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Pat 6 Euf Refbter-Guard, Thursday, July 13, 1944. AS INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER (PubUitutf tvtry toaaloa and SuiuUjrl anrraa: and publjehb , Allan t. Ba MANAOINO DUTOB X- Tlwnan kews sebvics - Praaa, Onitad Praia Mr"T Bureau orf Osculation Dlaratf at U Pca Oidea at Eufaoa. Oragoo. a, aaoon ajaaa mattar. - TUm IUtttar-Quaro" polio la Uia eomptau and rra. partial publication In Its pawi page of alJ oewi and etata nanta on nawe. On this Mil the edltore of The Rem tar. Guard attar thalr opinion, on avanta of the day and mattar; a? Unportanea to the oomm unity, andeavorlnc to ba candid but fair and helpful to loo development of ooutrucUva a T'fy policy "THIS IS HOW WE WIN THE WAR" From battlefronts and from all the deso late outposts of watching and supplying, Fortune Magazine has rounded up for its July issue a series .of pictures and word sketches, in an effort to give us at home some idea of "the reality of war." Yet Fortune says: "Millions of men have struck the right bat , snce: white men, yellow men, black men, men of a hundred origins and a million emotions. Who the men are and what they have done. and what they have felt, not even the presi dents and generals and prime ministers can ever know. The men themselves will forget. Yet they ARE THE WAR; they are its agents, , its prime movers, its victims, and If one does not catch glimpses, however fleeting, one will not see the war at all." On the Godforsaken supply lines in filthy Persia, on the icecap of Greenland, or for gotten islands of the seven seas, the grim enemy is boredom which leads to madness. In the battlelines, the greatest enemy is fear, such fear as we can never know, but the worst fear is not of the enemy or of dying, but of wounds which can make a man some thing less than a man, malarias which twist mind and body, things seen and heard and endured endlessly for all the hopes that are wrapped up in one word home! Most men, perhaps fortunately, cannot express what they feel. In' The Roseburg News-Review, however, we find reprinted a letter which gives a little glimpse of "how we are doing" in Normandy. It happens to be from Lt. Allen Cordon, son of Guy Cor don, U. S. Senator. He tells of the landing en the beach, through the wreckage and des olation created by the opening barrages, the1 waiting to begin the advance inland: "We were all kidding one of the boys who had just been married before he came over seas. This boy, Roy Martin, was a nice-looking, clean-cut kid, and he took it cheerfully. His main objective In life, as with all of us over here, was to go back home. I talked to Roy quite a while that night, and finally went to bed with a 'see you in the morning, Roy.' I didn't realize then how true that parting statement was. On this morning a large num ber of German aircraft pulled a sneak raid. We heard the ack-ack open up on them. As we tore for cover, we heard a Jerry plane peel off and howl over us. Immediately thereafter all hell broke loose. There was a terrific roar. My body seemed as though it was going to explode and I was enveloped in a bright red flash of light. The corner of our foxhole was blown away. ., "We waited a few momenta In case there should be more attacks, then hastened outside to see where the bomb had hit. What a sight! We had left a thick stand of big trees when we ran to our foxholes. - We returned to a (aping hole. Uttered with broken trees, wires, tents, equipment. Directly on top of our fox hole lay the remnants of a body; a head, part of the torso. The rest was scattered about the area, and subsequently was picked up and burled. We couldn't identity him, but a check revealed it to be Roy yes, Roy Martin, from whom I had parted the night before with 'see you in the moming, Roy.' I saw him, but he didn't see me. Nor would he see his wife again, nor the yet unborn baby to have been his " Just one little incident in one little cor ner of the war! Some, of course, find their experiences, exhilarating, exciting. For a few travel over the world has opened "new fron tiers." In a recent issue , of "Desert" ' (a Southern California magazine), a chap named Randall Henderson tells about his as signment to a lonely oasis in the middle of the Sahara. It is "his meat." He is fascin ated with the plants, the animals,' the peo ple of the Sahara and the traffic which comes winging. Few are so lucky or have such capacity to "be interested." Most of the people in service are , still "home minded," and they will be returning to try to live and work with us. What will they be like? Probably most of them will soon return to "old ways," but now and then you get "inkles" of change. The other day we saw a letter from a young man whose father, a well-to-do business man, had writ ten to advise the lad to "be thinking about what you are going to do when this is over, as it soon will be." The young man's reply was a "gem" of tact. He wrote: "Out here we think constantly shout what we will do when this is over, but this is an experience which changes your sense of val ues. Frankly, father, money does not seem very important except for what It can do, and I do not believe I could ever again be inter ested in any job Just for the sake of earning money. Life is so short. I do not believe 1 would want to spend it on sny work, unless the work itself seemed worth the doing. Of course, 1 reallte the Importance of being inde pendent and making a decent living, but . . ." AU the men and women out there ARE THE WAR, and as they come home they WILL BE THE NATION. They are 12,000. 000 men and women, the best out of our en tire population in the best years of life, and they will become "a voice" in our affairs. Too much "post-war planning" deals with mere mechanics. DR. HIBBARD OF BURNS For a great many years, naturalists com ing to Oregon to study Its "wild life" have sought out Dr. L. E. Hibbard. of Burns. He was known all over the world as an authority en the birds and the beasts and the flowers n plants of what the school books used te call "the great American desert." Mny Eugeneans came to know Dr. Hib wd on the annual pilgrimages of the Order of the Antelope to Hart Mountain, the beard ed gentleman with the twinkling eyes who usually accompanied "the cowboy orchestra" to the mountain. Dr. Hibbard had discrim inating eyes, and ears, and those who chose to let him talk gained wisdom. Many also have been privileged to know Dr. Hibbard's son George, the young man with the broken back (diving accident). In a specially built car, George often has made trips through the desert with his father, or even to Eugene or Portland for a. football game. Despite his misfortune, George is a leader in Harney county; his bedside is a community council table. Remarkable people! One night late, after a long and grueling trip from the Moun tain through the great bird refuge, Hal Young and George Hopkins visited the Hib bards, and they "did a show," a perform ance long to be remembered. Walking out to the car, Dr. Hibbard thanked the enter tainers, and then he made a little explana tion: "Out in this country you learn that life doesn't give up easily. You know, when I was . a very young man they brought me out here ' to die with tuberculosis but I didn't. Perhaps you might say 1 was very lucky; it was very . interesting, and I know that's how George ' feels about It." Dr. Hibbard lived a long and extremely useful life and he was beloved in Burns and Harney, county and throughout the state of Oregon. He was not rich or famous, but he was one of the few, citizens who deserve to be called "a man of distinction" because he knew how to live. WASHINGTON LETTER By PETER EDSON (Register-Guard Washington Correspondent) AN' WHAT'LL YE HAVE, LADS? By S. BURTON HEATH (Substituting for Peter Edson) There appears to be some misunderstanding about the war production holiday that Donald Nelson has granted to distillers for the month of August. In case you happen to be interested, here are some facts about it. The nation's distillers can and probably will make about 20 million gallons of 190-Droof fire water during August. By the tftne that has been watered down to potable liquor it will be enough, In theory, to make 200 million "fifths" of rye and Bourbon and gin. That sounds like a lot. and reallv it ain't hav. But it's a lot less than you might think, and be sides, it's purely hypothetical. in 184Z It required 92 million gallons of whiskv and 37 millions of neutral spirits to wet the na tional whistle. That is more than six times what can be distilled during the August holiday. In 1943 we put 68 million gallons of whiskey and 25 million of neutral spirits down hatch more than lour times what can be made in August. Even in the first four months of this vear. white we were complaining loudly that whisky couldn't be bought, we managed to guzzle more than 18 million gallons of whisky and almost nine millions of neutral spirits. Mr. Nelson and the War Production Board r not nutting the distillera back into the whiskv hnsi. ness. nn iney am was say, in ertect: "In October, 1942, we made you give up pro ducing whisky and begin making industrial alcohol because we needed your facilities. Now we can spare you for one month. It's up to you and the Wr Foods Administration what you do with that month. "You can close shop and give all the boys and girls a vacation, or you can make whisky if you can get grain for it or you can make blending spirits." The distillers aren't going to take a vacation. Neither are they going to make much Bourbon. Corn is too scarce and too much needed for other purposes. They can make rye, because rye grain Is relatively plentiful. Some will do that. Others will make neutral spirits powerful grain alcohol such as few have even considered drinking since prohibition was repealed. Neutral spirits can be used to make gin, to for tify wines or to blend whiskies. As a matter of fact, the drinkers of this country need neutral spirits more than they do whisky right, now. There are close to 270million gallons of whisky in storage a four-year supply at the rate it has been withdrawn since the first of this year. But on March 3 we had only 17,500.000 gallons of blending spirits, and that was less than enough, even at cur rent low rates of consumption, to last through this year. If we use up our blending spirits and do not re place them, we shall all be forced onto a diet of straight whisky. So far as quality goes, that should be no hardship. But it would raise the dickens with quantity. Over all, the whisky that we buy has about two parts of neutral spirits to everv five parts of whisky. The brands vary from bottled in bond with no neutral spirits to one verv popular trade mark that is only one-third whisky, the rest being neutral spirits. SOCIETY. WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS By MARIAN LOWBY LEGION AUXILIARY'S MEETING ON FRIDAY American Legion auxiliary an nounces a meeting for Friday eve ning of this week, eig'.ji o'clock, River Road women's clubhouse. New officers will be installed by past presidents. Mrs. John Chap man is the incoming president. Delegates to the statu conven tion to be held in Portland Aug. 9, 10, and 11 will be elected at this time also. , Members are a."ked to take the Rivtr Road bus on Wiuimette street and get off at Hillid.d lane, a LARSEN-LAMBERSON WEDDING JULY 1 At a candlelight service held in the Central Lutheran church, July 1, Miss Margaret Lamberson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milo Lamberson, was married to Arnold Larsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Larsen. The service was solemnized at seven o'clock, Rev. Harold Aalbue, church pastor, officiating. The decorations consisted of roses and hydrangeas. Preceding the ceremony, Mrs. Harold Aalbue sang, "I Love You Truly," accompanied at the organ by Mrs. Kelsey, who also played the traditional wedding march. The bride wore a satin and net flojr length dress with a finger tip veil arranged from a coronet JUNIOR HOSTESSES ' REPORT ON MEETING The Junior Hostess organization, connected with the Lane County U.S.O., held its monthly social and business meeting at the campus Y.W.C.A. bungalow on Tuesday evening. Dessert was served. Discussion on the increased day time importance of the local USO club occupied most of the business period. Because of the many overseas veterans being, transported the daytime houis are much busier than previously, due to the stopovers between bus and train schedules. A temporary solu tion has been effected by a num- ; ber of local business girls who are on vacation to plan to spend one day each at the USO helping . Mrs. Omar Fendall, director, while her assistant is on vacation, i A permanent schedule will be ar ranged of girls who will assist dur ing their days off from work. In answer to a request made by Mrs. C. A. Tiuntington, county i camp and hospital committee chairman. Red Cross, on behalf of the committee, the group is join ing in the drive to obtain used decks of cards for soldiers being transported. All cards must be in the USO before July 16 when they will be picked up by Mrs. Huntington and taken to Camp Adair. Miss Genevieve Ha'.un, pa?' MISS CARPENTER ENLISTS IN WAVES Miss Janet Mae Carpenter, Eu gene, has enlisted in the Waves, reports Chief William E. Bell, re-cruiter-in -charge of the Eugene U. S. navy recruiting substation, which handles Waves applications in this area. In 1942, Miss Carpenter gradu ated from Forest Grove union high school, where she was vice president of the freshman and junior classes, secretary-treasurer of the sophomore class, and was a member of the executive coun cil, Girl Reserves. Girls Athletic association, glee club, and active in sports affairs. She attended the University of Oregon, majoring in history. She is a member of the Forest Grove Methodist church. Miss Carpenter is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L I Eugene. a CejJ a MRS. 8INGLETABY NOW IN WAC Mrs. Jean W. Sinl. I tidge, has completed ine women's arm. -T headquarters mti' . V l about July 23. FolloKN weeks basic traini.ll'i and will ha aiiu . a Fort Des Moines, la tary wiUbeassignJN assigned to SEE SOCIEwj of white net dotted with seed I president of the Junior Hostesses OLIVE BARBER'S OBSERVATIONS pearls. She carried a colonial bou quet of gardenias, roses, and sweet peas. Miss Thelma Lamberson, sister of the bride and Julian Stalsberg, uncle of the bridegroom, attended the couple. Miss Lamberson wore a gown of pink net and carried a small colonial bouquet of mixed flowers. The reception following was held at the F. L. Larsen home, i Mrs. G. A. Otterness served the cake and Mrs. Dean Stevens pour ed. After a brief stay at Belknap Springs the couple will be at home at 468 Eighth Avenue west, Eu gene. VISITORS HERE. Sgt. and Mrs. D. R. Warren of Macon, Georgia, left Tuesday fol lowing two weeks visit here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sid ney Warren and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Seely. -.- , . . While here the visitors and the Sidney Warrens attended the wed ding of Miss Gertrude Moran and Lt. Paul E. Christy at St. Mary's Catholic church , in Portland last Saturday. a a a. BOARD MEETING Board of directors of the Eu gene Zonta club will meet Friday noon for luncheon at the Eugene hotel. Word comes from the fifth war loan drive headquarters that the Zonta club sold slightly more than eight thousand dollars in bonds, a a SON BORN Word has been received of the birth of a son, David Grant, July 7, to Ensign and Mrs. George M. Lucas, Jr., at Miami, Fla. Mrs. Lucas is the former Dorothy Jons rud of Eugene. a a a; WCTU E.VENT Mrs. Christian Ermel led de votions at the meeting of Westl. I.ugene union, Women's Christian Temperance union, meeting Tues day afternoon at the home of Mrs, Albin Johnson. Each member took part in the program by reading some article dealing with tem perance and present world con ditions in this regard. a a a KING'S DAUGHTERS King's Daughters of United Lutheran church enjoyed a lawn picnic at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Diess Wednesday evening. A short business meeting was held, when plans were made for an ice cream social Friday evening, July 21, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Stalsbcrg. . presented USO pins to Misse Virginia Hayes, Betty Hincs. Billie Mendel, Clorainae Terwill iger, and Rosemarie Walsh. The pins are presented after two hun dred hours of service in USO. A total of thirty-two pins has been presented to Eugene Junior Host esses. The committee in charge wa Misses Wilhelmina Gerot, Jun? Nugent, and Marian Hansen. a a a WOMEN OF MOOSE OFFICIAL VISITOR Mrs. Dorothy Eggleston of Seat tle, grand dean of the Academy of Friendship in the Women of the Moose, will be a guest of honor at the conference of the order opening in Eugene, Friday. Other officers to be honored at the meet ing include Mrs. C. O. Beitel, graduate regent of the Eugene chapter and conference leader; Mrs. Fanny May Thompson, sec retary of the conference and Pil grim member, from Klamath Falls; Mrs. Naomi Warman, Pilgrim member from Eugene; Mrs. Irene Gee of Corvallis and Mrs. . Rosa Wood of Eugene, associate re gents; Mrs. Ruby Bell of Klamath Falls, associate dean. The program of events for Fri day and Saturday are as follows. Friday, 9 a. m., registration at Moose hall, headquarters for all meetings; 10 a. m., panel discus sion on committee activities, Mrs. Irene Gee, moderator; 1 p. m., continuation of panel discussion; 2 p. m., recess for opening of ses sion; 2:30 p. m., beginning of busi ness session; 7:30 p. m., reception for senior regents of chapters which have passed previous peaks; 8 p. m., regular lodge session of Eugene chapter, followed by so cial session. Saturday, 9 a. m., registration; 1:30 p. m., conference chapter meeting: 8 p. m special session for senior regents, auditing com mittee and recorders, Mrs. Fanny May Thompson in charge, a a a HUSSION CIRCLE Mission circle of the Lighthouse Temple . met for noon potluck 1 luncheon Wednesday at the home of Mrs. W. W. Orr, and to spend 1 the afternoon. Mrs. Hart Arm-, strong, former missionary to Su- i matra, talked, and Mrs. Ruth Chamberlain sang a solo. A hand kerchief shower honored Mrs. Clyde Johnson, former president of the group, who is leaving to make her home in Des Moinei, Iowa. The circle also nresented her with a gift. A gift in token of appreciation was given Mrs. C. A. Knorr, retiring chairman of the kitchen committee. Approximate ly forty-five were present. FASHIONS IN DRKSS Some of my home folks didn't think so much of the way I used to dress when 1 went to town. They hinted that I looked too much like I'd just sot in from the farm. Well, I had, and I've never been I wish I could tell by (heir clothes where some i of the people come from I've seen iHtely. Take the ' girl I saw on the street in a sky blue formal, a gardenia in her hair and "wedgies" on her feet. Now where would you say she came from? ' And the lad in kilts, a turn on his head. Plainly i a soldier from somewhere, but I couldn't get close enough to see his insignia. One reason 1 couldn't 1 was the 40-girl interference between me and him I was bigger but they were livelier. And then the huge man holding the hand of a scrap of womanhood less than four feet tall. I thought her his small daughter yel her clothes con fused me. Though her shoes were those of a child. ' the rest of her dress was a miniature model ot a I grown woman. Then I noticed her slim waist line her rurvetous hips, her other feminine curves. A midget. I saw. not a child; evident Iv the man's wife ....... mo vm, ma way wun oriutant red hair. I noticed the Jostling crowd wasn't as courteous to her as it usually is to an aged woman, no matter how rushing the traffic. Dying her hair she had somehow sacrificed the respect whlrh was her due A very popular item in a girl's dress just now. If one can Judge by the frequency with which it . "TV? " Irtially encircling band of navy blue Maybe It s a sailor s sleeve; a sailor s sleeve with an arm in tt. Anyway there always seems to be a hand at the lower end of the band and a very much alive sailor at the other. The blue band holds the girl so tightly to the jailor, it interferes with the walking of both. But I remember They both rode horj.es. the young farmer and the girl school teacher. The school teacher endured the way the young fanner's stirrup kept jabbing her ankle for the sweet excitement of having his arm about her waist. But it was rather embarrass- 2n ! n.!7" w,"yV10 hav ,h wri little brother Wl her his big brother Jack got the cuff of his W Sr ih.,nJM? niK"t. Jack said he tore em on the wire fence but Mom Mid she bet the More beautiful than ever... in . . Vi Irama ftuM.ual tCy (to Caaaar UorU AppmiWalr 10 agin la 1.00 boffla. Abtmt 30 aaln h Ida larga 2.00 acenany ilia. $9 easy to opply end quick to dr Hiwk.ik li.'. I.. i.. ' L en the legs end eft the elothej. Vsfater- i Jr ''''ont. Clings, until deliberately wosned owa with e blamish.eoneealing sheer textured beouty that trims tha enlle slims the leg. P sure to wear Velvo leg F.lm with bathing suits or shorts, it makes your legs look sun-burnished : i ; for more lovely Hadley's Answer the '$64 Question' Again With BARGAINS in ODDS and ENDS SHORT COATS AND JACKETS 700 uu 488 488 These are all wool, were 14.95 to 24.95, now priced crl CORDUROY JACKETS SKIRTS One group, were 4.95 to 8.95, now JUMPERS Gabardine and Botony Flannels SPORT SHIRTS Gabardines io wear with Slacks, were 5.95 and 7.95, now BAGS Fabrics and a few leathers, were 5.95 to 6.95, now 288 ,. 488 m 888 488 398 All Sale Final fladlevs 7 Beauty Salon on Balcony . A TIMELY HINT . . . BUY Charge and Budget Account! New FALL WOOLENS Now! Never in our history have we had so many fine wool ens as we have today. It's not too early to plan your Autumn wardrobe for early choosers generally get what they want. COATINGS SUITINGS DRESSWEIGHTS in the finest of All Wool Fabrics' or Wool with Rayon Checks, plaids, stripes, heather mixtures, tweeds and plain colors. 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