Arnold, No. 1 U. S. Airman,
Dies; Burial in Arlington
...(Editor's Note: Frank H. Bartholomew, United Press
Tlce president for the Pacific division, was a personal friend
of Gen. H. H. "Hap" Arnold. He was with the general at a
dinner party Saturday night, a few hours before the veteran
.airman suffered a fatal heart attack.)
By FRANK H. BARTHOLOMEW
Sonoma, Calif., Jan. 16 U.R An air force honor guard stood
watch today over the body of Gen. Henry Harley (Hap) Arnold,
America's number one wartime airman, who died of a heart at
tack at his ranch home yesterday. fr
ill for the last several years, Arnold died quietly and without
(PST). Hii-
nain at 7:25 a.m.
wife, Eleanor, was by his bed
side.
It was the fifth heart attack
Arnold had suffered since his
first one in 1944. A friend, Dr.
Russell V. Lee of Palo Alto, said
Arnold should have retired then.
"But things were hot and he
decided to take his chances with
the rest of the soldiers and went
back to duty."
Dr. Hobert L. Mollenhauer of
Sonoma officially listed the
cause of death as coronary oc
clusion, a clotting of arteries giv
ing blood to the heart.
The air force in Washington
announced that its former com
mander would be buried in Ar
lington National cemetery, last
resting place for many national
heroes. The date has Deen ten
tatively set for 3 p.m. (EST)
Thursday.
Mrs. Arnold asked that no
flowers be sent. In a statement
released by the air force, she
suggested "that anyone wishing
to memorialize Gen. Arnold
should contribute to the Air
Force Aid society in order to es
tablish a scholarship fund."
Arnold left four children.
News of Arnold's death
brought tribute from top U. S.
military leaders, many of whom
regarded him as a warm person
al friend.
"More than anyone else, he
was responsible for building the
great American air force," said
Defense Secretary Louis John
son. "He contributed much to
the winning of World War II. He
was a great American. We shall
miss him."
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chair
man of the U. S. joint chiefs of
staff, said he admired Arnold's
"broad concept of the air force's
mission and his far-seeing vis-
Ion as to the part air power was
to play in the war.1
Arnold attended a dinner par
ty Saturday night, his first pub
lie appearance since a severe
heart attack last October. Dress
ed in a dark brown suit and
dark shirt with a miniature air
corps insignia in the lapel, Ar
nold showed the unfailing good
spirits which won him the nick
name "Hap," in his West Point
days.
While the rest of the party had
a cocktail or two, Arnold did not,
He joked continuously and made
much of the fact it was his "first
night out."
Nevertheless, friends thought
he looked unwell. He was pale
and almost shrunken in stature,
quite different from the robust,
energetic general who retired to
the Valley of the Moon to be
come a cattle rancher after the
war.
During the evening, he drop
ped his jocularity to discuss a
subject about which he had be
come more and more preoccu
pied America's relations with
Russia.
"The way to bring Stalin into
line is to stop the flow of Amer
ican supplies into Russia," he
told the group.
"We do not need Russia s man
ganese badly enough to keep on
shipping general supplies to the
Soviet in exchange, and the soon
er we stop the outward flow
completely, the sooner we will
find the Russian attitude becom
ing reasonable."
The party ended at 11 o clock
and Arnold returned to his ranch
in the western foothills of the
Valley of the Moon.
The following morning, Mrs.
Arnold said he arose, apparent
ly feeling well. However, he re
turned to bed, and she noticed
he was breathing heavily. She
called Dr. Mollenhauer, but her
husband was dead before the
doctor arrived.
Born in Gladwyn. Pa.. June
25, 1886, Arnold attended West
Point and was appointed a sec
ond lieutenant in the infantry
in 1907.
He became interested in fly
ing and took his training under
the supervision of Orville
Wright. He won his wings after
two hours and 20 minutes of solo
flying. He was given U. S. pi
lot's license No. 29.
During his career, he chalked
up a number of "firsts." He was
the first flier to report and reg
ulate artillery fire from the
air; first airmail pilot in the
United States and was the first
man to fire a machine gun in the
air.
When World War I broke out,
he was one of 35 American army
officers qualified to fly the ar
my's 55 obsolete planes.
During the court-martial of
Gen. Billy Mitchell, he was one
of a handful of officers who de
fended the air power pioneer.
For supporting Mitchell, he was
"banished" to Fort Riley, Kan,
to command air troops.
In 1938, President Roosevelt
appointed him head of the air
corps. When the war depart
ment general staff was reorgan
ized in 1942, he was named
commanding general of the army
air forces. .
A year later, he became the
first airman to receive four
stars of the full general. Sub
sequently, he was raised to the
new five-star rank of general of
the army. .
Pres. Truman's Plane to
Fly Arnold's Family
Washington, Jan. 16 W) Pres
ident Truman sent his own plane
to California today to pick up
the family of General of the Air
Force Henry H. (Hap) Arnold,
who died at his California home
yesterday.
The president also arranged to
attend funeral services Thurs
day at Arlington National cem
tery.
Four Corners Bus Patrons
To Discuss Transportation
Four Comers, Jan. 16 The committee elected at the public
mass meeting January 3 at the Four Corners Community hall
met to formulate plans regarding the suburban transportation
service. These plans are pending the approval of the people
In the affected areas.
The committee met again last
week for the second time. This
committee was concerned prin
cipally with facts and state
ments of members of the city
council and of the City Tran
sit Lines. The committee would
like to have representatives or
committees from each suburban
area interested in the transpor
tation service to be present at
an open public meeting to be
held at the Four Corners com
munity hall January 19 at 7:30
o'clock.
On Friday afternoon at 8
o'clock the Four Corners volun
teer firemen received a call out
side of their district. They re
sponded at once. Arriving at
the scene of the fire they saw
the need of a second truck,
which was called. An over
heated oil furnace at the Oliver
Ethell residence, 2875 North
Lancaster drive, had set the
house afire. Although there
was a high wind the fire was
brought under control with
about $700 damage to the five-
room residence. Nine volunteer
firemen manned the trucks with
several more arriving later.
New officers of the Four Cor
ners Lincoln school student body
are: President, Gary Pierpoint
vice president, Joe Wilson, and
secretary, Barbara Force. Con
tributions to the tuberculosis
fund were $5.45.
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Amity City Council
Seeking Fire Truck
Amity A special meeting of
the city council was called by
Mayor Frank Chambers the first
of the week to consider submit
ting bids on a used fire truck.
Amity's old fire truck is ob
solete and the problem of the
proper equipment to extinguish
a blaze, should one occur while
the rural fire truck and tank
might be on duty in the rural
district at the same time. After
some discussion the council vot
ed to submit bids.
University Sending
Band for Concert
Lebanon The concert band of
the University of Oregon, direct
ed by John H. Stehn, will pre
sent one of its winter concerts
at the Lebanon high school Janu
ary 19. The concert is being spon
sored by the Band Boosters club
of Lebanon.
Lester Simons, clarinetist, son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Simons
of Lebanon, will be preseht with
the band when they appear here,
announced Mrs. York, social
chairman of the boosters club.
Postmen Ringing Doorbells
With Vets' Dividend Checks
By WILLIAM B. HATCH
(united Preaa scaff Correspondent)
Washington. Jan. 16 U.R The postmen began ringing at the
homes of ex-GIs today with the pay-off in the veterans' $2,
800,000,000 life insurance dividend.
' Some 500,000 checks were in the mailbags. Tne eneexs ranged
from as low as 60 cents to $528, the maximum amount a veteran
will et.
The checks are the result of
a recapitulation wnicn snowea
that national service life insur
ance premiums were too high.
Sweetland Sells
Newport News
Sale of the weekly Newport
News to eastern Oregon publish
ers was announced here yester
day by Mr. and Mrs. Monroe
Sweetland, principal stockhold
ers in the Newport property.
Sweetland, who is democratic
national committeeman, said rhe
purchasers were John and Rich
ard Lyman, publishers at Boze
man, Mont., and Wallowa, Ore.
and Ray Moe, publisher at Elgin,
Oregon.
Others interested in the cor
poration that bought up the two
Newport papers in 1947 and
merged the coast city operations
under one management includ
ed Dan Goldy, federal land man
agement bureau regional direc
tor; C. Girard Davidson, assist
ant secretary of the interior and
Dr. Will C. Davis, Portland.
Sale price of the property was
reported unofficially at about
$40,000.
Masonic Program Interests
Dayton There were nine
members of Jacob Mayer lodge
No. 108 AF & AM who attended
a meeting at the Scottish Rite
temple in Portland for members
of the Masonic lodges. Attend
ing from Dayton were: Edward
Richards, Royal Hibbs, Gordon
Graham, Earle Coburn, John
Becker, Charles Coburn, Manley
Borgan, Milton Palmer and
Brooks Sweeney.
How much a veteran gets de
pends on his age, the length of
time his policy was in force,
and the amount of the policy.
In all, about 14,500,000 checks
will be written. After the de
livery of this first batch of
500,000 checks, there'll be about
1,000,000 checks delivered every
week until all are distributed.
The 500,000 mailed today
were written last week and
shipped to local post offices to
be held until they went into
mailmen's sacks this morning.
The pay-off Is expected to
spur business sales. A lot will
be spent for home furnishings,
appliances and television sets,
Some of it will go to pay off
medical bills and other debts.
Some veterans already have
"spent" their money by pre
Christmas purchases and agree
ments to pay up when they get
their dividends.
Some of the money will go
into savings. That's the advice
from the treasury which wrote
the checks. On the back of
each is stamped: "Invest wisely
Buy U.S. savings bonds."
The veterans administration
also warned the veterans to be
careful of thieves and forgers.
"Be careful," the VA said.
"Keep your mailbox locked, or
else pick up the checks at once
to prevent forgers from steal
ing them."
Farm Drainage
Session Topic
Dallas Polk County farm
drainage problems and a report
on progress being made in drain
age will be presented at a drain
age meeting Friday, at 10 o'
clock in the VFW hall at Dal
las, according to Charles Evans,
vice chairman of the Polk coun
ty Willamette basin project committee.
The meeting Is sponsored
jointly by the OSC extension
service and the Willamette basin
commission.
N. John Hansen, county ex
tension agent, states that all
persons In Polk county interest
ed in drainage on the farm or
on a community basis are in
vited to attend the meeting.
Following la the program for the day:
10:00 a. m. "Drainage, a Long Time
County Program" N. John Hansen, coun
tT extension aaent.
10:30 a. m. "Willamette Baitn Project
and Its Relation to Polk County" col.
nnrn r thn Armv Engineer uorus.
11:1s a. m. "Water Control Dlatrlet
Law" Charles Strlcklln. State Engineer:
and Ivan Oakes. executive secretary 01
the Willamette River Basin commission.
1:00 p. m. "Does Drainage Pay" Arth
ur King. Soil conservation specialist at
Oregon state college.
n. m. "How Production and Mar-
ketlng Administration Assisted Farm
Drainage' W. rranK urawiora, cnair.
man of the Polk county PMA committee,
3:00 p. m. Report of committee chair
men of drainage areas In Polk county.
3:15 p. m. "Soil Conservation District"
Arthur King.
The VA also warned that the
checks couldn't be sent to any
one but the policy holder.
Many veterans, the VA said,
had requested that their checks
be mailed directly to a store
which had extended credit pend
Ing arrival of the checks. How
ever, the VA said, this is impossible.
For store owners and others
who will cash the checks, the
VA also cautioned: check identi
fications carefully.
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Monday January 16, 19503
Some Form of Birth Control
Used by Most British Wives
London. Jan. 16 W) A royal commission has found that tha
majority of British married women use some method of birth
control. '
The commission, studying Britain's population problems, found
that 60 per cent of married couples take preventive measures
against having babies.
Hospital staffs throughout the
country questioned 11,078 mar
ried women before the commis
sion's report was released yes
t e r d a y. Princess Elizabeth's
baby doctor, Sir William Gilliatt,
took a leading part in the commission.
The commission was set up
to find measures to be taken to
influence the future of Britain's
50,000,000 population.
The commission report, "Fam
ily Limitation", concluded that
there should be free advice on
birth control, planned families,
higher allowances from the gov
ernment for children and income
tax relief for parents of all
economic brackets.
The report showed that the
use of birth control devices in
Britain skyrocketed between
1910 and 1940, cutting sharply
into the birth rate. But in 1947,
after British soldiers had been
coming home from the wars,
marriages again were increas
ing and so was the birth rate.
In 1910 the birth rate was!
25.1 per 1,000 people. It drop
ped to 14.8 in 1940 and then shot
back up to 20.5 in 1947. Regis-
tars say the number of births
again have declined in the last
several years but the birth rata
has not been published.
Narcotics Are Stolen
Silver-ton, Jan. 14 The pos
sibility that an addict was in
volved in the burglary of tha
Steelhammer drug store Friday
night in Silverton was studied
today in view of a loss of soma
$500 in narcotics. Entrance to
the store was gained through a
skylight.
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East Salem Parent Teacher
Meeting Slated for Tuesday
East Salem, Jan. 16 A program has been planned for the
January meeting of the Swegle Parent-Teachers association
Tuesday night at 8 o clock in the school auditorium.
The regular executive meeting will be held at 7 o'clock, fol
lowed by a short business meeting. Two moving pictures will
be shown for the program,5
"Then it will happen" and "The
Realm of the Wild." A social
hour will follow.
The annual business meeting
of the Swegle Road Garden Club
was held Thursday night at the
home of Mrs. Dan Stauffer on
East Garden Road. Oficers for
the new club year were elected.
Serving will be Mrs. Oscar Wigle
president, Mrs. C. D. Kennedy,
vice president, and Mrs. Daniel
Casey, secretary-treasurer. There
were fourteen members present
and one new member, Mrs. T. G.
Finell. Mrs. Alfred Pauli assist
ed Mrs. Stauffer serving refresh
ments. The regular meeting date
has been changed from the
second Thursday to the second
Tuesday of the month.
The Swegle unit of home ex
tension was held Thursday after
noon in the home of Mrs. Ralph
Jackson on Hollywood Drive
with fifteen members present. A
lesson on "give home sewing a
professional look" was given by
Miss Eleanor Trindle.
The two coming meetings were
discussed and project leaders ap
pointed. Mrs. Melvin LaDue and
Mrs. Harold Holler will present
"lamp shade making" and Mrs.
Oscar Forgard and Mrs. V. M.
LaDue will be in charge of the
project "making a better dress."
A lunch was served by Mrs.
Jackson.
Middle Grove A special
meeting of the Asociated Com
munity clubs called for the elec
tion of new oficers for the com
ing year will be held at thes
school house Tuesday night,
January 17, at 7:30 p.m.
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