4 Capital Journal, Salem,
CapitalJJournal
SALEM,
ESTABLISHED 1888
GEORGE PUTNAM,
An Independent newspaper published
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What Next and When?
After more than a year of negotiating with three sep
arate federal agencies, the city of Salem finds itself just
' about where it started in the matter of securing possession
of certain facilities and equipment installed by the govern-
. ment at McNary Field during the war. All of the major
items requested by the city are to be retained by the war
department, according to word received by the Chamber of
; Commerce through the Washington office of Senator Guy
Cordon. So far the city has had no official notice of such a
decision.
Only a few weeks after Pearl Harbor the city turned over
this air field to the army for use as a fighter squadron base
and training field for the duration of the war and six months
thereafter. This was without charge to the government,
! although the military use to which the field was to have
, been put precludes any use of the field for other than mili-
tary purposes, except that by special arrangement United
: Air Lines were permitted to continue iheir stops here.
But it was very definitely understood that when such fields as
this one were taken over and further developed by the govern
' ment in the matter of enlarging the area and in improving the
field through the addition of new runways, parking aprons,
hangars and other installations pertinent to operation of the field
, the whole including such improvements were to be turned back
to the city when the war emergency had passed. That under
standing existed throughout the war and steps in that direction
were taken almost immediately after V-J day. In conformity
with this program the city made application to the War Assets
Administration, the CAA and the Corps of Army Engineers for
the return of the properties turned over to the army, along with
certain lands, buildings and equipment acquired by the govern
ment and essential to the operation of the field.
During the year that has elapsed since that application
was filed, the city of Silem has been marking time in its
plans for development of the field, except that for the past
six months it has had the use of these improvements made by
the army on the basis of a special tentative permit. By the
terms of this permit the city has granted certain privileges
and concessions to operators of flying schools, plane-service
shops and to private flyers for use of the facilities of the
field. Whether justified in so doing or not, some of these
concession holders have erected buildings adjacent to the
big apron, while some 40 or 60 private planes are registered
on the field and are dependent upon the big hangar for
shelter during the coming winter.
Such a utilization of the field and all of its facilities may
. not be disrupted by the plans of the army air forces. It
may be that the war department intends only to keep title
to these government built improvements for emergency use
, at some time in the future. Such an arrangement need not
interfere with the city's plans. On the other hand the gov
ernment may be planning to utilize these facilities and those
owned by the city as a national guard air base or an army
reserve air unit, which would mean financial help to the city
in meeting the expenses of operation.
Whatever the plan may be, the city of Salem is entitled to
know definitely what the army has in its mind, if it has any
plan at all, so it may map its own program for the improve
ment and public use of the field.
Peron Penalizing the Press
President Peron, dictator of Argentina, has found a new
way to penalize the press in his campaign to force news
papers to support his policies. Backed by neither presiden
tial decree nor congressional action, his Minister of Labor
shut down all Buenos Aires and provincial papers November
7 in order to give news vendors and newsboys a "holiday"
and ordered eight more such "holidays" before the year's end
when the public will be deprived of newspapers.
The newspapers, which must keep their staffs intact, will
suffer heavy financial losses, especially the large Buenos
Aires journals. Along with the pressless days go other
penalties. The banks have been ordered to give no more
credit to another paper, Critica, because it criticized one of
Pcron's henchmen. A loading afternoon paper, Knzon, has
had its delivery truck drivers arrested for "speeding" and
minor infractions of labor laws and been denied supplies of
newsprint.
Like other dictators Peron fears a free press and seeks
to control its utterances as Mussolini and Hitler did and as
Stalin, and his puppet rulers of satellite countries still do.
All the government's power can so be used, but ils use is
an acknowledgment both to the people of Argentina and
to the world, of the insecurity of Pcron's administration.
Usurpers of power fear and hate a free press and many
public officials do also, but are more restrained in their
resentments. The freedom of the world press was never in
greater danger than in this critical period of recovery from
the most destructive war the world has ever known.
Salem Man Held
For Stealing Safe
. Clarence E. Cutsinger, 21, of
Salem, and Robert H. Preslon,
22, of Portland, were held in
the Portland city jail Thursday
on charges of burglary and auto
theft. They are alleged to have
taken a safe from the Charles
Ammann company and hauled
It off in a truck belonging to
the firm. Bolh are being ques
tioned by detectives in regard to
other safe Jobs in Portland in
recent months.
The two were captured on a
dead-end road a half mile north
of West Linn by a West Linn
patrolman who spotted the
abandoned truck containing the
safe and awaited their return.
The 300-pound safe had been
tipped off the truck and an at
tempt had been made to open it
from the bottom. The thieves
had apparently left the scene for
more tools and were captured
upon their return.
Half Fare by Air for
Children Possible
If the civil aeronautics board
In Washington, D. C, gives the
go-ahead signal United Airlines
on December 15 will be in
augurated half fares for chil
dren under 12 years of age. The
UAL, which has been carrying
Oregon, Friday, Not. 15, 1946
OREGON
Editor and Publisher
every afternoon except Sunday at
Office 8037 and 3571. News Room
entitled to the use for publication of
or otherwise credited In this paper
children under two years of
age who do not require a seat,
without charge, Friday asked
permission of the civil aero
nautics board to establish the
half fares.
Half fares for children were
in effect until July, 1942, when
pressure of wartime travel and
priorities made it necessary to
temporarily discontinue the
practice.
Norblad and Party
Guests at Chemawa
Chemawa home economics
students served luncheon to a
group of distinguished guests
Thursday noon. The visitors al
so made a brief tour of the In
dian school campus in the com
pany of Supt. M. W. Evans and
Principal Nell V. Brannon.
In the party were Congress
man Walter Norblad of Astoria;
Mayor-elect Robert L. Elfstrom,
E. Burr Miller, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, and
Clay Cochran, manager of the
chamber, all of Salem; and from
the Indian service district head
quarters in Portland, District
Director E. Morgan Pryse, As
sistant Director Charles' Graves,
and Richard Tisinger and Ber
tha Ellinger, supervisory of
ficers. New York City's first aircool
ed house (it had an ice chamber
In the basement) was built in
the 1860's.
I Penalty of Progress
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By Don
A well known old lilting lay
of half a century ago entitled
Don't It Beat Heck How the
Money Rolls In," might be a
good theme song for Sheriff
Denver Young's tax collection
department today. Thisbeingthe
last day to secure the rebate
on taxes folks seem as anxious
to get in line and get their tax
receipts as if there were ny
lons to be had. Apparently
they aren't exactly as happy
about getting the tax receipts
as they would be if they were
the nylons.
Coffee Club Item
(Independence Enterprise)
Everyone knows that we drink
a lot of cotfee during a day
Novelties
(By the Associated Press)
Disrespectful Gadget
Parsons, W. Va. W Mayor
Carmen DiBacco officiating at
the installation of the city's new
parking meters, warned motor
ists they must adhere strictly to
the overtime rules.
That was three weeks ago.
Yesterday the mayor sheepish
ly turned In the first violation
ticket to City Clerk Grant
Smith and dug into his pocket
for a $1 fine.
Incumbent Troubles
Boise, Idaho lP) Democrat
Ira H. Masters, Idaho secretary
of stale defeated In last week's
election, has turned to the re
publican who beat him for help.
Masters asked J. D. Price, re
publican secretary-elect, to get
him a private secretary now
who will stay on the job after
Price takes over January 6. The
incumbent said his secretary
quit "because job security here
vanished with the election," and
his office is swamped with paper
work.
Men Sought for
Commissions
Now engaged in the greatest
peacetime expansion of its of
ficer corps in history, the Unit
ed States army is seeking can
didates for 25,000 regular ar
my commissions in the grades
of second and first lieutenant,
captain and major.
The expansion, according to
word received by MSgt. Tho
mas J. Massey of the Salem
recruiting office, is designed to
bring the army's regular offi
cer strength to 50,000 as au
thorized by congress last Aug
ust. The increase will permit
Ihe army to offer careers to
the most desirable and experi
enced wartime officers, whose
training would otherwise be
lost to the army when they re
vert to their civilian profes
sions. Former officers, who have
served since December 7, 1941,
whether they have previously
applied for regular army com
missions or not, are eligible for
appointments. The candidates
rank will be based either on
length of actual commission
service since December 7, 1941,
or on constructive service,
whichever is the greater.
Those appointed in the regu
lar army under this authority,
whether on active or inactive
status, will be recalled to duty
in the highest rank held prior
to separation and will retain
that temporary rank until re
duced in the general reduction
program.
The circle is divided Into 360
degrees because the Egyptians
once thcught the year had 380
days.
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some dozen friends drop in and
we have coffee together. Some
one of these friends sent us the
following clipping through the
mail this week: "One Frederick
Samstag of Cleveland, who
drank coffee 48 times daily for
more than 30 years, died re
cently at the grand old age of
95. Brings to mind the quip
credited to Voltaire when some
body told him that coffee was
a slow poison. 'I think it must
be, for I've been drinking it
for 85 years and am not dead
yet,' he replied."
On basis of foregoing recipe
some guys around this town
should live forever.
O Girls!
Lebanon, Nov. 14 (Special)
Fred Zestler, Railway Express
deliveryman, and officials of the
company are pondering on what
some individual, not a retailer,
wants with 144 pairs of ladies'
panties unless it's someone
with an endless list of female
friends snd relatives not averse
to "hot goods" and these aren't
woolens, either. The express
package, destined for a local
store, dropped out of Zeitler's
truck late last week, and mo
ments later, when he returned
to the scene, the package had
disappeared. Value of the miss
ing panties: $94.50.
A German born writer won
the Nobel literary peace prize
this year which will cause Mr.
Hitler even more discomfort
wherever he is and it's not
hard to guess where he is.
Doc Voight and wife started
out on a second honeymoon trip
the other day to enjoy the sun
shine of California and accord
ing to their itinerary should
have run square into snow,
floods, et cetera which are
marking the southland now. Doc
can have one consolation, that
any rocks he may pick up to
bring back to his cutting ma
chine will all be prewashed for
him.
Dallas Candy Store
Opened by Careys
Dallas Cecil Carey, who for
the past several months has
been associated with his moth
er, Mrs. O. L. Carey, in the oper
ation of the Candy Kitchen on
the highway near Falls City,
is announcing the opening of a
new store on Saturday. The
store has been under construc
tion all summer, but completion
has been delayed on account of
shortages.
Carey has spent 14 years in
the grocery business, seven of
which were at Seaside. He is a
veteran, having served three
years in the navy.
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By J. M. Roberts, Jr.
(AP Foreign Affairs Analyst)
While the four power foreign
ministers continue their strug
gle over Europe, the rest of
the world is . gradually going
ahead with a pattern of inde
pendent settlements.
Although it is apparent that
peace in Europe must, in the
long run, be made as a whole,
a great deal more progress in
clearing away much that is
merely underbrush might have
been made already if there had
been more encouragement for
local settlements by the coun
tries most directly concerned.
There are indications that, if
Italy and Yugoslavia had been
asked to submit a proposal of
their own for Trieste before the
big power interests muddied the
waters, a final solution might
now be nearer.
Agreement Sets Example
Austria and Italy set the ex
ample with their own agreement
over the Tyrol. Now there has
suddenly emerged a simple so
lution for Indonesia, which for
a long time appeared to be one
of the world's knottiest prob
lems. Britain and Egypt are
having a tough time, but are
going to work out something
regarding Egypt's sovereignty.
The same applies to British re
lations with Malaya and Burma,
not to mention the tremendous
strides made in the Indian case.
The French have largely settled
serious disputes with Siam and
Viet Nam.
Argentina, the sore thumb In
the Americas, gives some signs
of conformity with the aims of
the rest of the western hemis
phere. Iceland and the United
States have ironed out their own
little difficulties.
On the face of it, direct nego
tiation would seem to have an
edge over the system of placing
everything at the disposal of the
big powers. That would surely
be true if there was not such
a vast difference in the complex
ities of the problems involved.
And, of course, direct negotia
tions have failed in the Chinese
situation so far, and it now
threatens more and more to in
volve the big powers.
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Blood Plasma in
Black Market
Shanghai, Nov. 15 U.R Ef
forts to recover America blood
plasma inadvertently released
to the Shanghai black market
are meeting little success, Field
Director Donald B. Davis of
the foreign liquidation commis
sion admitted today.
Davis threatened to refer the
matter to T. V. Soong "if im
mediate action on the part of
buyers is not forthcoming."
The U. S. navy, wtiich by er
ror classed the plasma as "sur
plus," had a fleet of trucks
standing by to pick up any boxes
recovered. As the FLC in a
statement said the purchaser of
the original promised weeks
ago that the plasma would be
recovered and returned, "but
the purchaser managed to avoid
conclusive action and did not
desist from advertising the ma
terial." Later the buyer ad
vised the FLC that his rights
to the plasma had been "trans
ferred" to a trading company.
Meanwhile it was learned the
plasma had been distributed
widely throughout China, with
some of it going as far as Kun
ming. Serious Shortage of
Coal Hits Denver
Denver, Nov. 15 (U.R) Denver
was in the throes of an acute
coal shortage today resulting
from the recent severe storms
that hit the city and eastern
Colorado.
The U. S. weather bureau pre
dicted snow and colder tempera
tures during the week-end with
the prospect that meager coal
reserves would be drained still
more.
Hundreds of Denver homes
were reported either without
fuel of any kind or with only
small amounts on hand. Some
residents went from one coal
dealer to another wih sacks to
carry the small amount of coal
they could buy.
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Family Lives
In Big Barrel
Devils Lake, N. D., Nov. 15
(U.R) Ardell Hagen is having a
barrel of fun out of the housing
shortage.
He rolled out a barrel and set
up housekeeping in it.
Hagen, a grocery clerk, gave
up trying to find a house of the
conventional sort for his wife
and baby a year ago and de
cided he'd settle for Just about
anything. Finally he discovered
the barrel of his dreams gather
ing dust beside a highway.
It is a giant barrel, 20 feet
high. It was built to house a
root beer stand, but motorists
weren't thirsty and the pro
prietor went bankrupt. Hagen
bought the barrel for "a song"
and had it hauled to the out
skirts of Devils Lake.
People snickered when Hagen
started working on the barrel
with a hammer and saw and
Mrs. Hagen hung curtains at the
little windows.
..wit .1.1 luubimib . "-'.
he said. "Some of them still i
are looking for a place to live, i
and I've got my house.
The Hagen residence has one
room, 14 feet In diameter.
"I haven't figured out the
circumference yet, but it sure
makes me dizzy to look around
the room," he said.
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