff. North Davis; Earl M.
Pallett, Route 4, Westmoreland;
Mrs. Gaven Dyott, Blanton; E. F.
Judklns, Judkina; Howard S.
i Merriam, Goshen; Horace Myers,
Frank . Bartholomew, Hayden
Bridge; Vincel Davis, Clarence A.
Chase, Armltage; Cal Young, WU
lagillespie; Frank B. Harlow, Roy
E. Corum. W. A. Ayres, Wllla
kenzle; T. Q. Green, Walter
Drury, Coburg; E. G. Vogt, Paul
j Plank, Lone Pine; Fred E. Cham
bers, Irving; Hans Nielsen, Zum-
I wait; Leroy Chase, B. O. Smith,
j Thurston. Representatives for
Bethel, College Crest, Glenwood,
Douglas Gardens, and Bailey Hill
were unable to attend.
Among members of the Central
Lane Planning council who also
, attended the meeting were Judge
Clinton Hurd, Lane county court;
' Mayor Elisha Large, Eugene; A.
B. Anderson, Elmer Maxey, W. S.
The federal government does
not attempt to control the educa
tional operation of schools it sup
ports, and they can be made high
ly effective by using a "high de
gree of decentralization of res
ponsibility," Superintendent James
T. Hamilton of Vanport City
schools declared here Monday
night
Speaking before a meeting of
Phi Delta Kappa, professional
education honorary, at Wills cafe,
Hamilton narrated problems of
administrating the new school sys
tem at the FWA housing project
built to accommodate 40,000 war
workers.
The system, Hamilton said,
grew "Topsy fashion" in response
to functional needs as they were
recognized, and only now is lt get
ting to the place where an analy
sis of real needs can be made and
the system can be well integrated.
On assuming the superintendent's
job 13 months ago, he found that
he had "a specific and unique Job
to do, and that many unique prac
tices would have to be instituted."
Because of the small number of
school buildings (five elementary
at present, and two more are to
be built), students attend In two
shifts, hslf in the morning and
half in the afternoon, each group
with a six-hour school day. Ham
ilton and his staff opposed the "200
per cent use plan" for many rea
sons, including the fact that half
the youngsters, whose parents both
work, have to be on the street (or
at least out of school) half the
day. This leads towards delin
quency problems, which have "not
been great," Hamilton said, and
prevents the school from Integrat
ing its activities with those of the
home as In normal times and con
ditions, WPB recently gave per
mission to apply for more schools,
so that the 200 per cent use may
be eliminated.
Because half the students ar
rive at school before daybreak,
arrangements had to be made to
give them opportunities to take
naps, for which pads are placed
on tables. Breakfast and mid
afternoon snacks are served, to
counteract inabilities of the work
ing parents to give their children
proper health and nutritional
caret
In setting up the system within
Columbia district 33, Hamilton
stated, the old emphasis on read
ing, writing, and arithmetic fun
damentals was subjugated to
finding out "what the pupil need
ed most." Teachers were asked
above all to be friendly and to
gain the confidence of pupils and
to put them to work at tasks.,
crafts, and studies which appealed
to them. J
Vanport now accommodates
4,400 youngsters through a school
staff of more than 300. Six
nursery schools act as supple
ments, and 600 high school stu
dents are Bent to Portland high
schools with tfieir tuition paid
by FWA funds, since there are
no taxpayers and all property is
owned by the government
Hamilton described difficulties
In working with -the many pub
lic agencies which have a hand
in Vanport, including FWA, the
the federal public housing au
thority, and war production
board. He said he had found
the most effective means of "get
ting things done" was "to go to
the top of the bureau" where
competent people are in charge.
Although bureaus Interfere little
in educational policies, he said,
they do exert control over government-owned
schools by pro
viding the buildings and equip
ment under "mass orders" from
Washington which may not meet
the schools' respective needs. Such
practices can easily Inhibit the
activities of both teachers and
students if care is not taken,
Hamilton said. '
The speaker applauded the
work of his assistant superinten
dent, Wendell L. Van Loan, for
mer principal of Eugene's Roose
velt junior high school, who has
done "a swell job," he said.
TODAY on the
HOME FRONT
By JAMES MARLOW and
GEORGE ZIELKE
WASHINGTON, OPI Congress,
which, writes the tax laws, appar
ently is trying to pin the rap for
the present complicated income tax
forms on the treasury.
A number of congressmen, both
in speeches on Capitol hill and on
visits home during the holiday re
cess, have pointed the finger at
the treasury when the subject of
the income tax has come up. Yet
congress usually thumbs its nose at
treasury recommendations. , ,
The treasury's internal revenue
bureau says it would like to sim
plify the tax blanks if it could.
The difficulty lies with the tax
laws themselves. Income tax law
has been built up piecemeal. Bits
have been added from year to
year, other bits knocked out.
A real simplification job will
have to start from scratch.
However, the extraordinary
complexities of this year's tax
blanks won't have to be repeated.
The shift to pay-as-you-ge piled
complication on complication.
When congress declined under
threat of presidential veto to go
I along with the Idea generally cred
ited to Beardsley Ruml of skipping
a whole tax year in order to start
pay-as-you-go, it got snarled up
in more and more knots.
! It canceled 75 per cent (or $50)
of one years taxes. That left 25
per cent, ordered paid in 1944 and
1945. This had the effect, roughly,
of increasing taxes by 12V4 per
cent for each of these two years
an effect which could have been
obtained by skipping a tax year
and adjusting new tax rates. But
some feared such a boost would
become permanent.
The loudest argument raised
against the Ruml plan was the con
tention that some persons of large
income would stand to gain huge
amounts. As a result congress
wrote in a so-called "anti-windfall"
provision intended to catch
some taxes on the otherwise "for
given" part of some large incomes.
And now? Senate and house
conferees have agreed to eliminate
this "windfall" provision from the
law.
The most complicated feature of
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Fort, city of Springfield; Eugene
H. tiime, superintendent spring
field schools; W.. K. Barnell,
Mountain States Power company;
Frank Bouck, John Boeshans,
Springfield chamber of commerce;
ur. A. urvuie Waller. J. E. Turn-
bull, Eugene chamber of com
merce; John Wagenman, AFL;
Ben F. Ryan, railroad brother
hoods; Loyall Rugh, Harvey L.
Hilton, realty board: Day T.
Bayly, Taxpayers league; Mrs.
Harold B. Jenson, Business and
Professional Women's club; Mrs.
V. N. Freeman, American Associ-
tion of University Women: H. J.
Cox, Willamette Valley lumber
men; Ralph, Laird, Pomona
grange; Clieslcy Brazil, Bonne
ville power administration; J. W.
McArthur, Eugene water board;
Wayne Crooch, Junior chamber
of commerce; Dr. Melville Jones,
Lane County Medical association;
Reese Wingard, Lane County Bar
association; Dr. Varice H. Webster.
Eugene Ministerial association;
Earl M. Pallett University of
Oregon; Ben F. Dorris, draft
boards; Kenneth Shumaker. G. D.
MacLaren, school district 4; Percy
Morse, John Quiner. B. R. Wae-
ner, Ross Beeson, veterans organ
izations; Herman Kehrli, League
of Oregon Cities; Victor P. Morris,
chairman of the Oregon post-war
readjustment and development
committee; O. S. Fletcher, county
agent; A. F. Richards, Lane county
war Industries,
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Ready to Fight Again
PORTT.ANTY p.iT t
The famous 41st' division) the
racinc northwest's own, is in
fiffhtintf fftttl mln M
erating in Australia, sayi Lt.-Col.
nuns r. impiUIWl, nrl OIIlCeT Of
the unit to return home.
"Physically, the men are at their
peak." the G-4 (supply) officer
on the General itaff of th n .f
Said In in HrPmiin Inlantlu..
mo training uiey nave unaer-
m,.-y mcir rerum o Ausira-
ii irom new uumea. oiui th
furloughs they have had have
done wonders. They are rarin' to
go egain. Some of the men of the
162n4 infantry mHa h4 - 4A,,bu
time of lt at Salamaua have re
gained wetgnt they lost.
MRS GANDHI ILL
BOMBAY. Feb. 1 (UP Mrs.
Mohandas K. Gandhi, wife of the
Indian nationalist leader, suf
fered a severe heart attack yes
terday and is in a weakened
condition, it was announced today.
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