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Newspaper Page Textj IS1'!. 1 11 vi5 1 m t-.'.i :.i 3i . (. .. I.J. ' 1 r ft P 9! ; 5 ri ;'; al : V-.'.' I , Jl ire! K 4 Cal if CU 5 i?fl. r ; if ;i Page Bar sTegfater-gnsra'. Eatene, Ore., Tuesday, Jan. M. 194T AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER (MHO hl IrseM and Sunday) fix Aim DmHntm Alton P. Butt UANAOINO EDITOB William M. Tusroaa fyyij," united prM SSSSJr" Airftt Buroeu of CireuleUon latere at the Voat OBM at Ivneae. orao. Tka iim-Oori potto kj Ow eamplH a4 Impullal nbliaitln la ll mwi pu of all cm and tattmantt on uaToa thai pan ha adltan ef Th. Redatar-Cuard o? tbalr tirintfr! en avaata ef tha daj and aaattara of Importanca la tba'aoauwmltx, andsambif la b candid but fair and Hateful la tba daralopaaaat of aaaitnictivo ewamuaHy poller. Melodramas Of The Rails It Is almost the season for one of the VLT's annual "corn shows" (old time melodrama with "olio" effects), and therefore we are intrigued by an article to "Tracks", the magazine of the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad on the subject of railroad melodrama. Ac cording to the author, Richard Timmis, there have been scores of these plays, and they began back in 1867 with Augustin Daly's "Under the Gaslight": "Climaxing the fourth act was the rescue of the hero, a Civil War veteran, who had been bound to the rails by the villain. Laura, the Belle of Society, was his saviour. After she had untied the vet, and the train had rushed harmlessly by, he rose and delivered one of the most antlcllmactic speeches In theatrical history 'And these are the women who ain't to have a vote!' " Cheers, tears, stomps, whistles! It seems that at the first performance the roaring train parted in the middle, revealing the stage hands who furnished its motive power. The audience roared but clung to its illusion. And Daly knew he had found a sure thing for theatre. Then came a flood of railroad shows "The Railroad Strikers, or The Starving very dim "social concepts" feelings about personal conduct and its "rewards" and "punishments". Many of these old plays are the "folk drama" of a nation growing up. Speaking of good luck, there is only one Friday the 13th in 1947 on which to have bad luck. ' Hangers are plentiful again those things invented so that husbands would have some place to forget to put their clothes. WASHINGTON LETTER BY PETER EDSON Register-Guard Washington Correspondent Boxina the Political Compass . WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (NEA) i- Sixteen varieties more or less of what used to be loosely called "Liberals" are today running around on the Washington political landscape. They are organ izing societies and changing their names faster than you can keep up with them. The result is that there seem to be more Liberal parties at work in America today than there used to be in a prewar French Chamber of Deputies. - The strangest thing about this new rash of Liberal cults is that none is on speaking terms with the others, and each Is convinced that all the others are wrong. Time probably was when all these elements were at rest within that great atomic pile of liberalism known as the New Deal. But somewhere in the proceedings probably in the November elections the darn thing must have reached a critical mass and exploded. High-priced, scientific interpreters of the elec tion results all experted that the Liberal move ment was therefore dead. It isn't dead; it has just disintegrated. If you box the political compass today you have to allow for more movements than there are com pass points. That's particularly true over on the left. Nothing To It ) You can't Just divide politicians up as Nortn- vir.btnA itTon" aVinnt 1ft?n Inns nn snrinl . erners. Southerners, radicals on the left and con' vi.w..6 , a . ,,: th -,M foMr nMt ana preachment but short on thrills); "Across the Continent"; "Formosa, of The Railroad to Ruin"; "The Railroad King, or The $100, 000,000 Will" (a satire on the V anderbilts) ; "The Railroad of Life"' (with John Drew, Otis Skinner et als); "A Railroad Ticket"; "Railroad Jack"; "The Ninety arid Nine", "The Limited Mail", "A Railroad King"; "A Railroad Slave" etc etc etc. . To be sure, there are lots of plays in which ships, airplanes, and stages, and even motor busses are featured but we are inclined to agree with Mr. Timmis that: "Plays with trains in them will probably ' always be popular. We may be more sophisti cated than people were in the Seventies and Eighties, but a whistle's moan, the sound of, a locomotive bell still stirs an audience," Critics are inclined to dismiss most of the American plays prior to 1920 as unimportant. But it is not mere accident that so much of the writing took the form of melodrama. American history through the century of in dustrial growth was melodramatic, and rail road history the most melodramatic of all. Terribly crude, by our standards, were most of the dramas of that time, but, the writers caught the "mood" of their times. Today we are not so sure of the boundaries between virtue and villainy or that virtue is always victorious. So VLT is going to do another "corn show". We could hope that the choice might be "The Limited Mail" because It has a grue some sawmill scene as well as rampant rail road trains. We do.not agree with those who think VLT should not waste its time on such "vulgar" entertainment. (The VLT people are quite brazen; they usually make a fine profit out of these shows for their Building Fund). However, when played "straight", as VLT usually has played these old shows, they re in our opinion, a very interesting form ; of "art", a certain elemental strength. They ahould never be "burlesqued". This nation has " a strong moral upbringing" and it struggled through a long adolescence with quadrants. Instead of reading the compass card in the usual directions of "north, north by west, north northwest, northwest by north, northwest, north west by west, northwest west, west by north, west," you have to substitute the names of these new political movements to see which way each is go ing. In place of north and south, you have Northern Liberal and Southern Liberal. In place of west, on the left, you have Radical. In place of east, on the right, you have Conservative. Then in between you fill in the 28 other political points till you have the compass card complete. For instance, "Northern Liberal, North Liberal by Radical, North Liberal North Liberal-Radical, North Lir?ral-Radical by North Liberal, North Liberal-Radical, North Liberal-Radical by Radical, North Liberal-Radical Radical," and so on around to "Southern Liberal" and up the other through the Conservative quadrants. It's admittedly pretty con fusing till you get the hang of it, but you have to do it if you want to know about politics. When yon get ready to fill in the points on your card with the names of real people and "movements," the real fun begins. Start with Gov ernor Stassen of Minnesota he's a Northern Lib eral. So, probably, is Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon. Maybe he's one point left, as North Liberal by Radical. ' One point to the right would be Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio, North Liberal by Conservative. Taft Is a Liberal, all right. The National Home and i Property Owners' Foundation has Just called him one, because of his Liberal Housing policies. Now Turn South Down at the other end of the comoass Is Sen. Harry Byrd of Virginia, a Southern Liberal. Oh yes, he's a Liberal a Virginia Liberal. C. B. (Beanie) Baldwin, vice chairman of what used to be the National Citizens of (America, Is also a Vir ginia Liberal. Instead of being a Southern Pro gressive Radical-Liberal, Baldwin now classifies as a Southern Liberal-Radical Progressive. See the distinction? Due southeast you can probably put in people like Gov. Ellis Arnall of Georgia, who is a South ern Liberal-Conservative. Phil Murray and Jack Kroll of the CIO-PAC seem to be over to the north west, as Northern Liberal-Radicals. Harry Bridges is 'way over to the left, due west, as a Radical But Joe Curran, who isn't speaking to Bridges now, is a couple of points off, as a Liberal-Radical Radical. When it comes to getting a bearing on this new ADA, or Americans for Democratic Action, headed by Leon Henderson, Wilson Wyatt, Chester Bowles, Elmer Davis and a number of other ex-administrators of ex-wartime agencies, it takes all the Radar and celestial navigation in the book to get a fix on 'em. They're Liberal Liberal-Radicals. On the other hand, Henry Wallace and Joe Davidson and Frank Kingdon, In the reorganized PCA, are Liberal Bad icnl Radicals. Hereafter, when you call anyone a "Liberal" you'd better tell him what kind of a Liberal you think he is, and smile. SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS By ANN CONN ELL Food Shipments to Europe Handled by Non-Profit Agency Information relative to sending- rood pacKages to reiauves and friends of United States citizens who are in Europe may be ob talned from the Lane County Chapter of the American Red Cross, it was announced Saturday oy inrs. uora roue, manager. A non-profit organization ao proved by the President'! War Relief Control Board and created by 24 American agencies engaged in foreign relief has been estab lished under the title of Cooper ative For American Remittances to Europe, and is known as CARE, Mrs. Pirtle said. CARE Is a non-profit organiza tion through which individuals or groups may order standard food packages for delivery to desig- - nated relatives, friends, groups, or organlzaUons in Austria, Czecho slovakia, Finland, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, ' Greece, and the American and British zones in Germany. PROMPT RADIO SERVICE ON ALL MAKES VALLEY RADIO SERVICE (th and Blair Phono 597J-W Kem-Tonc Mraela One-Coat Wall Finish Jcbson Furniture Co. pb. mi nmnnaims HvtoWDDlEAGt IMS pad sMtfletne ti femouM to allara hoi fiuahea, weak, tired, Ir ritable, nerroua (eellnga when due o the runettonarmlddle-ege' period eeultar to woman. All drugitorea. ariFrrrrirwsx Called the 10 In 1 bee-use it was originally designed by the U. S. Army to feed American soldiers in groups of ten, the food package provides 40,000 calories and weighs about 30 pounds. It con tains solid meats, stews, hashes, cereals, biscuits, fruit jam, pud ding, vegetables, sugar, candy, co coa, coffee, beverage powders, evaporated milk, preserved butter, cheese, and miscellaneaus sup plies including soap, chewing gum, matches, and other items. The cost of a package is $10, which covers contents, shipping and delivery. If a package can not be delivered within a reason able length of time, full purchase price will be refunded. Applica tion blanks may be obtained at local banks, and will also be dis tributed by relief, fraternal, pro fessional and social organizations. Cooperatives, churches, labor un ions and lodges will also be sup plied with blanks. To buy a package, the purchaser must obtain a food remittance ap plication blank, till in his name and address and that of the bene ficiary. A cashier's check or money order for ten dollars is then purchased, and then check and applicaUon are mailed to CARE, 50 Broad Street, New York, New York. No agents are authorized to accept payments. Lane County residents may ob tain addiUonal information on the relief program at the local Red Cross offices, or by telephoning Eugene 63. All Forms of Insurance LOREN V. BRYANT Phono list 62 W. 13th SELBY ARCH PRESERVER SHOES Exclusively at BUIM'll'S I0P Willamette Army Seeks Linauists For Service in Jaoan In an effort to supply trained linguists oi tne Japanese lan guage for duty in Japan, the War Department has authorized en listments for the Militarv intolll. gence Language shool, according to Sgt. Lewis T. Hammack, in charge of the Eugene Army re cruiting station. Applicants must enlist for not less wan a rwo-year period, have a basic knowledge of both spok en and written Japanese and English and be a hum school graduate. Training will consist of an intensive rnnraa In thm .Tan. anese language plus the study of racial cnaracterisucs, customs civil affairs and military terms Hammack said. StirraKftil aa. uates may apply for commissions in the Army. Full information may be obtained at recruiting neaciquarters, basement, Post Of- iice Duuaing. Senior Nurses Don Formal Dress For Sunday' Tea A formal tea as a farewell to Sister Mary Dolores, who for sev eral years has served as director of the School of Nursing at Sacred Heart Hospital, was given Sunday afternoon from two to four o clock, at the home of the student nurses. on Hilyard Street Sister Dolores left Monday for a new station. Daffodils and white carnations were the table centerpiece, and bouquets of the same flowers were used around the rooms. Girls of the senior nursing class were in charge of the tea, greeting guests, pouring and serving. They wore formal attire. Approximately a hundred guests called during the afternoon. a a a Girl Scout Observer Attends UN Sessions Lane County Girl Scouts have just learned that their national organization is represented at the United Nations meeUng by an of ficial observer, Mrs. Alfred R. Bachrach, who also serves as member of the board of directors, the executive committee and the International Committee of the Girl Scouts. The United States Department of State has invited each of those national organizations with inter national aspects in their programs to appoint such an official ob server to the United Nations. . Mrs. Bachrach has urged that Girl Scout leaders direct the ef forts and thinking of over a mil lion Girl Scouts toward interna tional friendship and understand ing, which she says form the foun dation of peace. i P. E. O. GROUP MEETS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON Chapter AM of P. E. O. Sister hood will meet at the home of Mrs. F. G. Havemann Wednesday afternoon, not Thursday as an nounced, for one-o'clock dessert. Assistant hostess will be Mrs. T. R. Greenwood. WRC INITIATES THREE Thirty-two members were pres ent for the meeting of Women's Relief Corps recently. Three can didates were initiated and ballot ing was held for two other candi dates. The relief committee reported twenty-five calls on shut-ins. Eleven dollars was collected for relief and ten dollars for child welfare. . NAVY MOTHERS Navy Mothers Club 'will meet for business Wednesday from two to four o'clock at 1165 Pearl St., at the home of Mrs. j. L. Elfensohn. All Navy mothers are invited. Of ficers will be installed. GROUP MEETS FRIDAY Social Club of the Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans will meet Friday afternoon at .two o'clock at the home of Mrs. Belle Lammars, 110 Fifteenth Avenue East. Mrs. Bert Rogers will be co hostess. a a Recipe PARSNIP CROQUETTES 3 parsnips . 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 tablespoons butter or margar ine 1 egg slightly beaten 2 tablespoons cream 1 teaspoon salt 1-8 teaspoon fresh ground pep per flour 1 egg 2 tablespoons cold water bread crumbs Wash, scrape and cook the pars nips in boiling salted water until tender. Drain and mash. There should be one and a half cups of pulp. Place pulp in sauce pan and add lemon juice, butter or mar garine, the slightly beaten egg. cream, salt and pepper. Stir and cook over flame until hot. Cool and shape into croquettes. Beat; the other egg with cold water and then dip croquettes in flour, then in egg and last In breadcrumbs, Fry in hot fat until golden brown. Drain on unglazed paper. SANTA FLOODED SANTA CLAITR. Tnrf ninv Postmaster Oscar Phillips Is glad mat tnnstmas 1946 ts a thing of the past. He and his helpers had their hands full. Snma a ftnn nnn pieces of mail flooded the tiny, souinern innmna num. a nw a ord, Phillips says. Wednesday St. Mary's Episcopal Guild, church, all day. Wednesday Bridge Club, with Mrs. H. S. Durgin, 2 p.m. Blue River Chapter, OES, Mc Kenzie River Temple, 8 p.m. Newcomer's Group of Women's Faculty Club, tea, Gerlinger Hall, 3:30 p.m. AAUW, Art Group, with Mrs. L. W. Hill, 2 p.m. Railway Trainmen Auxiliary, Airport Homes Recreation Hall, 7:30 p.m. WRC Needle Club, with Mrs. John Rogers, 2 p.m, Women's Council, First Chris tian Church, church, all day. Dorcas Society, Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Dorcas Room ot Church, 10 a.m. Chapter AM, PEO, with Mrs. F. G. Havemann, 1 p.m. - a a BUSINESS GIRLS TO HEAR TALK BY MISS COLEMAN Y-Pongo Club young business girls, meeting at the YMCA- YWCA Community Center Tues day evening for its semi-monthly dinner session, will hear a talk by Miss Dorothea Coleman on: "Achievements of the United Na tions." Group discussion will fol low. Miss Coleman, who la working for her master's degree in edu cation at the University of Oregon, is a former lieutenant colonel in the Women's Army Corps. Officers Will be chosen for the coming year at the business meet ing of the club, Miss Margery Krens, president, in charge, a a a PROGRAM ARRANGED FOR FORTNIGHTLY CLUB A program on "Textile Arts in the Home" has been arranged by Mrs. Emerson Abbot for the meet ing of Fortnightly Club Thursday afternoon at the Osburn Hotel. Mrs. Edward Thurston will assist Mrs. Abbot. Mrs. C. L. Johnson, legislative chairman, will make a report on proposed- legislation, both state and national matters.. The meeting is set for two- thirty o'clock. a a a HOSPITALITY CLUB Those taking honors at Hospl tality Club card party Monday evening were: pinochle, Mrs, Jeanette Bates and Mrs. J. T. Jaeg; auction, Mrs. Roy B. Wil-! cox and Mrs. A. T. Fuerst; con-; tract, Mrs. Erna Mower and Mrs. Henry Pape. January 29 the club will spon sor a card benefit at the Osburn Hotel for the March of Dimes and other civic purposes. The com mittee is Mrs. Edwin Peterson, chairman; Mrs. C. J. Daniel, Miss Gertrude Mourer, Mrs. T. E. Furnish, Mrs. T. M. McAllister. Mrs. Harry Garrett and Mrs. Edna Allen. . WESTGATE HOUSE HOME of Good food. Luncheons 65c and up. Dinner $1.75 and up. 125' Kin. eald. Where East 13th meetr the Campus. How Sluggish Folks Get Hoppy Relief TEA 8CHEDULED Women's Auxiliary of Episcopal Church will Jiold their Epiphany tea Friday afternoon at two-thirty o'clock at the home of Mrs. Ed ward Gray, 1259 Twenty-second Avenue East CALL FOR PICTURES Tills is tha season when all used society-page pictures are filed away. The women's editor reminds readers that if any wish to retrieve pictures used In the past two years, they may get them by calling at her desk. WNCN CONSnMTION makes yon feel punk as tha dickens, brings on stomach opaet, soar taste, gassy discomfort, take Dr. Caldwell'a famous medicine to asieklj poll tha trigger oa larr "in nerds", and help you feel bright and chipper again. DR. CALDWELL'S Is the wonderful sen. na tenure contained in good old Symi Pepsin to make it so easy to take. MANY DOCTORS use pepsin preparf tioni in prescriptions to make the medi cine mora palatable and agreeable to take. So be sure your laxative is con tained in Syrup Pepsin. INSIST ON DR. CALDWELL'S the fa vorite of millions for 50 years, and feet that wholesome relief from constipa tion. Eren finicky children lore it. CAUTION Use only as directed. DR. CAIDWELL'S SENNA LAXATIVE t0"uu""' SYRUP PEPSIN Garden Club Meets Tuesday, Clubhouse; Other Groups Listed Arrangements utilizing anii wood, rocks, dried materials such aa weed and Brasses, will be shown at the meeting of the Eu gene Garden Club Tuesday eve nine at raven-thirty o'clock at the clubhouse. Chairman of this part of the program is Mrs. Arthur Ruhndorf. Pictures of Eugene gardens, in colored slides, will be shown. They are from the collections of Ray Rnale Sam Mosher. Frank Nom- belais and others. Mrs. W. B. Rid- dlesbarger is in charge of this pan of the program. Herb group oi tne uaraen uiu hn nnstnoned its meeting from Thursday of this week until next week, when a potluck luncheon will be held at the home ot Mrs. Charles Wester. Craft Group will meet Wednes day afternoon at two o'clock, at the clubhouse. Members are to bring patterns for garden acces sories, such as aprons, gloves, kneeline nads. carrying baskets, etc. They also are asf.ed to bring scissors and paper lor cuiung pat terns. a a a CLUB TO MEE.T WITH MRS. HEWITT La Junta Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Jay Hewitt, 84 Nine teenth Avenue West, Friday after noon at one-thirty o'clock. a a a , MEETING WEDNESDAY Daughters of Union Veterans will meet Wednesday evening at seven-thirty o'clock at the Arm ory, this the first session under new officers. Mrs. Bruce David son is the new president. dinner ai me usDurn Hotel Fehm. ary 17, for past matrons m patrons. The junior matron -...x.j .wi-m at the r meeung r,---- -u ai eiecwu . . ume, Monday evening wmcn w. AMARANTH PAST MATRONS ELECT NEW OFFICERS Past Matrons of Amaranin at the home oi wire. Elkins. Those elected were Mrs. Elkins, president; Mrs. Howard Stenshoel, vice-president; and Mm. Edith Thornton, secretary. The next meeting will be a GETCHELL CLUB Getchell Club of Royal KelsK,1 bors of America will meet ThW day afternoon at the home of ih, ' W. F. Davis, 2301 Rivervi.J one-thirty o clock. C-w mi aa -S- ' IMtlUl 1 IK for fh tmMeM, tsMrtty dfwtMd womsA . Stylistd Ica vrf your rtw -hslr-da" PmMon DR. H. R0CKSTEIN OPTOMETRIST 347 MAIN ST- SPRINGFIELD Evenings by Appointment Phone 2337 SPRINGFIELD'S OWN OPTICAL CENTER:! Wake up to MisTLrs . in ijour coffee! There's coiintry cream in every drop! OUSr(MS JBUW Q. What iJucational eenefTb Jo I ft unit tht CI Bill ef RithU? A. If you serve honorably on active duty for a period of 90 days, one day of which is served between September 16, 1940, and the date of termination of the pres ent war, or you are discharged because of an actual service-incurred injury or disability incurred within that first 90 day period, you are, upon discharge, en titled to one year of education in the col lege, trade or business school of your choice for which you can qualify. In ad dition, each month of active duty, includ ing the first three, prior to the end of the war, entitles you to another month of post-service education, up to 48 months. Your tuition, laboratory fees, etc, up to $500 per ordinary school year will be paid by the government, Also, you will receive $65 a month living allowance; $90 a month if you have dependents. Q. What about family allowantotf A. For men enlisting or reenlisting now, family allowances will continue until six months after the war is officially ended. Q. What arm my chanm of going overaeas ? A. If you enlist for 3 years, you may select to serve in any overseas theater which has openings, especially Japan or Korea. Q. Can I Mil cneen Iht branch if itrHet I want to seme in? A. Yes. You can pick any branch which has quotas to be filled, if you enlist for 3 years. Q. It thoro any way I can rminlitt In my old gradt? A. Yes, you can, if you reenlist for a 3-year l?imJwit,nin 20 day rtUsr your honor able discharge. Q. Ihor, any othtr way I eon rmanlut in gradt? A. Yes, if you held one of certain military occupational specialties, and were dis charged on or after May 12, 1945, you can reenlist in a grade depending on the M OS tlm ,0U he'd desire1 e Viilf your fteereif U. J. Amy Heereifins Station lot oniwer. fe an elher euerflom yo(l Mr hay,t t furlfier details en file above ayerfiens. tlsfee fst "Seeae' Of," "Warriors ef e.. ,ni ",w ?- tNLIST NOW AT YOUR NtAKlST V. S. ARMY BCrPUITIWA (nau NEW, HIGHER PAY FOR ARMY HIT hLMHbe a food, loogisa, Cofiei eaa' MtefcalCa I MONTHLY Per W rears' JShJ a . f UaMfe Service Serme master cwraaanK or First Sergeant 16J.O0 107.23 1 87.7J Technical Sergeant 133.00 Staff Sergeant . . 113.00 74.73 Sergeant. . ... 100.00 63.00 Corporal. ... 90.00 38.30 Private First Oast. 80.00 32.00 Private .... 75.00 48.75 la Addition to Columa Oee of the Above! IWjJ creeie for Service Ovenesi. 50 herein, -Mailrmrm er Month, If Member of Fit 11 e Crews. $50 Per Month for Pareehullitl (Not I" WJf pay Stetui) while Bnaaaed upon Parachute omr- ' Increase In Pev for Each 1 Yeerrof Service. 1I2J0 . 101.2) It YOUR GU yVff THf M4TI0I. AHD MANKIND IN WAR AND III Poet flff: D..:lJ! r a w wuiiaing cugene, uregon . , PtACl