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'4 CapHal Journal, Salfm. Oregon, Friday, April 21, 1944 Capital jk Journal 'l. SALEM, OREGON ESTABLISHED HABCB 1, IM1 An Tndpeti)1ent Newspaper Published ETerj Afternoon Except flttndi? t 4 " ChemekeU St. Phonei Builnrn Offic ISU: Hfwi Room JS73; R.vtfty Editor 3573 GEORGE PUTNAM. SI'BCTKIFT10N KATE Si T CARRIER) Wp1ciy. t IB: Uontrnt ITS: One Tr. 100 -BT MAIL IN OREGON: Monthl I M: 8ti Month. 11 0, Ont Tr. -Still Unexplained Secretary of War Stimson's 'incident over Catania, Sicily, last July in which 10 American planes and their -M occupants were shot down by "friendly" fire still leaves much to be explained to the satisfaction of the home folks. For the most part the people are willing to accept the word of Stimson or any other qualified authority that the incident was unavoidable, one of the unpredictable hazards m the nijfhly complicated tactics ot combined operations in modern warfare. But many of them are not satisfied with the reasons given by the secretary for keeping news of the Joss secret tor nine months and then admitting it only after a ashington newspaper columnist had dug up the facts from unofficial sources and exposed them. Nor does the fact that a similar incident over Gela, Sicily. Jivo days earlier, in which 23 American transports and 4 111 men were shot down, was only recently brought to light in jthe same unofficial manner add anything to the wavering confidence of the public in the accuracy and frankness of tthe official war information being given out. i There is a growing feeling that the whole story is not being Jlold; that more than is justified by reasons of military se curity is being held back. Stimson's statement that "all operations in the vicinity of Catania were under British command and it is not our cus tom to report their operations any more than it would be for them to report ours" may suffice as an explanation for not revealing the details of the action in which the planes were shot down. But it does not answer the question as to why not even the bare fact of the loss of 33 planes carrying 4.'1 American fighting men was ever officially reported. The secretary attempts to dodge a direct reply to that query in these words: I "... A dozen different reasons contributed to the losses, rang ing all the way from unexpected enemy action during the hazards bf the complicated air, sea and ground operation at night, to the ienseness of thousands of men under enemy fire for the first lime. Jt is impossible to give a complete explanation of all of these contributing factors without, as I have said, giving the enemy a bjueprint of our methods of conducting such an offensive.'' That still does not enlighten us as to why the losses were vint reported for nine months, and leads us to suspect that other disagreeable news concerning American troops per haps is being suppressed out of consideration for the British or for other reasons. Revolf Against Our School System ' In nn address on the 76th anniversary of the University; Of California, its president, Dr. Robert G. Sproule, called for a post-war end of "so-called progressive education," whose i ('helpless victims," the students, were described as sufferers from "all manner of educational dyspepsia and malnutrition." He declared the movement has "run its course" and after the war, it appeared certain that "the long-time interests of the race" would receive some protection against "the devasta tion of rampant adolescents and sub-adolescents." He warned that "catastrophe" lies ahead unless American education returns to "fundamentals" in "the disciplined education of our students." Dr. Sproule (raced the change of the educational system to the leadership of President Eliot of Harvard university. About 50 years ago. he stated, higher education swung over almost completely to the free election system, and primary and secondary education transferred control of the schools in large part from the teachers to the pupils. He continued: "Students of all ages were encouraged to follow their highly efficient noses into snap courses and vocational courses, into courses that came in the afternoon and thus permitted long morning naps, or into courses that came in the morning and left the afternoon free for play. Faculties, and particularly depart ments, without any control by competent educational dietitians, were encouraged to multiply the fishes on the steam table of the educationnl cafeteria. No wonder the helpless victims suffered all manner of educational dyspepsia and malnutrition." Dr. Eliot may have started the craze but it has been in . dustriously extended and enlarged by the Teachers College ot Columbia university which teacher machine to promote parent in the insulficient grounding in essentials ol ourlzerasa present, graduates. The disciplined mind, related 4o a purpose, major D.i:rBm,ni Proforrerl objective of education, has been lost sight of in the iiiiilis-j1' y1 , 11 , . .. i-i l.os Angeles The cavalrv. C.plllied curriculum. ! David Bimpkins believes, trains Dr. Sproule stales that the I niversity of ( alilornia bas,js ,orsos well already abandoned the free election system in principle j ' Hp bought one of the army's and it is to be hoped higher educational institutions generally , ,Vired. but not loo decrepit, follow the lead and return to sanity. I mounts at an auction and de- leided to ride it home. Unity of War Command IJZZ! There is considerable demand in congress and elsewhere 'that its retirement was about to for reorganization of all armed services to attain complete unity of command, instead of improvising after the war materializes, as is beinir forced now. It would eliniinnle friction between the branches and make for efficiency and, Wimim- Anrl it would he e.islei- In nceiiiiuilwh in unHimnl than in peace time. This nrnhlem nl' unite nf late General Ciulio Do.ihet of Italy, who has been called the Same Rules Both Sides "Malum of air power" in his prophetic book "The Command I Klko. Nov. No longer is the of the Air," written in 1!2K. He ranks along with the lale ! Idaho-Nevada stale line a bar "Billy" Mitchell in foreseeing the upheaval in military or-j '''''' between catile rustlers and ganizatiou brought about bv the advent of air power.' He : "'nw outlaws. In a conference f(.(j((, ilwre. border officers of the two "The army slmlrnl will deal 7 7 . ; . . V each emphasizes the part which rn..n ,..i,;k i,.. .... 'im... ,.,t ,,,,, , K .,.,. .r Him, is, ,.,uy l'Mm ,,,, ,,. , by al0- and aerial experts; nut Ihere are no war experts. And war is! mobile indivisible, and so is its purpose. . . . The new war doctrine should I , of course he based on the combined employment of the armed CQUSe TOT Alarm forces. In wartime the man who directs this combined employ ment shall consider all the armed forces as parts of a single whole directed toward a single aim." loiil)ct (180!l-l!i:i0) whs trealed in Italy much as Mitt-holl was in America by the army and naval brass hats. Hr was committed to prison by a military tribunal in liMti for criti cal analysis of operations of war, which wore justified bv tiic m-.iwr .it v-m.un-iu., in- inmiru m uu- jirmj in through an unwatched door. fll8 to head the central direction of aviation and in ln!M called police. The weapon was promoted to j'heral. He advocated the establishment of an snaked, a detective pulled out independent air unit having autonomy equal to that of army the pin, the crowd drew back and navy and is credited with the first expounding of the'"d waited. There was no ex Britzkrictr, later utilized by Germany. 'plosion. The grenade was of the Stoll Says Oregon Can't Spare Men Portland, April 21 T' L. C. Stoll, stale manpower director, said today that Oregon cannot tpare men for outside project? Editor tnd Publliher elaborate explanation of the has created a nation-wule the cause and the result is ap- I'ltiotiiuiul umic mil li mwl li- llm essentially with (he army; the , V , ',, ,;,,",inii;u M uu" 1 is of more interest to the armed . ... mnuiiHin u vuai pro-, K,i!lt.h inviu,H evPrvbodv to duct.or. schedules. ,his npar(mpnt for coffrCt His statement came in re- ' sponse to queries regarding the! ffim 2 dropi In Mrh noitri! opfn Pmclurlion board", mil for. R&D Sjutet workrr at a l'nsco, Wash., wan project. I The for i or By Don Note that drunken driving charges continue to pop up oc casionally in the courts. This is a combination which must make a heavy drain on a couple of ration cards. Well, boys and girls, reports are that the spinach crop around here will be a good one this year if it can catch up with Novelties In the News (By Hip Associated. Pre) Man of the Hour New York Brooklyn school children now chant a new r h y me as t h ey skip rope. It goes: "Major Bong is a very fine man. he shoots down all the Japs he can. "How many Zeros will he Ret today? Let's count them up, what do you say? One-two-thre-four etc." Good Sport Drs Moines A 17-year-old boy gave a new twist to the ap ple for the teacher stunt when Police Inspector Floyd HarUer assessed him a $1 fine for over time parking. After paying the fine, the boy inserted two nickles in a nearby apple vending machine and took a couple of red apples to Hart end started walking away. Simpkins walked after it. Then the horse ran. So did Simpkins 11 lm'K- '"""tsorc Simpkins walked home and reported his loss to police by telephone. stales were vested with mter ; stale riepulyships with a view to breaking up bands of rustlers I who have been slaughtering cat- iie in one slate and hauling car- Chicago Excited tenants milled outdoors waiting for an j explosion while Theodore Reisch . sU,od in ,thp n;1"10111 hc' ment with a hand grenade he had discovered thre. They wouldn't let him come out. Finally, Reisch escaped l!MH variety. only m dirsrlrd. Lmncl PENETRO NOSE DROPS Secret Weapon Our Enemy 3i junncr Upjohn the weeds. So you won't have to go without your favorite dish. Hunt Clark, circulation man for our contemporary, has shed luster on newspaperdom in gen eral by becoming the daddy of twin girls today, the little ladies weighing 5 lbs. and 15 oz., and 6 lbs., respectively. But here is the payoff. Last night Hunt called up his friend Don I Hendrie and advised him thai he. Hunt, expected to be the father of another boy by morn- , ing. "O yea," jeered Don, 'I bet it will be twin girls." And Don was doing as much strut ting today about his prophecy as Hunt was for the girls if possible. But Hunt, while you are re joicing in this achievement, let us reprint the following little item from the Independence En terprise and maybe it will give you another glimpse into your future: "C. F. Hotchkiss was able to be about again this week after recovering from the flu. He tells us that on May 29 he will have reached the age of 88 years. Hotchkiss boasts of hav ing 25 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren and pros pects for more." Visitor at the sanctum this a.m. was Ralph Seastone who is on furlough, guests. of his par ents. Ralph is a ship's cook in the navy. We didn't venture to ask his weight but he's a living indication that a ship's cook has ample opportunity to get at the grub. At any rate, we're glad he didn't try to sit on our desk. Boys, join the navy and the world can see you. Three candidates have brav ed the elements and d ro pped into Gervais the past week to get acquainted. It will do them no harm for having done so whether they called at the Star or not," says the Gervais Star. Yes, may we remark, they all had ads in this week's issue of the Star. However, complaints are com ing in from all over the county that the candidates are very sparse this year and cigars are lacking. It's tough enough now for a candidate to find a cigar to smoke for himself, let alone passing 'cm around. Wholesale Phoenix City. Ala. Using a stick with chewing gum, hook, or other device, someone reach ed in and pulled through the ; bars of the courthouse vault here ration coupons worth 40,-! 000 pounds of sugar and 30.000 1 gallons of gasoline. ' WrMCIMI(t C3M1lTIIIITICinMII1M1llt3IMH Ill Ul II I Stevens Diamond Re-set While You Wait mmn Fears P Serving (J Uncle Sam Word has been receiveel by Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Obershan ot West Salem, that their son, Howard C. Obershan, S 2c, is stationed at Norman, Okla., to attend aviation machinist school. His wife, formerly Emyl Kipple, has arrived there. Douglas Rappc, finished at boot camp, is home on a 15-day leave. With him is his buddy, Donald Galyen of North Da kota. They will report back to Farragut to a going out unit on April 27. Douglas' cousin, Wil bur Rappe. spent a 30-day fur lough at home this month leav ing April 19 for San Francisco. He was at Pearl Harbor on De cember 7 and had been there until the first of this year. West Salem Lt. Verlin Combs of the army air corps arrived Monday to spend a 15 day furlough with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. George Combs. Lt. Combs was commissioned and received his wings April 15 at the Pecos. Texas, army air field following completion of his twin engine advanced train ing. The young officer enlist ed in December. 1942. but was not assigned to training until February 26. 1943, when he was sent to the Fresno. Calif., re ception center from where he was transferred to the 1314 C.T.D., Ellensburg. Wash., for academic training. He later continued his academic training at the Santa Ana. Calif., army air base until assigned in Octo ber. 1943, to the Cat-Aero Flight Academy. Ontario. Calif., for basic and primary flight train ing. His advanced training was begun early this year at the Pecos field. In civilian life Lt. Combs was connected with the Bcutlcr-Quistad Lumber company. Mr. and Mrs. Combs have two other sons in the service. John ! Combs, machinist mate 2 c. stationed since last October in North Africa with a naval unit; and Merle Combs, who has pass ed his qualification tests for the army air crops and awaits as signment to training in June. Pratum Pvt. Wilber Pickens who finished his training as radio operator in Illinois, was a visitor at the home of his grandmother. Mrs. Christina Krehbeil. recently. Pvt. Pick ens has gone to Seattle to take his flying training. Wheatland Harlan Cooper of the navy came Tuesday evening j and will return Thursday after j a two days' leave spent with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rooper at Wheatland. And com tMCl UHH Iff M C HE tlllll III t IC3HTt J DM J F IC DIAMONDS RE-STYLED! j A beautiful new mounting s will enhance and bring out 1 the brilliance and beauty of the stone. 3 TheWar Today By DeWitt Mackenzie An interpretative analysis of war developments by a fam ous Associated Press war correspondent. There has been widespread acceptance of the startling the sis that Russia will emerge from the war as dominant power of the eastern hemisphere, and concrete evidence in support of this idea is accumulating as we enter the fall stages of the con flict. One indication of the trend is the manner in which numerous European countries are orient ing their policies, in greater or less degree, towards Moscow. This is particularly noticeable in eastern and southeastern Eu rope, but it's by no means con fined to that zone, for we find France as represented by the committee of national liberation and General De Gaulle in Al giers going out of its way to make overtures to Russia. Dr. Benes Quoted . A notable example of this tendency is provided by doughty little Chezchoslovakian early sacrifice on the altar of Hitlerian appeasement. One of the mile stones in this trend was the signing of a pact of mutual as sistance and post-war coopera tion between the soviet and Czechoslovakia last December. Then in February President Ed uard Benes announced that Mos cow and his country were work ing for a Slav alliance, including Poland, to secure peace in east ern Europe. Pursuant to that we have an article by Dr. Benes in the May issue of Free World magazine in which he emphasizes the need of Slavic solidarity as a barrier against the nazi and fascist forces of reaction. The doctor is one of the world's distinguish ed statesmen and so merits at tention when he says: "I look on this war as an historic action to put a final stop to the pan-German drang nach ostern (drive to the east). This war has been a vivid dem onstration that there must be friendly and loyal collaboration among Poland. Czechslovakia and soviet Russia." All Slavics Involved Dr. Benes maintains that "the future of the Slav countries is indisolubly linked to a fight for freedom on behalf of all Slavic peoples." He explains he does n't mean that the Slaves should form a solid bloc, since a bloc excluding ail other peoples would threaten them and would constitute a new power in Eu rope. Indirect emphasis was added to this article yesterday' on the arrival of Jan Masaryk, deputy prime minister and foreign min ister of Czechoslovakia, in New York from England. He declar ed his country trusts the soviet union implicity regarding fu ture relations between the two. Of course. Dr. Benes' declar ation doesn't indicate weaken ing of the friendship among Czechoslovakia, America and Britain. Indeed, it may fit the truism that world peace depends on cooperation among the big three America, Britain and Russia. However, the orienta tion towards Moscow is evident and it will be surprising if, among others. Poland, Bulgaria. Yugoslavia. Finland and Ro mania don't follow suit in due course. plimenting him Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Moyer and Mrs. Dowd Cooper and her four months old daughter of La Grande came to the same home: Mrs. Moyer is his sister and Mrs. Dowd Coop er is the wife of Lt. Dowd Cooper, an army air flight offi cer in the New Guinea war zone.. Harlan and Dowd are brothers. Chandler Fowler of navy of Seattle has returned after a re cent leave spent with his par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Fow ler at Wheatland. He is an over-seas serviceman of more than a year in the Pacific war zone. Falls City Cpl. Wilma Wal lace, Wac. has left to report back to service in Missouri after a short furlough with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Dclbert Wallace. Lebanon Lt. Lawrence Schmidt has returned to Will Rogers Field, Olkahoma, after spending a nine-day furlough at Home - Business - Factory - Logger We fit the correct insurance policy to your needs and to your purse. EXPERT AND DEPENDABLE INSURANCE SERVICE Ldil INSURANCES OREGON'S LARGEST UPSTATE AGENCY SAI.FM AND MARSIIFin.n Nnrlh fommtrrial St. Dial 4400 ! home visiting friends and rela : tives. Lt. Schmidt has been sta I tioned at Will Rogers field for , the past two months training to be a photo reconnaissance pilot. He has finished his training and is now ready for overseas duty. Quinaby Eldon Beckner, S. 2c, has returned to Farragut, Ida., after spending a 15-day furlough at the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Beck ner. Another son of the Beck ners, Pvt. Lawrence Beckner, is now a student at the aviation machinist and gunnery school at the army air base in Amarillo, Tex. Albany Mrs. R. C. Draper, North Albany, has received word from her son, Pfc. Edgar Draper, that he is recovering in a hospital somewhere in the south Pacific from a wound which, though minor, was re ceived in action and entitled him to the purple heart. Mrs. Dra per also slated her son is also due to receive the oak leaf clus ter in recognition of his serv ice in the capture of Japanese held islands in the Admiralty group, taken by the 12th cav alry with the aid of the navy seabees. Pvt. Draper joined the army when he was graduated from Albany high school in 1942. Three other Draper boys and the father are in the service. The father is in the navy and has recently been assigned to a newly commissioned warship. Amity Sverra Jensen, who is in the U.S. 'service stationed at San Diego, is spending a short furlough here at his home with Mrs. Jensen and their young daughter, Catherine. Mill City Beauford Flatman, gun pointer first class of the U. S. navy, left this week after a 17-day leave spent with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Flatman. Seaman Flatman, who has been stationed for the past 19 months at the naval air sta tion in Corpus Christi, Texas, has six months more training before graduation. He will then be rated as gunner instead of gun pointer. The Dewey Flat mans have another son in the navy. Motor Machinist First Class Donald Flatman, who is on the high seas. He has been in the service 17 months. Ho was home on leave a year ago last month. PFC William Del Briant of the army air corps, is spending a 10-day furlough with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Pick ett. He is stationed at Chenutte field, Illinois. Scotts Mills Gerald Molan, USN, having completed a course in navy schooling at San Diego, is spending a short leave at the H. C. Jackson home. Mrs, Jack son is his mother. Salem Heights George Skel ton of the U. S. navy spent sev eral days in Salem Heights last week, visaing with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Skelton. He has seen considerable action in the Pacific. Mill City Beauford L. Fiat man, S. 1c, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Flatman, from Cabaniss field, Corpus Christi, Texas, spent the past week with his parents and sister. Flatman has a gun pointer's rating. He was a guest of his grandfather, Lee Berry, of Idanha, also his aunt and cousins of Mill City. He spent Tuesday evening in Sa lem with his parents and other relatives and friends. Beau ford's brother, Donald, is over seas in the navy. Silverton Lt. Jim Ekman, who finished his course at Luke field during the past week, is with his parents, the E. R. Ek mans, for a 15-day furlough aft er which he will return to Lukei field for assignment. Silverton Mrs. Helen M. Wrightman returned Monday from a fortnight's stay in Port land with relatives and friends. I making the trip especially to be i with her nephew, Ensign L. Rod- j ney Johnson, who left by plane! Monday night for his new sub-i marine base at Portsmouth. N. ! H., following a ten-day fur-; lough at the Portland home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lew- I is Johnson, formerly of Silver-1 ton. Ensign Johnson had re cently completed his under-seas i training course at New London, i Conn., and expects to be de tained at Portsmouth base dur ing the finals on a submarine job from where he will be assigned. Mrs. Wrighlman and her sister-in-law. Mrs. Lewis Johnson, CHET drove to Oswego for a day's vis it at the T. P. Risteigen home with Mrs. Ristcigen's mother and sister, Mrs. Oscar Brotcn and Mrs. Cora Graden, both, of Silverton. ... Mrs. Broten is recuperating from an injury to her shoulder sustained in a fall at her home. Lebanon The Purple Heart medal and certificate of the award have just been received by Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Forbis in honor of their son, Second Lt. Truman F. Forbis, who was killed in action white on a fly ing mission over Italy. The following letter was re ceived this week by Mr, and Mrs. Forbis from a friend of Truman, Edward J. Tracey, which gives the details in which the young officer lost his life. "I am writing this letter as a friend of Truman to let you know the situation in which you lost your son and in which the squadron lost a good an well liked man. "It was on his 38th mifofi, which was a low-level stittkg mission. He had destroyed same trucks and what not and, accord ing to the others on the mis sion it was presumed he was hit by gunfire from the ground and was seen to crash. Up to that time, Truman had seen much action and always did his duty as well as anyone. He had been on missions which encoun tered enemy aircraft many times, which he probably-wrote you about, "The air medal which he was awarded after his ninth mis sion has been sent to you, also his personal things, which may take some time to reach you. So you know they have been mailed." (His personal effects are now at Kansas City and should arrive shortly, his par ents have been informed.) Albany Mr. and Mrs. G. Mc Clelan have received word from the war department no tifying them that their daugh ter, Blanche, who has been at tached for the last two years, with the aviation branch of the army military intelligence serv ice, with headquarters at Wash ington, D. C., has been trans ferred to the war department general staff and has reported for duty at Lisbon, Portugal, where she has been assigned as assistant to the military attache Miss McClelan is a graduate of Albany high school, and of the University of Oregon, where she received CAA pilot training. Miss McClelan received her mas ter's degree in science at New York university before entering government service. Mt. Angel Pvt. Leonard Ficker of Fort Lewis; Wash,, surprised his wife and farni)!' with a week-end visit at Easter, Private and Mrs. Ad rian Polinsky of San " Luis Obispo, Calif., announced the arrival of a daughter, Janet Do rene. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. John Polinsky," and great grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Slaby. William Bean, who has been stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash., received an honorable medical discharge and has returned home. Pfc. Chai.-les .Van Bee of Alas ka was a dinner guest at the Dehler home recently. He vis ited at the Benedictine. Press where he was formerly em ployed. Dr. and Mrs. A. F. E. Schier baum recently entertained ,at dinner in compliment to his sis ter, Mrs. F. C. Saxowsky of Dickinson, N. D., and Sgt. Ray Schlef of Camp Adair. Guests i nc 1 uded Mr. and Mrs. C . C Li Seeley and family of Salem. - " One coat of this modern wtter thinned paint covers most wall paper and other interior sur faces. Dries in one hour to satiny, I f 'tJ -J o bother, no "LS "painty" odor Ejxx.qh la vrvff tfl 13" n room, SjtM 375 Chcntrkcta St. s , Sali-m' I'inul Taint Store 1 i