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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1945)
4 Capital Journal. Salem. Org.. Wednesday. Fch. 21. 19l. Capital A Journal SAt.KM OREGON' ESTM5I.ISHK11 1 R8 An Independent Newspaper Puolisherl Every Al'ernoon Kxrept Rmirlav t. 444 Chrmekeia St Phones Business Oidce 3.i71: Sewn Ronm 3S72; Society Editor 3573 GEOROE ri'TNAM. LEASED WIHE SERVICE Ol THE ASSOCIATM) I'KESS AND THE I'MTEI) PRESS The Associated Pre.w is exclusively entitled tn the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to It or otherwise credited In this paper and Riso local news published herein SrHSCRIPTIOS RATES: BY CARRIER: Heeklr, $.18: Munthlv .;S; One Vear. 50 01). BY MAIL IN ORECON: Monthly, B Months. M.Ofl: One Vear. S'1.00. Untied States Outside Orepon: Monthly. Vr.fl; 6 months. S3.fi: Year, t'.'it Communists As Army Officers? The (jiicstion whether American communists should lie jriven army commissions has brought a clash between the war department and the house military affairs committee. The former has instructed ;dl commands that persons should not. be denied advancement because they were communists, the vital ipiestion beintf whether the person concerned was or was not loyal to this country, while the latter hold that the communists' foreign ideology prevents loyalty to this jroveriinient as const ittited. and that there are enough red blood Americans to run the army. The new l)ies committee will investigate the subject. American communists were certainly not loyal to the United States government, before Russia entered the war and openly denounced American participation, preached sabotage of the defense effort, and even picketed the White House, in protest. Moreover our laws forbid employment of communists by the tfoverument, though communist fel low travelers fill the payrolls. In ordering the dexirtalion of Harry It. Bridges, west coast labor leader, Attorney Ccnoral Francis Middle held in l!il 1 hat: he had been a member of the communist party. Middle, ruled, further, that the party "from the time of its inception in lfll!) to the present time is an organization that believes in, advises, advocates and teaches the overthrow by force and violence of the government of the 1'nitcd Stales." During his fourth term campaign, when the communists endorsed him and were loud in his support, President Roose velt said: "I do not welcome the support of any person or group committed to communism or fascism or any other foreign ideology which would undermine the American sys tem of government." Between elections, however, the presi dent shows no such antagonism to the reds, as witness his appointments of them to high administrative posts. If communists are being, as said, commissioned as army officers, how can the Milicies of the war and justice depart ments he reconciled? Judging by their past record, the com munists are attempting to bore within the army organization as they did in the merchant marine and into industry before Russia was in the war and first we know these human ter mites will he spreading the same chaos that they have in industry. Penicillin Dosing by Mouth Achieved The current issue of Science, official organ of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, contains a tech nical report of a new process by Dr. Raymond I.. I.ihby, its discoverer, of the perfection of a method that makes it pos sible to administer penicillin by mouth. Hitherto this most powerful of germ killers could only be given by injection into muscle or vein, which required hospitalization and repeated injections because the injected penicillin is rapidly excreted by the. kidneys. Th chemical could not he given by mouth because the acids in the stomach destroyed it, Research has beeiin progress in laboratories since 11)11 to prepare penicillin in a form that could be given orally and Dr. I.ihby, working in the laboratories of the American Cyanamid company, is the first to succeed in achieving the goal. Dr. I.ihby solved the problem by suspending penicillin in cottonseed oil, which is digestible, and placing the suspension in a gelatine capsule. He made use of the well-known fact that fats and oils are not split up and digesterl in the acids of the stomach, hut are emulsified and digested in the small intestines. As a result, when this double-deck capsule reaches the stomach, the gelatine-covering dissolves, but the penicillin, suspended in its protective oil coating, passes safely down the small intestine, where the oil breaks up and releases the penicillin for absorption by the bloodstream. Clinical tests have proven satisfactory in oral treatments of humans for pneumonia, streptococcus sore throat, slaphy loroccus infection and gonorreliea, though slightly larger doses are needed than in injections. Furthermore less highly refined pencicullin can be used orally thus simplifying the present procedures for tl'.e production of suitable material. Thus medical science marches on. Too Much Good News Contending with a steady stream of reports of Allied successes on both the Pacific and European fronts. War Mo bilization Director Byrnes is going to have a hard lime con vincing the American people of the need for such drastic action as he has taken in ordering the midnight curfew for night clubs, theaters, dances anil other forms of amusement and entertainment, lie is in the same predicament as are the president, military lenders and heads of war production agencies in selling the nation on the need for increased induc tions into the armed forces, a work-or-jail act or the drafting of nurses. The need may exist and probably dues, bill it must be proven - the lone of the news does not reflect it. Certainly ihcre is no good reason why the night spots should not be suppressed if allowing them to go uncurbed is in any manner going to endanger the success of Ihe war effort. They are not essential to life, liberty or pursuit of real happiness, anil they assuredly do contribute to absentee ism, waste a certain amount of manpower and squander essential fuel and electric power as well as food. Rut it is not readily understandable why so much empha sis should be placed oil the mat let at this late dale by an administration which, in darker days than these, sol't-pcil-dlcd , s requests lor unpopular sacrifices on the home front, pampered labor and played fast and loose with food supplies until election was over. I'nlilthat fateful day last November this same administration cherished no thought of offending labor with demands for a draft of its services, uttered not even a hint of more drastic food rationing nor dared inti mate -much less order- a ban on racing and curbs on oilier spur's ano amusements. Waging niih'ary and political caiupaiyiis Apparently require Palmaleer on Loan Committee O. E. "Mose" Pa I ma leer of Salem has been named a mem ber ot the Marion county vet rrans farm loan cerlifxiug com mit tee. announces H.ilcich F Carnthet. enmity farm eeunt supervisor and secret hi y ot the committee, Pahi.aleer has been engaged in the Standard Oil business for a number of ears and is well k no a n in the count , He ha. also neen active m derails" af fairs and prominently identified Editor and Publisher dill erent techniques. with otii.v !;u nit he America: civic act i it member-; of ihe hf ing committee include Rex II ari icy, Jefferson; Hay (Hat I, Woodbwrn; John Tweed. Salem, and Wendell Harnett. Hrooks. Ila;l!e is chairman of the group. Amity He.tltor lit Amity J. P A'liUon, Amity real e!ale man. who was taken to a Portland ho-pitai for treat ment two weeks ago, is now at Ihe home of daughter in Portland. Mrs Al'.hmi i with him H.s en:uii!.n;i -cht; impiovcil, according to last reports ...... .. . sir if -a. aw Dim WigBins, the well known local gun export and collector, has busted his lower plate and has been haunting the soup kitchens all the week. Don has only half a start toward our FT & BA but hopes to proceed in an orderly fashion toward full membership after he sets his ii.wcr plate back from the foundry. The order closing night spots at midnight comes along at an opportune time, about simul taneous to the dismal occasion when the pay of the legislators is cut off. However, plans for pri vale parties for the legisla tors continue unabated so if they are histed out of the night spols at midnight they'll always have some place to turn- A man is always supposed to he in the most mollified mood on a full stomach. So maybe there's good psychology In cut ting ofl the pay of the lawmak ers. If they get hungry enough they may also get mad enough to vote down all of the bills that are left and gel back to ma's hom cooking. Novelties In the News Tags for Dog Owners Philadelphia The Penns 1 vania Society for the Preveu lion of Cruelly to Animals sug gests that dog owners be li censed, instead of dugs. Licen ses shouldn't he issued, the so ciety says, to persons found un able to provide a good home for their pels. Fashion Note Denver- Remember the de pression days when jobli v men shuffled the streets look ing for work? It's all changed now. 1'iuit r the I'. S. emphnment service manpower campaign willing workers are bundled off to jobs by taxi. More than 100 recruits have been obtain ed l his way in Ihe past t u o das Mm! anil snow truck recaps. I.Hr;e stuck of A jriade truck ruli lor for passeiiKcr car owners. 0. K. Rubber Welders l-'rrrv X High Sis. S.llrm, Oregon usSsabw.----: i for Supp ecr By Don rpjohn h f '"K V ;-.2 F 5 THEY COME UP SMILIN' if M ' ' ' f tJ ,., ee,- w -):h ysCotk h K , -I ! ,: jins&e r'u4 5. 1 51 NOT DEAD YET ! Ray Finds Peace Albany That cigarette that you jeach for after each meal and isn't always there, doesn't bother folks who patronize the j Elite cafeteria in Albany, be cause Ray Cox. owner, wearied of trying to pacify all his p a -Irons. Cox has an allotment of I eight cartons of "smokes" each week and that didn't begin to go around, so he decided that everyone who patronized his place was entitled to a cigarette. Hp put a large bowl on the coun ter near the cash register and attached a card which reads. "Cigarettes Are Free Take One.' You'd be surprised how fast they go." he said, "all day long that bowl lid goes off and on,-1 "However, some folks are a lillle choosey, for when the popular h r a n ri s are lew, some will peck around until they find ; their own brand." Cox slated jhe didn't make much off the ' cigarettes anyhow, so now the 1 shortage has ceased to worry j him as well as his customers , and now everyone who sntfkos and who eats there is satisfied, j The cafeteria is open six days a . week and he gives away at least 1480 cigarettes during that period. With Ray it seems to ho just a no I her ease of more blessed lo give than to receive. '"Montgomery T ours His Front in Jeep." says Statesman headline. Another nent-trick-if- nu-can-iln-it item. The groundhog must have be come sore at our twitting him last night and turned loose to day with one of Ihe most mis erable d ays of the sea son the ornery little cuss, Let's see what he does about that one to morrr w. V X 's W!S. S.SX K V'ss 8 s&iNWMt. IUTION0S!Tk(MFiitlwtlliitilMif,lKlT.lii(W)ii(iiirlt(N.IOpiiHtrilifim. tit fx i"r?fm 1 jt iv) Purple Heart Sent To Sailor's Mother Mrs. H. K. Stockwell Monday received from Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal the Pur ple Heart medal and citation awarded posthumously to Iter son. Coxswain Richard (Dick) Terpening. Terpening lost his life with the sinking of the Liscome Bay in the Gilbert Islands in 1944. Three Navy Boats Lost, No Casualties j Washington. Feb. 21 '.-T The . nave announced Tuesday the j loss of two motor torpedo boats and a submarine chaser in the I Philippines area. I The motor torpedo boats PT 73 and PT 338 were lost as a .result of grounding. There were no casualties. I Th.; submarine chaser PC 112!) was lost as a result of en emy action. j The announcement brought tn 2B5 the Intal number of naval craft of all types which have ! been lost since the start of the war. j The submarine chaser partici pated in the Lingayen gulf op- i orations in Ihe Philippines in January. 1945. Two Mt. Angel Boys I Out of Danger I Portland. Feb. 21 '4' Two Mt. Ansel boys who were near death for lit days after being , stricken with trichinosis were pronounced out of danger today. I Elmer Hiibor. 13. and his bro ther. 8. ate uncooked, home- ' cured country pork .sausage, as did some of Ihe other 10 mem- ! hers of the Alfred Huber farm family. Trichinosis is caused by j tinv larvae rnevsted in pork and I released hv the digestive process. V HI sj . V, .-i, -4.SS. VS.3 HieWar Today By DeWitt. Mackenzie An interpretative analysis ol war developments by a fam ous Associated Press war cor respondent. Little Joe Goebbels, Herr Hitlers bull-voiced propaganda minister, has been complaining that the allies have ganged up on the reich, and says Germany could win hands down if it could take on its enemies singly. The last time I saw Joe he was spellbinding 50. 000 people in an outdoor meeting in Ber lin, just before Munich. I was not much impressed with his line ot double-talk at the time though he put on a good show but it must be admitted he has something now. The allies not only have ganged, but as I see it they're giving a remark able display of military unity. Allied activities on both east ern and western fronts point to early intensification of the big squeeze on Hitlerdom. One of the most satisfactory aspects of this is that it represents a full partnership and concerted ac tion. The big three are going in for the kill together. Weather at Worst Now barring a great emerg ency the western allies wouldn't bp attempting an all-out offen sive at this time. As I pointed out yesterday, this is the season whon the Rhineland weather is at its worst and that's mighty bad. The vital work of the tac tical airforce frequently is sus pended for days because of dense fog or rain it is largely halted today, for instance. The terra:n either is a sea of mud or is under water. The allied troopy- Canadians, kilted Scots men. Britons. French. Yanks -have had to fight in mud and water to their waists at times. and pctually have had to use 'amphibious equipment in some : places which normally are high land dry. I Despite all this General Eis ; enhower has kept on attacking I and improving his positions in i preparation for the big push, in ! stead of waiting for decent wea jther with the beginning of ! April, only a few weeks away. The full weight of our armies is needed on the western front to complement the red drive. Ike Flas to Wait I raid yesterday that progress depended heavily on the wea ther, and since then we've had Ihe good news that the flooded Ruhr river last natural bar ier between the allies and the Cologne plain is receding. The Roer was sent, tumbling high out of its banks some days ago when the Germans loosed a greai volume of water from huge reservoirs in order to stynve the allies. They say a few days are like ly to see the Roer fairly normal again, and then General Ike may send his men across in the Duer en sector and start his drive onto the Cologne plain towards the Rhine. Meanwhile Field Marshal Montgomery's forces in the north, and Patton's Ameri can third army in the south, are continuing to turn the German flanks, thus creating a great claw which Is calculated tn squ?e7e nazi Marshal Von Rund stedt's armies out onto the open Cologne plain where allied ar mor can destroy them. However. Rundstedt may try to withdraw across the Rhine TIME ccat Application Immediately (WEATHEH I'ERMITTIXfi) Expert Workmen One Year to Pay 10 Year Maintenance Guarantee NO ,IOB TOO SMALL OK LARCiE REK ESTIMATES 7.i CHKMEKKTA ST. . PI 1. OiJl J rather than make a stand on the Cologne plain. Crossing a great river in retreat, with the enemy in pursuit, always is a most hazardous operation. It would be r. massacre if the weather permitted our air forces In operate. Serving Uncle Sam j (Continued from page 2) brothers of the sergeant are al.o in the service. Pfc. Anthony Meissner with the medical ! corps, is now stationed at an i army hospital in Atlanta. Ga. He spent 20 months in Africa and Italy and has received the i Purple Heart. Frank Meissner. CM. 1 c with the Seabees. is now at the home of his moth er. Mrs. Sophia Meissner. on a 30-day furlough, following 23 month of service in the South Pacific. He will leave for San : Francisco February 26. Reporting to his new assign ment at the Astoria naval hos pital after spending a 30-day j leave with his parents. Dr. and ! Mrs. R. L. Edward., is Lt. Irwin i Edwards of the U.S. navy dental ! corps. The lieutenant recently arrived in the states from 18 months of service in the South ; Pacific. Arley Vane Turnidgc has been promoted from seaman 2 c to ; first class, according to word re J ceived by Salem friends, Turn i idge is now aboard ship in the South Pacific area. ' J e f f e rso 1 1 M rs . William Knicht left last Sunday for New York City to join her husband. Bill Knight. SM2 c. Until his ship arrives. Mrs. Knight will j be a guest at the Albany, N. Y . j home of Mrs. Lucille Gray, a cousin oi her rather-in-law. Harold Knight of Jefferson. Silverton Lt. and Mrs. Har vey Christenson left Tuesday for Santa Barbara following a 30-riay furlough before which Lt. Christenson had been in the South Pacific area for nearly three years. Lt. Don Christen son, Mrs. Christenson and their two small daughters, have writ ten his parents, the George Christensons. that they have reached Big Creek, their former home, and continued on to Lt. Chriscnson's location. Unionvale Pvt. Luther Stacy has arrived safely at an English base, according to word received by his wife, who visited him just previous to his departure from a point in Missouri. Set Our Own Diamonds Diamonds lie-set Divided Paymenls TO APPLY ONE OF I Stevens X ' " S UNTIL THE RUSH OF SPRING ORDERS Navy Eniislees ' n u ii.i. KPHl II r Hrift Applications for enlistment in the ni'vy thus far in Februaiy reached the peak figure of 31, with Tuesday's announced fil ing oT initial papers by four Sa lem 1 7-year-olds. The quartet will be sworn in some time this mou'li following completion rf enlistment procedure at Port land':1 main station, then will be placed on an inactive duty status for an indefinite period. Their boot training and assign ment to trade school received at the San Diego naval training center. Despite record-breaking en- I list merit attainments through i out Ihe Oregon district during t Ihe lust nine months, and the enrollment of 3.i3 17-ycar-old i vol u i 'Jeers in January, many rad.u- men are still needed. Men ! between the ayes of 17 and 50, i inclusive, are eligible for radar, t training, aim no ouiiiition is in -j 'currcd when an applicant seeks infor.patinn or takes the apti tude test. Dallas Louis II. Nicol. .son oi Mrs. Rosa Nicnl of Dallas, has received a promotion from fire man first class to motor machin ist's mate third class. He has ntri-f i Md i iui ii-1 1 m i-1 ci i mum us . at the amphibious training bae at San Diego, Calif. Ray McKcy. Dallas attorney, recently received a promotion from first lieutenant to captain in the army quartermaster corps at Washington. D.C., according to word received here. Captain McKcy was transferred to the Washington station from Seattle. His wife, the former Dorothy Minnieh. and child are with him. Oak Point Robert De Ar mond. motor machinist I.e. ar rived in Salem. January 25, after two years in the South Parii'ic for a 30-day leave with his wife and daughter of Salem and rus parents. .ir. and Mrs. Roy De Armond of Oak Point. He will report back for duty at Camp Park, February 27. Mary Alderson. seaman 1 ,'c. has completed her training at Hunter college. New York City, and if. stationed at the U.S.N. A. station at Moffilt field, Calif. Mrs. Z. Bartell received a let ter from Joan Basctu of Rosslyn Studio. Mwrivillwmbah, Aus tralia, stating that she had met jS.C. 3 c William David Deihm, I brother of Mrs. Barttetl. at a I navy rest and convalescent .camp at Coolaugolta, Australia, j Seaman Deihm en 1 is ted in No- vember. lf)42. and has spent j one and one-half years overseas. A younger brother. Donald, is in training at Farragut. While You Wait! Store Hours: !):30 A.M. tn d P.M. OUR
