Page 12 Eugene Register-Guard, Wednesday, June 21, 1944.
Eugene Invalid Teaching
Army Airmen How To Fly!
Westslders who walk home on
Tenth Avenue west note a particu
lar friendliness about the old
house with the L-shaped veranda
at No. 556. Paul Davis lives there.
Every day when weather allows,
he'i lying on his portable couch,
on the tront porch. He doesn't
wave, because he has been an in
valid for 16 years from arthritis,
What Goes on at
the Statehouse
n rmc w. ALLEN. JR.
' SALEM. Ore. 41 One of the
most imoorunt and least known
jobs in the sate executive depart
ment is that of the public util
ities commusicmer, a post now
held by George H. Flagg of the
Dalles.
Flags, currently recovering from
an automobile accident, was ap
pointed to the position for a four
year term, beginning June 1 of
last year.
' His job includes any number of
duties including the primary one
of licensing and regulating trans
portation, both rail and automo
tive, in the state, at which he is
assisted by A. F. Harvey super
intendent of motor transportation,
and John H. Carkin, superintend
ent of rail transportation.
-The Oregon timber industry is
very largely under the supervi
lion. of the commission, inasmuch
as it is dependent on both tail and
truck transportation.
Bate Supervision
Regulation and supervision of
the rates, services, practices and
regulations of all public utilities,
including railroads, truck and bus
companies, telephone companies,
water, gas, electric and steam
heating companies, are among the
jobs handled by the commission,
which is granted extensive powers
governing the reasonableness of
fares, rates and service condi
tions. As a matter of fact, the duties
of the commission are among the
most extensive of those' of any
state department. A partial list
of additional duties includes the
representing of patrons, users of
aervices and consumers of pro
ducts of any public utility, and
the public generally in all con
troversies respecting rates, charg
es, valuation, service and kindred
matters; the commission is charg
ed with classifying, governing
and regulating operations of minor
vehicles engaged by carriers, the
licensing and regulation of for
warders engaged in assembling
for compensation property to be
transported by minor carriers, and
brokers engaged in selling or ar
ranging such transportation. Rates,
practices and accounts of such
carriers are all under the com
mission's control.
Born In St. Helena
Flagg, 66, was born in St.
Helens and was educated in Salem.
Ha married Henrietta Spencer of
La Grande in 1914. He has been
in newspaper work for a number
of years, and for a time was pub
lisher of The Grant County Journ
al, Prairie City, The Condon
Globe-Times, Condon, the Cen
tral Oregonian, Prineville, and
The Dalles Optimist, The Dalles.
He was chief deputy secretary
of state for several years prior
to his appointment to the public
utilities commission.
Fan D2
Fare
By Glenn Hasselrooth
Communique:
FROM HOLLYWOOD, ETC.
Fredrlc March and Betty Field
will costar in the motion picture
version ot "Tomorrow the World.
The play tries to answer the
question, "What would you do if
you had a little nazi in your
home?" Right now, one might
force him to read the daily re
ports from Normandy.
fcieanor Parker, a newcomer,
has been given the role of Mil
dred, which made Bette Davis
famous 10 years ago, in Warner's
remake of "Of Human Bondage."
She played Ambassador Davies'
daughter In "Mission to Moscow."
Paul Henreid will have the part
played earlier by Leslie Howard,
After months of preparation.
Bing Crosby will begin produc
tion lat in June on "The Great
John L." movie based on the life
ot Sullivan, which has been held
up until a suitable lead could be
found. The fighter will be played
by Greg McClure, 26, graduate of
Oakland Junior college where he
was a football star. McClure wns
born in Allantu, has worked as
salesman, longshoreman, railroad
laborer, and fnrmhand. Linda
Darnell and Barbara Britton will
play Sullivnn's wives.
Laura Nidever says that bump
on her head wasn't caused by fall
ing out of a highchair but from
being bumped by a belligerent
microphone. Her program emits
from KORE.
Rita Beery, ex-wlfe of Wally,
returns to films after an absence
ot 22 years in "Dark Waters." The
Jilm stars Merle Obcron, Fran
chot Tone, Thomas Mitchell, and
Fay Baintcr, and is being pro
duced by Joan Harrison, who did
a honey of a job on "Phantom
Lady."
Robert While, 17, juvenile lead
In the original Broadway produc
tion of "Kiss and Tell," will make
Ms film debut in Columbia's
"Meet Miss Bobby Socks," star
ring Bob Crosby.
is scarcely able to move, and he
has papers to correct. He will
never be able to walk, or hardly
move without help, but Paul
Jiavis, nevertheless, is teaching
young soldiers how to fly!
His work, done through the
University of Oregon extension
service, the physics department,
and recently through the campus
ASTP, actually started 10 years
ago when he took up astronmy and
air navigation as a hobby. This
branched into aeronautics and air
craft design. He . wrote several
books, on the latter topics, com
piled a number of navigation ta
bles. Stovall Needs Help
Then, a few years ago when
James CV Stovall, was conducting
civilian pilot training classes on
the campus, he ran into trouble.
The active program expired as
pilot training abandoned mufti,
but there was still a demand for
training from young men who
were planning to enter the air
forces. Texts were needed for
those wanting to take "ground
school" through extension serv-1
ice correspondence. j
With Sotvall's cooperation, Dav
is wrote three books, one each on ;
air navigation, aerodynamics, and i
elements of navigation (celestial!
navigation). With help of these j
books, courses in these subjects j
became a virtually permanent
part of University of Oregon cor- j
respondence Vork. Davis cor-1
recied the papers of the men who ;
learned from his texts. The cousre j
is for three hours (equal to a col-
lege quarter) and includes 18 les
sons. Some of the men who started j
his course have gone into the arm
ed services; others already in have !
started to take it, so his non-i
civilian "students" at present to-'
tal 12. They include an army maj
or, two navy lieutenants, two ser
geants; some of them are in the
transport service; they have fleet
postoffices and APO numbers. 1
Each man pays half of his tuition,
and the government pays half.
Takes Engineering
Davis was taking civil engineer
ing at the University of Oregon
when that department was trans
ferred to Oregon State college at
the end of his sophomore year in
114; he completed his studies at
University of Washington.
Not until war came and brought
with it, to the University of Ore
gon, the army specialized training
units, did Davis reach his probable
peak in work. Students in aero
nautics totaled 400 last fall, and
correctors of papers were badly
needed. Davis was given the job
to add to his work for extension
and the physics department, Uni
versity officials knew he could
rise to the responsibility.
Each youth was given three sets
of problems, each containing three
proDiems, to do each week. Every
seven days he had to correct 1200
papers, 3600 problems in all. Start
ing with winter term, 1944, this
load was cut in half because there
were only 200 taking the course.
Then, according to Davis, his work
was a real joy.
Home Wfth Parents
Davis makes his home with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Davis.
He has a telephone at his bedside,
a radio and the newspapers to get
the air news. He was especially
pleased Thursday when he heard
that the second raid on Japan had
been accomplished by B-29 Super
fortresses. "I was wondering," he
said, "when they were going to
start using them against the ene
my." '
Paul Davis doesn't complain,
though the joints of his body have
hardened and the cords have
drawn taut. The physical pain of
his disease has left him, and has
been replaced by a knowledge that
he is contributing materially to the
war effort and to society.
OPA Urges Tenants to i
Report Rent Abuses
Eugene had another hint
Wednesday that rent control might
be on Its way as the local wari
price and rationing board re
quested tenants to make com
plaints immediately on possible
overcharges.
The request was made on In
struction of the rent control di
vision, Portland. Several increases
in rentals have been reported
since the recent local meeting with
Daniel G. Gage Jr., Portland, who
said that declaring Eueene-Snrine-
field a rent control area was not
justified at that time. Recently,
however, some landlords have
raised their rents as much as $15
per month, OPA said.
Those making complaints are
asked to list landlord and his ad
dress, type of housing, property
and location, and amount of rent 1
increase. :
There are more than 50 differ
ent types of landing craft in serv.
Ice by the Allies for use in Euro
pean waters.
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