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Eugene Register-Guard, Thursday, Dee. 21, 1944
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
T ( Published Every Evantnf and Sunday)
XblTOR AND PUBLISHER Alton T. Bktr
3lAN AGING EDITOR . William M. Tugman
JWS SERVICE , AocUfd Preas, United Preu
IffiMBER , Audit Bureau of Circulation
" Entered at Iht Post Otfle at Eugene. Oregon, aa econd
p)u mriter.
The RegtKter-Ouard'i policy It the complete and lm
yJrtUl publication In Ita newa page of all news and ttue
Dventf on newa. On thla page the edltora of The Register
Guard offer their oplnloni on eventa of the day and mattera
Sf, Importance to the community, endeavoring to be candid
but fair and helpful a the development of constructive
Jo mm unity policy.
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CHAMBERS-WESTMORLAND WELCOME
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Z One of the first chores of the new Eugene
2ily administration will be to make the new
Jitizens of the Chambers-Westmorland area
Jeel that they are truly welcome. When it
Js possible to build the new sewer lines for
Jvhich the people have voted money, this
Urea should be among the first to get that
Service because they need it badly. In the
Jneantime, everything that can be done to
improve streets, extend street lighting, and
Jevelop other city facilities should be done.
2 In common with the rest of the West
fide, this area, . with a. very heavy school
population needs parks and playgrounds, even
3f they are somewhat "primitive" for the
time being. The old airport and the large
4ract which the city has saved along West
thirteenth near Polk street have good pos
sibilities. - People in that area understand that it
'ill not be possible to work "miracles," but
4heirs is an area which in the immediate
3ost-war is destined to intensive develop
ment. One of the most important needs is
1o get something resembling a proper plan
Sor future streets and highway connections
2n that area. There will be problems which
Svill call for tact and patience on both sides,
Jut we believe the decision made Wednes
day will be on which will bring great ulti
mate benefit to all concerned.
Z Most of the Chambers-Westmorland peo
ple have been sending their children to the
Eugene schools for many years, and they
liave endured with other West-siders the
Jerious overcrowding of the old Lincoln
grade school. Superintendent Henry Gunn
jjas been working on a plan to open at least
three classrooms for "little kids" in some of
he buildings on the old airport which were
JHtted up at the beginning of the war for
Vocational School classes,
j. These buildings are not handsome and
they are not permanent, but they have ex
cellent lighting and good heating arrange
ments, and they can save some of the young
sters a long walk. The entire area will bene
fit from the school plans which are now be
ing discussed by the Eugene board and those
of some 12 adjacent districts.
Z Incidentally there is a bit of encouraging
news on the Amazon drainage project. The
flood control bill adopted by Congress this
week includes an additional $20,000,000 for
the Willamette Basin Project, out of which
iX. is believed may come some $250,000 for
the supplemental works on the Amazon.
This allocation is not yet definite; it may
riot be possible to get the work done till war
is over, but the biggest hurdle has been
passed with the basic appropriation.
I An extension of city boundaries makes a
city "bigger," but this means nothing unless
ij. makes it definitely better. The thrifty
people who have pioneered Chambers
Westmorland, under difficulties, have shown
their faith in Eugene.
; NEWS VS. ARMY SECURITY
.1 Willi the complaint of reporters on the
European front that SHAEF has put too
tjght a lid on news of the dramatic German
".break-through," we cannot agree. Perhaps
that is because we see too many people who
have sons somewhere in that sector of fight
tog, and because we share the general con
science that General Eisenhower will know
IJhat to do and how and when to do it.
; It is an encouraging rather than discour
aging sign that our high command takes this
Scrman threat so seriously. There are in
ijjcations, in the reports which are filtering
Hirough, that this German thrust is two
linings:
1. Well timed and well planned to take ad
vantage of temporary weakness of supply and
support on tliat sector of the European front.
2. A fanatical and even suicidal gesture.
Z In other words, the German staff seems
t3 have done the tactical planning with its
tijual skill, although Heinrich Himmler (bat
ing for Adolf) may have master-minded the
strategy. The American army viewpoint
iflay have been expressed yesterday by one
experienced field officer who discussed the
sljuation with a group of citizens. A civilian
saMd:
- "Oh well, if a good deal like those last
iinute passing attacks which the losing foot-
ball team launches In the last minutes of a
!ame. They scar you to death but they don't
.Set any place."
2 The field officer did not take any such
complacent view of the German "passing
attack." He said:
"We've all seen aome games lost by getting
loo cocky. Not being on the ground, I would
n't venture to guess how serious this may be,
-but I can assure you that no leader In the field
.fever takes these things lightly. The Germans
could not hope to drive us out of Europe, but
3hey could knock our winter offensive off bal
ance and delay victory by many months and
-too many lives."
The partial reports indicate a "highly
fluid" and confused battle In the sector of
the German punh. This in our opinion
justified Eisenhower in delaying or holding
out reports which might jeopardize Ameri
can units which have been "overrun" or
others which are moving up to relief, and
you can bet your bottom dollar that plenty
are moving up.
There is no reason to be "panicky," to
feel that the Germans might possibly have
developed some super-weapon or tactic
which would undo all that has been accomp
lished. Neither is there any reason for the
kind of complacency which expects the Ger
mans to be trapped and annihilated in the
salient which they have created, and that
the long awaited "crack-up" In Germany
will follow swiftly.
We are fighting a ruthless and desperate
but extremely skillful foe. We shall prob
ably have to take quite a bit of "counter
punching" before this is over.
OUT OF THE WOODS
By JAMES STEVENS
THE FIRST BUNT AN
The words I don't remember, but the story Itself
always rises in my mind at this season. It was
the first Paul Bunyan yarn I ever set down on
paper. The time was December, 1918. The place
was the village of Contre, France. Earlier In the
year the Stars and Stripes had run some Bunyan
stories. I remembered this one among others I'd
heard In the wjods and wrote it for the AEF news
paper. Here's my first Paul Bunyan, in new
words:
Paul Bunyan's Seven Axinen were the hardest
workers that ever raised a sweat or grew hair.
Whenever they had a job to tackle, they'd bull
right into It without a worry or a thought. The
Seven Axmen were hardly ever known to use
their heads. The which was likely why they never
rose above the rank of choppers in Paul Bunyan's
logging crew, even though they were such workers
that Paul used to have to chain 'em up In the
bunkhouses on Sundays, Christmas and the Fourth
of July and they weren't busheling, either.
The Seven Axinen always toted doughnuts to
the woods in te mornings, of such a size that
each man could wear one like a ruff around his
neck. When the dinner horn blew at noon the
Seven Axmen would not miss a lick. Chopping
on, they'd start gnawing at their doughnut ruffs,
shouldering them around and around with every
ax lick until the last crumb was gone.
A Strange and Wonderful Tree
One day, in a thick fog, the Seven Axmen lined
up to work on the biggest shape of a tree they
had ever seen In the woods. With the first strokes
of their axs, every man had a feeling something
was wrong. The bark of the big tree was as
tough as leather, It looked like leather, and like
leather it smellecl. But the Seven Axmen chopped
on, each working like seven regular axmen, or 49
in all.
Then the bark changed. The chips that popped
out now from their axes looked to be all wool and
a yard wide. The tree seemed more and more
peculiar to the Seven Axmen, but they would
never stop their work to figure on a Job problem.
The Seven Axmen chopped away like fury.
The undercut deepened. There was no more
wool. Instead, a most peculiar kind of sapwood
was bared to tho blades of the Seven Axmen. It
was white In hue, with huge rusty splotches, and
there were whiskers on It. It was more like hide
than wood.
"And that's what It Is, by the old Mackinaw!"
one of the Axmen suddenly hollered. (He was
tho only smart one of the seven Brain Brainson
by name.) "I mean human hide, and it's got
freckles on It men, this here ain't no tree, but the
leg of the Big Swede we are choppln' down! Run
fer your lives!"
A Bunyan Proverb
. The warning came too laic. It was indeed the
leg of Hels Helson, the Big Swede, who was so
big he could use Niagara Falls for a shower bath.
Even as the Axman yelled, a blade bit through
one of his leg freckles and drew blood. The Big
Swede kicked like a hundred. horses, he roared like
a hundred bulls, and ho knocked down a swath
of limber a hundred yards wide as he tore off
through the fog, bellowing, "Snakes! Snakes!"
In his wake the Seven Axmen they were
mites of men beside the Big Swede, not one of
them measuring more than three yards around the
ribs were heaved and banged about like bugs In
a cyclone. It was three weeks before they were
fit to work again. Then Paul Bunyan gave them
a moral to ponder. Tills was the moral:
"No matter what a rush you get into, "men,
always remember you ain't used a particle of to
morrow yet."
P. S. The Stars and Stripes did not print my
contribution: but now, 26 years later, my Paul
Bunyan book has been printed in an "Armed
Services Edition" for the fighting men overseas
Merry Christmas.
OLIVE BARBER'S OBSERVATIONS
Mailbag
CHRISTMAS
"Twas Christmas day In Bethle
hem, And in a manger lay a babe,
Destined to save the world from
sin.
For He was born all may be
The Wise Men watched the guid
ing star
That led them to Christ's humble
birth;
Angelic hosts sang In the sky
God's only Son had come to earth.
When Christ was only twelve
years old,
He taught the Jews to watch and
pray.
That they could have eternal life,
For He was life, the irutn, me
way;
Some of the Jews would not believe
And Pharisees did threat and
peeve.
He spent His life In doing good,
He fed the hungry, gave them
food.
The leper cleansed, the blind
could see.
And many healed in Galilee;
He raised the dead, the lame
could walk.
The dumb were blessed so they
could talk.
Christ suffered on ' that rugged
cross,
From nails and thorns and cruel
spear;
And yet He cried, "O Lord, for-trive.
They know not 'tfs thy Son that's
here."
In three days Christ arose again,
Ascended to His heavenly throne;
Now all who will believe in Him
May find in Heaven their happy
home.
O what a meeting that will be.
When we shall gather round
God's throne,
Sing halleluah to the Lamb
That came and claimed us for
His own;
I pray thee, Lord, with all my
heart,
Cleanse me from sin and set me
free,
That I may love Thee more and
more,
And praise Thee through eter
nity.
Percival I. Rust.
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PAT 'EM BACK
They have had an earthquake In
Japan so they say,
Right on Pearl Harbor day.
Now with our Superforts coming
in high or low,
Give them bombs instead of drugs
and bandages,
That will make them rock to and
fro.
So they will not forget to re
member it is not the same as It
was
Just tewenty-one years ago.
Dec. 9, 1944
Editor, Dear Sir:
I thought maybe you would
like to print this' In your paper.
Yours truly,
H. E. Baldwin,
Oakridge, Ore.
(Eugene, To the Editor)
Gentlemen: I want to commend
you for the splendid way in that
you cooperated with the "Our
Churches" in so many ways. The
daily Bible reading, and numer
ous other items of religion. It
really means a lot to so many of
us. And many read these pas
sages of the Bible in the paper,
who don't read the Bible. I am
very" grateful,
Mrs. Janice McClaln.
P. S. I am wishing you a grand
Christmas,
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SOME ACTS OF KINDNESS
Folk behaviour: Because demand Is greater
than supply, the lack of competition is bringing
out a new courtesy among clerks. When compe
tition was keen, clerks sometimes tried to sell an
article to a customer against the customer's bet
ter judgment. Now that clerks know they'll sell
everything In any case, they not infrequently ad
vise the would-be purchaser against buying. It
a woman who was trying to find a becoming hat,
pleased me, the other day. to hear a clerk say to
"Well we've tried them all nnd I can see you arc
no more satisfied tnan 1. Why dont vou' try the
store down the street. They carry a larger
line of hats than we do."
Waiting in line at the posloffice to mail a pack
age, the wait was lengthened because a bov brought
n packaRe winch was poorly wrapped. It was be
ing sent overseas to his brother in the service. The
woman clerk at the window exclaimed over- the
awkward wrapping, then raised the window grill,
took the package and rewrapped it herself. Though
the waiting line was long, I saw no one look irri
tated at the delay. Instead, everv one in the line
seemed Interested in the rewrapplng job going on
at the window. And again it came to me as it so
often does, we're pretty fine folk, that's what we
arc!
I didn't see the following Incident but a friend
did and tnld me of It. The meter system for parked
cars is used here. The car must either be moved
or another nickle dropped In the meter when the
hour is up, or the car is hauled away by the cl( '.
Which will cost the owner a pretty penny be
fore the car Is returned. My friend happened to be
near a car the other day when a little woman
rushed out of a store and to her car. She had
parked overtime and she knew it. She was poorly
clad as were the four children waiting for her In
the delapidatcd jaloppy.
Looking at the meter, she saw her parking time
had been extended. She exclaimed over this and
the oldest child told her a man had come along,
noticed the parking time was about up and had
put some money in the meter. Little incidents like
this seem especially dear during these times when
"mans inhumanity to man" is a constant and in
creating horror.
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