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10 Capital Journal, Salem, fill T ni il Si New Houston Is Launched VP) The mighty new cruiser Hous ton (above), slid down the ways at the Newport News Shipbuild ing and Drydock company, Newport News, Va., to start on her way to avenge the sinking of another cruiser by that name in the naval sea battle with the Japanese fleet. THE WAR TODAY (While DeWltt Mackenzie Is on vacation, this dully column Is being written by Max Bill, former chief of the Associated Press Bureau In Tokyo). By Max Hill News dispatches from Moscow and the short-wave broadcasts from Tokyo virtually the only source of news we have from Japan now would give one the impression that all was well be tween those two obviously antagonistic countries. Such is not the case, emphatically. They have nothing in common, much to quarrel about. It is Interesting ? to note that it is Japan which is applying the "soft pedal" rather than the Russians, whose hatred for the Japanese is fre quently expressed in no uncer tain terms. The Russians bold ly describe the Siberian frontier between Manchuria and Chosen (Korea) as the far eastern front, as they have done since 1938, and they have kept two well equipped armies out in that area despite the trials of the war with Germany. Big Bear Feared- Japanese hate and fear the Russians. A Japanese who was Influential in the government at that time 1041 once told me What it was. He said: "You in America, protected from Asia, have never had a big bear on your back all of the time." That hatred is shared by the Russians, but not the fear. The war with Germany has fortified their quiet confidence. In the recent session of the ' diet in Tokyo, Russia was not even mentioned in the short wave broadcasts, although ap proval was given for a special bond issue of some 20 billion yen for special war purposes. Tests Give Students Tip-off on Aptitude Tucson, Ariz. (I1) What stu dents about to begin studying for a career in medicine, dentis try or nursing wouldn't be will ing to spend an hour or two tak ing tests which would show ac curately his chances of success? Such tests have been develop ed at the University of Arizona ' by Dr. William H. Brown, as sistant professor of zoology, and Dr. Charles L. Vaughn, psychol ogy instructor. They report the predicting of students' grades in zoology with nn error of less than one grade point in 03 per cent of 200 students recently ex amined. The tests, worked out over a six-year period with 1,000 stu dents, are based on elementary zoology because it is a prerequi site to all life science studies. Search for a yardstick to mea sure a student's achievements in the field lasted nearly five years, resulting in n scries of 40 tests. Each skill developed in the elementary zoology course is measured separately classifi cation, drawing, dissection, use of microscope, retention of fac tual material from lectures, reading and observation, Also measured are primary abilities such as perceptual speed and ability to visualize, and motor activates such as finger dexter ity. An hour or two spent by a student in taking the tests may save him a semester, a year or even a lifetime of frustration, Dr. Vaughn declared. Fish Tale, Granny Style Knoxvillc, Tcnn. m Mrs. Annie Hale went fishing. Her small grandson went hunting. Mrs. Hale's hook suddenly gave a jerk. The boy's rifle sudden ly discharged accidentally. Mrs. Hale went to the hospital. Said she: "I would get shot just when I was getting a bite." Oregon, Monday, June 21, 1943 For many years Japan has maintained an army of almost 1,000,000 men in Manchuria and Chosen, waiting for the proper time to strike. The war with the United States and Great Britain dis rupted the plans of her army, a group of military masters who have an arbitrary and final say on all that goes on in Japan. They were forced to turn their attention from the north to the south Pacific. But they have not forgotten the Russians. Broadcasts Inspired Just how "touchy' the Jap anese really are on the subject of relations with Russia Is indi cated by the inspired broadcasts from Tokyo. No mention was made in the home service broadcasts of the recent disso lution of the Comintern. The Japanese government would rather not have their people know of this development. Japan has only one time to attack Russia the present. Next year probably will be too late, because the full force of America and Great Britain will be mobilized against her. Hit ler's Germany by that time, if not defeated, will be seriously weakened. Russia does not have the striking power in the far cast that the Japanese now have, but she does have at least her normal strength, if not an emergency force. One factor is definitely on the side of the Japanese, just as it is in her war with us dis tance. Vladivostok is a full 1 1 days journey by rail from Moscow, and the maritime provinces, valuable to Japan because of the fishing rights, are vulner able. Perhaps Russia could not hold them long against a deter mined drive, but America's short-cut route via Canada, Alaska and Arctic Siberia is a potent factor the Japanese have not overlooked. Pioneer in Radar Research (P) Dr. Albert Hoyt Taylor (above), chief navy physicist and superintendent of the radio division of the naval research laboratory In Washington, was the central figure in early work loading to the development in radio detec tion now known as radar. Waves Wanted In Aerology Career training in a field open to few women now awaits a selected number of qualified applicants in the WAVES, the office of naval officer procure ment here announced today. The field is aerology, and 70 women are to be chosen within the next few months, the navy announced. In addition to becoming reg ular officers in the WAVES and therefore in the U. S. naval re serve in which they will receive the same pay and rank as men officers, the women aerologists will be given the same pay and rank as men officers, the wo men aerologists will be given an extended free course at Boston Institute of Technology and possibly at other well known technical schools. Aerology is the branch of physics which studies phe nomena of the atmosphere and free air; in other words, through the use of kites, balloons, planes and other scientific devices, aerology determines the weather conditions upon which much of successful aviation rests. Aerologists are vital in stra tegic planning of combat flights, and the WAVES selected for this specialized training will have interesting assignments at naval aviation centers. Requirements for applicants include a college degree, with at least one year of differential or integral calculus and at least one year of college physics. Ad ditional courses in calculus and physics are desirable, and wo men under 30 are preferred, ac cording to the navy. Applications may be made by letter or in person at the office of naval officer procure ment, 117 Marion street, Seat tle. Attack on Forests Seen as Probability Tuesday evening, June 22, at 8 at the Molalla grade school au ditorium, there will be a meet ing of loggers and lumbermen at which representatives of the state department of forestry, the U. S. army and the forest indus tries will discuss the dangers of enemy incendiary bombing at tacks on Clackamas and Marion county forest areas and mills. Every logging operation and every mill is expected to be rep resented at this meeting at which recent changes in the Oregon forest laws will be dis cussed. Army and civilian defense au thorities fully expect enemy at tacks against the forest areas this summer. It is essential that forest industries management and personnel be fully informed relative to methods used in such attacks and the manner in which preparation should be made to combat them. Mill City Mr. and Mrs. Wil lis LaVine and family have moved into a house owned by the Earl Groblcbcs on the "River Road," Mr. and Mrs. Eu gene Gregory having purchased the Albert Hudel house, for merly occupied by LaVincs. Bennett of McMinnville Heads Eagles of Oregon John Bennett, of McMinnville, was named president at the streamlined state convention of the Eagles lodge Sunday, suc ceeding George Fields, Gresham, who declined another term. There were delegates from near ly all the aeries In the state with around 400 members at tendingr The Dalles was se lected for the 1944 convention city. Other officers elected were Allan Brown, Portland, vice- lf OP f J$fp Tfp These Men Are Key Figures in Radar Development VP) Admiral A. H. Van Keuren (left), is present chief of naval research laboratory where studies of radar continue. He succeeded Rear Ad miral Harold G. Bowen (center), who began to promote the laboratory's work some 13 years ago. Robert M. Page (right), chief of a research section in the laboratory's radio division, is credited by colleagues with doing more for radar's technical progress than any other man on the staff. Labor Dislikes Federal Control Eugene, June 21 VP) In creasing governmental control of labor and business eventually may destroy voluntary relations between labor and management, Dell E. Nickerson, executive secretary of the Oregon State Federation of Labor, warned delegates to the 41st annual con vention today. "Control of affairs has been passing gradually into the hands of the government," he declar ed. "Almost imperceptibly, and at times with labor's consent or at labor's request, the rights of labor have been subjected to government orders. It is an alarming situation." Nickerson charged that the national labor relations act has proved a boomerang. The NLRB-Kaiser shipyard hearing is an effort to establish the right of the board to underwrite or in validate all union contracts as its whim may dictate, he assert ed. The union secretary praised Henry J. Kaiser's shipbuildng organization and his cooperation with labor, but said credit also must be given to the skilled AFL workers. He also complimented the last state legislature for "resisting the blandishments of the soak-the-poor cult" which advocates a state sales tax. The secretary's annual report showed 18 new organizations af filiated with the federation dur ing the past year, placed total membership at more than 150, 000 and receipts at $34,138.73. Escaped Trusty Still At Large Earl Orin Jones, 53-year-old trusty at the prison annex, who was missing at a Saturday night checkup, still was at large to day. Jones was committeed to pri son May 29, 1934 to serve 25 years on a statutory charge. He had been living at the annex, five miles south of the prison, for more than a year. president; A. C. Friesen, Salem, chaplain; J. R. Voorhees, Port ladn, secretary; Harry Seavy, Albany, treasurer; M. L. Shcp pard, Klamath Falls, conductor; A. C. Lucas, Medford, inside guard, and Edward Dunge, Ore gon City, outside guard. Roy Jewell, The Dalles, was elected trustee for three years and Ralph Staley, Tillamook, trustee for two years. Gr.Te Fields, retiring president, was elected representative of Aerie No. 1 and Harry Schadley, St. Helens, representative to Grand Aerie No. 2. Dr. B. J. Allen, Idaho Falls, Idaho, representing the grand worthy president, was the prin cipal speaker. The convention urged all aeries in the state to promote war bond drives and the state aerie was authorized to purchase S4000 more of the war bonds. The auxiliary ini tiated a large class with the Portland team for Aerie No, 4 in charge. Battle Casualties Include Oregonians Washington, June 21 VP) Names of seven Pacific north west men Saturday appeared on a war department list of 169 U. S. soldiers wounded in action on five war fronts. All seven were wounded in the North American area. Included were; PFC Chester J. Gust; father, James Gust, 306 N. E. Stanton street, Portland. First Lieut. Aldo S. Romiti; wife, Mrs. Viola R. Romiti, 340 North 21st street, Corvallis, Ore. Airmail Romance Leads to Altar (JP) A romance which began through an introduction by mail and flourished in an exchange of airmail letters, was climaxed in Los Angeles in the marriage of Sgt. R. V. Griffiths, 26, stationed at an Albany, Ga., army base, and Beatrice Altendorf, 23, of Los Angeles. The couple exchanged photos, fell in love and Griffith's proposal by mail was accepted. The Rev. Ralph C. Waddell performed the ceremony. Salem Methodist Church Pastorates Not Changed Portland, June 21 iF) The next peace must be based tlidly on religion, Bishop Bruce R. Baxter said yesterday at the con cluding session of the annual Oregon Methodist conference. Oth erwise, the bishop told dele- gates, the peace will be only "a moratorium between wars." The conference adopted at six point peace program that ad vocated a post-war "cooling-off period and a United Nations' commodity corporation - to as sure freedom from want. Also approved was a resolution urg ing repeal of the oriental im migration exclusion act. Delegates also voted to hold a "Willamette University" day in each church in the coming year to provide funds for the school. Chief among ministerial ap pointments was that of Rev. L. O. Griffith, McMinnville, who will exchange pulpits with Dr. B. Earle Parker, First Metho dist church, Eugene. Assignments included: Cascade district Silas E. Palrham. sup erintendent: Bennie Howe, Arlington: Frank E- Brown. Cottage Grove; Mrs. C L. Camp. Creswell: Gene Elliott. Dlllard Circuit: Fred O. Hunt, Drain-Yon call a; J. P. Bray, Gold Hill; Edward A. Asch enbrenner. Grants Pass; Bentile Howe. Heppner-Hardman; Walter McArthur. Hermison; Victor Phillips. Klamath Falls Bly; B. V. Bradshaw, Klamath Indian Mission; Ben W. Davis, La Ice view-Paisley; Aaron J, Ntnifeld. Mllton-Si.nnyside: Jnmes Wllktns, Cftnyonville-Myrtle Creek: Noel carden. oakridne-WPst Fir: Oliver J. Gill. Pendleton-Athens: R. A. 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U. . fWT. or. 8 Salem Tire Service 425 Chemeketa St 2 to 5 U-Boats Sunk in Attack Against Atlantic Convoy London, June 21 VP) Land-based bombers, escort carrier plants and warships, teamed in the allied effort to clear the Atlantic of Hitler's submarines, are credited officially with beating off "one of the fiercest and most sustained offensives ever mount ed" against convoys in a five day -battle last month. British authorities announced last night that from two to five of the submarines were de stroyed and that the air and surface screen was so effective that only 3 per cent of the con voy vessels were even molested attacks, damaged or sunk. "Two U-boats were destroyed, three probably were destroyed and others may have been dam aged," said a communique issued jointly by the admiralty and air ministry. The known submarines sink ings were credited to warships, but pocket-size escort carrier's planes and the big bombers de tected the submarines so ef fectively that most of the en gagement were fought many miles away from the convoyed vessels, the communique said. As a result, it added, "97 per cent of the ships forming the convoys reached harbor in safety and without having been molested." The escort carrier, the first of the American-made pocket-sized vessels to be reported in ac tion, was H.M.S. Biter, a con verted freighter. The definite kills were credited to the Brit ish destroyer Broadway, for merly the U.S.S. Hunt, and the destroyer Hesperus, which also was credited with two prob ables. At least two convoys were en gaged by the submarines during the running battle. The Biter's planes first sighted the U-boats and attacks with depth charges and machine guns. They were quickly joined by shore-based bombers which forced the U boats to dive, and the battle then was. taken up by British de stroyers. While these engagements were in progress, the communique said, "a strong force of U-boats which had worked around ahead of another convoy" was attacked by the Hesperus. "The intensity and variety of the counterattacks and the con tinual presence of aircraft ulti mately completely discomfitted the U-boat packs and the con voys proceeded to their destina tions without further interfer ence," the bulletin said. The Daily Express naval re porter, W. A. Crumley, said that about 50 U-boats had been de stroyed in the last two months, bringing the total destroyed since the beginning of the war to 250. Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. VP) Jes sie Mae Sailor likes navy blue all right,' but she's swapped it for army khaki. This Goosecreek, Tex., Sailor is an auxiliary in service at the third WAAC training center. THE WORST CUT OF ALL! 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Acting Civilian Defense',: rector John McKown said, "there undoubtedly were signs of weakness in the response." Reports turned into the police department said lights burned from 10 to 20 minutes after the alarm was given at Fort Mason,, the Presidio, and the shipyads at Richmond, across the bay. Harry Hennlg, 25, a civilian workman at Hunter's Point naval drydock was struckby a stray bullet when, the navy said, guards fired at an exposed light. The navy said his con dition was not serious. A yellow, preliminary, alert was ordered in the Los Angeles area at 10:28 p.m. Saturday. It lasted 19 minutes and there was no radio silence or blackout. The army said an unidentified target, later found to be friend" ly, was the cause. o Helicopters Asked For Mail Delivery Washington, June 21 (IP) Tha civil aeronautics board said to day it had received a request from Herbert O. Nelson, Los Angeles, for authority to op erate three helicopter air mail pickup delivery routes from Seattle. The board said Nelson's let ter could not be considered an application and that it had sent him formal application forma to be filled out. It said no ac tion could be taken until a for mal application containing all of the data and information re quired by the board is received. a Habit Will Out , Knoxville, Tenn. ffl "What," inquired City Judge Bob Wil liams of a frequent offender, "are you in court for this time?'' "Nothin'," was the reply, "but I'm guilty of it." "Ten days," ruled the judge, "for disorderly conduct again." Doesn't cost much on the size of the re Salem, Ore.
