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The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon
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SALEM, OREGON
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Discouraging! )
1 -i-nfrrrr-T rri pf-mtfnl By Beck nimrmrr i ramjjj
Now for a Major Raid on Japan
Brigadier General James H. Doolittle deserves the con
trressional medal of honor awarded him by President Roos-
evelt as leader of the intrepid American airmen who staged
the spectacular bombing raid on Japan April 18, cutting a
swathe of destruction 40 miles long and five to 20 miles
wide and departing without losing a single plane or one of
his 78 fliers.
General Doolittle, better known as "Jimmy," won fame
as a speed record flier in peace time and before that as
an army stunt flier, a dare-devil of the air who combined
skillful aeronautics with courage and daring a born flier
if there ever was one.
The air raid on distant Japan was designed for its'psy
chological effect, to bolster Allied morale and lower Japan
ese morale, to prove to the world that Japan was not invin
cible and offered an easy target for American bombers and
that they were the best in the world for long-range bomb
ing. The base used is a military secret and the enemy is still
wondering where tney came from and where they went.
The Tokyo raid was therefore merely a token raid, a
token of what is to come but constitutes a menacing threat
to Japan. For if 80 fliers m a few medium bombers can do
so much damage, what will ten times or a hundred times
or a thousand times as many fliers and warplanes, including
flying fortresses, accomplish in another and more extended
raid, a raid that will not only be directed against war factor
ies and shipyards and warships, but on key power plants and
tne emperor s lortitiea palace as well?.
Undoubtedly some such gigantic raid by Americans is
in the offing, just as raids on our Pacific coqst area by Jap
anese suicide squads are, but the surest way to head off the
latter is by the former. Such offensives are necessary to win
the war, disrupt Japanese far-flung communication lines,
prevent Australian invasion by the enemy and force a with
drawal or army ana navy irom invaded territory to defend
tne Homeland.
In Fairness to All
In fairness to the people of the seventh ward, who are
entitled to equal representation with the other wards an the
conduct of city affairs, and to itself, the city council should
accept the resignation of Alderman James Clark, appoint a
successor to mm ana thereby untangle the snarl that has
arisen out of his prolonged voluntarly absence from the city.
A few weeks back Clark, alderman and a candidate to suc
ceed himself, accepted a position which will keep him away from
the city for several months. He submitted his resignation, accept-
ance of which was postponed by the council, but it was too late
to withdraw his name from the city electionAballot legally. Be
cause he had been appointed to fill a vacancy on the council, his
term expired wnen nis successor was elected.
He was.-however, elected to succeed himself. But he is
not here to qualify and his seat on the council remains vacant
and his committee duties are not being performed.
In the important business of preparing the city budget
for the new fiscal year, in which business the council is cur
rently engaged, the seventh ward has but one voice instead
of two.
The action of the seventh ward voters in favoring Clark
at the polls does not signify that they are satisfied to drift
along with only one alderman until the indefinite time when
he returns. It simply means that they preferred him to his
opponent, whom the council is not bound to recognize in ap
pointing a successor to uianc.
While the charter and ordinances do not stipulate any
specific time in which an elected councilman must qualify,
they do recognize the principle that the seats shall be kept
actively filled by empowering the council to declare vacant
me piace oi any alderman who absents himself from two
successive meetings. If the council so desires it can appoint
a successor to Clark who, by agreement, will step out and
make way for him when he returns to the city.
Hitler's Spring Offensive
Hitler's promised spring offensive seems to have turned
into a spring defensive as the Russians have taken the ini
tiative in the nine days' battle raging before Kharkov, which
has forced the Germans to hurl in new troops and reserves,
new tanks and planes, in a so far vain attempt to check
the red army's assault. The battle involves thousands of
tanks and hundreds of thousands of men and the casualties
are enormous. Nazi counter-drives have in turn met counter
drives and got nowhere.
The German drive in the, Crimea also seems to have
bogged down after initial success. At the same time the red
army has been attacking around Lenin
jng near Kalinin, maintaining its encirclement of the 16th
German army in the Staraya -Russa area, and on German
admission, secured by aid of American and British planes,
mastery of the air all along the line,
i ThLNazis have not revealed their full strength or their
plans. They are kept too busy on the defense They must
M..w.nn a iiiojm uiiunsive or aamic noteat. nut they are
facing as fanatically bravo troops as any in history and Hit
ler cannot break the Russian army as long as it possesses
wo apinc ana power to Keep on the offensive.
No one can predict the outcome but Hitler faces a far
different situation than when his victorious legions started
their march through soviet land a year ago. The winter dis
asters must have a discouraging effect on those accustom-
Battle on High Living Costs
..j.!.'.; ?ei'aiI,?ricesJonIhundl'eda of thousands of commodities
vVt3 m a K.oaM Americans cat, wear and use re
verted Monday to the r hio-hnar Mii, i..i. ...1.1.1. u. i.
dron'of i!!hh,:it,tlh0 8Pirftl 7 hiBh "vinFcts and 'produced
be wiped oSt ' ' ' 88 P "d Mny incrca8CS will
wnnlH h L .U'CaU Stf lstifsind'ealed the ceiff established
Wv.,ibe generai 1f,vel of about 115-! P cent of 1935-39
averages. Every retailer as well as wholesaler and manu
facturer, whose price ceilings became effective a" vcek ago
is now part of the front against inflation. 8 '
t vl of prico administrator has begun distribution
of the 'Shop-keeper's bible," entitled "What every retailer
if .l 2 nfW "b0Ut th0 Kral maximum prlceu"tio$
retaHer! consumcr what to cxPt on the counters of
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ps tor Supper
By Don Upjohn
Quintuplets were born at 'the
home of Dave B. . Cooley in
North Salem this week, .and
these should arouse more Inter
est than the Dionne five which
set the continent In a furor
few years ago, as most folk will
remember. The remarkable fact
about this latest group of simul
taneous arrivals is that four out
of the five were born with their
eyes wide open to get an early
wondering look at a cock-eyed
Novelties
In the News
(Br the Associated Press)
Sorry, But
Kansas city Col. Harry M,
Gambrel, president of the board
of police commissioners, has de
clined an invitation' to speak at
Memorial day services in a near
by town.
"The program will include
talk by the mayor, recitation of
the Lincoln Gettysburg Address,
your talk, then the firing squad.
explained the letter of invita
tion. ,
Efficient Servants
Phoenix, Ariz. City Manager
Don C. Scott has a personal rea
son to be proud of his Phoenix
police force.
His motor car, stolen from In
front of his office, was recovered
and returned by police before
Scott missed it,
Marksmanship
Hutchinson, Kas. Raymond
Rutman, 17, was wounded three
times by one bullet.
The gun he was examining dis
charged accidentally. The shot
creased the back of Rutman 's
left hand, plowed a small fur
row through his right breast,
and lodged In his right arm.
Thieves Frolic
Denver Thieves, in a playful
mood, broke Into Frank Arnold's
restaurant.
They gleefully spattered the
walls and celling by smashing
pies and eggs. But the worst
blow of all they stole 20 pounds
of Arnold s rationed sugar.
Man's Last Stronghold
Great Bend, Kas. Miss Vir
ginia Do Mint, teacher in the
Cheyenne Valley rural school
didn't have a single girl stu
dent in the year just ended.
The omission, however, didn't
cause much comment.
There hasn't been a girl en
rolled since 1924.
Military Honors
For Thomas Jones
Kunming, China, May 17 (De
layed) (U.R) Flight t Leader
Thomas A. Jones, American Vol
unteer group pilot from' Walla
Walla, Wash., was buried today
with military honors. '
Jones was killed Saturday In
a practice flight crash at the
height of a brilliant combat ca
reer, only one day after Gener
alissimo Chiang Kai-Shek pro
moted him to a flight leader.
The promotion resulted from
the success of an attack led bv
Jones against Japanese columns
attempting to cross the Salwccn
river In southwest China. Last
week Jones led an American
raid on Hanoi, capital of French
Indo-China.
world. And, even if they don'
appreciate it now, it's a good
thing for anybody, to have their
eyes wide open nowadays, even
if they are just born. This set
of quintuplets is made up of kit
tens, which may keep it from
ever reaping a harvest of fame
and fortune similar to that of
the Dionne babies, but there
something challenging about thi
ract lour-jmns ot them were
born with their eyes open.'
We were lucky enough this a
m. to pick up a shiny new dime
from the sidewalk In front of
Bishop's store. We don't want
to beat anybody out of this dime
so if the owner calls and proves
property he or she can have
same. So customers, line up and
Kindly avoid pushing and jost
ling in line as much as possible,
However, a dime won't take
anybody very far these ' days,
aven tne lace of George Wash
ington on a dollar bill, and il
win be remembered that Georsri
wasnington was supposed
make a dollar go farther tha
any man of his time, will make
a dollar bill go a great way now
in any direction you want
send it.
The latest Lethal Weapon
victoria (CP) In a report on
an autopsy performed recently
at uuncan, B. C, Dr. J, J. Tas-
sin of Duncan attributed ;the
death of Anselm Enlund. 35
year-old logger, to asphyxiation
caused by a piece of chewing
gum. Enlund died a few min
utes after he collapsed while
working at a central Vancouver
island logging camp. A piece of
chewing gum 1 Inches long
ana a quarter of an inch thick
was found in the tracheal bifur-
cation with most of it lodged in
tne right bronchial tube.
We'd like to have any of the
folk who voted- against a new
courthouse push their noses
through the crack of the door
in the upper flobr of said struc
ture where a battery of, girls is
now engaged in canvassing the
vote of the last election. They
work in what Is known about
the courthouse as "the election
room and the germs have been
congregating in same since the
panic year of 1873. Incidental
iy me ventilating system was
overlooked in said room when
the courthouse was remodeled
quarter of a century ago or so,
and is still In hiding. But ap
parently there isn't much sense
n bringing this matter ud in
this day of priorities. But it
should be rectified soon after the
duration quits duratlng.
Strawberry shortcake time
approaches and should take our
minds off the war for a season,
ac least.
it s a doggoned good thine
mat genuine Oregon strawber.
ries are sweqt and luscious
enough to be gulped without
sugar.
Gosh,
gain.
the good old climate
Proves Wonderful
For Itching Skin
To soothe itching, burning skin, airol
formula backed by SO years continu
ous aucoenlFor rinffworm nnnnhM.
eczema, athlete's Toot or blemlshe
due to external cause, apply ZEMO
freelv. Soon tha riiammfA, u
disappear. Over 25,000,000 packages
old. One trial convince. Only SM.
Abo 60t and 11.00. "
Kelly Says:
End of War Seen
Two Years From Now
Goods on Hand to
Cushion Curtailment
Congressmen Jolted
By Mr. Henderson
Br John W. Ke!!y
Washington, May 20 If it can
be done President Roosevelt in
tends bringing the war to an
end within the next two years-
sometime in 1944. Originally the
high command contemplated an
offensive in 1943, an invasion of
Europe and then turn attention
to the Japanese, but all signs
point to reducing that time and
going into action this year. Here
are the indications:
There is to be an army of 8,
000,00 men, a navy of 1,000,000
men, as has been hinted by
Chairman Vinson of the house
committee on naval affairs. Un
der Secretary of War Patterson
raised the armed forces to 10,
000,000 in a statement to a con
gressional committee. To obtain
this manpower arrangements
are under way to reclassify all
those who are subject to the
draft and who have been defer
red for one reason or another.
To get the maximum for combat
purposes the army will have 'a
specialist corps of many thous
and civilians who will perform
desk work, technical and admin
istrative tasks now requiring the
time of officers who will be re
lieved from these duties and
take the field. There will be
supplemental women's auxiliary
corps, which will also release
men for combat by servicing
planes and other ground crew
work both in the United States
and abroad and acting as plane
spotters, etc.
Ship Program Bigger ' 'I
ine shipyard program, now
enormous, will be increased,
with new yards building sub
marines, destroyers and other
craft for the navy and millions
of tons of cargo carriers. Defer
ment will be given as long as
possible to expedite this war ef-
fort, Increased production of
bombers and interceptors, to al
most twice the currentoutput,
for ourselves and the allies,
Tanks, machine guns, ack-acks,
an all-time production also of
propellants.
Except for clothing and food
to keep 'body and. soul together,
a rigid curtailment. In two years
consumer goods on hand will be
exhausted; 20,000,000 automo
biles will be useless without tires,
regardless of gasoline rationing
AH metal for .civilian use will be
withheld. On July 1 the 1943 ap
proprlations for war will be
around 80 billion dollars: will be
as much or more for the fiscal
year starting July 1, 1943.
Such are the straws which
Imply that the president is anx
ious to take the offensive this
year, punch at the Axis all of
next year and bring a showdown
probably in the spring or sum
mer of 1944, in the desire to save
as many young Americans as
possible, not cost the American
people too much for the war.
and attempt to return to normal
life at the earliest possible date.
Less hopeful is WPB, which is
making plans for a war of at
least six years. . i
Bureaucrat Not Liked
Congress, one of the three
branches of government (leals-
lative, judicial, executive) is
discovering that a bureaucrat is
defining the duties of this inde
pendent part of the United States
government. Congress' has dele
gated many of its powers to Pre.
sident Roosevelt, but they resent
oureau chief telling them what
is official business and what is
not; what they can do and what
they cannot do. It Is a rumnu.i
raised oy tne gasoline rationing,
r.very member of the Wash.
ington or Oregon delegation has
to go downtown to some depart
ment to discuss an RFC loan, to
the maritime commission to talk
wooden ships, to agriculture, in
terior, war or navy. They are at
tending to the business of their
constituents, the great American
people whom they represent,
iney are giorilled messenger
( Here's a Gentler Wtv
to Treat Constipation!
Do you think you hive to take
harsh cathartics or purges every
time constipation makes you
miserable? You don't if you
are one of those people with
normal lnteetln.es who suffer
from constlpaUon due to lack
of "bulk" In the diet. There la a
pleoMnter and penfler way.
All you do la eat KELLOGQ'S
ALL-BRAN regularly and drink
plenty ot water, ALL-BRAN la a
crisp, delicious cereal. It worka
quite differently from manv
medicinal laxatives-. They work
oy pruoams- ui intestines into
action or by drawing moisture
into them from other parts of
the body. But ALL-BRAN acta
principally on the contents of
the colon, helping you to have
easy and normal ellmlnaUon.
ALL-BRAN la mad by Kellotg's
In BatUe Creek. It your condi
tion Is not helped by thla almpla
treatment, sea a doctor.
boys. To reach the departments
they must use their automobiles
or take a taxlcab. The streetcar
system does not reach the de
partments, . as a rule. All this
running around has been regard
ed as official business until Leon
Henderson of OPA announced
that It "definitely was not."
Henderson Tells 'Em.
Some 200 members of con
gress applied for the X gasoline
rationing card, which permits
the holder to "fill 'cr up" when
ever necessary, and Henderson
sounded off. It was proper, he
opined, for a congressman to
drive from home to the capital
(same as a,shipyard worker) but
the driving to departments was
not official business. Congress
men think they know what their
official duties are (the statutes
cover the point) and are hostile
at Henderson for trying to push
them around.
In the matter of tires congress
is riot asking exemptions, but
while they have tires they want
sufficient gas to perform chores
for the folks back home. And
while Henderson wants to hold
down congressfen, Secretary of
the Treasury Henry Morgenthau
uses a coast guard plane and
flies to celebrate his father's
birthday (450 gallons of gas)
and flies to his Fishkill farm in
another plane (500 gallons).
Morgenthau's consumption on
these two trips would provide a
congressman with motor fuel
for six months or more. Mr,
Henderson- is not so finicky
aDout federal government cars
(3200 in Oregon and 3500 in
Washington) as he is with the
congressmen. Federal cars can
have all the gas they wish.
Waitings Dinner Hosts
Lincoln Mr. and Mrs. Tracy
Walling entertained with a fam
ily dinner Sunday, having as
their guests all of their children
except George Walling, and all
of their grandchildren except
Ronald Fisher. Present were Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Upham (Juan
ita) and Linda Chere, Mr. and
Mrs. Ira Fisher (Thelma) and
Inez, Iris and baby, Mr. and Mrs.
John Walling, Mrs.- Richard
Smith, Julie Mariann and Rich
ard, Jr., Dorothy and Genevieve
Walling.
Salem Sketched By Will Danch
"Looks like Glen Morioka has just been at bat. Nobody
else could knock one this far!"
2 Dynamite
Trucks Crash
Homestead, Fia., May 20 (IP)
Two men were killed when
two trucks carrying dynamite
from Birmingham, Ala., to Key
West collided and set off a ter
rific explosion 11 miles north of
here early today.
Both trucks were torn to bits
but the driver and another occu
pant of one of them escaped. The
blast, heard for miles, tore
crater in the highway that made
it impassable. Several hours later
traffic was restored, after high
way workers had filled the crat
er 10 feet wide and 35 feet in
circumference that was torn in
the roadbed.
Sergeant Carl Spence of the
Florida highway patrol identi
fied the dead men as G. H.
Baker of Birmingham, and B. W.
Waites, Decatur, Ala., both about
22.
Charles Smith, 40, of Verbena,
Ala., and Oliver Cox, 39, of Clan-
ton, Ala., were the crew of the
other vehicle. Smith told Serg
eant Spence that he saw the
headlights on the truck follow
ing him blink, a pre-arranged
signal for him to stop. He slowed
down from about 40 to about 20
miles an nour, then observed tbtf
rear vehicle coming on at fuir.
speed. ; ,
. Smith said he applied full
power but the following truck"!
crashed into his and burst into
flames.
Aumsville Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Bankston, Donna, Burel,
Bobby, Beatrice and Zella, re
turned Monday night from Cali
fornia. For the past five days
they visited their son, Billy, who
is stationed at Camp Roberts,
Calif. W. A. Forgey looked after
the place while they were away.
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