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The Capital Journal, Salem; Oregon
Monday) October 21, 1940
Campaign Hits
Oratorical High
During Week
(By ths Associated Press)
The history-making 1940 cam'
paign hit the "big push" stage to
day, with both major parties ready
for a concentrated drive that will
carry through the last two pre-elec
tlon weeks and up to the even of
voting today.
On the democratic side, President
Roosevelt prepared to deliver Wed'
nesday, the first of five addresses
intended, so his own announcement
said, to "correct deliberate falsifica
tion of fact" by campaign foes and
to "give the true facts to the public.
On the republican side, Wendell
L. Willkle embarked on another
closely filled itinerary of many
speeches and much mileage. The re
publican presidential nominee':
schedule will take him from Wis
consin, where he makes a major
address tonight at Milwaukee, east
ward through Illinois, Indiana and
Pennsylvania to New York.
To back up the personal campaign
ing of its standard bearer, each par
ty marshaled a supporting array of
notables.
Former President Hoover Is sche
duled to urge Willkle's cause in
Thursday night speech at Colum
bus, Ohio. Prank Lowden, former
governor of Illinois, is on the pro
gram for a broadcast address (NBC)
on Friday night. Numerous other
party prominents also are down for
talks.
In the democratic camp, Henry A.
Wallace, vice-presidential nominee,
has the most active week with
schedule which will take -htm Into
Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan
and adjacent territory. William C.
Bullitt, ambassador to France, speaks
in Chicago tonight, and Attorney
General Jackson Is listed for a radio
address (NBC) Wednesday.
Band Parents
Elect Johnson
A meeting was held by the Salem
Junior band parents association Frl
day evening and the following of
fleers were elected: Arthur John
son, commander of the American
Legion for 1940, president, replacing
C. L. Jones; William Wilson, vice
president, advanced from treasurer:
Mrs. Nina Baggett, secretary, replac
lng Mrs. Lottie Apple who has held
the office for three years; Carl All
port, treasurer to replace William
Wilson.
The executive board will consist of
Art Johnson, Mrs. Nina Baggett,
Elmer Klein, William Wilson and
Fennlmore Baggett, The auditing
committee was held over for the
coming year.
The uniform committee will be
Arthur Peters, chairman, Thomas
Faught and Harry Esch. C. L. Jones
was appointed as publicity manager
and a transportation and business
manager "will be announced later by
the president.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Turner will be
chairmen of the November business
meeting, assisted by Mr, and Mrs.
Joe Johnston and Mr. and Mrs,
Bradshaw. The place of the next
meeting will be announced later by
the president.
It was voted to purchase a large
horn to be rented to a student and
the rental to be put Into a sinking
fund to purchase other horns as
needed.
Both the first and second bands
will play for the American Legion
on Armistice day. Mrs. Kunze of
Kclzer won the prize given to the
captain bringing the most parents
to the meeting.
French Catalonia
Has Serious Floods
Vichy, France, Oct. ill (IPh-More
than 100 )ersons were reported dead
or missing today and officials estl
mated damage of a billion francs
as a result of torrential rains and
floods which forced thousands to
flee their homes In French Catalonia.
(The franc no longer Is quoted
but before the German occupation
of Paris it ranged from 1.13 cents
to 2.26 cents this year.)
Details of the week-end disaster
beenme known in Vichy only today
as telephonic communication with
Perplgnan, capital of the stricken
region, was restored. Perplgnan it
self had been evacuated when the
swollen river Tet Inundated the
lower parts of the city.
Prcfcctural authorities there esti
mated a hundred dead or missing in
Pvrenecs-Orlentales 8 e p a r t ment
alone.
(In Spanish Catalonia, UJ per
sons have been officially reported
missing or dead as a result of floods.
Heavy rains continued to hamper
the rescue work there.
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"Bomb Berlin" Says London Poster A London building, its own
bomb scars covered by paulins, gravely flaunts a poster urging a
"Bomb Berlin" reprisal policy. British censor-approved caption
says this sign, which is In the Strand, is one of the many privately
erected In a gesture of defiance against nazi air raids on the Brit
ish capital. Associated Press Photo.
How Uncle Sam
Will Train His Army
(Editor's Not: The Capital Journal presents th first of a series of six ron.
secutlve dally articles on how the new army of the United States will be trained
ana on oilier important pnases or the defense of this country. The stories are
written by W. n. Rnssdale, a reporter of many years experience In Washington,
for the Associated Press Special News Service. Tomorrow's article tells how billions
are oeina spent on tools ana plants to make arms for the two million men.)
By W. B. Rafsdale
Washinffton. Oct. 21. (fP) Nothincr has hannenerl in
Europe yet to change the conviction of the war department
that "hard, well trained, efficient marching infantry sup-
pui teu ay ati otner arms, cuncn me-
decision of the modern battlefield."
That, boiled down to Its essence,
would necessarily mean that the
war department still regards the
tough, long-winded, hard - fighting
Infantry as the good right arm of
its fighting forces.
It doesn't matter how the Infan
try goes from here to there. It may
cross a county, state or country by
train, airplane or truck. But after
it gets to the scene of action.
It
stands up on Its own two feet and
fights with rifle and bayonet.
As General George c. Marshall
the chief of staff, described It, the
infantry is a "hard bitten service
where the men have to slough
through the mud and do not get
much publicity; they do not photo
gaph well." But they are the men
upon whom rest the winning or
losing of battles.
Consequently, the training pro
gram Is working toward the devel
opment of 45 infantry-artillery di
visions. This will provide almost
four Infantrymen for every one
motorized or In the cavalry. There
win be ten armored and two caval
ry divisions. And, of course, there
will be the air force,
Most Go to Infantry
But It is to the- Infantry that
most of the men Inducted into the
service through the selective draft
will go at the outset. Borne of those
especially adapted by aptitude or
special training will filter through
into other branches of the service.
But by and large, the Infantry will
claim most of the recruits,
The tank corps, cavalry, air corps
and most of the more modern mill
tary creations that have evolved
from the war in Europe are agen
cies that must be operated by the
professional soldier. It takes years
of training to perform the tasks any
of these divisions are called upon
to do.
The man going Into the army un
der compulsion for one year of ser
vice can hardly be assigned to train
ing In the handling of anti-aircraft
and anti-tank guns. He cannot be
trained for the newly created para
chute units. He cannot learn to
pilot an airplane, handle naviga
tion instruments or use a bomb
sight.
It cost $500 to give a man his
primary training as a pilot, plus
another $1,075 for secondary train
ing. After that he Is Just ready to
enter an army flying school. And
the men used as navigators and
bombardiers are, chiefly, those who
started out to be filers.
These are what the army figures
are the post-graduate courses, need
ed for the professional soldier but
too valuable to be lavished on the
man who will spend Just one year
in active service because of the
need of the moment.
Nor would the raw recruit be anv
rhore ready for such training than
a kindergarten child is ready to
study medicine. There are certain
fundamentals to be learned In grade
school, high school and college.
Rudiments First
Consequently, the first 13 weeks
the new soldier spends in camp will
be spent in learning the rudiments
of soldiering, passing through the
grade school phase.
He will be toughened physically
y a gradual but steadily stiffen
ing set of exercises designed to
develop an ability to endure pro
longed and arduous exertion. He
will be taught to march, to use his
weapons and take care of himself
in the field. He learns individual
drills, the manual of arms, the slm
pie orders of the platoon and com
pany.
At the end of this period the army
figures he will have learned ttie
fundamentals of the soldier, know
something of discipline and be in
prime physical condition. He will
be ready for the high school of the
soldier.
He now moves Into battalion
training to begin to learn how to
use the different weapons and
equipment of the battalion. He
learns more about the use of cover.
concealment, camouflage,' scouting,
patrolling, target and combat prac
tice with various weapons, map
reading and the use of the compass.
He learns, too, about combat fir
ing, reconnaissance, the Issuance
and execution of orders, marching
ana march discipline, communica
tion, defensive measures against
various types of attack Including
$360,670 Jump
In County's
Tax Valuation
Marlon county's assessed valuation
exclusive of public utilities which
are assessed by the state tax com
mission, aggregates $35,092,770,
an Increase of $360,670, .according
to announcement by County Assessor
Shelton. The statement shows land
taxes down slightly while improve
ments on lands showed a substantial
gain.
Land acreage classification Is $14,
928,330 or a decrease of $61350 and
town and city lots assessed at $4,
737,460, or a decrease of $2270. Im
provements on deeded or patended
lands are placed at $110,430 or an
Increase of $110,430 and on town
lots at $8,182,050 or an Increase of
$234,430.
Engines, manufacturing machln
ery and equipment are assessed at
$1,002,515, a decrease of $46,470; log
ging roads and equipment from $6500
to $3060, and lands not deeded or
patented dropped from $13,250 to
$12,500. However, merchandise and
stock in trade are valued at $1,332
800, an Increase of $86380.
Farming Implements increased
from $278,000 to $328,915, due large
ly to tractor farming, while valua
tion of horses and mules shows
decease from $129,040 to $110,780
Hotel and office furniture showed an
increase from $309,045 to $322,145
Veterans exemptions are listed at
$208,590 as compared to $201,370 for
the previous year.
Classifications of livestock show
ing first, number of animals, second,
valuation and third, the change from
last year, are listed as follows:
Horses and mules 2809, $110,780,
down $18,260, $39.44; cattle 13,004,
$333,375, down $5125, $25.64; sheep
and goats 19,790, $45,605, up $1765,
$2.30; swine 3926, $25330, down
$5040, $6.45; poultry 38,903, $13,075,
up $1015. 34 cents; dogs, foxes and
mink 1783, $11,600. up $1590, $6.55.
Accident Fatal
To Lloyd McKay
Woodburn, Ore., Oct. 31 Lloyd
(Buck) McKay, 38, of Woodburn was
instantly killed Saturday In a saw
mill at Wren where he was employ
er. He was struck by a large timber
with such force as to throw him to
the floor, breaking his neck and
fracturing his skull.
He is survived by hia widow,
Blanche McKay; four sisters, Mrs.
Mabel Taylor of Salem, Mrs. Stella
O'Conner of Portland, Mrs. Rose
Larson of Grand Ronde, and Mrs
Marie Kilcup of Beaver Greek, Ore.
Funeral services will be held Tues
day, October 22, at 1:30 o'clock at
the Keith OUair mortuary with Ar
thur Keeney of Corvallis in charge
of arrangements. Interment will be
in the St. Louis cemetery. Pallbear
ers will be Albert Otterstrom, Char
les Johnson, James Lelth, Cherles
Vincent, Felix Chouquette and Hen
ry Johnson.
those, of aviation and mechanized
units concealment from air ob
servation, and night operations.
Then the Polishing
By this time, he is fairly well
versed in the work of the soldier.
He Is ready for a brief polishing
course which will show him how the
knowledge he has gained may be
put into effective use in the field,
He passes into regimental exercises
and maneuvers involving the coor
dinated use of the combined arms
of the service. He has learned to
fit himself Into a combat team that
must move swiftly into action at a
time when speed means the differ
ence between life and death.
Out of the men being trained
however, the army will choose the
most promising officer material.
These men will be sent to special
candidate schools for a sharper
course of training during the last
three or four months of their year
In the army. The same opportuni
ties will be offered to regular en
listed men.
The urgency of the moment help
ed to fix the year as the training
period of the army. It Is the short
est used by any of the nations that
have resorted to compulsory train
ing. Germany uses two years;
do France and Japan. Italy has
18 months.
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WHO IS HE?
Ik Hitler Digging the road over which he will ride?
Ir Mussolini the fore-runner?
Will he he Jew or Gentile?
How will he affect America?
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by
Claude Cooper
SOUTH AFRICA'S YOUTH REVIVALIST
YOU ARE ADVISED TO
COME EARLY
AS ARMORY WAS CROWDED EARLY LAST NIGHT
Censorship Makes
War Coverage Hard
By John Evani
Associated Press Chief of Foreign Bervlea
Paris, once the news cross-roads of Europe, is today the
most isolated spot on the continent. News comes from German-occupied
France as it does from every spot in the world,
hut usiiflllv tr. tnltpft five rlnva fnr n
learns 01 uiem uuuusi, us suuii tu uu
dispatch -to come to the United
States from the old French capital
as compared with live minutes be-
fore the war. Couriers must carry
news from Parts to Berlin by train,
plane or auto.
Knowledge of what happens in
various countries comes to Associated
Press newspapers almost as freely
as ever, but war brought changes in
gathering news and especially in
transmitting it.
Censorship of some sort exists In
nearly all European countries. In
England it Is thorough and often se
vere. In France it is light. In Ger
many and Italy there Is a censor
ship of responsibility which means
that a correspondent is free to send
anything he wishes, telephoning It
out of the country, but he Is answer
able to the government for any
breach of Impartiality or violation
of military secrecy. News from Italy
is limited in quantity because of
ficials refrain from discussion ot
many things. Correspondents in Ger
many may discuss almost anything
with anyone Some newspapermen
whose dispatches were considered
hostile by Germany have been asked
to leave the country.
All Facts Not Given
Much interesting news comes by
trans-Atlantic air mall from all
countries except England. This cor
respondence usually deals with liv
ing conditions, reconstruction of
devastated areas and such matters
which require considerable research
and frequently some travel. There
is more of that serious kind of re
porting than for many years.
Censorship blacks out some facts,
but not enough to prevent newspa
per readers from knowing the essen
tial truth. Military movements sre
obscured, but the public generally
opposing armies.
The work of Associated Press re-
porters in gathering news in the
war zones is difficult and often ex
tremely hazardous. AP reporters in
London wear "tin hats" much of the
time. Tho AP London office was
damaged recently by a bomb that
fell just outside. There were
casualties.
Dislocation of normal facilities and
the natrue of events more than ever
require reporters to get their news
by going to the scene. That is be
cause there is so much less of rou
tine reporting of political, industrial
and personal news. War is the theme
today. Much of the war news is re
porters' descriptions of what they
see.
A constant problem of every for
eign correspondent is how to send
his dispatches quickly. In peace
time, the Job has to reduce trans
mission time by minutes. Sometimes,
now, the task is to get out the news
in hours or even days.
News Speed Tested
Alternate routes were tested with
duplicate dispatches to determine
comparative speeds. From some
points, telephone, wireless or cable
route proved faster than another.
Duplicate messages were sent di
rectly to New York and through
some other bureau. Amsterdam, Bern
and Copenhagen in neutral Holland,
Switzerland and Denmark quickly
proved to be good centralizing and
relay points. Staffs at those points
were reinforced.
When the Germans took Holland
and Denmark they caused Amster
dam and Copenhagen to be aband
oned as delays because free commun
ication with other countries no long
er was allowed.
For six months Bern has been a
forwarding office for much of. the
Associated Press news from the Bal
kan area, Berlin and Rome. In the
early days of the Vichy French go
vernment, most of the news from
there was telephoned to Bern or sent
there by courier. Now the Vichy
wireless sends dispatches direct to
New York.
Stockholm In nervous Sweden re
mains a center for Scandinavian and
Baltic news. To it go the scanty re
ports from Latvia, Estonia and Lith
uania now absorbed by Soviet Rus
sia. Foreign news gathering organiza
tions such as Reuters In the British
Empire, Havas In unoccupied France,
DNB (Deutches Nachrlchtenburo)
in Germany, Stefanl in Italy and
others function, but their news na
turally deals largely with war from
the national point of view. There is
missing much of the detailed report
of industry, political friction and
human activity that formerly pic
tured nations.
Honest as many of the foreign or
ganizations' reports may be they
show a patriotic self restraint that
makes some of their accounts of
other than war conditions rather
thin. These foreign organizations
still are useful as they always have
been in distributing government an
nouncements, texts of Important do
cuments and speeches and such mat
ter. The Associated Press and other j
United States organizations and1
correspondents, however, get their
own news more than ever before.
Particularly must they be vigilant
to go promptly to the scene of war
events so they may describe Impar
tially and with Interesting, colorful
details the occurences which offlo
ial communiques relate later and
drably, if at all.
Rally at Hubbard
Will Be Friday
A republican rally will be held In
Hubbard Friday at the city hall
nitv riiA nrprlnnt committeemen
nnH rnmmltteewomen of West and
East Hubbard as sponsors. Talks
will be made by various canaiaaira
and all will be presented to the
anthorinc Music will be furnished
by the de Lesplnasse orchestra.
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