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RUSSIA AND JAPAN
One by one, occurrences recorded in the news, aside from
that dealing specifically with battles, point the way and meas
ure the progress of the war. Such occurrences have been
government changes of axis powers and axis satellites,
eleventh hour declarations of war by Turkey and Argentina.
Latest of them is the action by Russia in denouncing that na
. tion's neutrality treaty with Japan.
This is good news, of course. Hitherto Russia has been
bound to take no military action against the enemy of her
allies. Now Russia will be free to take such action after an
other year. That Russia might enter the war against Japan
has long been the hope of America and Great Britain.
Whether Russia would do so has been, and still is a matter
for conjecture. The difference between now and then is iri
the removal of the barrier to war between the two nations.
This, in part, is the significance of the denunciation of
the treaty. It is more important, however, as evidence of the
progress of the war. ,
There was a time, and it does not seem so long ago, when
, Russia was being pounded back, far behind her western fron
tier, when Japan, as well as Germany, was mighty, when Italy
was still a going concern. In that time Turkey was me
ticulously preserving neutrality, Argentina was unwilling to
take sides with the allies. Russia's one war with Germany
was enough and more than enough. Another war, with Japan,
could easily have been fatal. Indeed, it will be recalled that
Germany diligently endeavored to persuade Japan to war on
Russia. It was fortunate for Russia that Japan felt that it
would be good business to finish off America first.
There came a later time, however, when Turkev felt, flint
it was not only safe but necessary to join forces with the
uiiiuH. rreseimy .rtrgenuna was convinced mat a voice in the
post-war world depended on her record in the pre-war world
So Argentina lined up against the axis.
Now Germany is no longer an offensive threat. The days
wneii vubi, ai mica are neeaen w overcome tne nam resistance
are numbered. Japan's might is dwindling. No longer does
Russia require a treaty's assurance that Japan will not at
tack. The treaty has become one which is for Japan's benefit
ymy. nence me denunciation. Tne treaty is on its way out.
Russia has not declared war on Japan, but she will be jn
Position to do so. Tn thia fm-t wfthnnf ot,,l ..,..f., t
is weakened. But Japan was already weakening and Germany
Tvco oiicuuj uutiiiiiK ino nme wnen sne could longer do
mischief. The notice of treaty annulment marks this trend.
' THE CHAMPION PONDEROSA
The tree is no longer standing. Long since it was trans
formed into boards which, in turn, became homes or farm
buildings or furniture or shipping cases or toys, to mention
but a few of the uses which are, made of good pine boards.
In this it was.no different from thousands of other trees which
have been converted to the service' of man. In one respect it
was vastly different-it was the greatest of all the ponderosa
pines of Oregon,
, The tree will be remembered by many woodsmen of this
area. It has been the themn nf wr;ion )..,. ... ...
makes its appearance oncemiore in The' Forest Log. monthly
.,V.VV , 7 ' inresu-y, wnicn lists it as
one of Oregon's forest "champions," the greatest of its kind
on record m the state. The Log describes it as 2T 1" in c r
cumference, which would mean slightly more than 8" 7" in
diameter, gives its location as -Deschutes county and slates
that it was reported by "D. F. McKay."
The middle initial is obviously a,misprint. for the man who
fXnnaTndMrTrtC,d th1,S Ch"mi,i0,n Pondri,a pi e was tne
late D. L. McKay, to whose son, Clyde M. McKay, we are in
debted for further interesting information.
Ihe VOUniror MiK'jiv firot - r - ; . .
father a year lateen eerienced M
"C'Did Be Dot Our Goo Fuehrer Vers Misinformed?"
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CUnfaunnd'n,. JU Hr II.... t , . . ' '
-'-7"Y"k wiueuer iiuerests, which wore presently to
be extended to the far west. It was in 1001 that the lilTv
McKay spotted the giant pine, growing on what was late o
be the site of Camp Abbot. At the time the area wu f be ,
quired as a possible mill site. -'- was uting at-
i,vC.!!1.1M16ilhu.tnll't w.tt sol(l t0 Shovlin-Hixon interests and
Si nVhM u' w: ,h,?thers f lt kind, was KZ
His son remembers well the big pine and the d-iv ivl,
he and h.s father measured the mighty trunk.
TENSION
XVII
Charley sat quietly for 'a 'long
time staring at the distant white
tower of the lighthouse on Old
Prince. Finally he said
"Could that fellow have killed
you down in the cellar?"
I shuddered. . .
"What makes you think he
didn't try?" . ,
I flcure It this way." Charley
spoke Impersonally as if he were
working out a simple problem In
long division. "If the fellow who
entered your room last night and
tne one you encountered in the
collar are the same man, and I
think thoy are, you may exnlain
his actions as attempts to avoid
discovery. You surprised him In
your room, and, of course, he shot.
But there's the possibility that he
may not have known It was you
In tlie room. Then you were
prowling around In the cellar and,
In order to protect his Identity, he
hit you on the head. It strikes
me that if he had really wantediloved him,
At first, that made no impres
sion upon me. It was mere pleas
antry about food and drinks that
went unremembered in an hour's
time. But suddenly I was aware
of a strange silence and I looked
across at Temple. I could have
sworn that I saw a faint flush on
his controlled features. Phlneas
Hudson had turned and his eyes
were fixed unwinklngly upon his
guest. Brenda Temple's face had
gone suddenly rigid, and all of
the expansiveness had gone out
of Erio. That thin-lipped smile
was tnere and that cold, dead-pan
look. i
"Estoril?" he asked.
Temple's eyes swung slowly to
ward Eric.
"Yes," he said heavily, "In
Portugal."
"I know," answered Eric. "Near
Lisbon. The Palacio is a splendid
hotel." .
"I prefer the Avlz," said Temple
bluntly and for the moment I
PLANT IS SOLD
Madras, April 6 (Special) A.
T. Ashcraf t, who for the past year
has owned and operated the Un
ion garage in the north end of
Fifth street, disclosed Tuesday
that he has sold his building,
Washington
Column
Bv Peter Edson
(NEA Sttrt Corraiximlent)
Washington, D. C Without
prejudice and just for the fun of
it, there are here set down a num
ber of recently observable trends
in what is known as "the labor
movement," so that he who reads
may also run his finger down the
list and make his own conclusions
on where this labor movement
might be headed:
Union membership is now close
to 14 million, or roughly one out
of every four persons in the labor
force, one out of three industrial
or non-farm workers.
There are five principal groups
within the movement, AFL, CIO,
Railway Brotherhoods, John L.
Lewis' United Mine Workers, and
the Jndependents. Though these
groups get together in various
combinations lor specific pur
poses, general unification of the
labor movement in a common
front seems to be making no
progress whatever. A postwar
economic setback might provide
impetus for bringing tnem closer.
In the meantime, lack of organic
unity provides comfort and
strength for other elements of the
population which may have cause
to fear the growing power of
organized labor.
The need for a department of
labor to serve as labor's spokes
man in the halls of government
has ceased to exist. Organized la
bor itself is interested and active
in every phase of government ac
tivity. The labor lobbies are as
powerful as any pressure groups
ever established in Washington i
by industrial groups.
Union officials sit on many war
agency advisory groups. Union
representatives sit on the nation
al war labor board, passing judg
ment on its own controversies,
though not always winnine ma
jority decisions to labor's liking.
Activities of the CIO political
action committee are well known
to everyone who showed any in
terest at all in the last national
elections. While openly opposed
stock and equipment to H. E. j by leaders of the other big labor
Rlcke and Ray Mullans. Both j groups, the PAC program was un
men are from Portland. Ricke is ; questionably followed by many
a welder and Mullans a mechanic, j rank and file members of those
They took possession immediate- otner groups,
ly. Ashcraft will remain with
the concern until the owners se
cure another mechanic.
Many labor nollcv decisions on
both international and national
affairs are made by labor leaders
PAKTV IS PLANNIOI)
you out of the way, he could have
hit you a lot harder or he could
have hit you again. He had plenty
oi nine, you Know. '
1 felt the back of my head
glneerly.
"On tlie other hand," continued
fhai'ley, "the fellow who slugged
Joubert and sabotaged our plane
meant business."
"All ot which still leaves us pre
cisely nowhere,"-1 said.
"Not quite." Charley leaned foi
ward and lapped me on the knee.
"You haven't forgotten that Book-
rr was anxlofls to talk you Into
something, that Calavestrl slipped
you wnat is very probably one of
the Oslermann diamonds, and
that she was'muidered while try-
livrnnl mill ,i..o fcM,.. ki .
Mndra. a,.u c ,o.....,.. """' ewman'ing io contact you.
Alumni n V ..T, OI ",p ulll11'1 B'TO'P "re in charce I "Or Eric Woolf.
Union high school Is planning an h "i;!'"E"0n,s- lAh!n"1" "s ""'
informal parly honoring the fac-i .,JU'ltn,s "lc lm'"l,l l"
ulty and student body of the;H J'
M-nooi at tne gym Saturday even
hig. Mrs. Cus Ramsey, Mrs. Mel I Buy National War Bonds- Now.
Contribute to the
United Nations
Clothing Collection
April 1 thru April 30
All wearing apparel that is usable,' clean and in good
repair will be acceptable, including shoes which should
be tied together.
Bring clothes to corner of Oregon and Wall in the
basement of Lydiclt'i Rocreation.
DO IT NOW!
CONSUMERS GAS
"A Local Institution"
I doubt it," replied Charley
"From there on It seems rela
tively simple. You had possession
tor awhile of one of the Osler
mann diamonds. Somebody be
sides Marks must have known
that Hooker possibly. So far as
anyone on the outside goes you
might still have it. And that
makes you a marked man."
"Very pretty." I said, "but still
ho more than a theory."
When the seven of us gathered
around the table for lunch, the
air had cleared a little.
Bruce Temple, it seemed, had
been persuaded to delay his de
parture until afternoon by the
promise of native pheasant, which
Pat had wheedled out of Nig Nel
son's, the grocer's, own private
refrigerator. And Temple had
brought In Teeky, his Filiolno
househoy, tn rook the meal. Woolf
beamed ecstatically nt the appear
ance of the birds and Charley mur
mured: "Four dollars a portion at Har
vey's." "Harvey's?" Eric looked up
pleasantly. In the- presence of
good fond he became expansive,
almost human. "In Washington,
you mean?"
"That's right."
I "Pinner at llarvcv'R Is one of
the bristht spots in my life. Mar
tinis first nt the Carlton. Then
sturgeon at Harvey's." Woolf put
back his head, closed his eyes and
! beslowed a reverent kiss upon the
i memory.
"Martinis,' repealed Bruce Tern
tle. His massive, roek-llke fea
tures had relaxed. "That calls Up
memories. The best martinis In
Ihe world are to be had in the
1 Pulaclo Hotel In Estoril."
The Palacio was the German
hangout about 15 miles down the
Tagus river from Lisbon. The
Aviz was more luxurious and had I
no Germans.
"When were you in Lisbon?"
Eris asked.
"I've been there several times,"
Temple replied.
"Recently?" Eric persisted.
Bruce Temple took his time in
replying. He regarded Eric as a,
man looks at an enple before hei
bites Into It. He said:
"No. Have you?"
"Not since 1933," Eric answered !
readily. !
"It used to be lovely," Brenda !
said. - I
"It's changed," Charley Strand
said. "Now 90 per cent of the;
transients about Lisbon have se
crets. The other 10 can't keep'
them." - !
"In Lisbon," Eric said, "it is;
dangerous not to keep a secret"!
"It is fatal," Bruce Temple cori
reeled him. ' ;
We had coffee. It was black!
and bitter. The remains of the
pheasant had been cleared away!
and I could see the large oval im
press In the tablecloth where the,
platter had rested.
We had all grown quiet! We
watched each other attentively;
over the tops ot our coffee cups. I
I saw Erie glance at his wrist !
watch and his eyes rested chIcuI.H
lively on space, I
The last cup hit the saucer and
Phlneas Hudson said:
"Bruce, Tecky can cook."
That was all.
(To Be Continued)
Qeorgeanna
Easy-to-wear
casuals
are in!
Crisp two-piece
seersuckers in candy
stripes of red, brown
and blue . . . sheer
rayon prints.. . .
spun rayons in floral
and multi-striped
designs.
Every dress well made
with the individual
touches that mark a
true Georgcanna.
All sizes from 12-20
to 38-42. 7.05, 12.73.
Trudy Hall
Juniors
In charming one and
two piece styles ,t.
cottons and rayons
' in gay new colors
for Spring.
Sizes 917. 7.93, li.73.
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WASTE
' PAPER
is more
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than ever.
Don't stop
saving it.
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
and executive committees before
reference to union membership.
This had led to charges of dic
tatorship of the rank and file by
its hierarchy. If such dictatorship
exists! it can be viewed as a
heSmV thing in attempts to en-
force such decisions as the no
rike Dledge." It can be viewed
wUh afarm W it suppresses the
freedom of thought or action of
the rank and file.
Among the debatable major ob
jectives of the labor movement,
these trends are worth watching:
Post-war full employment and
increased social security. More
and better public housing. Broad-
tion and even socialized medta
Royalties on rmdiinii
vide worker benefits.
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U. S. Casualties
Nearing 900,000
Washington, April 6 IIP) n ,K
combat casualties officially oi'
piled and announced have ima
892,909. This means that the v
tual total, including losses vm;
be recorded in Washington v;
surpassed 900,000.
Today's official figure was'
047 greater than that announce,,
week ago. It included 798 vn
er public health measures, includ- my and 94,526 navy, marine com
ing health insurance, hospitaliza- and coast guard casualties
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3D million of them children are in
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