4 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, Dee. 21, 1944
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A Record of Progress
Carl Hogg, retiring after three years as president of the
Salem Chamber of Commerce, can lay down the reins with
which he has guided the affairs of that organization with a
sense of satisfaction in a task well and thoroughly done. The
revamped and revitalized chamber speaks ils own tribute to
the talent and effort he has given to it and stands as a reward
for the time and thought he has sacrificed for it.
Measuring the success he has achieved in material things,
' the three years of his administration have seen the member
ship grow from 375 to a healthy 1000, and the annual budget
from S8000 to $25,000 a growth induced and attracted by
;. the spirit of accomplishment with which he has imbued the
reborn chamber. Today it is a living, breathing business
j conducted along business lines and actively engaged in the
'job of bettering the community and selling it to the world
i in the same manner the chamber has sold itself.
"' From an almost wholly social organization which con-
Tcerned itself chiefly with weekly luncheon gatherings and !
;the distribution of pretty stereotyped literature proclaiming
the virtues and resources of Salem and its environs, the;
'chamber under Hogg's direction has been transformed into
a vital force assuming and exercising leadership in the in
Jdustrial development of the city, the Willamette valley, Ore
gon and the northwest. It has actively identified itself
iwith movements and groups dedicated to the betterment of
'..the west, abandoning the smothering cloak of provincialism
and adopting the wider regional perspective,
f' To attain these ends it has set up the office of industrial
extension manager, filled the job with a capable executive
.Vand given him an able assistant and adequate office help,
iyl'irst fruits of this program are seen in the selection of
-Salem as the site of the pilot plant (now building) for the
processing of alumina from clay and in inducing smaller
.industrial plants to locate here. With such an ambassador
' at-large to represent Salem further benefits are bound to
I';. accrue to the community.
Looking into broader fields of the future, President Hogg
'.:,.has but recently set up within the chamber a post-war plan
ning committee designed to function in a cooperative and
: coordinating capacity with public agencies and private in
;' dustry in developing a long-range economic program.
ICT . HyS ti I 'Ti I
HieWar Today
By DeWitt Mackenzie
An Interpretative analysis of
war developments by a fam
ous Associated Press war correspondent
Sn
p I OB' supper
By Don Upjohn
In ihe current issue of a na
tional magazine the brag is
made for San Francisco that it
has Ihe first outside lighted
Christmas tree and that the
whole idea had its nativity in
the Bay City. It seems this
happened IS years ago. How
ever, balem can still firmly
maintain its claim to such honor
with the giant tree on our court
house lawn on which the lights
were first strung in 1913, a mat
ter of 31 years ago or 13 years
before the San Francisco tree
was even a gleam in ils spon
sor's eye.
Belgians Learn a Lesson
!;' Instead of cooperating with the Allies in the establishment
7,' of law and order after their liberation from the German
'yoke, preliminary to a popular election to choose a perma--nent
government, Belgians, like the Greek communists and
L'Jeft wingers, started a revolt in an attempt to stage bloody
'coup d'etats and seize power, some even going so far as to
proclaim "dictatorships of the proletariat." During these
years of Nazi occupation the "resistance party" never re
covered a mile of territory or liberated one section of the
j enslaved population, which was freed only by Allied troops
l;.ond materiel.
v" Now that the Germans have staged their major counter
f fittack, and reoccupicd a irtion of Belgium the alarmed
f.!'nationnl independence front" leaders have offered to cease
fighting the Allies and help fight the Germans, provided of
'course they are furnished arms and munitions, an offer
lUhat will probably be refused for as soon as the Germans
rvere again expelled, the arms would be used against the
Allies, as before. If the Allies can't handle the situation,
J; the Belgians certainly cannot.
.v The same situation would exist in Greece, provided the
'Germans were enabled to again invade that country. Those
!. Greeks shooting down their liberators would be the first
,'to volunteer to fight the common enemy.
'' Probably the same situation will exist in other liberated
"countries, except where Kussians, with their strong arm
I' tactics, uninfluenced by sentimentalists at home, maintain
the peace. All of which shows what a thankless task the
' Americans are up against in demoralized anil war wrecked
' Europe.
:''' All of this discord plays into Hitler's hands and is prob
ably secretly instigated by the Nazis to divide the United
.Nations both in the war and peace.
; Depleting Oregon's Greatest Resource
J' Mercantile timber demanded by war production covered
'.-700,000 acres and represented over twelve million board feet
'during the two years ending last June, Nels lingers, Oregon
' stale forester, slates in his biennial report just completed.
' Lit tie if any reduction is foreseen in the demand for the
.post-war construction years.
While Oregon forest lands, which have the largest stand
;,of timber of any of the -IS states, are being denuded at a
high rate, he feels that they will not be seriously depleted
'.if all such lands are kept productive. Moreover as the tim-
ber is cut, the tax-rolls shrink.
Intensified efforts to have general forestry become a
.required subject in Oregon schools is recommended as one
.measure ol production in the 1 lit lire. Ihe stale torester also down Ihe cliimnrv in a helicon
;asks that he be empowered to restrict cutting of immature j lor and spreading television sets,
.timber. jet cetera, nil over the place. But
" Among the evil effects of such indiscriminate cutting is j we bet the tin-keys will still
thai the young growth produces low grades and low volumes j row tlu' sn,m' necks.
and it deprives the land ol lull value as it cuts the heart out
of stands which .should lie left to protect the industry after
the old growth stands are gone.
Protection on a state-wide basis is also proposed by Un
report, which advocates a zoning act of three zones, two to
include all non-urban territory, placed under the protection
of the forestry department and the state fire marshal, and
.the other to be made mandatory for all lands between forests
,and cities, with state-wide protection.
Bill Hamilton of the Portland
General Electric tells us that
the first year our tree was
selected to give birth to the elec
trified tree idea it was so small
50 lights with the necessary
cords covered it like a blanket.
But the tree grew, as trees will
do in our salubrious and well
treed area, and each year more
bulbs and more extension cords
were needed until the last time
the tree was lighted hundreds of
bulbs were needed, just how
many hundred he doesn't re
member. The lighting was dis
continued after Pearl Harbor
due to war department orders
and remains unlighted, but after
the war will burst forth again
in all its glory. And probably
will need some extra bulbs as,
regardless of war department
orders, the tree has kept right
on growing. So, San Francisco
had better take back its rash
claim or take the consequences.
As to after the war, we've
heard so many promises over
the radio and otherwise of what
great things are in store for
folks who survive ttie present
conflict, it's going to seem
pretty prosaic getting the cus
tomary gifts on the coming
Christmas day. We expect by
the time the first postwar
Christmas rolls around there'll
even lie a stream lined Santa
Claus of some kind, dropping
our midst this p.m. at 4:15, this
being the shortest day of the
year, with daylight lasting only
eight hours 38 minutes day
light savings time, of course.
Ice crusting the walks today
and the thermometer hovering
around freezing makes the set
ting about right for singing
"jingle bells" and for feeling
pretty happy that we don't have
to spend the day in a foxhole.
A guy or gal living right here
in the USA is pretty lucky
even with an empty stocking
and no Christmas tree.
Novelties
hi the News
Albany Firm to
Settle for $5000
Washington, Dec. 21 UP)
Compensation to be paid M.
Senders & Co., of Albany,
Ore., for warehouse property
taken over by the government
has been agreed to by both
houses of congress and a bill
authorizing settlement for S5000
has been sent to the president.
The warehouses were on pro
perty at Wells, Ore., which the
Albany company had leased
from the Southern Pacific rail
road. The government took
them over in connection with
expansion of Camu Adair.
dog they had fed for a month.
Yesterday footsore Whiskers
showed up at the Flemings
home. They know, he had never
been in Denver before. They
ri-i-'t V"ow how he learned
their address.
The great German counter-offensive
appears as still viewed
uncertainly through the partial
dim-out of the news censor
ship to have slackened slight
ly in violence today, with im
mediate prospects much be
clouded.
That's not to say, of course,
that the ultimate outcome isn't
clear. The vastly superior al
lied strength insures victory in
the long run, but it must be
admitted that meantime many
things can happen in fighting
which once more has become
fluid and is swirling over a
battlefield that covers literally
hundreds of square miles.
This giant engagement may
be the last clash of such mag
nitude on the western front.
It might even be decisive as
regards the whole Hitlerian
war. The Germans are com
mitting their entire available
strength in the west to this ef
fort. They're going all out with
manpower and materiel, as wit
ness the fact that every road
behind the 50-mile nazi offen
sive line is jammed hub to hub
with transport of all descrip
tions. Gamble Is Colossal
Nazi Field Marshal von
Rundstedt is shoving his whole
stack of chips into the pot for
a colossal gamble in which he
risks being cleaned out. It's
a play of desperation that rath
er reminds one of the Japa
nese banzai charges. The dif
ference is that whereas the
Nipponese attacks are suicide
affairs self-immolation for
honor of the emperor the hard
headed German has no thought
of selling his life for honor
alonp. He has a practical ob
jective. The Germans of course are
gambling on upsetting Eisen
hower's offensive plans and so
on prolonging the war with
the vague hope of securing a
compromise peace. They are
too good soldiers to have any
expectation of winning the war.
The way things look, von
Rundstedt already may have
achieved the object of upset
ting the allied time-table badly.
There won't be any white
Christmas on the fighting front.
So far as concerns a compro
mise peace, we know that
there's no possibility of such a
j thing.
Advance Could Flare Back
Rundstedt may indeed
achieve the delay which his
masters are eagerly seeking.
However, we shouldn't overlook
a point which he most certainly
has uncomfortably in mind: His
offensive might boomerang on
him and knock him out com
pletely. As remarked, the Germans
are flinging everything they can
lay their hands on into this
great effort. An avalanche of
any forecast of the trend of
the battle at this stage. How
ever, it's quite evident that the
Germans have created a dan
gerous position for themselves
by driving through the allied
line and spreading thcmsljes
all over the landscape. WiHre
entitled to believed that Gen
eral Eisenhower has a large res
ervoir of reserves. If he also
has the necessary supplies there
is always the possibility that
he may turn the German ad
vance into a terrific debacle,
men and supplies is disappear- j Legion Plans Dance
ing into the maw of this great
battle. True, the cost is ter
ribly heavy for both sides, but
the difference is that the al
lies can far better stand the
losses than can the nazis. Von
Rundstedt can't have his cake
and eat it too.
It would be absurd to make
Woodburn Woodburn Post
No. 46 of the American Legion
will give a Christmas dance at
the Woodburn armory on the
evening of December 25. Music
will be by the "Top Hatters," a
seven-piece dance band with
singer.
Stevens
Pi
Only 2 Shopping Days Until Christmas
We have an exceptional collection of loose
diamonds. Make your selection and we I
place it in a mounting of your choice right
here in our store !
There is still time to have your gifts purchased here
engraved by Christmas.
(By Assoclntrd Press)
Wooed Warrior
Manhattan. Kans. Lt. Wal
ter Ehlers, congressional medal
of honor winner, had for his
first date on his 30-day fur
lough all the members of a
Kansas State College sororily.
After being serenaded with
Christmas carols by the sor
ority, Ehlers stammered,
"Would you like to attend a
dance I'm going to tonight?"
The answer was a chorus of
affirmatives. The war hero end
ed up with a bevy of girls.
Can This be Kansas?
Topcka. Kans. A weekly
crop report from traditionally
dry (atmospherically and pro
hibitionally) Kansas:
"A small acreage of shocked
fpeds in eastern Kansas was de
stroyed by floods while other
feeds, exposed to the weather,
have been damaged by wet con
ditions." Probably in Directory
Denver The Tracy Flemings
moved 30 miles from Conifer,
Colo., last October, leaving be
hind them Whiskers, a stray
I'OKCKI) TO MOVK
lH ll, DING SOLD
Temporarily located at 1470 N.
Capitol about 5 blocks south of
! Hollywood Theatre in Hollywood
j dlstiict.
We rio rennirinB- on nil makes of
lerk who told her hp I Radios, nil kinds of clocks and
; electrical appliances. Jver in 5
spcctoi Joseph Cacciatiore step- nf satisfied customers in and
ped forward to explain the i near Salem,
shortage and discovered she al- j "w Alm ,0 pl,a" "ntl I,n"
ready had 1 12 packages in i j RADIO l.OUIE
shnnnins hue I rsorin t apuoi r,i.
Stocked l'p for the
Double Holiday
Soinerville, Mass. U.R' When
a woman loudly berated a tobac
co store
had no cigarcts. Stale Tax In
Winter arrives officially In '
Hollywood DUtrirt
UF.n ROOF
A Hungry Christmas
Snleniiles and transients who rely upon restaurants and
other public eating places for their meals are doomed to
eat their Christmas dinners out of tin cans or go hungry on Grandma Switches Millions of Mothers
that least day this year, unless they call pmrnv an invita- T u km i c TJ P r-L m. n u
;tion to dinner out of friends. For members of the Salem "er Mutton OUef Idea Jfor Lhest Lolas
Kestaurant Operators' association, comprising all of the Pioneer grandma liked to "rut)
'..principal eating places in town, have decided to keep their !rollls" lM' n "!mT b" f0.nt,lin-
-doors closed throughout Christmas dav !" l"r IT' ' r " i"?
,,,, , ,1 her "old reliable for relieving chest
., liateei the reasons behind it may be. the decision is a muscle tightness, soothing hron
Serious one in that it constitutes a violation of an implied ichial irritation, loosening phlegm,
obligation of those engaged in the business of supplying checking coughing, easing sting of
necessary public service, ' icliappeit lips anil nostrils. Today
isrionee has modernized this princi
ple with l'enetro, the salve with a
base containing this same old fash
ioned mutton suet, plus 5 active in
Igreilients so now Grandma's old
Jidea is switching millions to this
; newer relief that Is being hailed all
over America.'
You'll like Penetro the first time
you fel tt spread smoothly on
if ., . .ftf ,i, .... . ., , , cnesr, inroai, oacK its minion suet
It, as some ol the operators report, their cooks nnd wallers ,nL. it ,.u ;..,,i,. ,.;. h
refuse to work on Christmas, the blame for breaking faith i quickly. It eets to work s wnys at
."-with those they aerve rest chiefly upon the employes, lonc6 m,llc9 yu nd 'our children
A restaurant is m a sense, a public utility, which in its
proper functioning is bound to render reasonable service to
'its customers and to deprive, them of food for an entire day
is certainly not reasonable service in a city the size of Saleni.
;'The obligation to serve meals to those who have
lace to secure them npplies equally to employes of eatinj?
;'places, who are dependent for their jobs upon those whom
they would compel to no hungry by refusing to work on any
-iioiinay.
more comfortable ( 1 ) l'enetro re
lieves colds pain as its mutton suet
helps cany medication to nerve
ends in the skin, (i! ) Relieves
muscular tightness and congestion
through counter-irritation (in
creased blood flow). ',) Loosens
phlegm, eases coughing through
pleasant inhalation of instantly re
leased vapors.
You'll feel relief no quickly hp
painful misery eases, coughing is
lessened, phlegm loosened, chest
rawness soothed. You'll rest more
comfortably, give nature a chance
to restore vitality through sound
sleep. That's why so many mothers
thank Grandma for her idea praise
science for perfecting it and buy
Penetro at druggists everywhere.
Relieve your chest cold miseries as
millions are doing today get your
Jar of white, Msy-to-ust Penetro.
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