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Pact I Enfant KefisteT-Guaret, Sunday, Feb. 13, IM. Yanks Run Observation Post In Temple Near Tibet Border B WALTER G. RUNDLE HEADQUARTERS 14TH AIR FORCE, Chine, OJ.R) In in an- dent Buddhist temple In a mountain-rimmed valley near the Tibetan border, seven ingenious Yanks are operating a U. S. army observation station which Is one of the most isolated posts of duty in this war. Tha story of this rugged crew and their life among aloof triDes men of mixed Chinese and Tibet an blood who had not heard of the war was told me by 1st Lt. Dean R. Love, Ventura, Calif., who re cently arrived here foraging for equipment. His duties at the remote post are shared by Sgle. Joe W. Mc Gahenof, Belleville, Okla., Albert W. Schaufler, Ithlca, N. Y., Day ton A. Johnson, South Minne apolis, Minn., Herbert L. Stone, New York City, and Corps. Ken ton L. Ludiker, Tulsa, Okla., and Charles H. Ruller, Herkimer, N. Y. They have been on their own since early last November when they were dropped on witn dom ing, a few rations, and some Chinese money. The group Is cloistered effec- Lane County- (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) alone in trade and Industry In a secure world. Whether back of Wlllkle or not as a possible presidential nominee, all were Impressed with his sincerity, and with his di rect and friendly manner in meeting and talking to tha vari ous (roups during the day. Show ing affects of a strenuous sched ule with its numerous meetings and continual barrage of ques tions, Wlllkle .was always cor dial, insisting he be considered just one of the group. In his two major press ses sions the official conference in the moming and the "strictly off the record" luncheon, attended by a large gathering of upstate and Portland press, Wlllkle stood out because of his frankness and oour tesy. Mrs. Wlllkle, guest at a special women's gathering, charmed with her graciousness and sparkle. The Wlllkle visit was the draw ing card to get republicans from all over the state for other pur poses, party leaders kinds' hint ing the time has come for busi nesspreparing organisation for the coming elections. Most Inter esting too, was "on-the-slde" chat tar about several offices open in the election naticmel committee men! the senatorahtp race between Wayne L. Morse and the incum bent, Rufus Holman; congress men; the state legislature, etc. Among Lane county people here some to attend the Wlllkle meetings, others ta take In party organisation sessions, others the Lincoln day banquet in the eve ning with Wlllkle as a 10-mlnute speaker before leaving Portland, and Palmer Hoyt, Oregonlan pub. Usher, es the man speaker, others "just observing," were State Senator Angus Oibson of Junction City; Kenneth' Nielsen, state central committee secretary; Mrs. Jenle Thompson, district vice-president in the Oregon Re publican clubs group; Ed. G. Boehnke, James A. Rodman, Ben F. Dorrls. Clarence E. Lombard, Robert M. Fischer, Jr., Arthur Prlaulx. tlvely by 25,000-foot peaks that rise around their valley. The tor tuous pack trails winding through these peaks are braved infre quently by outsiders. Occasionally an army plane brings In certain supplies. "We found only one other white man there a British missionary," Love told me. "None of us knew Chinese end anyhow we discov ered that the natives spoke the Nashi dialect which even the Chinese find difficult "We had to learn to speak Nashi pronto. Love said they negotiated through gestures with the local elders for shelter In an abandoned temple on the first day. "At first we found it difficult to sleep or work comfortably with half a dozen leering, grimacing life-sized idols gazing at us from niches in the temple walls," Love said. The idols were removed after long consultation with village chiefs, but other, even longer, dis cussions were necessery after the natives became suspicious of the group's ectlvltles and refused to permit them'to begin work. After they explained that they were not missionaries, that there was a war and that they were sol diers, friendly relations and work were commenced. "We hit the real snag," Love said, "when our supply of Chinese money gave out and the natives were scornful and unimpressed by our American dollars. "At last we hit on the brilliant idea of trying to sell our empty tin ration cans in town 10 miles away. The results were amazing. We were almost mobbed and we disposed of our entire supply of cans at IS Chinese dollars apiece, netting 1700 Chinese dollars in two hours." Love said the next time they re turned to town they discovered their cans, to which rude handles had been soldered, telling briskly at 30 Chinese dollars apiece. ' The natives have become ex tremely friendly, Love said, and were vastly entertained when he and his crew tried out their make shift "Chic Sales." "I wouldn't want an argument with any native woman," Love as serted. "They're the most power ful I've ever seen and they really wear the pants in those mountain tribes." Senators Doubt Post-War Tax Cut WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (UK Chairman Walter F. George, (D., Ga ), of the senate finance committee, said tonight lt would be "holding out false hopes to the American people to talk now about drastically reduced taxes" as soon as the war ends. Predicting that the federal bud get will continue to be of con siderable size for some time after the war, he added: "We Just can't cut these taxes es drastically as some people think. It would be poor economy. Instead, there will be a gradual reduction in individual tax rates until our Income is stabilized." George and Sen. Vandenberg (R. Mich.), held out some hope, however, for early reduction of corporation taxes after the wer, and the house ways and means committee promised action this year to make individual Income tax forma "as simple and under standable as possible." Meanwhile, congress waited to see what President Roosevelt wm do with the new 2,315,20O,00O tax bill which was sent to the White House on Thursday. Hav ing asked for $10,500,000,000 in new revenue the president is known to consider the bill "un Hoyt Warns- (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) Worth Named- (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) the Oregon College of Education at Monmouth, was unsble to be here and his address on "Elemen tary Teacher Training ' was giv en by Professor Ivan Milhouse of that college. -' i "Are We Meeting the Problems of Wavering Juveniles?" wes the subject of an address by George V. Shevlekov, superintendent of the schools of Vanport City. Dis cussion group meetings followed his address, given at the forenoon session and a forum discussion was led by him during the lunch eon hour. TOTERAN REACHES St PORTLAND, Feb. 12. OP) C. H. Stranahan, one of Oregon's oldest Civil Wer veterens, wea 90 years old today. Stranahan. one time legislator from Hood River county, helped to make Feb. 12 Lincoln's birthday and a I a o Stranahan't a legal holiday In Oregon. .1 . JsWI f e-r 5v IN A new pair of shoes for your wardrobe. Will they be smart looking . . . will they be com fortable? Of course they villi ... if you wear ever-popular Sclby Styl-EEZ. It'$ the shoe with the m uch talked of "Flare-Fit" innertole . . . hidden feature that assures constant foot comfort. enough to modulate them into a giant symphony of American pro gress," NEW YORK, Feb. 12 OJ.W Gov. Thomas E. Dewey declared tonight that the American people are rallying to the republican party to rescue the constitutional sys tem of government from a menace us grave as that which lt faced during Abraham Lincoln's admin istration. "In tha past decade," Dewey said in a speech prepared for de livery at a Lincoln day dinner here, "we have fallen upon times which carried a menace to our constitutional system as grave aa tnat of Lincoln s day. The menace Lincoln faced was violent; ours is subtle. But one, as much ss the other, carried a mortal threat. He faced secession by the states. In our time, we have seen abdication oy the states." By United Press GOP Lincoln day orators csiied on dissident democrats Saturday night to help republicans unseat the Roosevelt administration, win the war, abolish bureaucratic re strictions, and "restore" constitu tional government. House republican leader Joseph W. Martin Jr., of Massachusetts, speaking at Wheeling, W. Va., ac cused President Roosevelt of lead ing the country toward "state fas cism, end said a powerful oppo sition was building up, Including "besides republicans, a legion of men and women who proudly boast of their loyalty to Jefferson Ian Ideals." Sen. E. H. Moore (R Okla.) speaking at Charleston, W. Va., ac cused President Roosevelt of be ing "a fascist at heart." Moore, a life-long democrat until he sought WACS' NICHT OUTAn totereste group of WACS gather around Glnny Itmms, sonsstrees, aa ah lists the lucky cms wbs will get to nuke free telephone calls to tha folks back home. Number, please? and won election to the senate on the republican ticket, called for a coalition campaign against the administration. Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry (R., Neb.,) speaking at Huntington, W. Va., called for lifting of "reglmen tution" and business restrictions the moment the war is over. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Feb. 12 iuK Vice-President Wallace said today that the nation must not re turn to prewar days of "hunger and despair," but must provide now for the future through public works, which would allow em ployment for all. In a Lincoln day address Wal lace said, "We have come out of the dark cellars of unemployment and doles and we must never go back." 'The people have a right to ask Why can wo not work and get enough to oat und wear in peace n we have in war.' , no aaaea. "The answer is. 'We can and we . mist.' With full employment the people of the United States can have the things they have always ! wanted, better- homes, better ithools. better household furn ishings and more time to spend with their children." ler, Florence organizer, saya that Mrs. Stonefield not only sold many small E bonds, but also a $100,000 bond to "a public spirited resident of western Oregon who does not even want his name mentioned." Mrs. E. W. Ellis, city women's bond division chairman for the drive, announces that Mrs. E. A. Lundy and other members of the Quota club have sold $34,430 in bonds at the bond booth in the McDonald theater during the war loan. Professor A. L. Lomax, chair man of the University of Oregon committee, says the faculty and army have bought more than $40, 000 since start of the drive. HOPKINS SON KILLED WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. OR President Roosevelt tonight noli fied Harry L, Hopkins that his son. Stephen, 18, had been killed in action in the Marshall Islands and buried at sea. Boy Unable to Get Into Hospital Dies PORTLAND, Feb. 12. () Fourteen-year-old William Haeb erle, who lay seriously burned for nearly an hour before a hospital could be found that would admit him, died here today. The youth, burned while fleeing from roaring flames that razed a small frame house within IS .min utes, was turned down by six hos pitals, which said they had no vacant beds, attendants said. Dr. Donald W. Nickelsen, who treated the boy in Portland Gen eral hospital, said the delay might have been partially ' responsible for his death. "That boy's chances of recovery depended to a great extent upon the rapidity with which treatment waa given," he said. "We have saved patients be fore when burned that badly if quickly treated." John W. Green, 14, cousin of the dead boy, also waa burned seriously. His father, Melvin E. Green, and 5-year-old stepson suffered minor burns. Cause of tha fire, which broke out while the family waa sleeping, waa not immediately determined. Red Tip to Japs Held Possible WASHINGTON, Feb". 12 () The Army and Navy Journal said today that in view of the progress of American arms in the Pacific "it may be that Moscow would deem it expedient as an act of friendship to warn the Tokyo government that its Interests de mand that it seek peace" with the United States and Great Britain. The unofficial service publica tion mentioned the idea in a dis cussion of Secretary of State Hull's recent caution to Finland to with draw from the war. (Finland, co-belligerent with Germany, is at war with Russia but not with the United States. Rusaia la a neu tral in the Anglo-American war with Japan.) "Now that the Tokyo war lords are being impressed with inevita bility of their defeat," The Jour nal said, "the practical among the Japanese possibly would welcome a friendly caution from their Slavic neighbor." War In Brief By United Press Italy Allies now down waves of Germans aa first big nazi assault on beachhead below Rome be lieved stopped; huge reinforcement convoy arrives. , Russia Red troops smash Into outskirts of Luga, major German base on Leningrad-Pskov railroad, and capture rail junction of Ba tetskaya, 18 mile to the east Western Zarope Liberators hurl fifth straight attack on Pas do Calais targets, without loss. Pacific Allies step up air of fensive against Rabaul, destroying 42 Jap planes there and at Ka vieng, New Ireland. Planning- (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) contacting service men and inte grating them and their problems into Line's post-war planning. Service) contacts Is in the process of formation, Stlckels said, and the council is working with repre sentatives of the. veteran's organi zations in the community the American Legion. Veterans of F Or el g.. Wars, Spanish American War veterans, Disabled American Vet erans and Marine Corps League, The selection of a chairman for this department will be announced Shortly aa will the other remain, ing chairmen Stickels promised. President Stlckels stated that the chairmen, of each of these de partments together with himself. the three 'vice-presidents, W. B, Gard, Wllli-m Fort, Dr. A. O. Wal- , Secretary R. S. Woodruff and Treasurer H. H. Myers, of the council, will constitute the execu tive board of the Central Lane County Planning council. Secre tary Roy S. Woodruff in collabora tion with the department chairmen will complete the formation of de partment committees as provided in the charter. Other departments will be added to the planning council if their need In post-war - planning Is demonstrated, President Stickels said. HOMECOMING SET CORVALLIS, Feb. 12. ). First homecoming, ever held at Oregon State college during the oasKetDau season was scheduled today for Feb. 19. lAmArSranrT.R Taken Fm - . . ., ,u . "'ni that int "aai he America 5 ndoth.,T ard a motorsaTgS Included amow TZtH Patriated wlUhf ?,W ular officers -cupled .VlH ?er t American i,S!y have beer, hsUij) rlyl9431 th.aS,,9 iue linpshoim b leave New York J'W The repatriation will I-. ?tu" to GerrW, 'certain" Germw and some rrenchXLkl nouneement Ktej7 Nineteen Men KiJ In Three-Plow r3 early today whenUT,'! Two of the pltnem flames while sUU ta the wreckage of iU feT, strewn iw.r 7 1 no damage to the bt bJ Hons, army officers mi Those killed IiaJ-. thur W. Martin 8TTMMV.R Oveatnw wwww.vFt MT I Pacific university toto iJ (wiiuiir tl June 12-Julyl4an4Jtthnj TTMUFB SAT va in unauBO VJ 1 iw, laps-Whs. ber sale receipts from RafjH 1043 largest returw ofwfl gjvsa iiauuiigti lonn, 5UBM Karl L. Janduch Mid. StittJ timber salei brought In $2,oni pius guj uujugaeu 9Wl,m I grazing fees, land um, iM i aig Bond Quota- (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) believe they will answer the xall adequately." More than $140,000 worth of bonds, 80 per cent of them E, have been sold in Junction City, reports Charles R. Nelson, bond organizer there. Junction has to sell $25,000 more to reach Its quota. Star sales person in Lane county, according to Dr. Cornish, is Mrs. Marie Stonefield, a woman more than 70 years old, who lives at Big Creek in western Lane., Jack Pons- ItWBSwsWSSJsnBfwjl pi Dotifo 'aft W Sfr . sseirs rhymes with Beautiful in CROSS SHOES 795 -tlr EXPERTLY FITTED BY X-RAY I V ) They've made a career of comfort... Gold ' Cross Shoes. 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