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The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon
Wednesday, January 21, 1942
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Speaking of Umbrellas
.Tninino- inn ranks of
things military, the Oregonian calls editorially for an um
brella of defense planes over Singapore and declares "this
taiK oi mammy iu kul piuuea uiwc ia juoi i,BiuuvU,v,
continues :
"In the old days the commercial air lines operated between London
and Singapore In lour days. They may be operating on that schedule still,
for all we know. In any case, those who make time an excuse are think
ing of the covered wagon. If Singapore and the armies defending the
lower end of tho Malayan peninsula are left without a proper aerlel
umbrella, It will be a deliberate decision, not a necessity."
All of that is prettily said, but not entirely accurate. The
commercial planes which were making the flight from Lon
don to Singapore in four days before the war were long range
transports corresponding to bombers. They flew over direct
routes and were served by fixed way-stations, unharassed by
enemy raiders. The ships needed for the "umbrella" over
Singapore right now are not bombers, but fighters speedy
but short-range wasps of the sky to fight off Jap raiders.
These are not so readily transported half way around
the earth under their own power, over circuitous routes with
refueling fields few and far between.
For planes of the typo most needed in Singapore right
row England is many days distant and vice versa, while Lon
don is only a few hours away from' the German invasion
fields and ports. That fact Hitler may well have had in mind
when he set the stage for a new war front in the far east.
' Anything which weakens the defenses of England at home
enhances the chances of an axis victory.
Let us not forget that there are dark storm clouds hov
ering low over other portions of the world than Malaya and,
until Uncle Sam gets sufficiently busy to supply them, not
enough umbrellas to go around. General MacArthur could
use a few right now in the Philippines.
War Profiteering
The house naval affairs committee majority, reporting
on an investigation of the gigantic naval building program
recommends enactment of legislation to stamp out profit
eering, accusing both industry and labor of attempting to
get-rich-quick with defense contracts.
Profits of shipbuilders, the report finds "excessive and
unconscionable," many "50 per cent or more" and an
"astounding concentration of wealth" in labor unions, with
117 unions reporting assets
18 months of $10,679,294. Recommendations include:
For industry "that some method of profit limitation should be
adopted to eliminate profiteering on defense contracts ... to prevent
excessive and unconscionable profits. Such measures are owed to the
public which bears the enormous tax burden of defense costs."
For labor unions "that suitable legislation be enacted requiring all
labor unions to register with a suitable government agency and to furnish
pertinent Information concerning their officers, members and financial
condition at periodic Intervals." It recommended passage of a law to
curb strikes which the committee blamed for delay In two-ocean navy
construction.
Existing income and excess profits taxes, plus those to
be imposed in the new revenue bill will probably strip the
industrial profiteers of their excessive profits, but as long
as labor organizations are exempt from taxation, and labor
bosses irresponsible to their memberships, there is no way
of checking profiteering except by passage of control legis
lation, and those wanting work in defense projects will con
tinue to have to pay a large percentage of their earnings for
the privilege.
Another Pension Raid
While the attention of the country has been concentrated
on defense and war, tho senate finance sub-committee has
reported out without recommendation two house bills passed
last summer which would saddle at least a $15 billion pen
sion plan for World war veterans and their relations on the
country.
Neither of these bills is concerned with relief for vet
erans actually disabled in the line of duty. One in the pre
tense of increasing the pensions of disabled veterans from
$30 to $40 monthly, really provides $10 monthly for every
veteran, no matter how healthy, upon reaching the age of
65, providing only that his annual income is less than $1,000
if single or $2500 if married. The total cost will be $5 to $10
billion. T 1
The other bill provides pensions up to $56 a month for
dependent widows, children, mothers and fathers of de
ceased veterans. Under it a young woman married as re
cently as May 12, 1938, to a veteran and who had a child
would be entitled upon his death to a pension the rest of her
life, and her children also. The cost would be from $15 to
$30 billion.
With the nation facing the tremendous burden of pay
ing for a world war and its finances strained to the limit,
there is no excuse for such a raid on the treasury. The senate
committee should have pigeon-holed these or reported ad
versely, for if passed, the president will have to veto them
as unnecessary and unjustifiable expenditures.
No Place for Wastrels
Proposals to modify tire rationing regulations to allow
trucks to get replacements more readily will meet with in
dignant public protests until the truckers institute drastic
reforms to put their economic house in order. The same re
action will result from any attempt to favor truck operations
in any rationing of retreads.
The public will support and cooperate in tire rationing
only so long as it is administered to tho end that effective
rubber conservation for war needs is attained.
It will not save and sacrifice to provide rubber to be
wasted.
It will not subscribe to a program which permits this
essential material to be squandered on duplicated service per
formed by duplicate vehicles travelling largely tho same
routes.
The public will insist, and the government should order,
a complete reorganization of the trucking industry from
door-to-door deliveries to long distance hauling between fixed
termini to eliminate all waste through duplicated service or
inefficient operation, with special emphasis placed on over
loading and speeding.
There is no place in our all-out war effort for wastrels
or wasteful methods.
Society Editor 8(79
Editor and Publisher
the typewriter strategists on
of $82,594,959, an increase in
A Dog's Life
By
for
By Don
rians to begin appointing commit
tees to select a Blossom day date.
Sure, Paul Marnach comes into
town today with a sprig of pussy
willow he picked up over Silverton
way. He said the tree had been laid
across the road by the late unpleas
antness and the little pussies were
fully clothed as indicated by the
sprigs brought In. Then came Bert
Smith with one to the effect he
was cleaning up a flowering quince
bush the other day and found it
had been in full bud already to
burst forth when attacked by a
glacier. So it begins to look as
though its about high time for the
Chcrrians to begin considering Blos
som day or maybe they'd better
wait on the ground hog.
Who should we run into on the
streets this &.m. but our old friend,
John Foley, headed up to the den
tist's office to get his clackers, which
will make him a, full, complete and
outstanding member of our FT &
Youth's Part in
Defense Staled
Seattle, Jan. 21 Participation of
youth In civilian defense was em
phasized with the release today by
tho division of youth activities, of
fice of civilian defense, of a bulletin
which describes opportunities for
participation by young people's
groups.
"Youth's stake in this war Is per
haps greater than adults, because
youth faces more years in a world
to be dominated by totalitarianism
terror of Christian democracy," said
Horace Hahn, regional advisor of
youth activities for the western
states. "That is why youth wants
to help in this total war effort and
why the bulletin was prepared, ex
plaining how and where they can
contribute."
The bulletin describes organiza
tion of a "youth defense auxiliary."
to work under the direction of local
defense councils, assisted by a young
member of local defense councils
and the regional advisor in charge
of young people's activities. Youth
defense auxiliaries will be comprised
of ofMcinl representatives of non
political youth groups with members
between the ages of 10 and 25 years
old.
A detailed outline of possible de
fense activities for youth groups In
cludes suggestions for both civilian
protection and community service.
Copies of the bulletins Issued at
Washington will be available to
state defense councils In the near
future.
Distributed by: Gideon Stollz Company
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Upjohn
BA. John was carrying a file and
a couple of nail punches in his
hand. We didn't have time to ask
whether he intended using these
on his dentist or whether he figured
he might need them to make his
clackers fit. Besides, the file was
a long, sharp pointed one and we
figured he wasn't in any mood to
be questioned too closely on such
personal affairs and we passed it
up for the nonce as it were.
Night Life at Weston
(Weston Leader)
"Frank Price went out 'en dish
abille' into the chilly night to con
sult his thermometer and see how
cold it was, and soon found out
without mercurial aid. He had absent-mindedly
closed the door and
found himself automatically locked
out. He previously had turned on
the radio, and his better half (or
so he says) could not hear his al
most tearful pleas for admittance.
Local theory has it that outside is
exactly where she wanted him to
be. In due course, however, his
beseeching tones prevailed, and he
went back to bed a colder and a
wiser man."
Roy Fugate, district agent for
the predatory animal control, has
Just advised in his latest quarterly
report that hereafter, to conserve
paper, he'll issue the reports only
twice a year instead of every three
months. Here is an example that
might be followed from his more or
less humble office way up through
the governamental alphabet and
back down again through state of
fices, bureaus, functions, commis
sions, boards, agents, servants, and
what have you. The way paper
could be conserved would be some
thing bewildering to see just by put
ting the pruning hooks to reports If
in no other way.
Sfayfon Board
Certifies Tires
In addition to the list of persons
and concerns whose application for
tire purchases were approved by the
Salem tire rationing board, the
board at Stayton has approved ap
plications of the following nine who
may receive their certificates bj
applying, to H. J. Rowe, chair
man: Mack Hamby. Jefferson; Tony
Stcincamp and Clarence Goffln,
Aumsvillc; W. A. Rankin, Turner;
Byron B. Shuck, Paul Lambrecht,
George Ncitling, Fred Fery and H.
A. Baysinger, all of Stayton.
Inspectors authorized In the
Stayton district are Claud Lewis
and George Schlies, Stayton; Roy
Phillippl, Mehama; Roy McKee,
Jefferson; O. E. Roberts, Aumsville;
J. H. Wolf and Theo Mindcn, Jr.,
Sublimity.
Kelly Says:
Northwest Mayors
.Didn't Applaud Speech
Delegate From Alaska
Fearful of Attack
Douglas Selection
Halted for Nelson
By John W. Kelly
Washington, Jan. 21 Mayors
from the Pacific coast (Portland,
Tacoma, Seattle) blinked their eyes
when they heard Secretary of the
Navy Frank Knox, standing before
a loud-speaker, declare that the
west coast will have to wait before
there isra navy to defend that sec
tion of the United States. The
secretary declared to the 200-odd
mayors assembled from all parts of
the country that the No. 1 enemy Is
Herr Schlckelgruber; that Hitler
must be disposed of first that it
will require a long time, and until
that Is accomplished the Pacific
coast people must wait.
To a major part of the mayors.
coming from the Atlantic, southern
and mid-west states, came applause;
but none from the west coast offi
cials. The country that the United
States is at grips with, the active
enemy that has given the United
States reversals, Is Japan and not
Germany. The western mayors had
a different view of the picture than
Secretary Knox. As they expressed
themselves after the Knox talk, they
recognize that the Pacific fleet has
been severely crippled by the Pearl
Harbor disaster and that a sub
stantial part of the navy Is In At
lantic waters, and that time Is re
quired for the building of new cruis
ers, destroyers and submarines; but
they did not appreciate the secre
tary's statement that the west coast
must muddle along until after Herr
Hitler had been disposed of.
Remembers Pearl Harbor
Anthony J. Dimond, delegate for
Alaska, says he is fearful that a
repetition of what happened at
Pearl Harbor may occur in Alaska
and that to all parts of Alaska on
the west may be a duplication of
the situation at Wake and Manila.
The war department treats the ter
ritory as an outlying possession and
recently the wives and children of
all men in the military and naval
services were ordered from Alaska
to the states, with steamships prac
tically taken over by war and navy
departments to get them out.
Steamers plying to Alaska have had
to Increase their freight and pas
senger rates 45 per cent because of
the high cost of war insurance.
Already, says Delegate Dimond,
the government has appropriated
$140,000,000 for five air bases and
a submarine base; the naval bases
are at Sitka, Kodiak and Dutch
Harbor. The late General Billy
Mitchell, testifying before the mili
tary affairs committee in 1935, de
clared that whoever holds Alaska
will hold the world, as he regarded
it as the most strategic place In
the world. From Dutch Harbor to
Tokyo is 2500 miles but only 1730
miles from Attu, the last available
place for a take-off for Japan; but
Attu is only 635 miles from Japanese
territory where there Is a substan
tial naval and air base.
Subs on Great Circle
It is assumed that the Japanese
submarines which have been operat
ing off the coasts of Washington
and Oregon and near Kodiak island
came from the Japanese island of
Paramushlru, where the naval and
air bases are located, following the
great circle route, the traditional
and shortest from Columbia river
and Puget sound to the orient.
Just as a letter-writing compaign
was under way promoting Associate
Justice William O. Douglas, for
merly of Walla Walla and La
Grande, to be the one man to mo
bilize America's resources and man
power. President Roosevelt stopped
it in Us tracks by naming Donald
Nelson to have complete charge of
production for war. By selecting
Nelson the president also ended
criticism due to the fact that neith
er OPM, SPAB or any other agency
had authority. From Bernard Ba-
ruch, who was head of the war In
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Willi Alt
dustries board In the first world
war, down to understrappers there
was insistence that someone should
be vested with power to have things
done. Wendell Willkle, a strong
supporter of the president, had sent
out advance copies of s speech In
which he protested the absence of
anyone with authority. An hour be
fore the speech was to be delivered
the president announced Nelson's
new Job and Willkle had to delete
a large portion of his prepared ad
dress.
Britishers Advised FDR
The two men who caused the ores
ident to make this decision were
Winston Churchill, British prime
minister, and Lord Beaverbrook,
minister of supply. In .their days
at the White House these visitors
stressed the Importance of estab
lishing a responsible head. Church
111 declared a war cannot be won
by commissions, and Beaverbrook
outlined tq the president what the
job requires. Selection of Nelson
is the first step in the organiza
tion of a super supply service which
will work In close agreement with
Beaverbrook and he Is reportedly
slated to be the head man of this
international group Inasmuch as the
United States has the role of pro
viding most of the airplanes, tanks,
guns, ships and ammunition. It
will be Nelson who will tell the
various Industries what he wants
them to produce and see that pro
ductlon Is made; he will designate
priorities and allotments he will
be "the boss."
Novelties
In the News
(By the Associated Press)
Utmost Precaution
Williamsport, Pa. J, Stanley Li
vermore, 61, given a department
store's $500 payroll by mistake,
trudged two miles In bitterly cold
weather to return it, although the
store has messengers and he has a
telephone.
T have a party line, and I want
A the information kept confiden
tial." Patriotic Reward
Eaton, O. Somewhere in this
Preble county seat of more than
3,300 population is a "17-year-old
frizzley poodle" worth a $25 defense
bond.
Miss lone Somers, cream station
operator, offered the bond as a re
ward to the finder of her lost pet.
Shucks, What's $4,000?
Los Angeles Karl Holton turned
down the $10,000 Job as commission
er of the California youth authority
until officials fixed it so he could
keep his Job as county probation
officer, too.
But he refused to accept any
part of the $10,000. He already gets
$6,000 a year as probation officer.
Army vs. Navy
Vashon, Wash. Mr. and Mrs.
George J. Smith swelled with pride
when son John won an appointment
to Annapolis.
They were proud again when son
George was chosen for West Point.
John and George are twins.
She Waited
Camp Haan, Calif. Pvt. Morry
Berliner finally got around to tak
ing care of that unfinished busi
ness. He was married last week-end-much
to the relief of the Los An
geles folks who've been toting wed
ding invitations since last summer.
First, he was drafted. Transferred
here, he thought he could make It,
but Christmas and New Years alerts
caused cancellation of passes.
Wanted: Disguises
Milwaukee Sheriff Joseph J.
Shinners of Milwaukee county com
plained that somebody photographed
a department official group picture
of his deputy sheriffs and sold cop
ies to operators of houses of ill fame
and others. The photographs, he
said, made it difficult for the de
puties to procure evidence because
they were recognized.
MAII...SHI Alt IXMISS
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Saiem LelclieA By Will Danch
"Now I'm alf"set for the wedding cake in case I get an Invitation'
to the marriage of Eunice Johnson and James Thompsonl"
East Salem Defense
Jo bs A re Changed
East Salem, Jan. 21 Defense jobs are changing the
work of many men in the East Salem district each week,
bringing some changes. This week Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cozad
of Swegle district are moving to Se -
attie where Mr. Cozad is now em
ployed. Lametta, Bobby and Mer
lyn will be leaving Swegle school.
Izac Pauls has new work in the
shipyards at Portland but the am-
ny plans to stay at their home in
route 6 for the present.
George Standley has work as a
welder in Seattle. William Benner
and Roy Blanchard, all Swegle dis
trict men, have work at Astoria.
Mr. .and Mrs. C. Dailey moved this
past week from the Zosel property
in Garden Road to the Keizcr dis
trict. Their daughter, Jeane, was
an eighth grade pupil at Swegle. The
pupils at Swegle gave a farewell
party for Jeanne in the Sunday
Darrell Howe
Dies in Battle
Darrell Howe, 18, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Howe, lost his life when
he went down with his ship in the
attack by the Japanese at Pearl
Harbor December 7. Word of their
youngest son's death has been reclv
ed from the navy by his parents.
formerly living In Salem, but now
of Sweet Home.
Darrell was usually know to his
friends as "Dude" Howe. Before
joining the navy he attended Leslie
Junior high school and was popular
among those who knew him. For a
year he served as a cook In the
CCC and enlisted in the navy in the
summer of 1941.
He is survived by his parents; &
brother living at home, and two mar
ried sisters living at Toledo, Ore.
Defense Council Job
For James D. Olson
Appointment of James D. Olson,
Portland, as assistant coordinator
of the Oregon state defense coun
cil was announced today by Gov
ernor Charles A. Sprague. For the
last month Olson has assisted Jer
rold Owen, state coordinator.
Olson has served for several
years as director of information for
the Oregon state game commission,
which has granted him an Indefin
ite leave of absence in order that
he might devote his entire time to
defense work.
He Is a veteran newspaperman,
having held reportorial posts on the
Portland Journal as well as news
papers in California.
Lincoln Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Ed
wards, whose only son, Private Ken
neth Edwards, has been stationed
at Fort Warren, Wyo., report that
they have received word that he
has been transferred to California.
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-because it's
Vat-Blended just
like the most
expensive im
ported whiskies
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Cilvtri Disiilleri Corporation. New Vort Ciry
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school room at the school. The
children also celebrated Principal
Ralph Nelson's birthday with a par
ty in the morning of Uie same day.
Absent from Swegle school Mon
day with the mumps were Charles
Burt and Thomas Dickey, and those
having them during the vacation
week of the storm were Alice, Kath
aleen and Virgil Miller, William
Ames and Lametta Cozad. Adults
having them are William Koclman'
of route 6, Mrs. V. M. LaDue of Hol
lywood Drive and Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Holler of Sunnyview avenue.
Some have been quite ill with them.
Eleanor Smith is out of school with
the flu.
Mrs. Henry Lanner of route 0 Is
spending two weeks with friends at
the coast.
WHY THOUSANDS OF DOCTORS'
ORDERED THIS FOR
CMVPJN'S
(CAUSED BY COLDS)
Pertussin a famous herbal cough
remedy scientifically prepared
not only promptly helps relieve
coughing spells but also loosena
sticky phlegm and makes It easier to
raise. Pleasant tasting. Safe lor both
old and young even small children.
Inexpensive! vnr tiTII O G I U'
Any drugstore, "TCIl I UOOIPIn
FINE WINES
IS SO SIMPLE!
The rule Is
'Serve the type
of wine you like
In the way you
like. The Euro
pean etiquette
of wine service
Is perfect for
formal many-
course dinners. But for the
ordinary Informal dinner
of the American family,
one carefully selected
table wine served with
, Informal grocrousness Is
the easy answer. '
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OF OREGON
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going down-
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