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4 Salem, Oregon, Friday, November 18, 19-19
Latvians to Observe Thanksgiving
The Capital Journal is in receipt of the following notice
from the Latvian committee of Oregon:
"The Latvians who recently came to the United States under
the D.P. bill, together with Latvians who were previously net
tled in Oregon are planning a meeting for the purpose of cele
brating the birthday of their native Latvia.
"In speeches and song, over a cup of coffee, we will remember
our country which has been suffering under the fate of the
communistic Russian regime. Only free Latvians, who have
been scattered among free peoples throughout the world, are
privileged thus to celebrate this noteworthy occasion. For
those living under the sphere of Soviet Influence this will be
Impossible; but even they, secretly, in their hearts, will remem
ber this day.
"We cordially invite you to Join with us.
"This meeting has been scheduled for Sunday, November 20,
at 2 p.m., at the YMCA building at 685 Court street, Salem, Ore.
"Dr. Toedor Staprans, Committee Pres. Mary Udris, Sec'y.'
Latvia is a small Baltic country with an area of 25,000
square miles lying between Estonia and the Gulf of Riga
on the north, Lithuania and Poland on the south, Russia on
the east and southeast and the Baltic sea on the west.
Riga is its capital. In 1940 it had a population of about
2,000,000, what it is now is hard to ascertain for so many
of its people have been deported by the Russians or have
fled to foreign lands to escape Soviet purges and slavery.
It is mainly an agricultural country but much of it tim
bered. The Inhabitants are of so-called Baltic stock with a mix
ture of Russians, Germans, Poles, Finns, Swedes, etc.
They are Christian in religion, with the Protestants in
light majority over Catholics.
Latvia has a long and turbulent history most of the
time, since the 13th century when after a long struggle
it was conquered by the Germans and the Teutonic
Knights who set up a federal republic, including adjacent
Baltic countries, which lasted until 1560, when the various
states passed under Lithuanian-Polish, or Danish rule.
Sweden annexed Lithuania in 1621, and in 1721 it was
annexed by Russia and remained under Russian rule until
1917, when Russia recognized its independence as a demo
cratic republic, and it was later so recognized by all the
powers and admitted to the League of Nations in 1921. In
the second World War Latvia was overrun and occupied by
the Germans and later seized and annexed by Russia, ex
tinguishing its independence.
But somehow or other, despite the oppressive rule of
the foreign nobility and their virtual serfdom, the Latvians
retained their love of independence and during their brief
existence as a republic mads remarkable progress, indus
trially and socially. They are an industrious, honest,
moral people with high ideals and make good American
citizens. We need more of them and are glad to restore to
them the opportunity for freedom and initiative that they
have been denied under the rule of terror that grips their
native land.
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Party Bosses Practice Vote
Discrimination of Young Demos
By DREW PEARSON
Los Angeles While President Truman has been preaching
civil rights for the south, he has practiced exactly the same kind
of vote discrimination toward groups of young democrats as he
has criticized in southern states.
The national convention of young democrats in Chattanooga
this week il-
ganization. If the youngsters are
intelligent they are discouraged.
For intelligent youngsters don't
make good party hacks.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
With the coal and steel strik
ers returning to work, the la
bor outlook is brighter than in
months. In spite of this, how
ever, 33 critical areas are still
harassed by hard times, of which
sometime, f'f' ? e ? than during
fiV GUILD
Wizard of Odds
lustrates this
vote discrimina
tion, and also
highlights the
fact that the
young d e m o
crats, once a
live wire, pro
gressive organi
zation, in many
states has be
come a Charley
McCarthy for
democratic bosses,
bought and paid for.
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SIPS FOR SUPPER
He Already Knew
By DON UPJOHN
It seems our warning of the other evening to our old friend
Dominie George Swift against riding on a motorcyefe for fear
he might get his neck twisted was unnecessary. He already
knew the perils of a man in that position who wears his collar
buttoned backwards. In a letter to us he tells of in experience
of his in school
Don rfploba
An FT & BA Chiseler
Droxford, Eng. U. A 36-year-old
cattle dealer was charg
ed today with obtaining 482
pounds 18 shillings six pence
($1352) from the food ministry
on false pretenses. Douglas
Frederick Clay was accused of
removing worn incisor teeth
from nine middle-aged cows and
replacing them with false teeth
so he could sell the cows as
heifers to the ministry.
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'About Time, if Not Too Late'
I The meeting; of the American diplomats in the Far East
in January will decide whether or not the white man has
any future in the Orient.
This acknowledgement of the final awakening of Wash
ington, D.C., to the perilous position of the American in
the Far East finds feeble applause on the Pacific coast.
"About time, if not too late," is about the only comment
that can be made.
The United States has been fitthtinfr the cold war in the
Orient with a "defeatist attitude," as one observer put it.
The challenge of the cold war was just as great and dan
gerous as at Berlin when the Russians there put into force
the since-destroyed blockade. But the will to win, dis
played so dramatically at Berlin, was not seen in China.
To the casual observer, the fault in the cold war has
been with a lack of a global strategy as was used so suc
cessfully in World War II. On the continent, the Truman
doctrine and the Berlin airlift were tied together, but from
outward appearances, that was about all there was to the
strategy. There was no unified, world-wide plan to stand
up to Russian aggression.
The meeting of the Far Eastern diplomats should he
more than a consideration of the waning position of the
white man in those parts. It should decide the Far East
ern phase of a global policy of the cold war.
Love Wins Out
"All the world loves a lover."
Eugene O'Neill is getting support today for that saying
of his. Vice President Barkley has the country on his
side, non-politically, as he marries the widow liadley in
St. Louis.
The romance of Alben Barkley of Kentucky and Mrs.
Carleton S. Hadley of St. Louis, which has been building
up for the past four months, has caught the nation's fancv.
So when Alben and Jane took their vows, the country was
wishing them well.
The dashing between Washington and Mrs. Hadlcy'a
home town in Misouri was reminiscent of a young Ronieo
pursuing his fair Juliet. As Pope might have said, "The
adventurous lover is successful still."
Hopes Pinned on Comma in Will
Which Involves Question of $99,000
Vancouver. B. C, Nov. Is Alfred Selgerstrom pinned
bis hopes today on a $99,000 comma.
Manager of a local beer parloi, Selgerstrom was Included
In the will of James Thomson, millionaire hotel owner.
Ills share of the legacy was written In the $900,000 will
s $1,000,00. First Interpretation tagged the second comma
as being meant for a decimal point.
The chief heir. Fireman Gilbert Campbell, said he remem
bered an unsigned copy of the will Mating Selterstrom
ahould receive $100,000.
No other amounts In tha will ronlaln a rents column.
Thomson, an 88-year-old bachelor, died last December.
. ,ound ,,Td7 In tha musty files of a real
estate efflct.
when he was 12
years old and
went to a one-!
room country
school. He said
on ine uay oi met
incident the pu-f
pils had both
ered the teacher
until her pati
ence was at the
breaking point.
During the aft
ernoon recess the children se
lected the future dominie as the This practice the parking tick
one to provide "the last straw." ct cops have of putting red cards
So George took off his shirt, on out-of-town cars and yellow
coat and pants, put them on in tickets on cars belonging to the
reverse, and entered the school town folks surely set up one old
room a minute late. He march- adage at least, that one about
ed in backwards to his seat at charity beginning at home.
the front of the room. He says
as he approached his seat he Quick Work ,
heard determined footsteps ap- Spokane W "Woman in bad
proaching. Suddenly the teach- shape, in dire distress," That
er angrily grabbed him by the was a hurried telephone report
head, yanked it as far around as to Police Captain John Reilly.
it would go and screamed, "Why Sirens on police car and an em-
don't you look where you're go- ergency ambulance screamed to
ing?" a downtown hotel. The report
- was closed with one word:
And Dominie Swift added the "Nightmare."
comment, "It made such a last-
Ing impression that I get a pain One thing seems for sure.
In the neck almost every time I Sheriff Denver Young, for the
have to button my collar on time being at least, can have
backwards." Yea, we think he plenty of expert trusty drivers
might be safe, even on a motor- for his fleet of cars if he wants
cycle. to use 'em.
the depression. They are Lawr
ence. Mass.. Jasripr. Ala Rristnl
The young democrats of New Conn , Cumberland, Md., New
York state, for instance, are no Bedford, Mass.. Muskegon, Mich.,
more representative of the dem- Greensburg, Pa., and Pottsville,
ocrauc pany man ouaa nague ui pg
. Roosevelt piannm POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
... .,,!. wh.i. i to 8 t0 Moscow in April to in-
hold an election Their presi- tcrvj g , "
dent is appointed, not elected . s
by Paul Fitzpatrick, democratic . Tommy "Manville, the million
state chairman, who keeps an f!re Playboy, is worried that
ironclad lold on the young Dems "ls telephone wires are tapped;
organization for fear they will nas ered $5,000 to anyone
bolt to young Congressman wn0 can Prove
Franklin Roosevelt. The America! Medical associa
Undoubtedly the great pre- tion nas s'Sned UP the big in
ponderance of young democratic furance companies as an ally In
voters in New York would de- lts millian - dollar propaganda
finitely to be in the Roosevelt rle against the president's
,mr, h iw h.j xhor,,.. Fit,, health insurance program.
natriclr h hie ova nn h Bnu. The British senpral staff ha automobile. AndS
ernorship of New York him- just sent a highly important se- HI purr in con-
'f cret rPDort to thp A
want cnntrnl tn Un Into th ioint chiefs of staff utatinff that For ' tne mO-
hands of Franklin Roosevelt, a London could stand up under tor ,car isn'ex"'l
potential rival. bombardment from Russian A- aLlly a" .""J"-1
bombs. Thp I.nnrinn nhw, of worship in
it Ik rennrtffri am the riunari in' America it is
No Stone or Wooden Idol
Ever Had Hold of the Auto
By HAL BOYLE
New York W If there is such a thing as reincarnation if
we are born again I want to be a motor car.
Other souls may prefer to come back and inhabit the body
of a lion, a dog, a cat or a sacred cow. But if my spirit ever
wanders earthward again, I want it to dwell in the chassis of a
sleek and shiny
ft'1!
(Copjrliht 194
Emma, the Pet Housefly
Milwaukee u! A common house fly, turned into a pet
at the home of the Elmer II. Baumgartens, created a prob
lem when the family wanted to take a trip.
The Baumgartens were afraid their pet. Emma, would
starve while they were away, or seek another home.
They finally put some sugar in a bottle cap filled with
water and took their trip. Emma greeted them, hale and
hearty, when they returned.
MacKENZIE'S COLUMN
U. S. Stand Removes Prospect
Of Recognizing Red China
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
UJP) Forrlgn Affairs AnalyMi
Secretary of State Achcson was using plain, though unemotion
al, languatie when he said in Washington Wednesday that Chinese
communist treatment of American Consul General Ward, who is in
a Mukden jail, with four of his staff, removes any present
possibility of considering recognition of the new Red Chinese
govern ment.it
about 100 jaded pr M '"T "0t
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wnu, in ciitxi, nave sum ine
letterhead of their organization
to any political faction that
would reward them with jobs.
When David Price and Edwin
T. Thayer of the California
young Dems were given jobs by
George McLain of the California
old-age pension group, the young
Dems promptly lent their letter
head to promote McLain's old
age pension plan.
As a result, a rival group of
young Dems "The California
Young Democratic Clubs" has
mushroomed up to 4,000 mem
bers, in contrast to fewer than
100 members for the old regu
lars. And on July 8, the new
group officially applied for rec
ognition by Washington. Their
application was signed by Mrs.
Edward Heller, democratic na
tional committeewoman; James
Roosevelt, National committee
man and Oliver Carter, Califor
nia chairman of the democratic
state committee.
Furthermore, . 1 1 developed
automobile in our civilization.
In slightly more than a gen-
Zither Player a Hit With Princess
London, Nov. 18 (A) Princess Margaret just couldn't wait
to hear a zither player who sprang to fame through a British
movie.
The musician Anton Karas, 40, from Vienna was due
to open at 9:30 Wednesday night at the Empress night club.
The princess sent word she'd like to be on hand a little early.
She and Sharman Douglas, daughter of United States Am
bassador Lewis W. Douglas, showed up at 6 o'clock in a
party of 25. The princess asked Karas to play his "Harry
Lime Theme" from the picture, "The Third Man."
He did six times.
LEGION GIVES ANSWER
Jewish Boy, 7 1, Attacked; Asks
'Why Did My Daddy Die?'
DfWIll Markrntte
This comes
on the heels of
repeated f a 1 1
ures by Ameri
can authorities
to secure news
about Ward and
h i a colleagues,
who are accus
ed of beating a
Chinese em
ploye. Even Ameri-
can Consul General O. Edmund ,he United States. Comment by
buffed by top Communist lead
ers.
It also comes at a
when the Red regime at Pctping,
which is seeking recognition by
the great powers, is boldly chal
lenging the right of Chinrse Na
tionalist delegates to represent
the country in the United Na
tions. Thus far none of the members
"I am more concerned in act
ing together with the common
wealth and with other friendly
governments rather than taking
a hurried decision on this.
"I think a combined decision
in which a large number of peo
ple cooperate in this business is
much the best."
The case of Consul General
Ward and his staff has produced
much resentment throughout
observers has even brought
reference to President Teddy
RnrtJtmira hanllin nf Ik. K i -
moment ,oric Rajsuli-Pcrdicaris case of
stitution. the state organization through the Lynn item, to give
which pays for its dues is sup- hcr the answer to the boy's
ported by the state committee- question,
men and gels official recogni-
tion. But in the case of Cali- Commander George H. Craig
fornia, the White House mys- Have his answer in Indianapolis
tcriously intervened. Wednesday: "You have been the
Perhaps, however, it wasn't victim of an isolated instance of
so mysterious. For Matt Con- hatred," he said,
nelly, secretary to the president, "Your experience provides
got a phone call from George he answer why your daddy
Luckey, California cattleman died- He could not stand bv and
friend of Mr. Truman's, asking cndne mass mistreatment of
that the new young Dems not be human beings,
recognized. "There were evil men who
This was on July B. and the ied to enslave all the free peo
application of the new group ple in the world- Your father
has cooled on ice until this week. went to war t0 Prevent the
Roy Baker, national chairman wholesale destruction of human
of the young Dems. has ordered rights and freeiom.
recognition of the new Califor- "Au true Americans, whether
nia eronn Pill iwi. -k.i, Catholics, protestants, or Jews,
man of the Democratic National ?ugh ,to re-establish lnterna-
Red Car Too Much for Bull
Pulaski, N. Y., Nov. 18 (P) Lafayette Petrie's red sedan
Is in the garage for repairs. A Jersey bull couldn't stand the
sight of It.
Petrle reported he parked his car off a rural road near
here Sunday while he hunted rabbits.
When he returned, he found the bull getting set for s new
charge. The animal already had banged In one side and
the rear of the car, Petrle said. He drove off the bull with
rocks and strong adjectives.
J. lie uiroiuing oi young ivnis , , -
in New York state is not Tru- the world. and would escape fertain y a lead-
man's fault. But definitely at tomie radiation. However, the
Truman's doorstep can be laid fubways will be reconditioned feu m is an
an even more flagrant case of immediately. object of unrca-
... Tho rai cf- inhh., i. n, soning devotion
voie aeniai mis one in v-amor- " " " . ,i,ih t- hln ;i a .u. , ...
nia ming away at rent control in ft- - v..o..BCu ic ic ui uui
t' k . . iv. v t-, Los Angeles by pressuring sub- wner Sain from life whatever and the pattern of our lives.
Jr , , n I, T8 T' "ban towns into decontrolling he wants- That is a Per,ect de" Bu e near-worship accord-
ocrats of California, Inc., has , scriDtion of the Dlace of the pH it nnlv iiransar Fnik
eration It has trained a hold on
the people such as no stone or
wooden idol ever held on an
African tribe. And its appeal is
steadily increasing.
This year a record number of
images of this four-wheeled
demi-god of our times will be
turned out of the factories 5,-
y 500,000.
3l The automobile has cost more
lives in me unuea states man
two world wars, and it has
will do things for it they would
n't think of doing foi themselves.
Cities that won't tear down
slum areas to build better hous
ing willingly do so to make an
arterial highway. Men who re
fuse to go into debt to own a
home cheerfully borrow money
to buy a traveling nest of steel,
chrome and rubber.
Any number of people spend
more money keeping their cars
in shape than they do on their
own bodies. A gent who lives
on hamburgers and refreshes
himself with bootleg corn will
stoutly insist that his jaloppy
gulps only the finest high-grade
gasoline.
Many carry more Insurance
on their cars than they do on
their own lives.
It costs $3 a day to keep a
car in some Indoor Manhattan
parking palaces, more than a
good middle - class hotel room
used to.
In 1938 I paid $35 rent for a
small apartment here with
kitchenette and bath. Some
Lynn, Mass., Nov. 18 VP) "Your experience provides the answer."
That was the American Legion's reply spoken kindly through
Its commander to 11-year-old Lawrence Goldstein's heart-touching
question:
"Why did my daddy die?" said: "The final responsibility garages now charge $50 and up
n-i i i inn.- t : v. 4-1 i it.:. tt a : n t -i r. i .
that thu rA an1 HapAnit c iiuticu lime ucwiwi ici- iui mis un-nmencan aci can- l" uciic lur a car ov uays ana
Tlpm T hrf l S Tti,i, Iow Put the 1uery t0 his mother not be attributed solely to mis- it doesn't even have cooking
The? had borrowed S12nt fter he had been attacked bv uided irresponsible boys. privileges.
Erf PanW and Timmv piu group of older boys who called "It lies squarely on the With this veneration of the
1Q47 fn thl?? rf,??. w him "Jew" spat on him' and showers of an older genera- automobile growing as it is,
mJthin. hLi!l!J . .v. beat and kicked him into the tion which has permitted the man would be a fool to want to
Zt Lhlp m h JJE. gutter- poison ' biotrv and intoler-come back to America in ome
Sh?m7J It lm." t Lawrence couldn't understand ance to infect the minds of the afterlife and waste his career
T m -mI' i wny he shouId be 0 treated kind of youth who Perpetrated as a mouse, an elk or a high
stead, a promissory note was when his father died a war hero this outrage. flying duck
rPS0 in "il,, 4Hf,P,erSThU while scrving With the 2nd "We are ndent that there No, the thing to aim for-if
: Jr, Imt. Z. n.v, naii armored infantry 41st division, are enough men of good will in you get a second chance is to
promissory notewas never paid. Neither couId nig motheri Mrs. our beloved country lo Jnsure be an autornobiie. That's my
Under tho ,, rw. E. Sylvia Goldstein. She pleaded that the sacrifice of this boy's goal, and I've given the matter
- ----- wiin me worm yesieraay, miner was noi in vain." considerable thnnuht.
committee, had promised rec- tiona' law so sucn "tra8cs
"Because such brave men as
1904
Perdicaris, a wealthy Ameri- ognition on Sept. 14. The Los hould not go unpunished
can, had been seized and held Angeles County Central com-
for ransom by the notorious
bandit ehirflnin. Raimili. Thai tinn Rut thanlr in Whli u..
message which went forward to intervention, 100 old and shop- Prtectcd.
me aunan oi morocco over the worn "young Dems continued
It started
with this...
mitieevotprf iso in i (a.m.i. your died, America today
The commander told Lawrence
...... . aianaturi nf Kprrplarv nf KtnlA
outside the soviet dioc nas ----- - .-
shown anv disposition to oust Jonn Hav was:
these representatives of the "Perdicaris aliv. or Raisull
regime which still ranks as one dead."
of the Big Five in the peace or- That rot quick action. In-
ganization. cidentally this famous message
was suggested by the late Edwin
Britain has been seriously con- M. Hood, member of the Wash-
sidrrlng the Idea of recognizing ington staff of the A. P.
the Peiping government. Her Well, of course, nobody is sug-
economic interests in China are getting the sending of any
far greater than those of any "Raisuli" message to Peiping.
other foreign power, and she However, a firm and unemo-
naturally is gravely concerned, tional stand by the Western
However, one would expect Powers may be expected to pro
Downing Street to move slowly duce results in due course, if
now in view of the American po- for no other reason than that
sition. In fact. British Foreign Communist Chins will badly
Secretary Bevln, sneaking in the need the assistance of the West
House of Commom Wednesday in the rehabilitation of that vast
regarding recognition, said: country.
in ranrauni .v., ..: ..... that "the law and public opin-
California until this week, while ion are on yur ,,lde ,nd 'hatu of
4.000 new members remained 'very minority In our land who
out in the cold. can alway et reIlef ,rom P-
NOTE One trouble with the Presslon- , , ,
young democrats in many states In New York, Jackson J. Holts
is that party bosses don't want of Boston, nationa. commander
intelligent youngsters in the or- of the Jewish war veterans,
Food for Thought for Air Man
Spokane, Nov. 18 Staff Sergeant S. B. Barnes, in
Air Force gunner at the'Spokane Air Force base, had food
for thought today.
Rarnes was assigned Wednesday night to one of the two
B-29 bombers that crashed near Stockton, Calif., at mid
night, probably killing at least nine airmen.
A few minutes before take-off time. Barnes was assigned
to the crew of another plane. His new assignment brought
him to s safe landing early this morning at Hill Field near
Olden. Utah.
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