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Eight Odds and Ends Of Rubber If Be Utilized Boston. May 20 (Wide World) A great, urgent, nationwide rubber scrap experiment is about to start to see whether baby's bottle nipples, old rubber heels, lawn hose, hot water bot tles, anything at all with old rubber in it, can be used to get more rubber. That has never been done in this country. We have reclaim ed used rubber only from tires and tubes. But the need is sud denly getting greater. You can start saving the rubber junk with a reasonable expectation of helping. The resulting rubber, howev er much, will not get back to you. Every pound will go to aid our troops or our allies' sol diers. The situation, as of this week, is that the nation's stock pile of natural rubber is down to about 460,000 tons, due to war's huge drains. That figure is low. It Is less than one year's peace time U, S. rubber use. Add to that the fact that it takes about 40 per cent natural rubber added to the synthetic to make a good tire, and the fur ther astounding fact that our synthetic rubber for war alone apparently will have to go to nearly 1,000,000 tons a year. Possibly science will do mir acles, but no sign of a miracle Is now in sight. , Last year the reclaimed rub ber, from tires and tubes, was nearly 300,000 tons. But already the source has dwindled to the point where the reclaim factor ies will have to close by mid summer unless something is done. There still are a lot of old tires and tubes, some hoarded by canny persons who expect a price rise. A.drive will bring out more, but not enough. Pendleton Is Happy Over Raid Pendleton, Ore., May 20 VP) Pendleton, for eight months home of the 79 airmen who raided Japan April 18, jubilant ly celebrated the announcement yesterday that disclosed identity of the fliers, , i It was the main topic of con versation on the streets, where men shouted the hews to each other and vied in recalling the number of -the airmen each knew. ' ' " At the Pendleton army air base, where the men had form ed the first B-25 medium bomb er unit, type, used on the Tokyo raid, there was similar elation. Recalled were feats of the fliers and the confidence the men had in the officers, illus trated by the flight on which Capt. E. J. York, one of the raiders, discovered his bomber had a flat tire. He suggested the crew ball out but the men insisted on staying with the captain, who then landed the ship with such skill that not a man so much as had his hair mussed. The men arrived in mid-1941 and here they rehearsed the devastating tactics used against Japan. Rated ready for combat duty, they left early this spring. Monmouth The Monmouth trainins school student hnrlv election just held resulted in Harold Lehman, president; Dean McCoy, vice president; Sybil uarrows, secretary; nancy Mil ler, treasurer; Margaret Slump sergeant-at-arms. NO' BLITZKRIEG" It took 5 yean of slow, palnilaklng skill to mellow our vast ttocki of Old Quakes. But today, they stand ready for call to active duty, your reserves of richer whlikey for years to cornel w ... QUEEN OF THE TULIP S Norma Hawkins protected her title "Tulip Queen or Niagara palls" aialnst all comers as she sat in a bed of the (lowers at a parkway display in Niagara Falls, OnC, Bottlenecks Nazi War By Edwin Shanke Lisbon, May 20 VP) Hitler's problem no longer is one of stay ing ahead of the allies' war output, Now he has a struggle to keep up with it. Five serious bottlenecks stand in his way the chronic and growing shortage of raw materials, sabotage and lack of manpower, transportation and electric power. Production figures, naturally, are state secrets, what meager hints or official indications that get out are open to suspicion as attempts to mislead, An estimate by a source with access to reliable information, however, has put Germany's airplane production potential at between 2,200 and 2,500 planes a month. Her total of planes is believed to have risen from about 10,000 when he war start ed to about 25,000 now. Yet the need for airplanes grew so urgent last fall that Reichsmarshal Hermann Goer ing ordered to the eastern front all planes reserved for testing and experimentation. Aircraft engineers who had been working on new designs were instructed to concentrate on boosting production, From one plant alone, it was said, one out of every four en gincs was being turned back for overhauling after only a few flights. ' ... : . Submarines slid from the ways at a rate estimated at 15 to 18 a month, But Germany is building no capital ships because, say naval officers, she cannot and still keep up other needed naval building. Her only aircraft carrier, the Graf Zeppelin, is said to be lying in Gotcshafcn harbor only 80 per cent completed There are no reliable estimates on tank production but nazl dif ficulties are indicated by the fact that two tank divisions, camou flaged with desert yellow for Af rica, had to be repainted over night and sent east last fall at the height of the 1041 campaign in Russia The windfalls of booty from conquered countries helped in the first two years. Now, how ever, vital tin is being scraped almost to the bottom, the loot from the Ukraine admittedly will not be available this year and the entry of the United Slates into the war along with allies' unexpected economic staying power has pushed the nazls' production to the very Hamper . Output limit. No less than 12 government agencies try to pound war pro duction out of industry and tell the laborer where he must work. All of Hitler's recent speeches have urgently demanded greater sacrifice for greater production. Credit Group Selects Spokane Seattle, May 20 VP) Spokane was chosen for the 1943 conven tion city of the 10th district of the National Retail Credit association and R. T. Schatz of that city elected president at the 22nd annual convention yes terday. Schatz, assistant credit manager of the Washington Wa ter Power company, will suc ceed Wells J. Huntley of Seat tle.. Thomas - McCormick, Boise, Ida., was elected vice-president; Thomas Downie, Vancouver, B.C., secretary-treasurer, and Joseph Dodd, Portland, nation al director. The Assoicated Credit bureaus of the Pacific northwest, meet ing at the same time, named W. D. McCune, Missoula, Mont,, president; Charles Smith, Olym pla, vice-president; John N. Keelcr, Portland, secretary treasurer; Downie, national di rector, and Francis W. Smith, Salem, national director of the collection service division of the Associated Credit Bureaus of America. Mrs. Mayme Crim, Seattle, was elected president of the Pa cific Northwest council of Cred it Women's Breakfast Clubs. Other officers elected by the women included Elizabeth Elk ins, Eugene, Ore., historian. Among district directors of the credit association was Wal ter Larson of Salem, Ore. Simple Trick Outsmarts the Cleaner SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Now they have a color less petroleum win dedicated to protecting ml ladjr'i dreas. It won't even stain euede glove. And It iru especially developed for that hardto avold door latch on your ear. Hare this stainless Veedol Door-Ease pot on free at any 8mlllng Associated Dealers'. Or, whom yon get Veedol OIL It The Capital Journal, Navy Officers Send Messages San Francisco, May 20 U.R Voice messages from two cap tured U. S. navy officers were broadcast last night by Tokyo radio to relatives in the United States. . The messages, heard here by the United Press listening post, were from Lieut. Arnold Carl son, supply corps, USN, Seattle, Wash., and Lieut.' Hames Ed ward E p p 1 e y t medical corps, USN, Huntington Park, Calif. Carlson, to his wife, 1 102 East Boston street, Seattle, and to Wells Fargo bank, San Fran cisco: "I am now a prisoner of war in Zentusji prison camp on Shikoku island in Japan. Prior to my capture my station was that of a cashier and controller in the Bank of Guam . . . Be cause it is felt that my family may be without knowledge re garding our fate it is hoped this information, in my case, may reach my wife . . . My message to her is not to worry. To keep well. To take particular care of the two June-bugs and to hope for an early exchange of pris oners. My love to her and the best to all; my friends in Seattle and at Wells Fargo bank in San Francisco." . Landis Will Meet Western Governors San Francisco, May 20 VP) James M. Landis, in a flying re connaissance next week of civil ian defense activities on the west coast, expects to confer here Wednesday with governors of the eight states composing the ninth civilian defense region. Governor Olson arranged the meeting at the suggestion of Landis, who is national director of the office of civilian defense, and invited his fellow state exe cutives to attend. The state de fense council also is scheduled to meet with the OCD director during his day-long sojourn here. Landis will begin his western tour at Seattle Tuesday and con clude it Thursday in Los Angeles. Safety-Check Lubrication, you'll And this union door latch senrlce one of the many extra niceties. Veedol lubricants are made by Tide Water Asso ciated Oil Company the same people who make Associated ATlatloa Ethyl (now reduced Id per gallon) and Finer Flying A gasoline the, same people who present football and other Sportcasta. AMMUNITION Uf I IT Salem, Oregon Lew Ayers, In Uniform, Awaits Orders Fort Lewis, Wash., May 20 UP) Actor Lew Ayres, freshly fit ted to an army private's uniform after two months in a conscien tious objectors' camp in Oregon, still hopes for non-combat activ ity in the medical corps, but isn't sure he can get it. He was just another serial- numbered recruit at the Fort Lewis reception center today, and officers emphasized that he would continue to be treat ed just as any non-celebrity in the camp. k "I haven't been in the army long enough to know what I like about it and what I don't like about it," the one-time star of ''All Quiet on the Western Front" and the Dr. Kildare mo vie series commented after his induction was completed. "I hope they put me in a non-combat unit, but I can't be sure they will." ' At his induction at Portland Monday he said he expected to be placed on non-combat duty. His draft board recommended him for the medical corps upon his decision to leave the "con see" camp. "I'm still a little bewildered," he commented after joining the hundreds of recruits here, "but I know I'll feel very good if I can get into a medical outfit." Ayres, looking no more like a movie star than many of the khaki-clad chaps around him, reported that he found the food satisfactory, though he is a veg etarian. ''Food doesn't mean very much to me," he commented. "I eat everything but meat. George Shaw once remarked he didn't eat anything he could pet. I've always liked that." Candidates File Campaign Costs The Emerson Sims for senate committee reported to the state department today that it spent $497.87 in behalf of the candi dacy of Emerson Sims, Portland republican, candidate for state senator from Multnomah county, while Sims reported that he also spent $97.87 of his own money. Other expense statements filed today: ' t- ; ' - C. A, TottiRMone, In behalf of Lowell Miller, Portland republican, for state rep resentative from Multnomah county, 1130. U M. Ramaae, Salem republican, for Mute representative from Marlon county, $78.80. John P. Steelhammer, Salem republican, for state representative from Marlon coun ty, 157.05. D. p. Mains, Euitene republican, for state representative from Lane county. 118. John R. Snellstrom. Eugene republican, for state representative from Lane county, $70,25. Charles J. Dean, In behalf of Floyd D. Moore, candidate for Multnomah county probate Judge, 1100. Walter O. Schaefer, In behalf of Floyd D. Moore. 175. John o. Galbralth, In behalf of Homer D. Anaetl, chndldate for republican nom ination for third congressional district, $50. Rex Putnam, Salem, for state superin tendent of public Instruction, none. Lclf S. Fin set h, Dallas republican, for state representative from Polk county, $55.83. GASCO BRIQUETS and UTAH COAL Buy Now Pay Sept. 1st : Shryder Truck & Transfer WllflTI TROUBLE. FOR I A P S This Is Assmaysma. largest vol cano In Japan, as It appeared In 1931. New eruptions were reported. . Japs Admit Task Still Uncompleted Tokyo, May 20 (Japanese Broadcast Recorded by U.P. In San Francisco) The Imperial Rule Political association, in a declar ation of policy today, conceded task in securing the stability of east Asia is still remote.1 The political association was formed to supplement the im perial rule assistance association in executing imperial aims. "Japan is obligated to secure the stability of east Asia and thereby contribute to world peace, as graciously outlined in the imperial declaration of war against the United States and Britain," the declaration set forth. "Although the brilliant victor ies achieved by the Imperial forces have shaken the entire world, the path leading to the attainment of our great task is still remote. ' . , "It is therefore necessary to instill political consciousness among the people and to concen trate the political power of the whole nation, thereby to give full play to the total strength of the state to materialize objec tives of the current war." The association, it' was an nouncer, was formed to consoli date the entire political power to aid the imperial rule associa tion in all sections of the nation. (The imperial rule assistance association is made up principal ly of military extremists who seek to eliminate the diet. It thus is regarded as a totalitarian wilisiwiS cjri.joiujir as For years Chevrolet deal ers have had the largest number of trade-ins and, therefore, the widest op portunity to service and condition all makes and models. . . . Make sure your car is serviced right make sure it is serviced by your Chevrolet dealer! - Origimfar, Oiihhmolmg "CAR CONSERVATION Douglas 430 N. Commercial, tat J that attainment of Japan's "great fascist party.) Gen. Nobuyuyl Abe, former premier, was appointed presi dent and in his speech of accept ance he noted the association was formed for the purpose of "consolidating the political pow er of the nation." All ministers except those of war and navy have become members of the new association. and -1,031 representatives of both houses of the diet, as well as political and press circles, at tended today's meeting. Premier Hideki Tojo and For eign Minister Shigenori Togo also attended and offered their congratulations to the associa tion. Diplomas Are Ready Fairview Thelma and Earl Comptori are the eighth grade students of Fairview school and will be in the group receiving diplomas at Dayton Friday. VISION IS LIFE' The Top 25 of Life Is Best Don't let poor vision de prive you of the best You deserve it SEE DR. SAM K. HUGHES Optometrist 401 Oregon Bldg. Ph. 7017 ?329EE) 1 Ttl Manlleld Vacuum 2 Tut! 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Mudd, state proper ty comptroller, who has charge of state-owned property, wag granted a leave of absence today to become a captain in the army. The board said" it doubted whe ther he would be replaced. The President toys wo ':. should take VACATIONS! Excerpt from Statement by tttsi- . dent Roosevelt! "It his been Eroven beyond doubt that human tings cannot sustain continued and prolonged work for very long without obtaining a proper bal ance between work on the ont hand end vacation and recreation on the other." . Tht Tf CAoi toeL SAN FRANCISCO ondtrit HOril SIR FRANCIS DRAKE YOU'll INJ0Y DANC ING TO f AMI0 IANM INTHI HAUIIfUL PIRSIAN I00M (Informal or formal ASK YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT Hotel Sir Francis DRAKE 0OWNTOWN SN rtANCIICO CEOR0I t. 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