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4 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Monday, Feb. 21, 1944 Capital Journal SALEM, OREGON ESTABLISHED HABCB L 11U Ad Independent Newipaper Published Every Afternoon Except Sundiy at C&eaekeU ftt. Phone Buiiaeu OfflM 157 It News Room 1572: Society Editor J57I OEOBGE PUTNAM. , SUBSCRIPTION RATES t BY CARRIERi Weekly. I. lit Monthly. I.7S; One Year. 11.00. MAIL IN OREQONt Monthly. I SO: Six ifonths, 13 00: One Tear. 19.00. JJNITED STATES OUTSIDE OREGON) Monthly. I 0l 81 Month. IS CO; Yr, 17.30. I The Associated Preii u excluilvety entitled to the iu for publlettlon of ttl new I dlspetchti credited to tt or otherwise credited In tnl paper, and alio local new f'Jobs For All" A Mistake Participating in the recent panel discussion of the Second (War Congress of American Industry, Paul G. Hoffman, presi dent of the Studebaker corporation, challenged the promises jof "full employment" and "jobs for all" being made by post war planners as being too extravagant and socially and eco nomically undesirable. "I think it is terribly important," he said, "that we have abundant employment through a high Jevel of productivity." But he expressed an uncertainty labout what people mean when they talk about employment ;for everyone, continuing: J "If the definition is what I have ifoHfevery man and woman able job," I do not think that is a realistic objective. I think we can ihave abundant employment in Jlevel of employment that would 'that would insure more for more people than at any time in the ihistory of this country; and yet not have full employment at the Jlevel indicated by that definition." In building up such an anticipation in the public mind we are treading upon dangerous ground, Hoffman believes, Ifor it is apt to result in widespread disappointment. There 'are certain classes of people ibusiness because of the stress of war emergency whose con tinued employment in peacetime would be neither practicable ;nor desirable from an economic and social standpoint. There are thousands of elderly persons, both grandfathers and grandmothers economically independent by reason of sav ings or pensions, who may wish to continue at their lathes, benches or other jobs, who do not logically fit into any scientific scheme for the permanent distribution of jobs. Then too there are the boys whose education has been Interrupted by service in the if work is plentiful, will be schooling. While able and willing to work, many of them will be contributing more to the their studies. Most alarming, in Hoffman's that a large percentage of married women who under the pressure of war have entered factories, offices and stores plan to remain there. Business and industry, no matter how great and successful the effort to expand production, will be' hard-pressed to absorb the surplus of labor thus created. Even by increasing American productivity by as much as one-third, he said, there will still remain two or three million unemployed people and that is as close to "full employment" as we can reasonably expect to get. These two or three million might prove to be a dangerous and disturb ing element, if they are led to expect too much by over-enthusiastic propagandists. As Hoffman commented, "We can set goals, but the goals must be realistic." Out of Luck It is a traditional adage, emphasizing the land of demo cratic opportunity, that every American boy, particularly if born in a log cabin, has a chance to be president that is he had in the horse and buggy days before the presidency became perpetual and congress had something besides nui sance value. Even these limitations do not seem to check the flow of unknown aspirants for the presidency, who blithly ignore party and politics and announce their can didacies to an expectant world, sometimes by postal card, sometimes by circular and sometimes by personal letter to the newspapers. All these candidates seem to think essential is let the Eublic know, their hats are in the ring and the election will e unanimous, even if their names arc not even on the ballot. At least a dozen such announcements have been received since 1944 made its bow to the expected before the ides of November. ; The latest announcement conies in a circular letter with a cut of the candidate from Richard G. Harris, RFD 7, Knox- ville, Icnn., addressed Personal, to the Editor of Dear Editor": "I beg to inform you that I, Tennessee, RFD No. 7, do hereby firmly declare myself to be an Independent, Progressive, Republican Candidate for the Presi dency of the United States of America. "I am subject to the General Election to be held November 7th, 1944, and if elected. I will return all of our soldiers, marines and sailors and all of our belongings back to America and fortify our Nation against all foreign invaders, and put the manufactur ing and agricultural industries in progressive conditions. I will eliminate all taxations throughout the United States at least sixty percent. "Notice. In event you do not want to publish this Declaration Free, please notify me before you publish it." Mr. Harris has a platform, many of his rivals do not state any, confident in the assurance that their names are platform enough. But platforms that draw votes like mollasses draw flies are hard to find Roosevelt has preempted them all from soak the rich and share the wealth to a job at high wages and short hours for everyone, a quart of milk for every human being and mass production of prosperity for all hu manity. Mr. Harris and his fellow candidates are out of luck they don't even put on a good crooning and swooning show. It Took A War to Prove It For fifteen years or more chambers of commerce, high way associations and other civic organizations as well as the affected county courts have been clamoring for and pleading with the state highway commission to secure im provement of the Pacific highway between Salem and Albany, the curves, grades and narrow pavement of which constituted one of the worst bottlenecks along this heavily traveled in terstate motor route. Despite the fact that this piece of road is one of the most congested in the state and considering the large percentage of heavy trucks passing over it both night and day, making it extremely hazardous, little prog ress had been fnade toward securing the needed moderniza tion up until last week. Proponents of the improvement argued in vain about the imxrtance of the road as a military highway in time of war. The highway commission was adamant in its policy of mak ing small periodic appropriations for the job, insisting that finances would only allow the project to be undertaken a few miles at a time. But now the federal public roads ad ministration, acting upon the recommendation of the army, has decreed that the bottleneck must go. Out of $1,500,000 of federal funds and another million dollars of state money the PRA has directed that $1,300,000 be spent immediately in replacing the fourteen miles of obsolete roadway between the two points as a matter of military expediency. Further demonstrating the military value of the road Is the fact that the funds for its construction are to be taken from a congressional appropriation of $25 million for roads of strategic importance wherever the army might deem them necessary anywhere in the country. Editor and Publlihlf sometimes heard, namely 'a job and willing to work who wants a the united stales; we can nave a insure a higher standard of living, now employed in industry and armed forces whose inclination, to take jobs and neglect their general welfare by pursuing estimation, is the evidence world and many more can be Richard G. Harris, of Knoxville, i A Dog's Life ! ! By Beck !l V Vs.CX. C---W I" 1 poT StAME ME. 15 NmK , . sWV 17 POOCH SINCE Del "ib - iiT'i.v; I JgA FOUS STARTED EATM R VITAMIN PILL5 AND A I tSTJCAV DEM ABC TABLETS. V rrr 11 W Bofc t)EY DON'T BUY 'NurF J -' rrr v-.- awr.) vittuj to has , Si j tor By Don Tomorrow being Washing ton's birthday we gotta good no tion to go down to the Willam ette river and see if we can throw a dollar across same. This will be dependent on whether we're able to get hold of a dol lar between now and then. We had thought some of getting a hatchet to chop a cherry tree down with instead but found out hatchets take a priority per mit from the OPA and that is out. But it all just shows to what steps one has to go in these days to properly observe the an- Naval Rank To Dr. Miller . Dr. H. G; Miller, superintend ent of the Oregon Fairview home, state institution for feeble minded, has been commissioned a lieutenant commander in the U. S. navy and ordered to re port for duty at Washington, D. C, March 13. In addition to his duties as head of Fairview home Dr. Miller has also served as physician for Hillcrest Home for girls. Lt. Commdr. Miller will be assigned to the psychia thy section of the navy medical corps. Novelties In the News Insult to Injury New York Thieves stole a car owned by James A. Watson, of nearby Yonkers, N. Y., while he was visiting here. After reporting the loss to police, Watson started hitch hiking home. The first car to come his way and pass him was his own. More War Horses Kent, Conn. Horse trading booms in wartime, re ports Stephen Chase, veteran stock dealer who set a record for his career by selling 30 horses in one day last week. His previous record 26 in one day was set during World War I. Should Be Westport, Pa. Willinmsport, Pa. East is east while west is confusing at the Sylvania Electric Products plant here Mrs. Margaret West is married to employe Lloyd E. West and is secretary to Engi neer Lloyd E. West who is mar ried to Mrs. Margaret West no relation to the first Mrs. West. Snack Thieves Richmond, Ind. Richmond police are looking for thieves who mixed pleasure with their work. The thieves tripped into a tavern, ate a snack, tippled at the bar, took $20, trundled off six cases of whiskey and disap peared in the dark. Wet Storage Cherokee, la. Parker Ruth erford ordered 200 gallons of fuel oil for his new home. When it was delivered he found a manhole and told the driver to put the fuel in there. Rutherford now has 200 gal lons of oil in his cistern. Volunteer j Molinc, 111. Dr. William R. ! Hodgson volunteered to fill in i a role in the high school produc tion of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" when the original player became sick. The part was that of Sir Toby Belch, a drunkard. Dr. Hodgson is a minister. MEDICATED J,rh 0'tl,lmp, POWDER FOR Mpiin.tlinflthiii. rami w itpp mpdiratM powder. H rAMILl USt hovel dUpar ih.j Supper Upjohn niversary of the birth of the father of his country. We imagine the missus would ap preciate it more if we'd start out the year tomorrow by not telling a lie but there are some tricks no oid dog can learn. Letter comes from Chet Mof fitt, Railway Express agent up at Tillamook, formerly for many years in the express office here, in which he reveals a startling discovery in geography. He first asks how things are in Sa lem and then confides, "I just stumbled onto something that might be of value to our army strategists. I would like to have you check on a Northern Pacific time table, turn to page 36, table 5, and there is Tokio just 89 miles from Pasco, Wash. Enough said, they should be able to blot it out in short order and bring the boys home. If I am correct you may have credit for this dis covery." So, Chet is trying to shove this discovery off on us, but we bet if the old national guard company was still around here they could capture -said place with unloaded guns. In cidentally Chet adds, "all fool ing aside I miss my old home town and your column, Salem will always be home." We hope Chet keeps us advised as to when he's ready to get into the FT & BA and we'll put on a special night for the discoverer of Tokio. Incidentally, Ole Satern, hop man over at Silverton, is the latest venturer there into the realm of the FT t BA. He's also an old time salmon fish erman and can even remember when a guy could hop into his car early In the morning, run over to the coast, and fetch home a car full of salmon right fresh from the briny. Gosh, he'd sure like a little of that easy dug into meat right now. Self Explanatory (Excerpt from Letter from Soldier in South Pacific) No, I'm not patriotic. I just want to do my part as any self respecting citizen of our country should. I feel rather sorry for those who choose to stay at home and let others bear their share of this trouble. What bothers me during these times is the way some people choose to strike for higher wages when we're fighting for our future. J don't think they give a dam about the boys who, at this mo ment, are taking a chance on their life that the strikers might live in a free country. It hurts down deep when I read of those suckers striking. I wish I could exchange places for one week with one of those fellows and I'll bet he would yell bloody murder before the week is up. We can't strike nor would we if we had the chance we aren't damn foolsl During the last war the then vice president,' Tom Marshall, made a remark that became famous to the effect that "what this country needs is a good 5-cent cigar." From remarks we hear by cigar smokers dur ing the instant war what this country needs now is just a cigar. Special Price On FIRTEX INSULATION Random length and widths of this nationally known insulation. We have a considerable amount. Plywood Design Co. 300 Walk Rd. Ph. 4613 rieWar Today By DeWitt Mackenzie An interpretative analysis of war developments by a fam ous Associated Press war correspondent. Uncle Sam's victory at Truk is a dream come true, for we have administered a defeat which has so rocked the Mika do's capital that the Japs are making no effort to conceal the devastating effects, both moral and material. Not only has the Tokyo gov ernment acknowledged sweep ing destruction but it tacitly has admitted the gravity of the sit uation by firing the chiefs of staff for both the navy and the army. None less than the great General Hideki Tojo, Japan's miltaristic premier and master gangster, has taken over the po sition of chief of general staff of the army in addition to his other duties. During the two days on which we blasted at Truk we sank at least 19 ships, including several war vessels, destroyed 201 war planes and damaged more than 50 others, and probably sank seven other ships. Our bombs also created havoc among the enemy installations in this great base. As against this big killing we lost only 17 planes and suf fered moderate damage to one ship. Southern Advance Continued Meantime, our marine and ar my force has continued to con solidate its position on the im portant Jap base of Eniwetok. And to the south, American de stroyers have blasted the Rabaul and Kavieng bases. Tokyo certainly has the right angle in saying that the decisive battle of the Pacific has begun. The enemy also is both correct and frank in asserting that the raid on Truk is America's chal lenge, for there is far more sig nificance in this sensational op eration than appears in the ma terial damage wrought, though that in itself is a heavy blow to Japan. The big point, of course, Is that our fighting forces have de monstrated their ability to pene trate Japan's most powerful na val base by air, from aircraft carriers convoyed by a large fleet of warships. In doing this we invited the Japanese navy to come and get us. Now this momentous develop ment was no flash in the pan. We were able to carry out such a highly dangerous operation be cause we are stronger than the enemy. Our superiority is due to two causes: we have been con stantly amassing power as the result of our strength. Haven't Got the Ships "But," someone protests, "how can that be when the Jap anese have in their possession all the vast wealth of China and Idonesia?" Well, it's true that the Nip ponese have seized enough re sources to enable them to wage world war indefinitely if they were able to utilize those re sources. In order to do that, however, the raw materials must be transported over thousands of miles of water to the mother country to be fabricated. Water transport means ships and the Japs just haven't got the ships and they can't build them in sufficient numbers to meet their needs. The Nippon ese never have had enough car go vesesls, and they have been losing shipping steadily because the allies have been sinking more than Japan could produce. Thus the Japs are like Midas. For a long time everything they touched turned to gold, but they finally discovered that it wasn't doing 'em much good, because they couldn't eat it or beat it into weapons. Halsey Lieutenant Wears Silver Star Portland, Feb. 21 (IP) Lt. Sydney James Smith, Jr., Hal sey, wore the silver star today. Capt. L. D. Whitgrpve, super visor of shipbuilding for the navy, awarded the medal to him Saturday for "conspicuous gal lantry and inrepedity in action against the enemy." Smith was credited with leading landing crews ashore at Guadalcanal and other islands without losing a man or boat. He is an Ore gon State college graduate. Beautifully Cut Diamonds Proportioned and polished. The per fect engagement ring. All the fire and brilliance that mean quality to the expert. Mountings are the finest made. CONVENIENT TERMS Serving Marine Pvt. Elton R. Brown Marine Pvt. Elton R. Brown, 25, son of William E. Brown, 1260 Church street, is nearing completion of basic training at the San Diego marine corps base. He is shown here prac ticing the prone position at the Camp Matthews rifle range, near San Diego. Pvt. Brown's wife, Maxine, lives in Gates. Home on furlough is PFC James Leonard Noyes, U. S. marine corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Noyes, 1070 Broadway, Salem. James en listed in the marines November 29, 1943, through the Salem recruiting office, and was as signed to active duty in Decem ber. He received his "boot camp" training at the marine corps base in San Diego. Recent graduate of the King man army air field flexible gunnery school, situated a few miles outside of Kingman, Ariz., was 25-year-old Melvin J. Pillette, son of Mrs. W. B. Pil lette of 2575 Brooks avenue, Salem. PFC Pillette entered the army at Portland, August 11, 1943. He attended Salem high school. Lt. Joseph Ernest Nohlgren, of Salem, has been appointed resident physician at the Anck er hospital, St. Paul, Minn., and to accept the position has been deferred from active ser vice until next fall. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Nohl gren, 1530 State street. Ensign Kenneth Strawn, U.S. navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Strawn, has been spending a two weeks' leave with his par ents and other relatives. He left Saturday for Camp Peary, Va. His brother, Jesse E. Strawn, who reported to Port land Saturday for army duty, accompanied him as far as Portland. Mrs. Jesse Strawn and their three children will remain at their home near Sa lem. Army Flight Officer E. E. Obert, 19, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Obert, Route 7, who received his wings at Stockton field, has been visit ing his parents and has left to report for duty at Sacra mento. He received his train ing with a bomber crew. PIMPLES Try Prtsaft ftritf TMt Easy Wayl For unsightly. externslly csused Blemishes. Cutlcura contains tetted medical ingredient. Soothes, helps relieve promptly. Promote! natural :in tmootnneaa. enT in mi sa nam BTttlul.Buytoaayi Aiiarugsi tul. Buy today! All drugsiat. UTICURA OINTMENT y CUTICURA AT NO EXTRA CHARGE We will replace any STEVENS diamond lost from Its setting without charge. SEE OUR GUARANTEE 1 r , , r , Uncle Sam Dallas Lt. Richard Riggs of the army air corps left Dallas Friday to report for duty at Sa linas, Calif., after a week's visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Riggs. Lt. Riggs is a P-38 pilot. He received his com mission last week at the ad vanced flying schoof at Wil liams field, Chandler, Ariz. He was a Dallas high school gra duate and had attended Oregon State college a year before en listing in the air corps about a year ago. Joe Card has received a pro motion from ensign to lieuten ant (j.g.) at the Norman, Okla., naval air station, where he is an instructor, according to word received here. Pvt. Kendall Helgerson, who has been on military police duty at a Jap relocation center at Delta, Utah, arrived in Dal las Friday to spend a 15-day furlough at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Hel gerson. Pvt. Helgerson enter ed the service last year and received his first training at the Boise 'barracks, Boise, Ida. Mill City Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Shepherd honored Sgt. Kenneth McDonald with a din ner party. Sgt. McDonald's home is in Longview, Wash. He is a former Mill City high school student. Covers were placed for Mrs. Nellie Charpil loz, Mrs. Florence Roten of Stayton, Sgt. McDonald and Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd. VA t4 lvt. W. Frank Lukins, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Lukins, who is in the army specialist train ing unit, completing a course in engineering at the Los Angeles City college, recently spent a seven-day furlough with his par ents. Prior to his being select ed for advanced training, he was with the anti-aircraft division at Camp Haan, Calif. . Mill City Mr. and Mrs. Cur tis Cline received a telephone call this week from their son, Seaman First Class Charles Cline, USNTS, that he com pleted his aviation storekeep er's course in San Diego on February 15, and will enter the storekeeper's school in Alame da, Calif., for six weeks of fur ther training. Seaman Cline will have a six-day leave be fore entering his next training, and planned to stay in Califor nia, due to such a short leave. Mr. and Mrs. Chet Baker are leaving tonight for Santa Bar bara, Calif., to see their son, Major Dick Baker, who was re cently awarded a distinguished flying cross for action in the South Pacific. Major Baker, who has been on the mainland about two months, got two of his Japanese Zeros on his birthday. Second Lt. Harold V. McAbee 22, of 999 Locust street, Salem, has completed advanced officer training at the Quantico, Va. marine base, and is now ready for assignment to a combat unit Come and Have Your Hearing Tested Free February 23 and 24 MR. E. C. WRIGHT Certified Sonotone Consultant MARION HOTEL Salem, Oregon . In his regular Sonotone Hearing Center No charge or obligation for consultation or test SONOTONE 821 Failing Portland, I fez. . Major H. B. Glaisyer, Jr. Promotion from captain to major in the United States army air corps has been accorded Herbert B. Glaisyer, Jr., of Sa lem, says official announcement by the war department. He it a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Tfl Glaisyer, 773 Stewart street. Major Glaisyer is director of In strument flying at Williams field, Ariz. He received his first commission in 1941 at Stockton, Calif. or specialists school. He Is '43 graduate of Willamette uni-' versity and has been in training since last July. Bob Quamme, who was wounded in the South Pacific area and spent some time In hospitals in Australia, tele phoned his mother from San Francisco over the week-end and said he expected toe home in about ten days. He Is in a hospital at San Francisco. Lyons Mrs. Merle Brasfield went to Seattle Wednesday to visit with her son, S2 Bob Brasfield, and other friends. Silverton Yeoman 2c Miui. vin Senter is visiting his granm father and aunt, C. J. Roshefm and Miss Sophia Rosheim at their East Hill home. Yeoman Senter has been with his moth er and other relatives In San Francisco, and with an aunt in Roseburg for several days. He is listed for officer training school. To be with their brothers, Lt. LeRoy Rue of the engineers transport division located at New Orleans, and air cadet, Waldo Rue of Denver, Mrs. William C. Boesel (Ruth Rue) of Gresham, and Mrs. Claude Millage (Esther Rue) wife of Rev. Millage of Portland, spent Sunday at the Waldo Hills home of their parents, the K. O. Rues. Citation for bravery and mer itorious work while engaged in five bomber combat mission over occupied Europe has been received by Staff Sgt. Wilbur Goodall, son of the William Goodalls of Mill street, Silver ton. Pvt. Alvin Lund, son of Mrs. Anna Lund of Brush Creek, has been transferred from Camp Greely, Kodiak Is- (Concluded on page 11) HOW QUINTUPLETS ralltv coughing f CHEST COLDS Whenever the Quintuplets catch cold their chests, throats and backs are rubbed with Musterole. So Musterole must bal just about the best cold-relief you can buyF Musterole helps break up local con gestion in upper bronchial tract makes breathing easier, promptly relieves cough ing and tight, sore, aching- chest muscles due to colds. In 8 Strengths: Children' Mild, Regular, and Extra Strong. of Portland 1 Building Oregon
