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Tell About Ballet
Mouse-Trap Play Proves
Worse In War Than Football
By SGT. CHESTER H. SMITH
Formerly of the Humboldt Daily
Star at Winnemucca
(Distributed by United Press)
IWO JIM A (Delayed) Get
ting "mouse-trapped" In football
is bad enough, but marine 2nd
Lt. Robert A. Dethman, former
Oregon State college athletic star,
found it almost deadly embar
rassing to - be caught at night In
a front-line foxhole with a broken
rifle and Japs creeping around
outside.
Telling of his harrowing ex
perience, while Jap artillery
crackled overhead, Lt. Dethman
aid, "Guess the old football strat
egy of waiting for an opening and
then making a run for it worked
out again."
His mortar unit of the 5th ma
rine division's 26th regiment was
protecting a front-line command
"They kept us pinned right in
that foxhole and we couldn't
move an inch," Dethman said.
"The only rifle we had was Cost
ley's, and that had been broken
earlier that afternoon."
Young Costley broke in to tell
his story. "Early in the afternoon
I heard a mortar coming my way.
I dived for a foxhole, but the
mortar exploded nearby before I
In anticipation of the coming
of the San Francisco Ballet com
pany to Eugene on April 10, with
morning performances at the Mc
Donald theater for all boys and
girls, and an evening perfor
mance at McArthur Court for the
general public, Junior Commun
ity Programs has arranged a ser
ies of entertaining radio pro
grams. The first of these will be
heard over KOAC on Thursday
at 11:10 a.m. This will be under
SPRINGFIELD
could drag the rifle Woto. tate , "jirecUon of Maude GarneS,
with me. A steel fragment struck aKMlate ofe5sor of public
"V'1 kei fwBwhi'"hool music. University of Ore
and made it useless except for the featufe of her weekly
one round In the chamber." Swi of th Air
"Night came and we were still ! !! M ... . . .
pinned in the foxhole," Dethman I On thi program will be heard
Jgld ! Mrs. Curtis C. Cole, vocalist,
ui. ,,i,i .Tn rmwllnff i Maxine Cady, pianiet, Maude
around, and one came about six
feet from our hole but we didn't
want to give ourselves away un
less we had to. We wanted that
post when several Jap snipers and I one round if we 'really needed it
Garnett, narrator. Special guests
for choral singing will be the
girls of the upper grades of the
Willakenzie school, as follows:
Marjorie Olsen, Roberta Ruth-
a mortar and artillery barrage We had our knives ready, just in ?rford U Durflinger, Bar-
opened ud late in the afternoon,
Dethman was in a foxhole with
his runner, marine PFC Henry C.
Costley, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry C. Costley of St Louis, Mo.
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"Finally, about midnight, we
made a run for it and jumped
into another foxhole. Two other
marines were in it and they al
most shot us. They didn't know
what was coming off when we
dived in on them. I guess we
were just lucky all the way
around," Dethman sighed.
Lt. Dethman and Costley land
ed with assault troops on D-day
and participated in heavy fight
ing. Dethman, 27, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Dethman of Hood
River, .Ore., was named to the
backfield of several All-American
teams in 1941. His Oregon State
team defeated Duke university in
the war-transplanted Rose Bowl
game at Durham, N. C, Jan. 1,
1942.
His wife, Margaret, lives with
his parents. Dethman was grad
uated from Oregon State in 1943
and was a member of Phi Delta
Theta fraternity.
A brother, Pvt. Wendell Deth
man, is with Lt. Dethman's regi
ment and also took part in the
Iwo Jima Invasion.
Ibara Brabham, Ana-Vie Lamb,
Donna May Lee, Alice Jeppeson,
Betty Mier, Nancy Strowbridge,
Dorothy Schick, Beth Ruther
ford, Katherine Patterson, Sylvia;
Hooper, Rosalie Han-old, Dorlene
Tikka, Phyllis Ware, Delores
Copelan, Patsy Chase, LaVaun
Krueger, Clara May Krebs
Other programs will be broad-
TRAINING INSTITUTE MEETS
SPRINGFIELD An institute
tor the training of church work
ers was begun at the Springfield
Christian church I'.'onday evening
and continued on Tuesday even
ing. This training is to ' prepare
worker! in the fields of woman's,
men's, and youth work in the
churches.
Mr. C. F. Swander is In charge
of the training classes.
' STITCH AND CHATTER
SPRINGFIELD On Wednesday
evening a dinner sponsored by
the Stitch and Chatter club will
be served at 6 o'clock for anyone
interested. Mrs. Thomas Lusby
will be in charge of the dinner.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
SPRINGFIELD Members of
the Springfield American Legion
.Post No. 40 and the Auxiliary
will observe the Z6th anniversary
of the founding of the Legion at
a birthday party Thursday at
8 p.m.
Members are asked to invite
one or two guests and furnish
I game or cards and a table for
1 their group. Birthday cake and
coffee will be served.
WALNUT ACRES CLUB MEETS
SPRINGFIELD The Walnut
Acres club met with Mrs. Millie
McPherson recently for a pot
luck dinner. It was decided that
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i uie next meeting wiu ue uciu
Iwith Mrs. Hazel Ruth March 21.
A luncheon will be served at one
o'clock.
IWOFA MEETING THURSDAY
SPRINGFIELD There will be
an important meeting of the IW
of A local union 9-233 in the
CIO hall Thursday evening at
7:30.
Garden Club At USO
Members of the Garden club of
Eugene are serving at the Lane
county USO club here this week,
according to Mrs. Omar Fendall,
club director.
The director expressed appreci
ation for the cookies donated by
the Women's club of CreswelL
wim nam ifl&tcsm
cast over stations KORE and
KOAC, with dates and details to
i be published later, it was an
1 nounced by Mrs. Robert D. Horn,
! president of Junior Community
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Income Tax Return
Increases In 1945
WASHINGTON, March 21. U.B
The treasury statement Issued
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revenue for the fiscal year to
March 17 was $1,703,890,595 more
than for the corresponding period
last year.
March collections so far were
$160,196,194 over the correspond
ing period a year ago, according
to the treasury. The current fiscal
year began last July 1, The fig.
urea include employe payment
withheld by employers and other
income tax revenue.
The amount withheld by em
ployers this month to March 17
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Juvenile Judge
Defends Lonely
Wartime Wives
SAN FRANCISCO (U.B To
almost universal condemnation of .
neglectful parents as the principal
cause of Juvenile delinquency
Superior Judge Theresa Meikle of
the Juvenile-court recently added
a note of profound sympathy for
war mother.
Lack of proper recreation and
inadequate government allotments
are reasons why these "forgotten
persons" frequently abandoned
their children to Juvenile authori
ties, Judge Meikle said.
"There are few places a lonely
woman can go to seek honest fun.
We always think of the soldier
on the battle front, but we forget
his wife at home. Being a mother
.doesn't mean a woman has no
normal desires and yearning for
affection and companionship."
Bad eatinff habits, insufficient
rest, worry aiout the high cost !
of day nursery care, all unfor-
innate By-products of taxing war
work,' were cited by the Judge as
reasons for upsetting women's
nerves.
"They lose the normal perspec
tive on living," Judge Meikle said.
"They then start wandering into
bars. 'I'm doing a man's Job,T they
think. 'I'm entitled to a little fun.'
They become neurotic."
The natural desire to escape
I from harried lives, plus the ln
i ability to see tomorrow's promise
for today's misery, makes bad
mothers of good women, Judge
1 Meikle concluded.
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The Public Must Realize Its Own Responsibility In Tire Care
Have Your Tires Inspected Today And Do It Regularly!
"Battle experience has resulted In a substantia! Increase In the requirements of the Army far :
truck and combat tires. A greater proportion of our greatly increased tlre-maklng capacity
therefore needs to be directed Into the production of military tires. It Is obvious that we must
exercise every possible precaution to extend the life of the tires we now have If we are to
maintain the civilian economy so essential to the support of our war effort. I am sure that the
public will continue to respond with careful tire maintenance, If lt is fully advised, of the
necessity as a war measure. Your publicity campaign should help materially to this end." .
JAMES F. BYRNES, Director,
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion.
Here Is The Local Story of Needed Cooperation
During the past few days experienced tire men have been
checking tires on passenger cars in various areas as a
measure of service to motorists in this city. Results so far.
show:
8253 Tires Have Been Checked
5409 Tires Need Recapping
This Tire Survey is the result of visual observation only. Closer inspection on proper equipment may show need
repairs. Have your tires inspected at regular intervals. Conserve your tires by prompt recapping and Rf
CAP IN TIME. Tire care is your responsibility in order that the full requirements of the Army may be met.
ENDORSED BY:-
Mayor Earl McNutt
Chief of Police Carl Bergman
Office of Price Administration, Mrs. Enid Owen
Emergency Truck Tire Panel, Howard Merriam
Willamette Valley Lumbermen's Ass'n., H. I. Cox
Oregon State Automobile Ass'n., Jerry Merretl
Sponsored Locally By;
EUGENE TIRE DEALER'S ASSOCIATION
1 Sponsored as a Service to the Nation By:
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT TIRE DEALERS INC.