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Friday, November 21, 1941 Four The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon CapitalMJouraal SALEM, OREGON ESTABLISHED MARCH 1, 1888 An Independent Newspaper Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday at 444 Chemeketa St. Telephones Business Office 3571 News Room 3572; Society Editor 3573 GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND THE UNITED PRESS SUBSCRIPTION RATES BT CARRIER: Weekly, $.15; Monthly, $.60; One Year, $7.20. BY MAIL IN OREGON: Monthly, $.50; Six Months, $2.50; One Year, $5.00. UNITED STATES OUTSIDE OREGON: Monthly, $.50; Six Months $3.00; Year, $6.00. The Associated Press 1 exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper, and also local news published herein. "With or without offense to friends or foes 1 sketch your world exactly as it goes." A Field for Idle Capital The war, with its destruction of the source of normal supply for America's $100 million consumption of flax and linen products, has opened up a new field for investment as ivoll on m enlarffed field for agricultural production in the Willamette valley, which has demonstrated its suitability for growing flax equal in quality to the best that was formerly imported from Europe. Long years of costly experimentation have proven the suitability of the valley's soil and climatic conditions for the production of long fibre or premium flax. The obstacle to development of a largo acreage here has always been the lack of a market In competition with cheaply produced foreign fibre and manufactured linen fabrics, thread and twine. The war has eliminated that competition and opened the markets to Oregon flax and flax products, but has caught the local industry unprepared to fill the demand due to the lack of processing plants. As a consequence farmers are being forced to pass up a profitable crop. In 1940 there were 6000 acres planted to flax in the valley. This acreage bounced up to 11,800, producing 23,000 tons this year. Next year It Is due to shrink again, because retting and scutching facilities of the state prison and five smaller cooperatives are limited to 15,000 tons. The carry-over of unprocessed flax will further discourage planting. With prospects bright for continuation of a price of around $60 a ton for first grade flax and normal production running two tons or better per acre, farmers are bending every effort to finance new cooperative plants of their own but are meeting with meagre success because of the scattered location of plantings, except in areas already served and the limited resources of small growers. There exists in the situa tion an opportunity for the cities and towns of the valley to render a real service to the rural ares by helping to supply the needed capital. Nazi Propaganda The current Saturday Evening Post contains an article by Demaree Best, "Put Up or Shut Up," which like all his articles, and the periodical itself, runs true to the isolation-Ist-appeasers' party line set forth by the budding Quisling, Colonel Lindbergh. It is an assault on Britain and its leaders tending to discredit British war efforts and arguing the invin cibility of Hitler. Its purpose is to convey the impression that the British are playing the United States as a sucker to pull their own chestnuts out of the fire, and that Germany is unbeatable, therefore we should make peace on nazi terms. Mr. Best, it will be remembered, was the only American correspondent who was shown special favor by Hitler and escorted through the occupied countries to see what the nazis wanted him to see because his writings were eminently satisfactory to Germany. Anyone who could visit Poland and the other enslaved nations without seeing anything of nazi brutality and soft pedal the massacres of the innocent, de serves a similar Hitler decoration to that bestowed on Lind bergh. Mr. Best sneers at American aid sent abroad, empha sizes British weakness and German strength and in every way seeks to inculcate the futility of attempting to stop Hitler in his career of destruction. In none of this appease ment propaganda is a trace of moral indignation against the savpgery of the conquerors. The Nachricten Suspends The Nachricten, German language newspaper in Port land has suspended publication, title to it passing to the Na tional Weeklies of Winona, Minn, whose publication will be furnished subscribers. K. E. Kern, who for many years has been its publisher, states that the Nachricten was unable to withstand the campaign of hate against every German started a few years ago. There is no campaign of hate against every German in this country though there is against Hitler and his nazi fifth columnists. Tho Nachricten has for some years been the open defender and spokesman for the nnzis and was so listed by the Berlin government and its official representation in the United States. Naturally it aroused resentment. The foreign language newspaper has a legitimate field in this country in conveying the news and an understanding of the ideals and theories of government of their adopted land to people unable to read an English language newspaper, to help make them good American citizens, rather than to per petuate the ideologies of the old world. Many of them have admirably fulfilled this mission. There is no unfavorable public reaction against them. It is against foreign news papers who delberately seek to sabotage American institu tions in favor of foreign tyranny which subsidizes them. Dictators, Here and Abroad Herr Hitler ns a dictator has little on some of the czars of organized labor when it comes to dominating the lives and destinies of their subjects. Not content with dic tating who shall work, when, for what and how in free America, the labor dictators are now telling the workers that they shall vote and how. From Seattle comes press dispatches reporting the dec laration of a Washington state official of the teamsters' union that all members of that union are to be hereafter required to be registered voters. If they cannot show a regis tration card when they pay their union dues, out they go. And under the regime of Dictator Dave Beck in Washing ton, being ousted from the teamsters' union means being ousted from a job or any chance of getting another. The same official is authority for the statement that union members are to be instructed to go down the line at the polls against any and all candidates the union deems to be unfriendly. Next in line from these Little Hitlers will be an ulti matum that all union members must submit certified copies of their marked ballots to retain their union standing and their jobs. When her parents were killed In an auto accident, 16-year-old Phyl lis binclair of Parkdnle, Australia, offered to "mother" the five younger members of the family to keep the home together, and the Victorian Welfare department is helping her to do so. A Dog's Life j I If f SES, DID THE ll lir' HSHEDAWATER',AN'! ill Y ( MAN SIVB YUH ) SPOT HASN'T JffN III ro t N THAT CAN OF X I GOT ANY If ' ' or By Don Ben Pade, the well known grocer, sports Ian, fisherman, et cetera, Is guy of enthusiasm II he's any thing. He's enthusiastic about baseball, football, basketball, fish ing, with a lot of other enthusi asms in between, to say nothing of softball, but when he waxes real enthusiastic, it is about groceries. As, fer Instance, one of his best and fairest lady customers came into the store to look around the day before Thanksgiving and Ben took over. The subject of cranberries came up and Ben went into ec- tascies. "These are the finest cran berries we've ever had," said Ben. "I doubt if you've ever seen such cranberries anywhere. They are cranberries fit for a king and I want to tell you if you have some cran berry sauce on your table from these cranberries the whole family is go ing to tell you the same thing, Mrs. Cranberry." With last remark a customer standing by burst out Novelties In the News (By the Associated Press) Scientific Toy Denver The telephone company Installed an automatic sound device to eliminate the operators who tell the customers they have made a mistake in dialing. It did that and more. It las cinated the company's public so much that hundreds of lines are tied up by individuals wanting to know what the fire engine said to the taxlcab or the bride said when she burned the biscuits. "Oh, well, maybe they'll get tired of it pretty soon," sighed the op timistic phone executives. Live Ammunition Seattle The University of Wash ingto R.O.T.C. Isn't ready to drill under fire yet, so they've changed the hours of the golf classes. No. 2 hole Is adjacent to the drill field and the hooked shots were wearing the embryo officers down. Might Try Chimes Parsons, Kas. The englnemen piloting trains through Parsons are stumped. A state law requires trains to whistle at crossings. A city ordin ance prohibits blowing of train whltles. That Homey Atmosphere CoffeyviUe, Kas. Real estate ad in the CoffeyviUe Journal "A real sorry, run down, old fashioned, 5-room dwelling; needs new roof, new floors, new paint and nbout seven other things; it is es pecinlly well locnted. Price $1,200." Officers Elected By Rebekah Lodge Woodburn Miss Zoa Lowthlan was elected noble grand at Home Rebekah lodge, No. 58, at the regu lar meeting held Tuesday night in the IOOF hall, Other officers elected were Freda Burt, vice grand; Addle Doud, secretary; Mabel Jack son, financial secretary; Myrtle Hail, treasurer. Miss Lowthian will announce her appointive officers at the next meeting and Installation will be held the first meeting In January. Plans were made for the annual Christmas party for Rebekahs and Odd Fellows and their families, the date to be decided upon later. Committees appointed were: To secure the tree, Frank Wright and Fred Hall; to decorate the tree. Freda Burt and Joyce Engle; pro gram. Myrtle Hall and Laura Live- say; cndy, Jeanette Zimmerle and Mabel Wright: gifts, Edith FrenU and Nellla Yates. juiiper Upjohn laughing, the lady herself couldn't repress a smile and Ben went into his shell for a minute. "But, just the same they're fine cranberries," he remarked as he completed the Doggone, Ben, you're right, the cranberries are super this year as our appetite will testify. Mrs. Joe Randall, wife of the well known restaur an teur, gave test! mony yesterday that the Everett high school football lads were the best mannered and most polite of any football lads she's seen eating about a restaurant in her 18 years of restaurant business. However, we imagine that as to good manners and politeness some of the Salem high school football boys would tes tify that same extended only to table manners and not to gridiron etiquette. We have an inside grape vine -that the high degree of table manners in the visitors .has been inculcated by a coach who warns that any monkey business when away from home and the perpetra tor of same plays no more football that season. Said coach, if same is true, has Emily Post backed off the boards as an etiquette lnculca- tor. We got in bad last evening with Dopey", Andy Burk's hunting dog. Remark was made that "Dopey" is setter, when we're informed, In fact, he's a pointer. Dopey has a way of grinning at folks he likes and when he came back from his eastern Oregon hunting trip and spotted us yesterday he grinned all over, showing his teeth in a laugh ing mood. This a. m., however, after our faux pas of last evening, he took one look at us and slunk away Into a corner. It seems we're In the doghouse, as it were, and we hope Dopey likes this apology. Incidentally, we're in the dog house, too, with Frank Myers. He nailed us yesterday and said he had been bombarded from all sides by old Oregon alums since we an nounced he'd switched over this year and wanted to see Oregon J State beat Oregon so the farm boys' could go to the Rose Bowl. "Now I'm afraid to go onto the street," says Frank. Maybe this will fix things up for him, too. One way or another, anyway. j Family Dinners Rule af Dayton Dayton Thanksgiving vacation in the Dayton schools began Wed nesday afternoon and schools will reopen Monday, November 24. A family dinner at the home of Mayor and Mrs. Carl Francis in cluded the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Francis, of Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Coburn and family were Thanksgiving dinner guests of Mrs. Coburn's brother-in-law and sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Andrus at Mon mouth. Mr. Coburn is president of the Dayton Chamber of Commerce. A family dinner was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. U'Ren. Included in the group were Mrs. A. Sweeney of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Sweeney and family of Pleas antdale, and Mrs. Jennie Murphey. Back Pain and Kidney Strain Wrong foodi and drinks, worry, colds and overwork often put ft strain on the Kidney. Backache, Getting Up Nights, Burning Pu sages, Swollen Ankles, Rheumatic Faint, Nervousness, Dlulnrss, Circles Under Eyes and ffrltng worn-out, often are caused by non-orgama and non-systemic Kidney and Bladder troubles. Usually, in such cases, the very first dose of Ojrt goes right to work helping the Kidneys flush out excess acids and wastes. And this cleansing, purifying kidney action. In Just a day or so, may eas ily make you feel younger, stronger and better than In years. A printed guarantee wrapped around each package of Cystex in sures an Immediate refund of the full cost unless tou are comnletelv satisfied. You hva '"l!!f '"ln" :!n.?S!lJ!rJ,rlM.undeI uxiromoudxuuuttod7foxflnlyJS, Kelly Says: Guarding of Alaska Will Cost $300,000,000 Northern Salmon Run Nets Heavy Money Diamond Lake Eyed By Secretary Ickes By John W. Kelly Washington, Nov. 21 To protect the Pacific northwest the war and navy departments are on the road to spend $300,000,000 In Alaska. Thousands of troops, scores of bomber planes, weather stations, teletypes to relay information and radio stations are being assembled. Every steamer leaving Puget Sound for the north has a deckload of the common or gaden variety of trailer, to be used for housing the army of skilled and common laborers. Cheapest meal for a civilian Is In excess of $1. Wages are higher than they were in the gold rush days of the Klondike, reports a fed' eral officer just back from the ter ritory where, says he, there are only two hotels worthy of the name. Navy has established a listening post on Kiska island, longitude 180, on Bering sea Is a wireless station which reports on storms sweeping down from the Arctic. It Is the most westerly post of the navy, From this post are sent weather reports to the navy and army flying fields on other islands (Dutch Har bor, Kodiak) and to the mainland. Millions of dollars are being poured into these Alaskan defenses in can tonments, flying fields and the hun dred other Items involved. Guard Against Japan Originally intended as protection from the Soviet, they are being continued as a guard against Ja pan. Most important arm Is the air service, but owing to fog condi tions flying is Impossible much of the time; but the fogs which ground American airplanes would also pre vent enemy planes from attacking. Army officers are dissatisfied with their assignment and take a bomb er for the bright lights whenever possible; the bright lights of Jim eau. Prediction Is made that when the emergency is over the great cantonments and air fields will be abandoned, leaving only a mainte nance crew. Desire of the United States to aid Britain has extended into Alaska, The men who catch the salmon had the best season In years, many mak ing three times as much as ever before, and they have been spend ing their hard earned wages riot ously. Government wants the can ned salmon for the British. This is one year there has bee non compe tition from the Japanese, infring ing with their floating canneries. Seals Assemble There Since October 24 there has been no treaty with Japan over the Prlbi- loff islands, the famous mating place for the seals. Japan abrogat ed the treaty as one of its retalia tory measures toward the United States and, incidentally, cut off its nose to spite Its face, for Japan's share of the profits from sealskin has been considerable. Canada, however, stands by the treaty (Can ada's cut in the skins is 15 per cent), and Russia, party to the treaty, remains In the pact although Russia receives no percentage. The seal herd Is now estimated at 2,000, 000 and 98,000 skins were taken last September. With the abrogation by Japan in October that country this year will receive its last share of the profits. Estimated value of the skins this year is $4,000,000 and Ja pan's share will be about $600,000. Uncle Sam will clean up $2,000,000. These Priblloff seals, which caus ed trouble between the United States and Japan prior to the treaty, will not be disturbed during the unpleasantness, for the Japan ese foreign office has sent a com munique to Secretary of State Cor dell Hull saying it will keep its na tionals away from the Islands. How ever, in "getting even" Japan is giv ing up about 1,200,000 yen a year, and yens are scarce in Japan. Magnesium Scarcity Noted By July 1, next, Administrator Raver advised the appropriations committee of the house, he expects to be disposing of 35,000 kilowatts to a magnesium industry at Spo kane. Magnesium is now so scarce that OPM has issued orders for an immediate collection of scraps. In November, 1942, "Dr. Raver said he will be delivering 15,000 kilowats to Lumber Specials WHILE QUANTITIES LAST 2x10-8' lengths, surfaced, per 1000 $18 2x8-6' lengths, surfaced, per 1000 $18 Misc. timbers and plank, 2x4 to 2x12, $14 2x8 and 2x10, surfaced $18 Random length LOAN SERVICE Investigate our remodel loan pay ments as low as $5 per month J.W. COPELAND YARDS 319 .South 12th the Belllngham iron works (con tract pending), and In December, 1942, a service of 2,000 kilowats to Olympic Mines, Tacoma (contract also pending). Next January he hopes to be selling 2,500 kilowatts to Yakima. There Is a contract pending for 10,000 kilowatts for the army can tonment at CorvalUs, where plans have been prepared and all is set to go when congress provides about $16,000,000. The administrator plans disposing of 30,000 kilowatts to "an Oregon fabricating plant" in Sep tember, 1942, which would Indicate that Oregon has won this industry away from Washington competi tors. Secretary Ickes Is feeling around to see if he can take Diamond lake from the forest service and include it in Crater lake national park. Op position has started already, for it Is s usee ted he wants to do as he did on the Olympic peninsula and with draw acres of timber and gradual ly reduce the national forests and expand the area of national parks. Baruch Warns of Inflation Dangers Washihgton, Nov. 21 (U,R) Bernard M. Baruch, chair man of the World War Industries board, today warned con gress that "unless we are careful' the time may come when 11. wm oe necessary "to goose-step the people with everybody having the same food, the same clothing1 and the same housing." Renewing his plea for drastic controls to check the rising tide of inflation, the 71-year-old indus trialist told the house rules com mittee that the need for price con trol legislation is "imperative"' to meet an "acutely dangerous" situa tion. He said that the United States is today "a nation In arms," and de- plared that "we must fit ourselves to defend the country in all fronts instead merely of attempting to put fighting force on the sea and in the field." Speaker 'Sam Rayburn, meantime, said that the house will take up the price control bill Monday and start work on labor legislation "be fore long.' "There is no surer way of des troying civilian morale than to make a living too difficult," Bar uch testified. "Price control protec tion must be even handed; it can not advance the interests of any one group at the expense of an other, Baruch, in a recent letter to Rep. Albert Gore, D., Tenn., sponsor of a substitute price control bill em bodying Baruch's demands for over- all ceilings on rents, wages, prices and profits, suggested that produc' tion of the "bare necessities" of life be standardized during the emer gency to wipe out the added cost of varied styles and designs. Speaking of this suggestion to day, he declared: "My Intent when I expressed that though recently, was not to stereo type or regiment the nation; not to goose-step the people with every body having the same food, the same clothing and the same housing, al though that time may come, unless we are careful. My thought was to employ our mass production to turn out in cheapest form those essen tials that today are high in cost be cause of their variety and frills." CAY N OT E This merry gentleman enjoying a Joke al the annual dinner of political science academy in N.Y. Is Thomas W. Lamont, Industrialist. Dinner speaker was Vice President Henry A. Wallace. , Phone 9183 Stalin Not By Pact with Hitler o By Wallace Carroll (Copyright 1941 by United Press) Manila, (Uncensored) Nov. 21 (U.R) Premier Josef Stalin had no illusions about he signed the Soviet-Nazi pact, ing spell to strengthen Russia's po- sltlon. Unknown to the outside world because of Russian censors the communist party Inside Russia con tinued to carry on anti-fascist and antl-nazl propaganda after the world-shaking Soviet-Naal pact in August, 1939. I spoke in Moscow to Soviet citi zens and foreigners who had at tended antl-nazl meetings in the months that followed the formal friendship pact. They told me that the tone of these talks differed lit tle from the sentiments expressed by Maxim Litvlnoff in the years when he vainly tried to organize a MM RULE R Utile realizing that he's a king:. Felsal of Iraq, 6, whose nation straddles possible Far East war routes, poses rather wistfully in his yellow palace on the Tigris river in Baghdad. Memorial Service Held by Council Mt. Angel The local council Knights of Columbus held memor ial services to honor their departed brothers on Tuesday evening. Rev. Father John, O.S.B., gave the eulogy and W. Douglas Harris "Our Order and Its Dead." Attending was the largest number of members ever present at the exercises. The regular business session was held in the meeting room, conduct ed by E. B. Stolle, followed by re freshments and a social hour. In charge of lunch were Frank Aman, J. J. Keber, James Fournler, Andrew Wachter, Jr., and Joseph Bickler, A number of local members at tended the Knights of Columbus initiation at Ontario last Sunday, One car from each, Salem, Wood- burn and Mt. Angel, left Mt. Angel Saturday and returned Monday. At Bend another car with members joined the caravan led by T. A, Wlndishar, state deputy. Farmers of Chile will have four years to pay for modern agricul tural machinery supplied by the government. 1 I "4 XM CJ Scarlet Fever This ancient disease, while not conquered by any means, Is less a menace now that Doctors and health authorities understand how to (1ght.it. Scarlet jevttt Is primarily "contact" disease, contracted from direct contact, or contacting secretions from nose, throat or ears of the patient. Contrary to common belief, the first days are the most con tagious In scarlet ever. One to ten years are the most susceptible, but adults are not entirely immune. First symptoms are fever, severe sort throat, often a chill followed by more definite symptoms. Remember: I. Child with enlarged or Infected tonsils and adenoids ll more apt to contract Scarlet Fever. . Keep your child out of school or any home where there (a Scarlet Fever. 1. Protect your child. If there are cam In school. 4- Keep your child at home and consult phyildan. If he ha sore throat and fiver. 1 By atl means sterilise everything the patient has contacted after a cats of Scarlet Fever. 'PRESCRIPTIONS 'DRUGS Pkon ftiea inure pronons b nmosif m m busMI tuts ts f f "?; -rmrm mr pimte AfOiT the poctoh Fooled friendship with Germany when but he hoped to get a breath world front against Adolf Hitler. Did the Stalin government make full use of the 21 months thus gained or did it throw the breathing space away by a half-hearted re armament policy like the Chamber lain government after Munich? The evidence of this war shows that the Soviets made full use of the respite and, given another year, might well have made themselves Invincible. The greatest weakness of the So viet Union as a military power has been Its shortage of skilled workers and engineers when it tried to ex pand arms production. Q The Soviets took over a country which in many respects, was four centuries behind the United States and Britain. They had to teach 70 per cent of the people to read and write before they could Initiate them In the mysteries of modern chemistry, mathematics and the slide rule. Successive five year plans essen tially were an attempt to concen trate the limited skill available on the creation of heavy industry, which is indispensable to a modern military power. X After the 1936-37 purges, however, the Soviet government partially re laxed this concentrated effort and transferred some of its limited tech nical resources to the production of consumers goods, which the people had done without since Lenin's new economic policy was abandoned. 0 The challenge did not last long, however. With the outbreak of the European war In September, 1939, the output of goods considered lux uries was curtailed. Further cur tailment followed the Finnish war, and as the time approached when Hitler would strike, the Russians were concentrating all available skill and energy in war prenara- ( tions. Red Cross Roll Call Underway In the annual Red Cross roll call drive the Pringle community Is the first to report to the local head quarters that it has a partial com pletion of Its quota. Its largest sub scriber was the Pringle -Pleasant toini ciuo, wnicn iook a $iu mem bership. Other localities have re ported that they expect soon to complete their quotas to make the 15 per cent allotment.. St. Paul is the first community to reach its entire quota of 130 mem bers and has sent word that it ex pects to exceed this number con siderably. Other communities send ing reports that their annual amounts will be reached soon are Liberty, Mill City, Central Howell and Mt. Angel. Anyone who failed to join the Red Cross with the Community chest is asked to leave his donation at the headquatrers, 345 State street. As the national emergency grows, so does the need for the Red Cross. Live Wire Sewing Club Entertained Dallas The Live Wire sewing club of the Christian church met at the home of Mrs. James Herra Tues day with Mrs. Herman Peterson and Mrs. Ella Peterson as assist ing hostesses. During the evening a short busi ness meeting was held with Mrs. Walter Erickson, club president, in charge. Members present were Mrs. William Domashofsky, Mrs. W. C. Hefner, Mrs. Darel Bird, Mrs. Rudy Frykberg, Mrs. Helge Lindahl, Mrs. Clyde GIbbs, Mrs, George Sumpter, Mrs. Paul Johnson and Mrs. Del Springsteen. 480N.coMweaciAu 1