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Fourteen The Capital Journal, Salem) Oregon Thursday, January 21, 1943 Hold Civilian Economy Now Cut Enough Washington, Jan. 21 U.R War Production Chairman Donald A Nelson said today very little more can be trimmed from the civilian economy under the war effort, and that some experts believe it already has been trimmed too heavily. Nelson said at a press confer ence that the four most import ant problems now facing his agency are: 1. Increased production o f valves, heat exchangers (cool ing devices), and other parts of war weapons. 2. Proper distribution of available materials to assure ex panded production of these parts. i 3. Simplification of consumer goods.. 4. Concentration of Industry. Nelson said little additional material could be saved for the war effort through curtailment of civilian economy. "Is there a feeling among some officials of WPB that you already have trimmed civilian needs too much?" he was asked. "Yes," he replied. "What are your feelings in the matter?" "I have no evidence yet to show that we have trimmed too far.," he replied. "On the other hand, I feel that not much more trimming can be done which would save a substantial amount of materials for the war effort, London Locks Raid Shelters London, Jan. 21 VP) A ni ber of Londoners were unable to get into air raid shelters at the height of yesterday's day light air raid because the shel ters were kept locked to prevent scandalous misuse, it was re vealed in commons today. Sir William Henry Davison asked Herbert Morrison, minis ter of home security, whether he was aware that "in yesterday's raids a considerable number of people who ran to the shelters for safety were unable to get shelter by reason of the fact they were locked." Said Morrison: "The shelters were kept locked owing to scan dalous misuse and damage by citizens. He added that the health min istry was in a dilemma about locking, the shelters. The war dens, he said, had keys to those locked but it was a great prob lem to get shelters open when there was little time between sirens and bombs. New York News Cuts Circulation New York, Jan. 2l (U.R)-The New York News today began a campaign to reduce Its circula tion 1,850,000 daily, 3,000,000 Sunday, (December average) The purpose was to save news print. It announced that it would soon raise its advertising rates about 10 per cent and require its advertisers to reduce their space by an amount "which we hope will level out to at least 10 per cent and preferably to la per cent." Again the purpose was to save newsprint. Though limited by govern ment order during the first quarter of this year to the amount of newsprint It consum ed In the first quarter of 1041, the News said Its circulation had so increased it had so far exceeded its quota. To reduce circulation, the tabloid newspaper urged its readers, in small advertisement scattered through today's issue and in an editorial: "Don't buy a News. Borrow one." Effective next Sunday Canadian purchas ers of the Sunday News will have to pay 10 cents for a copy, instead of five cents. Before long, readers west of the Missi ssippi will have to pay 10 cents ana "eventually wo may bring the 10-cent Sunday price right up to the suburbs of Now York City." License Exemptions For Soldiers Asked Graduates of professional schools who now are in (lie arm ed forces would be given licens es to practice their professions without examinations at the end of the war, a bill Introduced to day by Senators Lew Wallace and J. J. Lynch, both of Port land, provides. The bill would apply to men who have been in service for at least six months. f m , , "Cr' Women Take Over Heavy Railroad Jobs Mrs. Mary Ann Pietraszek (right), 46-year-old grandmolhcr( and Mrs. LorFaine Harlan, 1.8, mother of a two-month-old son and wife of a sailor, roll wheels out from under a railroad car in the yards where they are em ployed in Chicago. The women regularly change car wheels and unload brake beams. Compensation Bill Off ered Legislature By Paul W. Harvey, Jr. Employers and labor submitted their workmen's compensa tion programs to the legislature today, and both groups were not very far apart in their requests. The labor bill, introduced by the senate industries committee would give compensation to em ployes in hazardous industries who are stricken with occupa tional diseases, which have iiv creased at a tremendous rate because of the coming of war industries to Oregon. Employes have offered no opposition to the plan. The measure is similar to laws of 25 other states. The two groups, however, each had their own bills to compel all employers to be covered by in- Helplessness Irks Plumbers "Why do people wait until water pipes are frozen before they attempt to do anything about the results of a cold snap?" asked a dog-tired plumb er Thursday morning as he was making his way to his shop long before daylight. "Many of them appear so helpless during con ditions we have experienced the last few days. Instead of taking preventative measures, they sit back and call for the plumber when they find the water is no longer running." This mechanic who has been working night and day, spoke of the many houses which have no basements and which have little or no protection for the pipes which are exposed. He suggested boarding up the op enings would go along way to ward warding off freezing. In some instances, he said, he had been compelled to shut off the water and wait for more favor able weather in which to op crate. 'Instead of gadding around. people should stay at home and take care of their property," the plumber advised, as he prepared for another day of repairing frozen pipes. Albany-Newport Highway Approved The house committee on high ways and highway revenues voted a do pass recommendation on a resolution to extend U. S highway No. 20 from Albany to Newport at a special meeting, Rep. Burt Snyder, Deschutes, said today. In addition the committee decided to consult with the pub lic utilities commission concern ing a measure by Rep. Frisbio, Baker, asking special carrier permits for vehicles hauling sal- age metals during the emer gency. Uhe healing on the contro- ersiai truck bill by Rep, Ken neth S. Martin, Josephine coun ty, asking increase in length and weight of cargo trucks, will be held next Wednesday, Snyder sain. Lyons Church Women Guests Bodeker Home Lyons Mrs. Alex Bodeker was hostess for the meeting of the WSCS at her home Tues day afternoon. The meeting was called lo order by the president, Mrs. Douglas Gavotte. Plans were made and committees ap pointed for a pie social to be held February 22 and silver lea March 17. Christmas cards were brought and names removed lo be sent to various children's hos pitals. Mrs. Bodeker served re- refreshments. ; dustrial accident insurance. The employer bill would al low employers to insure with private companies, to self-insure, or lo take out insurance with the state industrial acci dent commission, but it would force them to be covered by one of the three systems. This measure would create a board, under the accident com mission, to fix rates and to police the private companies and the self-insurers. A bad risk fund would be set up, the cost to be borne by the state, the self-in surers and the private insurance companies. The labor bill, however, would compel all employers to be cov ered under the stale system, la bor leaders believing the state system will break down unless there is universal coverage by the state industrial accident system. They said the state gets all the bad risks, while the companies get the good risks. Motor Law Violations The Klamath county house and senate delegations introduced a bill today to give police, dis trict, justice and circuit courts exclusive jurisdiction in cases of motor vehicle law violation, re gardless of the age of the of fenders. This, the delegation said, would provide for more strict enforcement of motor vehicle laws in cases of juvenile viola lions. Juvenile courts would not be able to discharge the youth ful offenders. The house highways and high way revenues committee recom mended passage of a resolution asking the government to extend U. S. Highway 20, which runs from Albany east over the South Santiam pass to the eastern Ore gon border, from Albany to Newport via state highway 26. The senate passed and sent to the house bills to permit men over 18 years of age in military service to draft their own wills and legal documents, to guaran tee that set net fishermen in military service shall retain their fishing rights, and to authorize probate and circuit courts to issue birth certificates. Community Property Bill Sen. Lew Wallace,' Portland democrat, sponsored a bill to adopt the community property system, where husbands and wives own their property Joint ly. The house judiciary commit tee recommended passage of a bill by Rep. John Hall to In crease salaries of state police men, but the bill was then re ferred to the ways and means committee. The bill would in crease the annual salaries of the deputy slate police superintend ent from $3600 to $4000, recruits irom S.1H21) lo $2400. sereennls from $2200 lo $2700, lieutenants from $2400 to $2800, and cap tains from $3000 to $3600. Army Training Barracks Destroyed Colorado Springs. Coin.. .iSn 21 M'Fire destroyed 23 bar racks buildings today In an in terment camp adjoining Camn Carson, army training camp. rmy omcers in charge said no one was Injured. Firemen from Colorado Springs prevented the blaze from reaching warehouses, but were unable to check the 'blaze before the barracks were de stroyed. Cause of the fire and damage estimates were not made by camp officials. Deposition From Ohio Wanted Portland, Ore., Jan. 21 (IP) Attorneys at the national labor relations board's Kaiser ship yard hearing awaited today a ruling on a request to take depo sitional testimony from a wit ness in Ohio. Trial Examiner Robert N Denham said he would announce during the day his decision on the place testimony would be taken from Oscar L. Winchester, Dayton, O., who worked for Kaiser's Oregon shipbuilding corporation here about the same time the yard signed a closed shop agreement with AFL Ship building Unions, May 12, 1941. The CIO charges that the agreement and similar contracts between the AFL and two other Kaiser yards in this area are illegal. NLRB attorneys made the re quest for Winchester's testimony late yesterday, presenting the possibility that the hearing here would be extended by perhaps two weeks. . Kaiser General Counsel Harry F. Morton agreed to the NLRB request to record Winchester's testimony in Ohio, providing the hearing recessed seven days be fore and after to permit Kaiser attorneys to be present for cross examination. SEC Hearings Will Resume Portland, Jan. 21 UP) Port Electric Power company stock holders took the initiative today in preparation for resumption of SEC hearings here February 15. Subpoenas will be asked for Dr. Paul J. Raver, Dr. William Ditmar and D. R. Marlett, Bonne ville administration officials, said J. F. Ulrich, Salem, chair man of a committee representing holders of $17,743,000 in pre ferred stock. The committee also will at tempt to Introduce all records pertaining to company proper ties and Bonneville administra-"p Hon correspondence as well as members of congress on matters pertaining to public ownership. I he hearing adjourned at Philadelphia last November, Mail Volume of Air Lines Bigger Air mail volume more than doubled on United Air Lines in December, compared with the "Pearl Harbor" month of De cember, 1941, it was announced yesterday. Although flying a smaller fleet of planes, United increas ed mail, passenger and express business over the year before. This was accomplished by im proved scheduling, maintenance and traffic handling procedures. Part of the company's planes are flying on strictly military mis sions under contract to the gov ernment. There was a 14 per cent in crease in revenue passenger miles, and a 94 per cent in crease in express pound miles flown. Sclo City Councilman Ray mond F. Chromy left Wednes day for Portland for service in connection with the United States navy, presumably on the north Atlantic coast. Mrs. Chromy will make her home with her parcnts-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. J, Chromy. In this city. Chromy's removal from the city will create a vacancy, the third within the last year, on the city council. Plastic Planes Predicted for Every Family Baltimore, Jan. '21 (f) Can you imagine backing your plas tic helicopter out of the garage some Sunday morning, taking your family for a spin above the countryside and then, on your way home, stopping at a "road side" stand to eat hot dogs? It sounds like a pipe-dream, especially now, when the old family jalopy stays in the garage most of the time. However, William A. Safka, design engineer on plastics of the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft company and instructor at the Plastics Industries' Technical In stitute, predicts that "someday a plastic helicopter will be in every garage." After the war, of course. Here's his idea of the "family plane" of the post-war era: This "airmobile" will be con structed largely of plastic ma terials one-fifth as heavy the materials used in present-day passenger planes, but will have a tensil strength greater than steel. You will be able to order your helicopter in any color and shade your wife selects, and it will be fade, rust and dent-proof. It will cost about $1200 and fly for six miles on a gallon of gasoline. It will be more maneuverable than present-day automobiles. It will contain safety devices making it practically foolproof. The size of an automobile, the helicopter will be able to park in any space ah automobile can back into. Noted Author Was Casualty Philadelphia, Jan. 21 UP) A member of the family of Maj Eric Knight, popular author who recently re-entered army service, said today the war department has notified the family that Knight was on an army plane which crashed in South Ameri ca en route to Africa. Mrs. Edward Brylawski Knight's mother-in-law, said the family "believed" he had been killed. vBest known for his novels, "This Above All" and "The Fly ing Yorkshireman," Knight was born in Yorkshire, England, and after the death of his father in the Boer war, was taken to Russia, where his mother be came governess to Princess Xenia's children. Coming to the United States as a youth, he became a news paper copy boy, later attending Cambridge, Mass., Latin school and several art schools. After serving in the Canadian army in the World war, he became a newspaper cartoonist and writ er in Philadelphia. The writer, E. E. Cummings, started him on his fiction-writing career when Knight was working in Hollywood in 1933. In recent years Knight has lived on a Bucks county, Pa., farm. Mrs. Dempsey Well Provided for White Plains, N. Y Jan. 21 Hannah Williams Dempsey, estranged wife of former Heavy weight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey, will receive $500 a month temporary alimony and $2,500 counsel fees under order of Supreme Court Justice Gra ham Witschicf. Justice Witschicf awarded the amount yesterday after Mrs. Dempsey, a former stage actress, asked $1,500 alimony and $10, 000 counsel fees when she filed a counter suit for separation here January 8. Dempsey's suit, filed Dec. 9. has been set for trial without jury next month. He asks cus tody of their two children, Joan, eight, and Barbara, six. The couple was married Julv 18, 1933, at Elko, Nev. Dayton Eleven members of the Dayton Past Matrons' club attended the January meeting held Tuesday afternoon at the home of Miss Lena Stllwell. A short business session was fol lowed by a social hour and re freshments. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Sherman. For Pftmnai Namti In COSMETICS ft KII.hMh Arilrn Oillrlf slum ft DiKfll Rim.dMI A lUrtiftri onaU ft V.rdlf. ft tUrrril ft Elms 1"" Com to B I Quisenberry' 411 8TAT1 BT. I BONE, ALGIERS, ALGERIA 300 STATUTE MILES ftMaft u til? Allies Take Town Near Libya Tanout Mailer (white arrow), not located on any available map, but 14 miles from Tiaret, near the Tunisian-Libyan border, was re ported captured by U. S. and French troops. In the northern Tunisian sector, bad weather, hampered opera tions, but U. S. air forces attacked Tunis, Kairouan, Gabes and Sfax. (Associated Press.) 35 Killed in Plane Crash Washington, Jan. 21 (U.R) Twenty-six passengers and nine members of the crew were kill ed in the crash of a four-engine transport plane January 15 in Dutch Guinea, it was announced today. ' The plane was being operated in the service of the army's air transport command. There were no survivors of the crash. The victims included Maj. Eric M. Knight, author of "This Above All"; P. E. Edward Fox worth, FBI official of New York; Charles H. Brown, of the Califor nia Arabian Oil company; Wil liam Hodson, state department official; O. E. Henryson, state department; and H. D. Haber feld, FBI. The plane was southbound, en route overseas. It left the Unit ed States about a week ago. It was a civilian plane operat ing under contract with the ar my, and was piloted by Capt. B. H. Dally, well-known civilian air transport pilot, according to announcement by Maj. Gen. Har old L. George, head of the trans port command. Governor Names Justices of Peace . Attorney General I. H. Van Winkle ruled today that the gov ernor, and not county courts, has the power to make tempor ary appointments to succeed justices of the peace who have entered military service. In two other opinions, both applying to the city of Portland, he held that the state board of health has no jurisdiction over trailer housing units operated by the federal housing authority, and that a city may not pass a health ordinance regulating establishments which already are regulated by state law. to. Suit Glasses from Brown's optical department are designed to give you maximum eye efficiency. In addition to giving you correctly fitting glasses prescribed to improve your eyesight efficiency, Brown's also give you glasses to compli ment your facial features. The oval, round, or long face require- different frames to suit facial contours. Dr. Har ry Brown, registered optomet rists will prescribe the cor rectly fitting lenses and frame for- you. Purchase your glasses on convenient credit terms. 1M N. Liberty St. BIZERTE SICILY JCk Si ri iliic V4irouanmalta 1 J JU"!! MM'!' i' 1,1 ' m vw. TRIPOLlY TIARET . LIBYA TART m Honk the Goose Saves His Pal Portland, Ore., Jan. 21. (U.R) "Honk," the goose, saved the life of his pal a h o r s e Wednesday. "Honk," a large grey Cana dian goose, three years ago de cided to become "watchdog" of the Oregon Humane society in the northeast side of town. He chummed with children who swam and skated at the nearby lake, but sounded his own spe cial alarm a "honk-honk-honk" when strange adults trespassed. The bird adopted as his spe cial pal one of three horses own ed by Mancel H. Melott, hu mane officer. This afternoon when humane officers heard the goose honk ing wildly they passed it off as due to some strangers being around. Finally Melott took the bird some grain, but "Honk", uninterested, turned and wad dled toward the lake. Melott followed the wagging tail over a fence and to the water. But the goose continued out over the lake, stopping beside the head of a horse showing through a hole in the ice. While humane officers broke through to rescue the horse, "Honk", walked excitedly around his trapped friend, "talk ing" earnestly. The horse neighed softly in reply. "Honk'.' remained with the rescue party in the barn until his pal was rubbed down and blanketed. Dance Proves Success Mill City It was reported that the dance given Saturday night at the fire hall by the fire men and C. I. O. local No. 2804, fo raise funds for a day-room at Camp Adair, netted between $75 and $100. The affair, which was attended by a capacity crowd, was arranged and man aged by George. Thomas. 1ausi facial f r ,-- J r--. p.irSTrp. 5T"T?-1 BROWN'S XV 420 Court St MEMBERS BETTER VISION INSTITUTE Long Distance Leased Wire Rates to Drop Washington, Jan. 21 U The- A m e r 1 c a n Telephone St Telegraph company company has agreed to reduce rates on long distance calls of more than three minutes and cut charges for leased wire services to save the public some $34,700,000 a year. The agreement, announced last night by the federal com munications commission, ended hearings on an order for the A. T. & T.'to show cause why its rates should not be reduced because of wartime increases in revenue of its long lines depart ment. Walter S. Gifford, A. T. & T. president, said the company be lieved the FCC's position was "unsound," but felt it was im portant to discontinue the rate hearings "so that it could get on with the business of helping win the war." . "J Besides the saving to the pub lic, the agreement will cut the long lines department's revenue ' by an additional $24,900,000 in increased shares to connecting companies. The FCC said these reductions were made: Overtime telephone From one-third to one-fourth of the rate for the initial three-minute period. Leased private lines Equiva lent to approximately 25 per cent in private telephone lines and 35 per cent in private telegraph lines. Telephone lines used . "casu ally' 'by broadcasters approxi mately 50 per cent reduction for smaller stations, and from $8 to $6 per air line mile for larger stations. Jackson Will Silt Sinking Washington, Jan. 21 (IP) A house committee moved today to determine the cause of the sinking in the Willamette river at Portland, Ore., of the newly constructed tanker, Schenectady which broke in the center and sank a few days ago. Representative Jackson (D., Wash.) announced he had been designated by Chairman Bland D., Va.) of the merchant mar- ,T ine and fisheries committee to " investigate the cause of the sinking. . .. Jackson said he had confer red with Emory S. Land, chair man of the maritime commis sion. . He said Land told him he expected to receive a complete report from his investigators within a few days. "Apparently it was not the fault of the design for other vessels of the same design are now giving satisfactory service," Jackson said. Qe&UtoU fk BUY i "J:r 3 JJMW ! 11
