Pat 6 Euf Refbter-Guard, Thursday, July 13, 1944.
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"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,
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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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
GABARDINES, CREPES and FLANNELS
So perfect for a smart looking dress,
a skirt or for children's school
clothes. We have all this and more
too in unlimited assortments.
rs5
50
yd.
BROADWAY
-wearing apparel dry good
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