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Four1 The Capital Journal, Salem,' Oregon 'Monday, December 21, 1942 CapitalmJournal n ion ftr; 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: BY CARRIER: Weekly, $.18; Monthly, $.75; One Year, $9.00. By MAIL IN OREGON: Monthly, $.60; Six Months, $3.00; One Year, $6.00. UNITED STATES OUTSIDE OREGON: Monthly,' $.60; Six Months, $3.60; Year, $7.20. A Good Christmas Sermon Captain Eddie Rickenbacker's dramatic account of his harrowinK experiences in the South Pacific and in the "hell hole" of Guadalcanal, of the three weeks he floated with his companions on a raft near starvation, their final rescue and the things he saw on the American-Japanese theatre of war was an inspirational appeal to the people of the home front to end their selfish quibbling over petty trivialities and get be hind the war effort 100 per centi He said : "If only our people' back home could know what those boys are doing for us and for future generations, I think we would take this war much more seriously. If only we could get the American people to realize, that by even a small amount of additional ef fort, to bring to increase production of planes and equipment, ships, to get them their supplies, ammunition; guns gasoline, we will have served a great purpose." "Rick" took a crack at the cries and objections to being rationed on rubber, gasoline, food, etc., as being nisignifi- cant and ridiculous," in comparison with what our boys at the front experience, and haven t got. He concluded: "I hope that the trip, what hardships we had to accept or en dure, might prove to be a lesson to the people back home in the stimulus to drive them on to greater peaks, because without their effort and the material they are producing, our boys can't do the job they are so willing and anxious to do in the four corners of the world." We all hope so too and that the coming year will see ev eryone unselfishly doing his or her part to win the war on the home front to insure victory on the far-flung battlefields. Outburst of Spite About as trivial and malicious thing as the president has done, since he instigated his attempted purge of the dem ocratic party of those who differed with his effort to pack the supreme court was his presentation of a Nazi iron cross. symbol of distinguished service to Hitler to a Washington newspaper correspondent, John O'Donnell, of the New York rimes. The correspondent quoted two letters from friends, former wnite House newsmen, George E. Durno and Jack Turcott, both now in the' army in Australia, telling of their inability to iorwara news Because ol censorship and, remarked : "There have' been times when this column has pondered over tno lacK ol news from some of our energetic colleagues recently turned war correspondents , . . The boys have turned to flutes and piccolos just to keep their fingers nimble for the time when censorship lets them beat the keys of their portable typewriters 10 turn our, a leu-ail story." fin " Jap Prisoner Exhausted American soldiers on the Buna front in New Guinea watch an exhausted Jap prisoner. This picture was among those made by Edward Widdis of Los Angeles, Associated Press photographer, who was encamped with the fighting forces just 100 yards behind the Buna front. . Associated Press Photo. for supper By Don Upjohn Just how this could be considered a service to Hitler by nit. cuiiuimiiuci-iii-ciiiei oi American armed service is diffi cult to see. If it was intended as humor, it was in a very strained sense. It apparently was merely another outburst of bad temper often vented in the past by Mr. Roosevelt BKiwiai, uie press ana its representatives undignified and uncalled for. Small wonder Mr. O'Donnell is astounded and amazed. Wine on the Menu To further complicate and extend the prospective agenda of the coming legislative session, the state liquor commission has at the insistence of Commissioner Ernest Fatland in structed its staff to make an investigation into the possibil ities of improving the system under which wines are distrib uted in Oregon. The move is taken as a preliminary to recom mendations for amendatory legislation. It is Fatland's idea that the present schedule of fees sets too high a price on licenses for the sale of light or table wines, thereby discouraging their sale and making them available in some sections of the state only in pool halls and like places. Ho argues that the license fee should be low enough to enable grocery stores to handle wines as an accommodation for their women customers, pointing out that the bulk of this type of wine sold is for home consumption. There arc others who have advnnrprt thi ... u fore legislatures in the past, contending that to thus encourage the wuuia oe 10 automatically curtail the consump tion of fortified wines and liquors. Perhaps with the weight of the . .......... iniuiu n mis ume me proposal will succeed. There is also strong agitation for legislative action to im pose more drastic restraints nnnn tii onin f ..i.t:..i . n n ,"'JW luuiLimi wines, leading off with the proposal to revive the bill to confine the sale of this type of wine to state liquor stores under the per sonal permit system. A measuile to this end, similar to one jockeyed to death m the senate alcoholic committee last ses- 7 '"s.w,"!' eany introduction. Another bill, tZ It n7LlfV"f P 10n ,n P?illon circles, would ban the sale of fortified wines entirely. nn0,iV!!'SS thfe w,ckne?ses in the Knox law are strength n h I; awb?un4ut.'i?d momentum to the movement for a icturn to total prohibition, which is steadily gaining impc- JSmmS'? ?V0n f miHtal'y exltliecy nd conditions pei mittcd to exist around army and navy posts. Santa Needs Volunteers Santa's heart is just as big and just as ironerous this CSW' Vth he benefita wartime em ployment spreading themselves into almost every home there LtSnAr y relUled need for ownfced Public manifesta tions of the spirit he represents. With that and thp fnnf ti.of 1,.. , i m . turlo nf iu -, - nic icu mis pnea a mum Canital I Wni ftai,? AeaMI$ P" the community, the 3l3n.r.Jm in 20 years " """" uusiom or sponsoring a Christmas men RrT' ?"ju"cti" 'ith the Elks, Salem r ierw l?dt0lher charitable organizations, to insure r u .V"'0"""3 lu every cnilcl in the City. Public response to the appeals of these drives has always S'r' d open-handed, many generou.s ind vW ItIJi, ? PyWe the Chroma! . .......mum timuren ana even whole fam ies With some It has bwnmo .i.-. Jimmies. Wltn imiiih-inT tv, " ' " " .V!""'1, u,iu.ln.ls year tney are again Now we're off on the home stretch in the race for Christmas shopping with the good old Christmas shopping about three lengths in the lead and still drawing ahead toward the fin ish line. If you could take a squint be hind the scenes at the Salem postoffice now where packages are piled miles high you'd see Novelties In the News (By the Associated Presa) Imagine That Chicago Brig. Gen. Leo M. Boyle, adjutant general of Illi nois and chief of staff of the Illinois reserve militia, was ask ed if there would be a women's auxiliary of the militia. 'No, there won't," the general responded firmly. "In the first place, the state constitution says only male citizens can belong to the reserve militia, in the second place, a women's auxiliary would have to be called the WIRMS, and no woman could tolerate that." that folk also are a bit behind in the race in Christmas mailing. Just the incoming packages look like enough to fill all the socks that have been worn In Salem since Jason Lee first pressed his wool one on the sacred soil of Salem. Out Riverdale way Doe Wil liam Thompson, the optometrist, reports ne nas peaches and cher ries in bud on his ranch, and that a big flock or robins showed up there over the week-end. Ma npower Shortaae New York A newstand in the Associated Press building at Rockefeller center has this sign over the counter: . "Please be kind to our em ployees they're harder to get than customers." Breadcaster Los Angeles The Rev. Wil liam R. Hessel told his Metho dist congregation the story of the Biblical servant who took five talents of his master's money and brought back ten. Then Rev. Hessel put a hun dred silver dollars into the col lection plate and the church goers took them home. That was several weeks ago, Today 85 of the dollars came back, multiplied to 274. The minister hopes the other 15 will return next Sunday. ' -rL"b. ",e "ames oi needy and deserving kiddies assistnnr-o Tfco u" i: .-;1""""."" K'vun some outside through tL :p3-;C "VCTo1!? ..." a ln.clr need determined not bp tnPhoH L 6 DOys antl girls whose homes have &aaJfcJ be visited ij;;; Vl j " unicss ne is X:. or the Catholic untarv nfV " r"'"V'. ' u gracciuiiy appreciate untarv nffo... r " i". I'"";'"" "PPrcciative of vol- and goodies. a""ala" ln Providing lood, clothing, toy It Says Here Farragut, Idaho Bluejackets were puzzled by brand new no smoking signs in the recreation hall library where they'd nev er been before. ihc Farragut News, station publication, explained: A new recruit had read the executive order about no smok ing near the magazines. Fire Damages Home Silverton The country home of the H. E. Hubbards was dam aged by a flue fire Thursday night, which was kept from des troying the house by' the quick work of neighbors. The flames broke through the walls of an upstairs bedroom and were kept confined to the one room. Labish Center Mrs. A. Bar- nick, primary instructor at the local grade school is locating in the small cottage on the Harvcv Akcr place, where she will make her home throughout the week. The week-ends will be suent at What, No Jingle? Washington (IP) Don't be surprised if someone hands you a wooden 3-cent piece one of these days. President Roosevelt approved today an act of con gress authorizing 'the substitu Hon of other materials for stra tegic metals in minor coinaee. ine measure authorizes the sec retary of treasury to prescribe regulations governing the weight, dimensions and shape of new pennies and 3-cent pieces. He could, but probably wnn't nave them made of wood. The only specification is that they must fit. coin-operated machines. Coincident with our thesis of Saturday evening on the matter of v a r i o u s supersitions, what snouia we ao after writing same but walk out of the office and from the sidewalk pick up the corner of a $2 bill. Same is out growth of another silly supersti tion. Some guys not daring to carry a two-buck bill around in their pocket unicss one of the "$2's" is ripped from its corner. Ordinarily we can't hang onto a $2 bill long enough to rip the $2 out of same. But we like the looks of the piece of bill well on. ough to carry it around as a pocket piece, superstition or nn superstition. Kelly Says Senators Break Into RFC Loan Secrecy Row Precipitated Behind Closed Doors Mercury Mines in West States Neglected By John W. Kelly Mrs. George J. Pearce, who has been claimed by death, was a woman of remarkable mind, memory and accomplishment. Though she was retiring and of a completely unassuming type, nevertheless she played a very distinct and happy part in the development of Salem and in a many sided way. Her remem brances of Salem went back to the middle of the last century and she could conjure up pic tures of such patriarchs as J. Quinn Thornton, David Leslie, J. L. Parrish and others who laid the foundations of the city. And she had a faculty of making them come to life when talking of them. It is .too bad she did not commit her memoirs to writing, although she has left a very vivid impress here bv mmgs sue has done along edu cational, religious and cultural pathways. Art- Wilson, manager of the Postal Telegraph, has a letter from Sgt. Al Friesen who was nis night operator, but now is with a bomber squadron under going intensive training near London. Al says that nmonc folk ho has had visit him there were Martha Ray, Kay Francis, Carol Landis, and among the lesser lights, the Kine of Eng land. Quite a jump from a nisht trick at the telegraph kev in Sa lem. But there arc just as good looking girls in Salem. Al. as any of the three you mentioned, and a darned sipht hetinp ir.ni.- Washington, Dec. 21. To the president went, dated November 30, a report from Reconstruction Finance corporation, via Jesse Jones, stating that RFC has authorized loans and other com mitments in connection with the war amounting to $18,289,576, 761. The president notified his congressional leaders that he wanted RFC authorized to sell another five billion dollars of seourities to take care of war ac tivities. Congress balked. Of these billions of dollars there was no consulting 'of con gress. Unless a congressman learned accidentally of some op eration the legislative branch was in total ignorance. Senators Danaher and McNary decided something should be done about it to let the white light of pub licity stream in on RFC opera tions. They discovered that one way of circumventing congress had been to have the president issue a directive order to Jesse Jones for him to furnish bureau of economic warfare, for exam ple, so many hundreds of mil lions of dollars. And Jones had to produce, without consulting other members of RFC board. Danaher and McNary proposed that executive orders be ignored and when a request came for loan it should be acted upon by the RFC board and based on "Satisfactory security". Wallace Flays Jones Immediately certain column ists friendly to the administra tion charged Jones with having inspired the resistance of the senators Jones wished to have final decision on all loans. Then in an executive committee hear ing, with doors closed and no re porters allowed, Vice-President Wallace of bureau of economic warfare panned, roasted and flayed Jones; asserted the war effort is so very confidential that it can not be told to Jones or congress all Jones has to do is turn over the money and the Wallace organization will do the rest. So the committee reported out the bill favorably, but it struck a snag on the floor when the committee declined to "re veal the testimony at the hear ings and was held up on the contention that this was legisla tion by committee and not by the senate. Congress has a notion that these, war agencies should come to it and request such appropri ations as they need, the same as the army, navy, interior de partment, etc. There is anoth er congressional group which suspects that Herbert H. Leh man, in his capacity of director of relief and rehabilitation for all the world, would be financed through executive order on RFC and congress would be kept in the dark as to what Lehman was doing or how mu.'h money he was spending. No one has yet announced where Lehman will obtain money for his global re lief and reconstruction: that the project will require several bil lion dollars is acknowledged. (Vice-President Wallace now explains that when he said the United States would provide a quart of milk to everyone in the world, in a speech last May. he was using a figure of speech and that this off-hand observa tion has been misinterpreted. At the time it was supposed that Wallace was an administration spokesman). To Eliminate Axis Lines Despite the secrecy, of RFC funds, it is possible to show where some of the money is go ing. For instance, the United States has paid $1,488,600 to train several hundred young men from Latin-America as fli ers and technicians. Of these 40 percent have completed training and returned home or are await ing transportation. None of this expense will be recovered. To eliminate axis-controlled air lines in South America $8,000, 000 was earmarked These lines were in Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil and the Italian line from Brazil to Italy. To Russia $100,000,000 has been given for which hictals are to be received. This is in addition to all the planes, tanks, guns, ammunition and shiploads of food which are being sent, gratis, to the Soviets, Canada has been given $10,000,- 000 to develop copper, lead zinc and other ones, and as the 1942 (f ) . J i f SOME WERE REP, SOME WERE GREEN. SOME WERE YELLOW By Lucrece Hudgins The story no far: Rni-lr In nnnnn.nnn . Michael Worflnaton Bartholomew trip., to tell his friends that there Is a Santa Claus but none will believe htm. '-Why.' they w. naven ine streets been decorated then?" Chapter Thirteen Michael Decorates the Streets When Michael saw that no one believed him he was terribly sad, "Santa was right," he thought. "I never shall be able to con vince anyone by Christmas Day ana by that time it will be too late for Santa will have died." As he walked slowly away from the school house he noticed how bare and ugly the streets were and he thought, "It is all my fault that there are no rib bons and colored paper decor ating the streets this year." And then he stopped for a wonderful plan had come to him. "I will decorate the streets! he cried to himself. "I will string colored paper from every lamp post and when the child ren see it they will think that Santa did it and then they will believe!" Sure now that all would be well, Michael hunted in the dirty gutters until he found a scrap of old paper and a stub of a pen cil. He wrote on the paper. "I am the rag man." Then he went from door to door along the streets and showed what he had written to the people who ans wered his knock. ' It wasn't any time at all be fore he had stuffed his pockets and shirt and loaded down both arms with scraps of paper and bits of rags for housewives were glad to be able to throw away the trash that had gathered in their closets and attics. And be sides, they were amused at the little Rag Man who couldn't talk but who looked at them so hope fully when she showed them his note. Before long Michael had such a load he had to run down and hide it behind an old paint and dye factory. There were large tubs of paint and dye which stood outside the factory day and night and it was by these tubs that he hid his paper and rags. All the afternoon and late into the evening he collected trash. As each load became too heavy to carry he took it to the paint factory. Finally it was past mid- keep his eyes open, so he went down to the paint factory and climzed into an empty barrel and fell asleep. When he awoke it was paij; noon. Quickly he ran through the streets to see what had hap pened. How gay everything look ed! The colored streamers flut tered in the breeze and looked very Christmasy indeed. And the people in the streets really seemed happier and more cheer ful than they, had in weeks. , Michael, his heart beating with oy, ran to the school house where he found all his school mates discussing what had hap pened. Some were saying it must prove after all that there was a Santa for who else could have done such a wonderfu thing. But most of them stK shook their heads and wouldn't believe. 'For," said Roderick Benmow. "it is three days until Christmas and always before the Kingdom has been filled with candies and fruits by this time. This year there are no goodies of any kind. Surely if there were a Santa he would have brought us sweets by now." t The children listened and agreed and Michael turned away in disappointment. . , Michael walked through the gaily decorated streets without seeing any of the wonderfuL. work he had done the night b&J jie was minKing, "i worked until my fineers were stiff with tiredness but it wasn't enougn. wow it is just three days u i-nristmas and still no one oeueves that there is truly Santa Claus', Then he remembered how sad and tired looking Santa had been when he had seen him in Santa Land. And the thought,: "He mustn't die! I myself will fill the Kingdoni with goodies and then surely everyone will! think that Santa did it and they will believe in him again." Quickly he ran towards his own home. When he arrived he found both his mother arid fath- night and Michael decided thai- he must have collected every icr sittin8 hi the living room. rag and paper in Poopo-Poona ore is mined the United States will buy it at cost of production plus transportation. (A better arrangement than any western state has been able to make with the government). Wool Brought In Wool has been bought from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa to the tune of $167,500,- 0U0. A small jag of 5,000,000 pounds has been bought from South America, China, Mexico Central and South America are furnishing antimony. Ten coun tries are providing manganese, which will cost $150,000,000. Mexico, Canada and South America are sending mercury, while little attention is given to expanding mercury mines .of Washington, Oregon .and Ne vada. Through assistance of RFC there are 100,000 tons of fine tin in stockpile; yet tin is so scarce that canneries, milk con denseries and packers are being rationed. The entire sugar crop of Cuba has already been pur chased and only awaits cargo space to be brought into the I United. States. so huge was the pile he had ga thered. By the light of the moon he set about tearing into strips all the rags and papers. He dumped these strips into the different tubs of paint and dye and when he had finished he had a beauti ful assortment of gaily colored ribbons and paper streamers. Some were red, some green. some yellow, and some were just nice spun silver. He took the streamers into the streets and fastened them to lamp posts and stretched them from tree to tree. He strung them from shop windows and flung them across porches. When everything that could be decor ated had been , he tore the rest of the streamers into bits and scattered them in the streets like confetti. The sun had begun to come up before he finished. By that time he was so weary he could hardly , Neither parent had been able to wuin. since iviicnaei naa gont away, for their grief had beeS9 i. .. i , Tomorrow! Michael Finds Goodies. :' FULLtR BRISTLECOMB OR0IR IfRLYsK ! - - 3 For information on Fuller Brush Co', complete line of products. Call or write for Catalogue. E. J. ZWASCHKA lJ45i Grant St. , i I PHONE 9391 ;' f J REDUCED AUTO RATES! Due to war restrictions on automobiles we now offer the lowest 3 inSUrailCf. rnlM in van 3 PUBLIC LIABILITY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE AS LOW AS: Salem - - - - per year j:; Outside of Salem $14 per year ; Collision rates also drastically reduced. Every car owner can now afford complete automobile insurance. CHUCK iJJ INSURANCE5 OREGON'S LARGEST UPSTATE AGENCY SALEM AND MARSHFIELDi 129 N. Commercial St., Salem Dial 444 COAL ALSO BURNER OILS SHRYDER Truck Transfer Co. Phone 4966 Visitors Welcome! QLYMPIA BREWING COMPANY. 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