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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-
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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-
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Worth Named-
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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
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