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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
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!;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.
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l-'rrrv X High Sis.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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