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Although it is not a recognized obligation of the Chamber
of Commerce, that organization should take the lead in rais-
ing the money with which to wipe out the deficit of $1200
r incurred by the United Citizens committee in its successful
.' Btatewide campaign on behalf of the $10 million building
' fund approved by the voters at the special election of June
22. Under existing circumstances the Salem community is
morally obligated to raise the money, when it is considered
that this city fell $2500 short of its $4000 quota asked for
the campaign, especially since the greater share of the
building fund is to be spent on institutions in and around
the capital.
Of the $10 million proposed by the legislature and au
thorized by the people. $4 million was earmarked for buna
, ings at the institutions of higher learning in Eugene, Cor-
valhs, Portland, Monmouth,
the citizens' committee to carry on the fight for the measure
was organized Portland was assigned a quota of $4000 and
Eugene and Corvallis $3000 each, all of which was sub
scribed, although the money to be spent in these communities
was materially less than the
Of the $6 million apportioned to the state institutions for
- new buildings and betterments $5,046,800 stands earmarked
. for institutions in Marion county, divided as tollows:
Oregon State Hospital, for new buildings, cottages and facilities
' including heating plant, cold storage and water reservoir, $2,774,-
000; state penitentiary, tor two new ceil diocks, a warenouse,
building for women, guards' dormitory, garage and other needed
facilities, $636,300; Fairview Home, new auditorium, patients
cottages, new boilers, laundry building and other improvements,
$378,500; Tuberculosis Hospital, for additional hospital space,
children's center, dormitory and remodeling, $193,000; Woodburn
- Training School, additional collages for boys, employees dormitory
. and other improvements, $227,000; Hillcrest School, new girls
dormitory, training cottage, cold storage plant and otner Duua-
ings, $160,000; School for Deaf, girls dormitory, class building,
gymnasium, new kitchen and dining rooms and remodeling $446,
000; School for Blind, administration building, new kitchen and
dining room, gymnasium, $232,000.
Study of the foregoing will
;from the standpoint ot benefits accruing directly to tne
communities concerned with the building program, Salem's
.assigned quota of the campaign expense fund was propor
" tionately less than the amount assessed to any other city.
Yet with all of the benefits to be derived from the expenditure
of such a large sum in the community, Salem subscribed only
slightly more than a third of its assigned share. This is,
however, typical of Salem's traditional attitude and goes a
long way toward explaining why other parts of the state
complain of the "Salem hog."
1 Angry Nature Worse Than the Japs
'., The greatest disaster the American navy has suffered
, since Pearl Harbor was not inflicted by the Japanese but
by nature in the form of a tropical typhoon howling down
I at 138 miles or more an hour on Admiral Halsey's Third
fleet between the Philippines and Okinawa June 5. More
'-than 21 warships were damaged including three battleships
and five carriers. All the crippled warships have returned
to action except the heavy Cruiser Pittsburgh, which lost
! its entire bow section, 100 feet long. No ship was lost and
'only one life "in itself a miracle" states the report of Admiral
' John S. McCain, task force commander under Halsey.
Battleships damaged were the Massachusetts, Indiana and
Alabama. Other victims were the heavy carriers Hornet and
Bennington, the light carriers San Jacinto and Belleau Wood,
the escort carrier Bougainville, the destroyers John Rodgers
and Blue, three other cruisers and seven destroyers. Other
warships were damaged also, but not listed in the delayed
report.
The typhoon caught Halsey's force only a week after its
return to action hunting the Japanese fleet. It swept di
rectly over an arc portion of the Third fleet, whipping the sea
into mountain high waves and tossing the warcraft around
like toys, ripping off superstructures. For an hour and a
half the waves beat over the warships.
All the damaged ships, including the Pittsburgh, reached
Guam, 900 miles away, under their own power and then
the crippled ships safely reached repair ports. The crew
of the Pittsburgh shored up the stump with timbers with
only a quarter inch bulkhead between them and tumultuous
water, toiling in knee deep oil and water. Her severed bow
' was taken in tow by a destroyer and caught up with the
cruiser a week later.
Groups of warships were scattered 125 miles by the storm
but it "failed to stop operations against Japan, and we con
tinued our offensive action" continues the fleet report:
The typhoon receives its name from the Chinese tai-fung,
meaning great wind. It is a tropical cyclone a wind blow
ing circularly popularly a tornado, but called in the western
Pacific by the Chinese name. Its rotating winds or system
of winds are usually violent in the tropics from 90 to 140
miles an hour with abundant precipitation, and usually have
a diameter from 50 to 1500 miles, about a calm center of low
atmospheric pressure.
This is the second time Halsey's fleet has had to battle
a typhoon. In December, east of the Philippines, while
returning from supporting American landings on Mindanao,
his force lost three destroyers.
Battleship Oregon
May be Returned
Washington, July 13 WP The
battleship Oregon will be re
turned to its home state after
the war If Admiral Chester W.
Nlmltz' wishes are carried out,
Hep. Angell (R., Ore.) said to
day. Nimltz. navy commander In
the Pacific, "Is most anxious to
preserve the Oregon for. return
after the war to the citizens of
your state," one of the admiral's
staff members wrote Angell. Al
though no assurance can be
made now, the admiral will
mBke "every effort consistent
with his responsibilities" to re
turn the ship to Its Willamette
river berth In Portland, the aide
said.
The historic old vessel was re
claimed by the navy at the start
of World war II after being re
tired several years before and
turned over to Oregon at an
exhibit. The Oregon made a
speed run from the Pacific
coast around Cape Horn when
the Spanish-American war be-
Oregon, Friday, July 13, 1945
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Ashland and La Grande. When
amount apportioned to balem.
convince almost anyone that
Shortages of Houses
Brings Serious Threat
London, July 13 "Vigil
antes" who have been Installing
homeless servicemen's families
in vacant houses in Brighton In
vaded London last night as hous
ing officials called for a quick
solution to Britain's home short
age to keep direct action from
spreading "in a very dangerous
way."
A soldier on leave, hit wife
and sick daughter were moved
into an empty London house
under cover of darkness and
the leader of the vigilante group
declared "We Intend to act again
tomorrow."
Dr. Alex Wood of the Cam
bridge housing committee told a
meeting of the Association of
Municipal Corporations in Lon
don the night moving-parties
would spread if remedies were
not found.
Wartime shortage of manpow
er Is delaying reconstructlbn of
homes wrecked by bombs.
gan, leading the fleet in the at
tack on Santiago harbor.
HtxtiTox OWI MU6-SVZINE. 1
IN MOSCOW 6AV& I
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By Don
This is Friday the 13th, but
the first thing we did on leav
ing the office of our favorite
paper this a.m., was to find a
pin on the sidewalk, which
same we picked tip and expect
it to neutralize the whole busi
ness for the day.
Folks in the northern part of
town this a.m., could smell the
delectable odor from the paper
mill which in some quarters is
considered a sure sign of rain
and by others a sure sign that
they can smell the odor from the
paper mill.
The Absent-Minded Banker
(Independent Enterprise)
Ira Mix, president of the First
National Bank of Independence,
left the bank Wednesday morn
ing to see a lady on some bank
business. Soon after he return
ed a lady came to the bank
carrying his hat. She asked,
"Is that man here? I guess he
forgot his hat." To say the least
Ira was embarrassed, especially
with all the good looking lady
bank employes being present.
Our favorite waitress today
referred to the hosiery she did
not have on as "nature's ny
lons," which same we consider a
right pert expression In the
premises. Incidentally we'd
opine that nature doesn't do a
bad Job on a lot of same sort
of nylons she made for the gals
around town.
Novelties
In the News
(Bt the AfwUtd Press)
Meatless Friday
Tulsa, Okla. Lots of things
are left In post offices these
busy days but Postmaster
George Walkins believes the
red point for absent-mindedness
goes to the person who walked
off leaving a good sized slab of
salt pork on a writing table.
Lost: One House
Oakland, Calif. Mrs. Plia
Klingen-Smith wanted to avoid
the acute bay area housing
shortage so she kept her five
room hilltop cottage here un
tenated. Today she arrived from her
other home in southern Cali
fornia for a visit and found the
roof gone, the walls missing. In
fact, nothing was left but a floor
and basement.
BUY "GENERAL"
We are the Salem agents for "General America Group"
which operate on an unusual plan. They accept only
the best fire Insurance risks, which have fewer losses,
and thus reduce the net cost of insurance for owners of
such preferred risks.
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Report on the Americans
Supper
Upjohn
More Help from Abroad
Monmouth Herald)
Sips for Supper in Salem
Capital Journal had someone
resurrect on him the old ques
tion, quote: "Was the first year
of the twentieth century, 1900 or
1901?" Why not do as the
Yankees do answer one ques
tion by asking another? "Was
the first year, A.D., the year 1
or the year 0?" Do ciphers ever
start anything listed in positive
numbers?" "Was the year 10 the
beginning or the end of the first
decade?"
About time for ' the girls to
be reporting on their holly
hocks. A ban has been put on riding
race horses around' the country
in railroad cars and one is sug
gested that wealthy families be
barred from using their private
cars for galivanting around the
country. That's the way It
should be, keep the rich boys
and girls home to pet their race
horses in their own barns.
The Wacs have lost their
Hobby and Col. Hobby also has
lost her hobby, the Wacs.
Children and Matches
Cause Serious Fire
Portland, July 13 (Pi A
$5500 blaze which destroyed
two homes last night was start
ed because three children play
ed with matches in a. garage
where fuel was stored, Deputy
Sheriff George Larson said to
day. Six-year-old Donald Lovegrln
and two playmates stamped on
a small fire, Larson reported,
but It flared up again after
they had gone. The homes of
Mrs. Stanley C. Lovegrin and
Joseph Akerman were leveled
by the blaze, fed by 100 gallons
of oil.
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other makes.
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125 N. Liberty St., upstair
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Firing Squad
Kills Murderer
Salt Lake City, July 13 U.R
James J. Roedl, 27-year-old
Oklahoma city epileptic, paid
for the clawhammer murder of
Agnes Abigail Williams, San Le
andro, Calif., school teacher to
day, when a five man firing
squad blasted him into eternity.
The rifles, four of them load
ed and the other containing a
blank cartridge, cracked at 5:56
a.m. early an hour before the
sun rose over the towering
peaks of the Wasatch mountains.
Roedl was pronounced dead one
minute and nine seconds later.
He went to his death with lit
tle show of emotion. Prison
Warden John E. Harris said the
condemned man faced the firing
squad with more courage than
any other person he had seen.
Freckles come from an irre
gular pattern of pigment that is
produced by the adrenal and
pituitary glands.
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LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES
rieWar Today
By DeWitt Mackenzie
An Interpretative analysis ol
wax developments by a lam
out Associated Press war correspondent.
One of the critical and deli
cate cases likely to be consid
ered at the coming clinic of Doc
tors Truman, Stalin and Church
ill physicians extraordinary to
the world is that of Spain, the
problem being what measures
are necessary to purge this
proud and important country of
the axis plague.
The way things stand now, it
looks very much as though the
cure of Spain's ills lies in a
change of government. Support
for that idea is seen in the ac
tion of a commission at the San
Francisco security conference
the commission having voted
that the Franco regime, because
it had axis support In coming
to power, should never be ad
mitted to membership. That's
a broad hint, to say the least.
Now of course it would be
easy for the big three to treat
Spain's malady roughly. A. lot
of folk are asking why the Unit
ed Nations should be consider
ate in the case of Spain when
we have just fought the blood
iest war of history to extermi
nate nazism and fascism. Why
not use the big stick?
Answer Not So Easy
I'm afraid the answer isn't
quite so easy as that. After
all, sovereignty Is the mightiest
item among the many nations,
great and small, which came so
close to slavery at the hands of
the axis. The big three un
doubtedly would prefer that
Spain cure herself. That atti
tude has been pursued even in
the case of Italy.
Here it should be emphasized
that there's a difference between
"Spain" and the Franco falange
party which is in power. The
generalissimo consorted with
Hitler and Mussolini throughou'
DISCONTINUANCE OF SHORT OVER -NIGHT
PULLMAN SERVICE AFFECTS . . .
BUT IT MEANS MORE SLEEPING CARS FOR VETERANS
Operation of over-night sleeping cars from Portland to Southern Oregon
points and to Coos Bay points will be discontinued with the last trip from
Portland, Friday, July 13th and from destination points, Saturday, July
14th, by Order No. 52 of the United States Office of Defense Transporta
tion. The new regulations eliminate all Pullman sleeping cars operating for
distances of 450 miles or less.
The reason for this order is that additional sleeping cars must be ob
tained to provide accommodations for the returning veterans from Europe,
who are reaching Atlantic ports in large numbers. These veterans are
coming home for discharge, or for furlough before going on to fight again
in the Pacific. They deserve the most comfortable transportation service
we can give them.
No new sleeping cars have been built since Pearl Harbor. Over half of
the sleeping cars have been in exclusive use by the military. But they were
not enough for this new task. The O.D.Tv order resulted.
While discontinuance of short distance sleeping car operations will
cause inconveniences to many people, we feel sure that the citizens of
Oregon will approve this effort to better serve the men from overseas to
whom we owe so much. We know the families of these Oregon boys who
are coming home will have no question as to the merit of this new regu
lation. As far as Southern Pacific is concerned, our guiding principle has been
"The Military comes first," and we are co-operating 100 percent in carry
ing out the provisions of the above O.D.T. order. With nearly 20,000
Southern Pacific men and women in the armed forces we, too, have a real
and personal interest in the welfare and comfort of service men and women.
So you may know how this order applies to Southern Pacific service
generally, we show below the Pullman sleeping car service on our lines
which will be discontinued after. the last trip from Portland, July 13th,
and from destination points July 14th. Coach service will still be available
between these points.
SLEEPING CARS TO
And
SOUTHERN OREGON
DUNSMUIR
COOS BAY
RENO
LOS ANGELES
EUREKA
SACRAMENTO
PHOENIX
The
So IPo
the war something which none
of the United Nations can for
give. Apart from that Moscow
won't soon forget that the
Franco regime has been violent
ly anti-communistic from the
start and was pitted against the
communists in the civil war that
brought him to power.
Britain, while roundly con
demning Madrid's dealings with
Hitler and Mussolini, has more
than once shown a desire to
give Spain a chance to rehabili
tate herself. Prime Minister
Churchill gave an indication of
that last year when he told com
mons he looked forward to in
creasingly good relations with
Spain and to "an extremely fer
tile trade between Spain and
this country (Britain)" during
the war and after the peace.
Winnie Criticized
That brought Mr. Churchill
some sharp criticism from his
own people, and his "kindly
words," as they came to be de
scribed in the' press, also caus
ed some speculation in America
and other countries. British
Minister of Information Bren
dan Bracken then issued a
statement that Churchill's re- i
marks were no different than I
those that he made on Septem- j
ber 8, 1940, a few months after I
he became prime minister.
Bracken quoted Churchill thus:
"There is no country in Eu
rope that has more need of peace
and food and opportunities of
prosperous trade than Spain.
Far be it from us to lap Spain
and her own economic needs In
the wide compass of our block
ade. All we seek is that Spain
shall not become a channel of
supply to our mortal foes. Even
less do we presume to intrude
on the internal affairs of Spain.
"British interests and policies
are based on the independence
LL men
turkish bath and the opera. On
other occasions they endeavor
to achieve dress distinction.
BE DISCONTINUED
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and unity of Spain and we look
forward to seeing her take her
rightful place both s a great
Mediterranean power and as a
leading and famous member of
Europe and Christendom."
So far as one can see, there
has been no alteration of that
British pohcy. If there is any
difference of view among the
big three, it likely could be
met by a popular change of the
Spanish government.
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