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It's a Sympton All Right
The New York World-Telegram announces that Westbrook
Pegler, columnist, is leaving the Scripps-Howard newspapers
at the termination of his present contract to join the Hearst
newspapers, which will syndicalc his column through King
Features. In explanation, Roy Howard, editor of the World
Telegram, says:
"The termination ol Sei'ipps-Howord'8 sponsorship of (lie Pegler
column Is not an incident It's a symptom. It is a symptom of a
Journalistic problem which frequently develops when a writer is
given carte blanche to express himself with complete and uncon
trolled freedom. Many years of effort have demonstrated notably
in the cases of Heywood Broun, General Hugh Johnson and West
brook Pegler, the public's unwillingness to accept as something
apart from the paper's policy, the opinions of independent writers."
Mr. Howard continues that his newspaper must be judged
by its own expressions of editorial policy rather than by the
views of a single brilliant writer and that when a newspaper
feature is divorced from responsibility, "a problem develops
for which we have found no satisfactory answer, a problem
not concerned with freedom of the writer to express his
views," but concerns rather how frequently a writer may
"sound a single note without upsetting a newspaper's edi
torial balance." No attempt was ever made to control the
subject matter or opinions of Pegler, but "we have been
unable to convince our readers that Pegler has always ex
pressed Pegler without regard to the opinions or policy of
Scripps-Howard."
Mr. Pegler is one of the most colorful, conscientious and
effective columnists. He has been a crusader against sham,
hypocrisy and crookedness, whether in the seats of the
mighty jor among gangsters. He has delighted in exposing
racketeers of all stripes, especially among the sacroscant
labor bosses, now so firmly in the saddle. As a result, though
unable to refute or disprove his charges of graft, coercion
and corruption, the latter used their customary bludgeon of
boycott against newspapers printing his column which
pressure probably figures in showing him the door.
The stupidity of the people is not so great that they can
not distinguish a signed article by a columnist from news
paper editorials. They are accustomed to see all sorts of
conflicting opinions, political, economic and social, in adjacent
columns, which is as it should be to preserve freedom of
opinion and press. Readers either scan them or pass them
up, either agree or disagree and let it go at that. It is the
galled jade that winces.
Parley Prospects Bright
n hopes of avoiding the demonstrated mistake of the allies
in the last war in allowing the establishment of peace ma
chinery to await the cessation of hostilities, representatives
of the United States, Great Britain and Russia convened
; today at Dumbarton Oaks near Washington to seek agree-'
ment on the creation of a new international security organiz
', ation before the end of the present war. Agreed in advance
on the broad basic principles involved, there is every indica
tion that success will crown their efforts.
' The general outline of the proposed organization follows
'closely that of the League of Nations, with the added pro
viso for enforcement of its edicts by military force if neces
sary. President Roosevelt last week sketched the general
.'pattern of the new league, the details of which the present
; conference will work out. Already the British delegation
has announced that it is in general agreement with the presi
' dent's proposal and the Russians, in an official memorandum,
' are also reported in concord. The principal problem facing
'the delegates will be that of how force is to be applied to
keep aggressor nations under control, a fature which all are
.agreed is necessary to keep the peace.
J As a basis for their deliberations the Big Three are gen
erally understood to be in agreement on these points:
J. That full responsibility for keeping the peace after this war
'Is theirs and must not be distributed among the 60-odd nations
big and little of the world.
J 2. That the decision to use collective force to put down aggres
sion must be unanimous among the United Stales, Great Britain,
Soviet Russia and China. Such a decision makes certain that none
of the big powers will be called upon to use its forces unless it is
willing.
1 3. That there shall be created no super-state, supported by an
! international police force or armies pooled by the big powers.
' 4. That the structure of the organization shall be: An assembly
of all nations; a council of the Big Four and certain other nations
elected annually by the assembly; a World Court; agreements and
arrangements for maintaining forces adequate to prevent war and
'prepared for Joint action.
Booze Board Blunders
In an effort of cover up its merchandizing mistake in
buying huge quantities of inferior grade imported brandy,
jrum and gin when domestic liquors were hard to get, the
Oregon Liquor Control commission has resorted to a device
which not only violates the purpose of its own rationing pro
gram but also defies the spirit, if not the letter of the Knox
flaw under which it operates.
; Obviously for the purpose of unloading the vile, high-priced
.'Imported booze which it cannot otherwise move out of its
'warehouses and stores, even at bargain prices, the board
has decreed that a premium of one bottle of rationed
whiskey is to be allowed to purchasers of two bottles of the
imported liquors during the rest of August. Such a stunt
'makes n joke of the whiskey rationing program, which is
;based upon a presumptive scarcity of that kind of liquor,
and will inspire the thirsty to inquire why their whiskey
rations arc not increased if the commission has a sufficient
supply on hand to warrant its use as a bonus bait.
; More serious, however, is the board's action in ignoring
the restraints imposed upon it by the Knox act, which specifi
cally provides that the commission shall not advertise its
wares, nor otherwise seek to stimulate the sale of intoxicat
ing liquors. It was the intention of the legislature in
setting up the commission, that it should supply and not
create the demand for intoxicants. Simply because the
board has bungled in overstocking on liquors for which there
is no sale is no excuse for defying the law its was created
'to enforce.
Four Titles Held by
San Francisco Girl
! Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 21 ttl.R)
Ann Curtis, 18-year-old San
Francisco swimmer, emerged
today with four titles in the
!nntion A.A.U. swimming and
diving championship meet, won
jhe third consecutive time by
the Riviera club of Indianapo
,lis. ' Miss Curtiss capped her per
formances in the meet yester
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It New Room JinaSooletj Id Hot in
Editor end Publisher
day by defeating Florence
Srhmltt of New York tn the
BOO-meter free style in 11:28.5,
well over the American record
held by Nancy Mcrki, ol Port
land's Multnomah club.
Jane Dillard Klttleson of
Fort Worth, Tex., successfully
defended her title In the 100
meter breast stroke, with Miss
Mcrki coming in third.
Including water belonging to
municipal territories, the Ne
therlands covers an area of
13,515 square miles.
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By Don
Once again the hoppickers'
rain which used to be expected
as an annual affair, seems to
have passed the valley by leav
ing nothing but. weather such
as California would like to have
but never gets.
Maybe when the state fair
isn't held in the first' week in
Novelties
In the News
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Wild West
Fresno. Calif. Mrs. Eula C.
Ray was awarded an interlocu
tory divorce degree from Steel
Ray, a rancher. She testified
he would not allow her to tune
in on anything but religious
programs.
Happy Birthday
"Wilmington, Calif. There's
some point in a soldier being
at the port of embarkation sta
tion hospital on his birthday.
Local 100 of the United Rubber
Workers of America, Los An
geles, gives this birthday gift
tn nnv nntient" n ft-pp tnlonlinnA
call anywhere in the United
Males.
M
anna
Vancouver, Wash. A. E. Rob
inson, 77, and his wife. 76, were
sadly surveying the fire-blackened
ruins of their little farm
home. A stranger came up.
handed them $100 and walked
away:
"Just consider that it came
from the Lord."
Rescue
Kansas City "Oh. we must
have left them up there," cried
Paula Dreiling and Helen Kirk.
So firemen, who had Just fin
ished rescuing them from a sec
ond floor dance studio in which
they had inadvertently been
locked, climbed back up the lad
der and brought down their
purses.
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Ebb-Tide
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Upjohn
September a change may be ex
pected to the usual custom of
the old days when a state fair
was held.
Yea, it 'seems we are able to
report again that while dog
races can be held In Portland
and horse races at Gresham,
the farmer is still denied the
right to show off his livestock
and pumpkins in Salem. But if
all the predictions we hear
about the war have any semb
lance of truth we'll have Leo
Spitzbart and his show back
with us next year or a good
chance to know the reason
why.
Had planned to sneak out
last night for a squint at Dom
inie Swift's melon patch and
see how things are coming that
away, but the night was as black
as ink and you know how the
flashlight battery situation is.
Our old friend Ben Pade
has learned a lesson in the im
munities. Ben has been around
poison oak off and on all his
life and had made close friends
of the same. Poison oak never
seemed to bother Ben, so when
he was out with some friends
the other day in proximity of
a poison oak patch he just
laughed when they told him to
be careful. '.'What, that stuff,"
scoffed Ben. "It'll never touch
me. So he picked some of it,
rubbed it on his' face and then
Just to show his utter contempt
for the prowess of poison oak,
bit off a chunk or two of the
leaves. But Ben didn't laugh
long. Something had happened
to that old immunity. So he has
been nursing himself at home,
both eyes shut, lips puffed out
and checks the same.. He -has
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It it cay to take.
developed a new respect for nature.
Also others are developing
the same respect, as for instance
one. of our favorite stenogra
phers back from a couple of
days of sunburn at the beach
with cheeks looking like raw
hamburger. Yea, nature . is
quite' an old girl but she's not
to be monkeyed with.
If this shortage of cigarettes
keeps up it'll only be a short
time before a lot of us old boys
will have to begin practicing
of that neat trick of youth in
rolling your own with one hand.
We learned it watching Bill
Hart in the movies, but who
remembers Bill Hart, outside a
few of the pre-World War I
vintage? .
He also taught another gen
eration how to touch off a match
with a thumb nail but this was
no :more learned to be handled
in deft style than paper matches
came along.
55-Mile Power Line
Has.WPB Approval
Lake view, Aug. 21 P) The
Surprise Valley Electrification
corporation has announced re
ceipt of war. production board
approval of construction of a
55-mile power line to serve 27
ranches between Lakeview and
Paisley.
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HieWar Today
By DeWitt Mackenzie
An interpretative analysis of
war developments by a fam
ous Associated Press war cor
The German disaster In west
ern Europe has Intensified over
the week-end, both in the Paris
theater and in southern France.
' One of the most notable de
velopments is the establishment
of a bridgehead across the
Seine at Nantes, 25 miles north
west of the capital, by one of
Patton's armored columns. This
was achieved while other
American units continued their
sweep around the south of Paris,
thus threatening to flank the
nerve center of France. ,
The cutting of the Seine at
Nantes is of vast importance
strategically. It means that the
remnants of Field Marshal Vtjn
Kluge's battered 7th army,
which have been retreating to
ward the Seine from the Nor
mandy defeat, are . now in a
huge bowl-shaped trap whose
lid is the river and a short
stretch of coast southwest of the
Seine's mouth.
Bridges Destroyed
Since all the bridges have
been destroyed by the allied
air forces, the only means the
nazis have of escaping is by
barges and our bombers are
circling the sky ready to pounce
on them. Last night German
troops tried to cross the Seine
at several points between El
beuf near Rouen and the sea
under cover of darkness, but
Royal Airforce warplanes got
at them.
While this presents a grim
picture we shouldn't assume
that none of the Germans can
escape. Probably considerable
numbers already have made the
crossing and others are likely
to do so. Once they're on the
northern bank of the Seine they
will join strong elements o
the hazi fifteenth army which
is holding there. However, the
retreat will be terribly costly
in men and equipment for the
Hitlerites. i
Paris Flanked
Moreover, with Paris vir
tually flanked, the nazis will
have difficulty in defending
any part of the line of the
Seine. If they can't hold this
line they - will have to beat a
retreat northward, taking their
English channel forces with
them. In short, the Germans
are in a nasty predicament
which presages a wholesale
withdrawal to their inner de
fenses on the Rhine,
Proof that there's still plenty
of fight left in .the Hitlerites
came last night when the forces
which are surrounded in the
Falaise trap in Normandy made
a determined attempt to break
out. The Canadians took them
on, and a fierce battle raged
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Don Waller and Duke Os
borne are spending their fur
loughs in Salem after several
months' service with the army
in the South Pacific. Both are
members of the 1937 high school
football, squad,
Wallace Kay Huntington, 18,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Wil
son Huntington, 790 North Win
ter street, is receiving his Initial
naval indoctrination at the U.
S. naval training center, Great
Lakes, 111.
Promotion' of Cpl. Carl S.
Dunkle of Mill City, to the grade
of sergeant was announced by
Lt. Col. A. V. Inge, commanding
officer of the 11th armored di
vision's 56th armored engineer
battalion. Sgt. Dunkle, a son
of Mrs. Susie M. Dunkle of Mill
City, attended Tangent high
school, and was employed by
the Mill City Manufacturing
company prior to entering the
army.
Jerry ' Moore, son of Mrs.
Katherine Moore, 590 South
22nd street, has written his
mother from a Japanese pris
oner of war camp. The card
stated he was at the military
prison camp No. 10-B in the
Philippines and "still kicking."
This was the first word receiv-
throughout the night, with
heavy casualties on both sides.
Dawn found the Canadians the
victors and today the trapped
troops are under terrific fire
from rocket-firing Typhoons
and Canadian artillery.
The drive into southern
France is going supremely well.
The greatmaval base on Toulon
is virtually surrounded by
French troops, while American
infantry is heading into the val
ley of the Rhone with the port
of Marseille only about fifteen
miles away on its left.
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ed by Mrs. Moore since a cafd '
was received In December,
1943. He referred to a telegram
he had received which was sent
two months ago,
Cpt. Irene E. Soehren, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Soeh
ren of 704 Main street, Dallas,
has been awarded the good con
duct medal at the Los Angelei
port of embarkation, where sh
is on duty with the station hos
pital. The1 award is made to en
listed men and women for one
year or more of exemplary con
duct and meritorious service, s'
Sylvester Kremer, 25, son o j
Mrs. Minnie Etzel, 859 Center :S
street, has enrolled recently la I
an Intensive course at the DiescJ j
Naval Training school located. ..)
on the campus of the Iowa . !
State college, Ames, Iowa. 1
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Silverton Flight OfficnrtJlmY
Ekman, son of the E. R. Ekmans j
who has been home for severaU
aays on turiougn, ieit ouring
the past week for his location at.
Victorville, Calif.
Lt. Albert N. Espey, accom
panied by his wife, made a fly
ing trip to Salem to visit his
parents over the week-end. Lt.
Espey has completed his train-i
ing and is now a pilot on a B-17
and expects to leave for over
seas duty soon.
Hopewell Mr. and Mrs.
George Marr of Hopewell are
stressing the winning of the
war theme. Marr, by doctor's
orders, was no longer able to
do garage work and Mrs. Marr;
and the younger children, fourg,
sons and one daughter, Jiookl
over his work and he is "now?-
employed at the new aluminum!
plant while three of his olderf.
sons are In the United States ?i
armed forces. MM2c George .
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