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! Cumprulllen
3 Chatk ond Adgtl Sporii
Plugi
4 Chf ill and Sal Ignlllsn
Braakat t alnt .
5 Tail Ignlllan Call
6'ailCandtma.
7cianFualllna
8 Chan Fual Pump Bawl
AduilFiBan
10Chak and Adull Oanax
alar Charging Rata
1 1 Sal1 IgnlHan Tlm'lng anal
Odana Salaclar
UeoW
FlANf
THIS ALSO INCLUDES STEAM-CLEANING MOTOI
McKay Chevrolet Co. o
Salem, Ore Telephone S183
No Increase in
Mileage Rates 0
A proposal that state employ
es using their private automo
biles on state business have their
mileage allowances Increased
was rejected today by the state
board of control, which said it
wished to curtail the use of such
cars.
The employes now are paid 4
cents a mile, and several depart
ments wanted it Increased to S
cents. Budget Director George
Aiken recommended that the fig
ure be set at S cents a mile for
the first 1000 miles, and 4 cents
a mile thereafter.
Aiken said the increase should
be granted because the employes
are wearing out their tires in
working for the state.
Clifton B. 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. THOMPSON MNA0
SPRING MOTOR TUNE-UP SPECIAL
12ClianandAduil
Carauratar
13 Chart Fual Pump "
1 4 Adu and Oil Valval
IjThraughlV Claan Inglne
an OuHlda
16chachBanaryCaUaa
ITChach BaMry and FH
wllhWarar
v '
Jglaad-TtilCarlar
rarfarmanca . ,
Raplatamant part,
H nacauary, axtra
$4-50