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