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4 Capi 1 al Journal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, Jan. 13, 1944
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The Revealing Light
It was only a small news item, scarcely a hundred words
tucked away in the thousands of words which flowed over
the press wires yesterday, but it cast a revealing light on
developments in the national capital during the past week,
particularly upon .President Koosevelt s order as command'
er-in-chief of the armed forces
from active service in the army and navy. It told how
through the resignation -of
democratic party has lost its
of representatives for the first
A house majority is 218 and
with only 217 seats. The republicans hold 208 seats, four
are filled by members of minor parties and there are six
vacancies.
Washington observers see in this situation the explana
tion of the president's instructions to the military to clean
house of all congressional soldiers and sailors. Two demo
cratic representatives, Gore of Tennessee and Jackson of
Washington, have already taken leaves of absence from con
gress and have been inducted into the army as privates. An
other round dozen, most of them young democrats, planned
to join up in the same manner. Along with Gore and Jack
son, these legislators have only one course left open to them
if they want to do their fighting with weapons other than
words. They can resign their scats in the house. But some
of them are said to have been warned in off-the-record con
versations with democratic leaders that even their resigna
tions might not assure them of being inducted.
The president based his order on a constitutional pro
vision forbidding any person holding "any office under the
United States" from serving as a member of either house.
Such a construction necessarily classifies any member of
the armed services as being an "officer" of the government
a far-fetched interpretation, to say the least. Members of
congress have served in the armed forces under leaves of
absence in every war in the nation's history, it is pointed out.
And members of almost every state legislature, most of whom
are inhibited from holding both state and national offices,
are bearing arms in this war. Like Oregon, many states have
provided for blanket leaves of absence for all state officials
who desire to enter the army or navy. If it is to be con
sistently construed, the president's order will also bar these
stale lawmakers.
That the president's party-saving edict is not being en
thusiastically hailed, even by his partisans is disclosed by
some of their comments. "My God, that's the first time I
ever heard a buck private was a public office holder," said
Chairman Andrew J. May, Kentucky democrat and head of
the military affairs committee. Rep. Sparkman, Alabama,
a reserve colonel, expressed his regret that the president
had chosen to base his decision on constitutional grounds,
adding: "I believe it would have been sounder had he merely
issued an executive order."
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The Budget Message
The president's budget message calls for $100 billion,
gome $5 billion less than original estimates for the current
year ending June 80. It provides for the double task of mov
ing toward complete victory and providing groundwork for
the return to peace.
Estimates are based on the assumption that the war would
continue through June 30, 1945, but the possibility of earlier
victory "on one of the major fronts" is not ruled out and the
president promises that should it materialize "war produc
tion will be promptly adjusted." He declared:
"With pride In the over-all achievements of American manage
ment and labor, I can say that we are now well equipped; with
pride in the military leadership of the allied forces I can say that
wc are now In a strategic position to make full use ot our equip
ment for decisive blows by land, by sea and by air."
Warning that demobilization begins long before hostili
ties end, the president urged prompt action to prepare for
peace contract termination, surplus property disposal, in
dustrial reconversion, manpower demobilization and re
' employment, public works planning, veterans and security
legislation and international readjustment.
To meet the project spending, Mr. Roosevelt said it would
be necessary to ask for only $70 billion in new appropriations,
compared with $100 billion in this fiscal year, but the re
apportionment of unobligated sums previously allotted would
make available $195 billion to be spent during the next fiscal
year and later. The total war program will total $397
billion.
The president renewed his pica for the lax program calling
for $10,500 million in new levies submitted last October and
declared it still needed, "while incomes are high and goods
scarce." The federal tax intake for this fiscal year is placed
at $41 billion and slightly less the following year. The
approximate gain of $19 billion over 1943 receipts reflected
higher tax rates and collections as well as higher levels of
incomes and profits.
The estimated deficits for this vcar and next will push
the national debt of $198 billion by June 30, 1944 And $258 bil
lion a year later and he stated that while such a debt requires
interest payments of $5 billion a year, with a national income
of $125 billion or more, such payments would not be
oppressive.
The budget message is cleaner cut, with less controversial
measures and politics and more to the point than his annual
message on the state of the nation and therefore an improve
ment on the latter.
Flax Saves the Day
Were it not for flax, much of It irrmvn vlirlih Wo in Vin
Willamette valley, America's millions of cigarette users
might be smoking a pipe or rolling their own with make-shift
paper today as a result of the war. Prior to September 1,
1939, France and other European countries were supplying
American cigarette manufacturers with fag wrappings made
from linen rags almost exclusively. That started Harry
Straus, president of the Ecusta Paper corporation to think
ing that if cigarette paper could be made from linen scrap,
why could it not be made directly from the flax from which
linen is manufactured.
Straus, who had operated a paper mill in France before
coming to America to launch experiments with flax, and his
chemists perfected a process for making flax paper almost
simultaneously with the outbreak of war. Today they are
supplying the needs of more than 80 percent of the American
cigarette manufacturers, due largely to the impossibility of
importing suitable paper.
Most of it is manufactured at the Pisgah Forest, N. C,
plant of the Ecusta company, which has an abundant supply
of crystal pure water with no mineral content, an essential
requirement of the process. The flax paper measures fully
up to the high standards needed for cigarette wrappings. It
Is very thin, strong enough to withstand the strain of me
chanical manufacture, does no stick to tho lips and has no
foreign odor or taste as it burns.
Editor and PutlUher
barring members of congress
Rep. Gavagan (D N.Y.) the
majority of scats in the house
time since 1931.
Gavagan's loss left the party
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War Casualties j,
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'f 111 EH W HOI' CAR TONIGHT. AH KNOWS WHAT MT MEANS. )1i '
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Mr JfSri -SJtijriDE JUNCTION. NO J.5; 2
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By Don
Noted an item in the 10
years ago column of an ex
change that Henry Ford has is
sued an interview expressing
confidence in the business out
look. It was about then he was
selling a lot of the cars that are
seen around the streets today.
It Happens Here, Too.
(Roseburg Ncws-Sevicw)
"We have a swell group of
Novelties
In the News
(By the Associated Press)
Red Hot Sheepskins
New York More than half of
the graduates of New York's
public schools this month will
receive "ersatz" diplomas.
Fire in a printing plant pre
vented completion of the certi
ficates so temporary substitute
diplomas will be awarded.
Too Busy!
Willimantic, Conn. Staff
Sergeant Fernand LcClaire, re
cuperating from a war wound
in a Temple, Tex., hospital, was
asked about his postwar plans
by his former employer.
The sergeant replied that cur
rently he was seeking assign
ment as an aerial gunner and,
failing that, would work as a
civilian for army ordnance be
cause "in cither case, I'll know
that I'm not letting the boys
down."
Sergeant LcClaire lost a leg
wiping out an enemy pillbox.
White Meat, Please
Tulsa, Okla. Ray Doris, ar
riving home from work, found
a chicken house, with eight
eating size chickens, food and
water, in his back yard. Stump
ed, but hopeful, he called police
to ask what to do about it.
"I know what I'd do about
those chickens." dreamed Police
Sergeant M. M. Lcavell, off the
record.
Insult to Injury
Farmington, Utah The state
highway patrol car was marked
plainly on each side with a big
blue seal showing its identity,
but that didn't stop thieves, Pa
trolman Ted London lamented.
They broke a window of the
parked machine and stole a
shotgun, sohie shotgun shells
and pistol bullets. ,
But Adequate Funds
Two Buttcs, Colo. The bank
of Baca county, says President
N. G. Jones, will close its doors
Saturday. It's the impossibility,
of obtaining experienced help,
says Jones, "and other war con
ditions." Delayed Action
Chicago It was Christmas in
January for Sgt. Frank Roche,
veteran of 50 bombing raids
from North Africa, who arrived
home for the first time since he
entered the army 19 months
ago.
Tho Christmas tree lights
shone through the front win
dows at his home but his
Christmas presents were not
there.
They wrt-o sent to him abroad
last October and haven't caught
up with him yet.
"I
"is for insurance
Also for Important. Your insurance is
important for your protection and for your
peace of mind. Insurance has been our busi
ness for 24 years.
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SEVERIN,
INSURANCE
Supper
Upjohn
girls in the News-Review of
fice. They are hard workers
and exceptionally efficient. In
fact, they know more about
the business than we do, al
though they're smart enough to
keep our ego inflated by ask
ing questions occasionally, just
to make us feel we have some
measure of importance around
the place. They never seem
to run out of good humor, are
always courteous to the cus
tomers, and try hard -to give
every bit of help they can to
those who may need assistance.
They're really tops. But they
will giggle!"
One of the aims of the pres
ent income tax is to take the
profits out of war. Now, if
another law could be passed
to take the other kind of proph
ets out of the war.
Horse Sense at Work.
(Corvallis Gazette-Times)
. The Corvallis Lions club fav
ors an amendment to the city
charter that will require a city
tax levy to provide "recreation"
for the kids. We hope to live
long enough to see some organi
zation advocating some way to
teach kids to work. Kids have
changed a lot if they can't find
ways to play of their own ac
cord. Martha ftaye is reported to
have filed a divorce suit against
her captain which most of us
would consider quite a break
for the captain.
The war bond committee Is
getting lined up in a big way
for the campaign just ahead and
unquestionably will once more
put over its quota. But one
big advantage the committee
has from a selling aspect it
has a very attractive article to
sell.
When the Germans shot Count
Ciano they made a trifling er
ror in detail, they should have
taken his father-in-law instead.
But no doubt they'll get around
to it sooner or later.
Santiam Grangers
Install Officers
Lyons Officers 'of Santiam
Valley grange were installed
at the regular meeting, with
Albert Julian, installing master;
Alta Bodcker, marshal: Bee Hi
att, emblem bearer; Celene Tay
lor, regalia bearer; Anna B. Ju
lian, chaplain; Garnctt Bassett,
musician, and Fern Slctto, solo
ist. OUIcrm Installed w.ra Ed Tftrlqr. ma
trr: John Lambrteht. ovrraetr. Fern
s:mto, Itcttirer; Alt Bod.ker. chaplain:
Elmrr Taylor. asautant ateward: Crime
Taylor, larir asalatant ateward: Laora
Strvfni, Kfcrttary: Anna B. Julian, trea
surer; Carl Rekd, aatekeener: Eltiabeth
Taylor, ceres: May Patton, Pomona:
are Hlalt. Flora; executive committee.
Lloyd Sletlo, Oeortt Berry and Paul
Johnston,
Following the Installation,
Taylor expressed plans for the
coming year. Albert Julian
gave several readings of his own
composition, one being dedicat
ed to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Taylor,
oldest members of Santiam Val
ley grange.
Amity Mr. and Mrs. R. R'.
Masscy spent Sunday near Ball
ston at the home of their son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Masscy.
SENATOR
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rieWar Today
By DeWitt Mackenzie
An interpretative analysis of
war developments by a fam
ous Associated Press war correspondent.
America's air-fleet adminis
tered a major defeat, physical
and moral, to the Hitlerites in
Tuesday's giant battle over
Germany.
We have carried our attack
to the very heart of nazi de
fensive strength a grand ach
ievement. We have done great
damage to three of the chief
aircraft assembly plants of the
hard-pressed Reich, thereby in
flicting a grevious wound on
enemy aircraft production at
the crucial moment of the war
when the nazis are girding them
selves for invasion of western
Europe,
Our airmen shot down some
hundered fighter planes. But
only the Germans' know how
many hundreds of aircraft were
destroyed in the plants at Os
chcrsleben, Halberstadt and
Brunswick. Only the Germans
can say how much their war
plane production has been cut
down by this attack, but it un
doubtedly is large.
A Good Job Done
We did a good job. I hear a
lot of folk trying to estimate
the value of that daring opera
tion by the number of men and
aircraft we lost. Certainly a
loss of 595 men and 64 war
planes, including 59 huge bomb
ers, is a tough blow. But you
can't figure the thing on that
basis.
When our air command con
siders such an attack the car
dinal question to be asked is:
are the objectives worth the
risk, If that can be answered
with a "yes," then the project
is justifiable. It would remain
justifiable even if the attack
failed of its purpose through no
fault of our forces.
Saving Many Lives
What, say you, would it cost
in lives, time and money to
battle our way across western
Europe with a land army to
those three German cities and
destroy the aircraft plants? The
answer is that every time we
carry out a successful air as
sault we are doing the work of
a great ground force.
We shall have a chance to
check on that before long, when
we put our army of invasion
ashore in western Europe. And
it's well for us to get our minds
adjusted to the idea that we are
going to, see some very heavy
allied losses. Tuesday's unpre
cedented air battle was a mild
previow of what we must ex
pect at the time of invasion, and
our casualties in landing troops
will be hard to bear.
Canby Telephone
Rates Increased
Because of wage increases it
has granted to its employes, the
Canby Telephone association to
day received the permission of
Public Utilities Commissioner
George H. Flagg to up its rates
25 cents a month on service to
individual lines, two party lines
and on multi party lines. The
action had the approval of ad
ministrators of the office of
price administration.
The Canby association was
found to be required to main
tain a 24-hour service due to ex
tensive logging operations in
the nearby region, and skilled
operators also are hard to find
as the war goes on.
The new rates affect 650 sub
scribers to the. Canby system,
and will allow , operations to
continue without financial loss.
The public utilities commis
sioner found that the new
schedule at Canby will also put
that company in line with
charges made by companies
serving other communities of a
co'-narable size.
The rates go into effect as of.
January 1 at Canby.
Dinner for Church
Amity The young people of
the Amity Baptist church will
have charge of the morning serv
ice Saturday. The men of the
church will meet for a confer
ence on "Evangelistic Opportu
nities" at 2 o'clock. A no-host
dinner will be served at noon
in the church basement.
Diamond
Preferred
Guarantee
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Wac Driver and Mechanic PFC Grace K. Rhoadcs, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry O. Rhoades, of 841 N. Cottage street, Salem,
Ore., is a driver and mechanic in the motor pool of the Women's
Army Corps at first Wac training center. Fort Des Moines, la.
A former school teacher at Riverside school in Klamath Falls,
Ore., Pvt. Rhoadcs came to Fort' Des Moines in October, 1942,
and was assigned to the motor pool at the completion of basic
training and motor transport school. She received her B.S. degree
from the University of Oregon in Eugene, Ore.
Serving
A letter from Sgt. Amos Min
neman, formerly in the stereo
typing department of the Capi
tal Journal, reports he has ar
rived "Somewhere in England,"
that he is feeling fine, had a
good trip over and that his first
mail has just caught up with
him. He says the climate there
reminds him very much of that
around Salem, that the food is
good and plenty of it and that
where he lives there is a bath
tub and a ffteplace. "So far I
like it swell over here," he
writes.
Aviation Cadet Lee Cameron
McDonald, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lyman McDonald, has been
transferred from Kansas State
college, Manhattan, Kan., to
Santa Ana, Calif., where he will
take army pilot training. He
had spent five months at Kansas
State.
L. J. Fitzgerald, ship's coolt
1c, is at his home on a 14-day
furlough at 2067 Hazel avenue
and is happy to say he helped
give the Japs some thing to
think about at Marcus, Wake,
Bouganville, Rabaul and Tiara
wa. 1
Ensign J. P. Sorensen, who
has been in the South Pacific
fleet for four years, and now
on his way to Seattle to take a
new assignment, stopped in Sa
lem a few days to visit his wife's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Straub of 443 North Front
street. Mrs. Sorensen is still
in Honolulu.
Lebanon Naval Cadet Wal
ter Freeman Postle, who com
pleted his preliminary naval
flight training at Livcrmore,
Calif., late in December, was
home on a brief furlough, com
ing last Friday and leaving
Tuesday of this week. He ex
pected to be transferred to a
new riaval flight base for ad
vanced training.
PFC Richard T. Owen, with
a medical deta'chment at Camp
McCain, Miss., is home on fur
lough this week, visiting his
wife, and his parents, Mr. and
Mrs, T. A. Owen.
Firview Walter Shaw, war
rant officer with a squadron of
planes, is stationed at Brazil,
South America, and his wife and
daughter, Shirley, of Norfolk,
Va., will arrive here about Jan
uary 25 to be guests of relatives
for the duration. She is coming
by automobile with friends to
Los Angeles, Calif., and will
visit there for a time before com
ing here. Mrs. Shaw was Miss
Bessie Campbell and her home
was here before her marriage.
Aurora Miss Betty Jane
Macs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd E. Maes, Canby, is await
ing her orders for transfer to
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Camp Lejeune, N. C, as a pri
vate in the marine corps wo
men's reserve. She was recently
enlisted at Portland. Miss Maes
was graduated from Canby un
ion high school in 1941. She is
a member of the American Le
gion auxiliary. -
. Mt. Angel Private Donald
A. Butsch, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. J. Butsch, was assigned to
the sixth regiment ASTP, Basic
Training Center, Fort Benning,
Georgia, for specialized army
training.
Mill City PFC Eddie Mora
vec and Mrs. Moravec have
spent the past xweek with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Antone
Moravec. He is stationed near
Seattle, Wash.
S2c Lewis Robert Kelle, of
the navy, is spending a 15-day
leave with his wife. He has
been in the service eight weeks,
being stationed at Farragut, Ida.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
L. W. Kelle of Gates.
Mrs. Frances Barney is ex
pecting her son, Y2c Clyde Bar
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ney, of tha marine I, who Is sta
tioned at Port Blakeley, in SeaU
tie, Wash., to be home on leav
within the next few days. Hfe
has been In the service two
years.
Word was received here this
week that TSgt. Donald L.
Marks is a prisoner of war in
Germany. On November 29 he
was reported missing in action.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Marks of Centralia, Wash.,
and a grandson of C. A. Howe
of Mill City.
Lyons Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Bassett have received word
from their son, Pvt. Dale Bas
sett, that he is located some
where in New Guinea. He has
been in Australia for some time.
Bob Brassficld, seaman first
class, spent the week-end at the
home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Merrill Brassfield. He is
stationed at Seattle,
Leland Leroy Manning, sea
man second class, son of Mrk,
Clyde Bressler of Lyons, gf-Ari
duated from gunner's mate
school at Great Lakes, 111., De
cember 13, going to Shoemaker,
Calif., where he has been as-v
signed to the U.S.S. Intrepid.
East Salem There will soon
be three more service stars on
the honor roll and flag of Sweg
le. On Monday Donald Norton,
son of Mr. Charles Norton, re
ported in Portland for his in
duction in to the service. Thurs
day morning Marion West re
ported in Portland for his sec
ond physical examination. He
was called by the Stayton board.
Lester P u r c e 1 1, son of Mrs.
Charles Norton, who is a senior
in Salem has signed as a cadet
in the army air corp reserve. He
will be called as soon as he
reaches his 18th birthday. A
guest at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Brandt was the broth
er of Mrs. Brandt, seaman first
class, William Grevson who Tak
been at the naval hospital ifi
Seattle for several weeks.
Grand Island Elvin Asher in
infantry training at Fort Knox,
Ky., has recently been trans
ferred to air corps and in train
ing at Godman Field, Ky., ac
cording to word received by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
Asher. recently.
(Additional sojdlei i.ews pace 15)
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3 pair SI "00