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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem. Oregon
Tuesday, September 1, lflsl
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OREGON ACE GETS ALTITUDE RECORD
Lt. Col. Marion E. Carl, 87, Oregon flying ace hailing
from Hubbard, who is one of the Marine Corps' outstand
ing pilots, both in World War II and since la again in the
limelight for flying a rocket propelled plane higher
than man has ever gone before. On August 21 he
climbed to an altitude of 83,235 feet, almost 16 miles for
an unofficial world record. He says there would have
been "no limit" if he had carried more fuel.
The flight was made in the Navy's D558-2 Skyrocket,
a rocket plane built by the, Douglas Aircraft Corp. The
mor-L. evpaarU f Vio sprocket's own previous record
of 79,494 feet, established by Douglas test Pilot Bill
Brldgeman, August 15, 1951.
Carl has made four flights In the Skyrocket, all from
Edwards Air Force base on the Monave aesert. i ne any
rocket was dropped from the belly of a B-29 Superfortress
at an altitude of 83,500 feet. He had dropped to 28,000
feet before he had lighted the first two of her four
rockets. le started with less than three minutes fuel,
otherwise he could have climbed much higher.
Carl, who is a modest, unassuming man, a graduate of
the ROTC at OSC and graduated as a lieutenant was an
outstanding Marine ace with 18V Japanese planes to his
credit in World War II. He was credited with 15 V4 Jap
anese planes in the battle for Guadalcanal in the summer
After World War II, Carl became a naval lest pilot and
helped develope carrier landing techniques for jet air
craft In 1951, he became the first Marine to win the
annual Chanute award for "a noiaDie coninouiion maae
by a pilot to the aeronautical sciences.
. Carl held the world's speed record of 650.7 miles per
hour in 1943 and will try soon to better the present worm
speed mark of 1,238 miles per hour. G. P.
I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU, JUDGE
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POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
WISDOM FROM MONTGOMERY
Not much has been heard of late from Britain's top
troop commander of World War II, General, now Viscount
Montgomery, deputy commander of the NATO forces,
presently in Canada where he made a speech the other
day which represented as much wisdom as we've heard
from a Briton in many a day. '
Montgomery said the military arm of the NATO na
tions cannot plan a sucessful defense of the free world
because the nations of this group have not yet reached a
meeting of minds as to what they wish to defend and
how. Successful military planning is impossible under
the conditions the peoples and governments have imposed
on their military leaders, he warned. - .
Even Americans and British "hardly speak the same
language," he said, adding that as an illustration, there
. is not and has not been an understandable western policy
toward Eastern Asia. The same differences are to be
found in the European area.
Montgomery warned against complacency over the
Internal troubles within the iron curtain realm. He be
lieves the strain will become "more intense" and that
"tough decisions by political leaders" in the free coun
tries canot be long avoided.
Montgomery says we must create military machines
that can be geared to handle any emergency for about
25 years without wrecking our economies, which means
improved reserve forces called up for yearly training. He
also insisted upon "live and dynamic leadership" on the
political side, which he must know though he did not say,
no longer exists in his own country.
BACK TO SCHOOL
The youngsters greet the approach of school's reopen
ing with mixed feelings, just as they always have.
On the one side there is consternation. Where has the
vacation, that looked so long three months ago, gone.
Can it really be about over? Must we go back to books,
themes, special assignments, home work and all the rest
so soon? Gosh!
But there is a more pleasant side, which we think far
outweighs the other in most youngsters minds. One
will soon see friends of both sexes, many of whom one
hasn't seen, or but seldom, all summer long. Notes to
compare, pleasant associations to be renewed. And
' school activities to be resumed, particularly the king of
fall sports, football.
And learning. Is that so obnoxious as the youngster
tries to make his elders think? We greatly doubt it.
Otherwise many more would drop out than do. It is fun
to learn, with certain exceptions, we grant. It's also fun
to eat, but not all foods. Spinach for instance.
The Capital Journal salutes the mid-Willamette area's
teachers and students as they prepare to return to the
classrooms for another year which we join them in hop
ing will be the best ever.
September's Here, But
What Is It? Hal Yawns
By HAL BOYLE
W) Here lt is i notify the leaves it li time to
RACIAL STRIFE IN CHICAGO
Better racial relations are making steady, rapid prog
ress in the United States, including the south where prog
ress was naturally expected to be more slow and difficult.
However it looks like the last place in the United States
to acquire decent racial attitudes is going to be, not At
lanta but Chicago. Voilence broke out again last week
in the windy city. When a federal housing project ac
cepted a negro tenant an irate crowd stoned the police.
Five incendiary fires were started in the project, one of
which caused $15,000 damage. It was the second race
riot in a month.
Chicago has about three-quarters of a million negroes
nd thev have to have places to live. Many are living
under deplorable conditions. Worry by white people over
nearoea moving in and depressing real estate values is
understandable up to a point, but violence cannot be con
doned, even if there were a lot more provocation. Chi-
eagoans are going to have to grow up and reconcile them
elves to a lituation they cannot change.
Truck Rates Drop on
Highway 30 Today
Portland l Truck freight
rate between Portland and
stern Oregon along U.S.
Hlchwsr 0 drop 25 cents a
lllld today with the expiration
of a way bill ",.. M
Decision on whMhrf the sur
charge will be renewed If ex.
pected within 10 days, A. F.
Harvjr, superintendent of mo
tor regulation for the Oregon
Public Utilities commtMion,
said.
Hearing was held In Portland
month ago on the application
of the Pacific Inland Tariff Bu
reau, Inc., to continue the sur
charge to Aug. II, J854.
New York
September Morn, and all it
rates from moat of us li a big
fat yawn. . .
For in the great house of
the year September is one of
the least Interesting rooms. In
fact it is less of a separate room
than it is a drab corridor be
tween two pleasant places.
September it like near beer.
It has the name but lacks a
famous flavor. It is near-sum
mer, near fall, end yet is neith
er. It is like a fellow who
tries to be popular by lmi tat
ing two other people, and thus
becomes ncbody.
How can September ever
have an Identity of its own.
half of the time essaying the
cloying warmth of August,
then weekly attempting to
copy the robust appeal of Oc
tober?
If the months were named
for diseases, September would
he called "30-day schizophre'
nia. ' or "the season with the
split personality." It is the
elderly adolescent of the cal
endar, forever teetering be
tween the dog days and au
tumn, forever unable to make
up its own mind or its own
weather.
Just what good Is Soptenv
ber, if it were put on trial,
who could you say In its de
fense?
It generally has enough hot
aayi 10 provoKe tne warm
weather conversationalists to
croak a final, "They say It
sin't really the heat It's the
humility." These people then
hibernate silently until the
first snowfall, when they
emerge and ask, "Cold enough
for you?
But If you gamble on going
to the beach to put a last pol
ish on your suntan, St-ptem
ber is Just as likely to slap
you in the face with a hurri
cane. September is underlain. It
Is In reverse with wrinkles un
der the eyes like middle
aged actress trying to play the
role of a young girl again in
an out-of-date melodrama.
The trouble with September
Is that she reflects her Inde
cision Into us. She brings a
kind of reverse spring fever.
On warm dayt we sluggishly
think how nice it would be to
fhave a second vacation. But
the cool days she brings aren't
crisp enough yet to stir our
moping minds to vast new
dreams.
September is lull In liv
ing, a cocoon time for boss and
hired hand. It it an interlude
In which to tie up the loose
ends of summer, pay old bills,
get the kldt off to school again,
a lash pause of the blood be
fore the vigorous pulsing dayt
ahead.
And. I suppose. If you put
September on the witness
stand in its own behalf. It
would say something like this:
"You can't . have action on
the stage all the time, or the
audience would wear out And
everybody in the theater can't
be a star, either.
"It Isn't my fault I am only
on of the year' scene shift
ers. My Joo is to get the sum
mer scenery started moving
off th stage, and the next
scenery moving on. I have to
change costume and give the
robins their cue to scram.
"I just got a million things
like that to do. All I can
promise you is that if you II
just stick around, the next act
will be better. Meanwhile,
why don't you rest your eye
balls and wait for the show,
Instead of bawling out the
stagehands?"
There's no doubt September
has point, even though, as
months go, its at f'ull to most
of us as a corset ad is to
Shetland pony.
But lt has one priceless vir
tue. It brings a magic tea
change to every restaurant
menu. The first of Septem
ber may often bore mankind
But it draws your old pal, the
oyster, from his shell. He's in
real stew from now on.
Chaos Bomb
Albany Democrat-Herald
No sooner do we feel a
slight lift of optimism on the
brightened prospect for a bet
ter world than we pick up a
press dispatch or a magazine
article telling us that the sci
entists have envisioned a big
ger and better bomb to turn
the whole earth into an unin
habited and uninhabitable
desert. And there's another
day Just ruined.
It is still an open question
whether man has enough de
cency to be trusted with con
trol of such weapons. The ex
cuse for dropping the A-bomb
was that it shortened the Ja
panese war and saved a lot of
lives. This has never been
proved: the fact seem to be
that the Japanese were com
pletely licked before Hiroshima
Then we had bigger A-
I bomhs and hoped we could
use them as an unanswerable
argument fo' unlver.-.l dis
armament. Now the Russians
have, apparently, mastered the
secrets of not only the A
bomb but the vastly more ter
rible H-bomb. There seems
to be no halting the ghastly
slide toward the bomb to end
all bombs - and end every
thing else.
The latest military plaything
Is called a C-bomb C for
cobalt, also for chaos. It's de
signed to be Just an H-bomb
with an A-bomb trigger, en
closed In shell of cobalt. The
explosion would pulverize the
cobalt and a fine radioactive
dust would spread over the
earth, ending al life.
Imagine someone In posi
tion to give the world to re
lease such a lethal force over
considerable sector of the
globe. He would go down In
history at the man who
well, anyway, he'd go down,
perhaps taking his hittory
along with him.
Salem 14 Years Ago
By BEN MAXWELL
September 1, 193
German planes bad dropped
bombs on Warsaw, Poland.
Prime Minister Chamberlain
had told an emergency session
of parliament that France and
Great Britain bad given Ger
many a final warning: If Ger
many does not cease aggres
sion and withdraw her forces
from Polish territory Britain
and France wili fulfill their
obligations to Poland.
President Boosevelt had
told reporters that he believed
the United States could stay
out of the European war and
that the administration would
make every effort to keep this
country out.
Wheat prices I n Chicago
had skyrocketed more than
seven cents bushel under
impact of buying inspired by
outbreak of hostilities in Eu
rope. London had already sent
her children to safety in the
English country-side and with
in a few days 3,000,000 more
scheduled to leave other Eng
lish cities.
Rumors Fly
Beedspert Courier
There are many charms
bout a small town, on of
them is not rumors. A lot of
rusaors are harmless and in
fact sort of funny when ana
Ivied. Others are not funny
at all and in fact quit vicious
and harmful.
Naturally, we like to think
of Reedsport as different but
Just when we get pretty well
elated about the way things
are going an arrow pierces th
balloon and down we come.
That is what happened the
past sv eeral days, or perhaps
it was weeks, but any wsy a
lot of rumors were flying.
Th thing that brings us into
all these rumors is that a lot of
gullible people wonder why
we don't publish th big
stories, if they were, true, that
is. The sad thing if that a lot
of pretty good folks, anytime a
rumor starts the rounds it it
the gospel truth, to them.
There have been tome tall
onea lately around the whole
of the Lower Umpqua area.
They, and we point up the
word they, because what is
supposed to be one big story
has turned out to be at least
eight different episodes. We
are asked several times each
day why we don't publish the
big newt. Naturally, we want
to know what it it. that is why
we know that there are at
least eight stories about this
supposed incideni. Maybe
there are more, but that is the
number that have come to our
attention. Again, the word
naturally, we don't want to be
asleep so we start checking.
We do a detective job that we
hope would make Rip Kirby
and Dick Tracy sit up and take
notice. But maybe we aren't
as good as Rip or Dick but we
just can't find any facts or
even a semblance of evidence
to go on.
Everytime we start tracing
what is supposed to be the
thread of evidence, it fades out
like snow bsll on the Fourth
of July. We are getting tired
of chasing after the pot of
gold at the end of the rainbow
and have concluded that there
"ain't none there."
We are too close to home to
be experts. We credit William
Howard Taft with the state
ment that "an expert is any
damn fool 90 miles from
home." Maybe he didn't orig
inate the phrase but at least
we know that he used it on
one occasion. Well that
leaves us out as experts, so,
our findings will just have to
be our findings.
Perhaps our sleuthing is
poor but we just can't find
anything true about big ru
mors that have been drifting
around lately. If there are
facts, they elude us. We are
out after news but we have to
have something to go on. When
there Just isn't anything to tie
to, unless we could learn the
McCsrthy technique we are
lost.
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
Some WACs Acquiring
Weight in Wrong Spots
Independence, without bus
service for months, hsd been
advised that the application of
K. N. wood to operate a bus
line between Monmouth, Inde
pendence and Salem had been
approved.
President lunacy Moscicki.
president of Poland, had de
clared a state of war following
German bombing of Polish
cities.
Salem Art center had an ex
hibition of drawings, etchings
and lithographs accomplished
by the distinguished German
artist. Kaethe KollwiU, victim
oi Nazi persecution.
The year had ended Septem
ber 1, with a total of 31.10
inches of rainfall, a deficiency
oi iu.j as compared with
normal of 41.62 inchet. In
Salem August had brought .94
oi an inch of rain.
Prunes were being purchas
ed here at a price of $12 ton
green for a count of 12 or larg
er a pound. A count of 15 and
18 a pound had price of $8
a ton. i
St7 a Subsidy
Corvallis Gazette-Times
Whittling away at its defi
cit, which is expected to run
to $748,000,000 this fiscal year,
the Post Office Department
will hereafter be paid for pos
tal service rendered to other
departments of the Federal
government and the Congress.
It is estimated this will bring
$35,000,000 additional reve
nue, Including $1,600,000 now
charged for the franking priv
ilege of members of Congress.
Of course, the taxpayer will
be not better off. But as the
departments of government
and the Congress feel the pinch
in, their budgets of their ex
penditures for postal service,
perhaps the great flood of mail
that flows out to citizens and
such mass-information media
as newspapers, magazines and
radio stations will be reduced
to the meaningful. It may be
too much to hope, but the day
may come when the handouts
that are now measured by the
ton, and are little more than
ballyhoo for heads of agencies
and congressmen will be cut
to the irreducible trickle of
worthwhile Information.
By DREW
Washington No public an
noun cement has been mad in
order to apar th girls' feel
ings, but th army is taking a
critical view of sagging WAC
shapes. Th problem is so pro
nounced that th army has or
dered a special program of
"formal physical exercise per
iods" and . "instruction in
wholesome dietary habits" for
lady soldiers who bulge in the
wrong places.
Under th army's new gla
mor standards, a WAC mutt
keep her weight "well distrib
uted" and "within the limits
established by AR 40-100 as
accptabl for her height and
age." She must also d "tree
from obvious defects of ap
pearance remediable by physi.
cal exercise and good health
practices." Of course, she is
alto expected to keep a watch
on her "posture and physical
bearing."
Those who do not measure
up will be given a chance to
wear off iirplus pounds by
"participation in individual or
team sports or physical activi
ties." If this fails to trim them
down to regulation shapeliness,
however, they will be obliged
to take formal exercises, These
will be conducted with scien
tific regard for individual
shapes and sizes.
"To the extent feasible, and
when competent technical ad
vice is available for guidance,"
says the regulation, "the ex
ercises in these periods will
be Individualized to meet the
differing needs of the women
participating; this is especially
desirable when the goal is to
reduce or redistribute weight."
However, the army, wise to
the habit of goldbricking, cau
tions: "It will be borne in
mind that much of the benefit
of such exercise depends upon
frequency. An hour once or
twice (a month only is useless
and may be detrimental."
LETTUCE AND PARSLEY
For any female physical cul-
turistf who may try to carry
things too far, the army adds
sternly: "Certain important
goals of military physical
culturlsts who may try to car
ry things too far, the army
adds sternly: "Certain import
ant goals of military physical
training for men, such as
strengthening of muscle groups
to meet the strains of combat
and the development of a high
ly aggressive spirit, are neith
er required by nor appropriate
to the military duties assigned
to women, and will not be
pursued in , a program for
women." j
In other words, the army
wants its WACs to be feminine.
As for dieting, the army pre
scribes: "Whenever possible,
instruction in diet should be
based on the teachings of re
cognized authorities on nutri
tion. Women presenting diet
ary problems that cannot be
met by moderate intake of
well-balanced meals will be re
ferred to a medical office for
advice."
To this end, some WAC mess
halls have set aside special
"diet tables" for the fat
WACs. An appraising sergeant
singles. out the ladies whose
bulges seem to require special
attention, and seats them at a
table set with lettuce, parsley
and the like. However, one
corpulent WAC at the Penta
gon confided to this column
that she cheats by slipping
down to the milk bsr after-
H1GH BEAT TREATMENT
New York W Capt. Cy
Gates, Trsnt-World airlines
pilot suggested heat sufferers
might go up 20,000 feet above
Cleveland. Th thermometer
outside his plan registered a
10 below zero over the Ohio
city. It was about 74 degrees
on th ground. I
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ward and ordering a couple
of double malted s.
Not Th army Is th last
of th three services to become
glamor-conscious. For years,
th navy has been carefully
grooming its Waves to bring
out their sex appeal. Not to b
outdone, th air fore hired
glamorous Jackie Cochran,
lady pilot and cosmetics queen,
to recommend how th WAFs
could improve their looks.
Though her comments were so
uncomplimentary that, th
WAFs got up in arms, she
drafted a set of standards
which the air force has been
quietly trying to follow.
NOT GOOD FOR GENERAL
MOTORS
The fire that destroyed the
giant General Motors plant at
Lavonia, Mich., certainly was
not good for General Motors,
but it may have been good as
a warning to the U.S. In fact.
ii may nave been an act of
God.
Burnt up in that multimil
lion-dollar fire was not onlv
the machinery for making
Oldsmobile, Pontiac and Cad
illac hydromatics, but also hy
dromatics for army tanks. This,
of course, was a loss. But th
destruction emphasized th
danger of Wilson's "sinsl
source of supply" the strate
gy of concentrating production
in one or two big plants in
stead of spreading the orders
out among several smaller
plants.
Fortunately for th army, it
is making hydromatics for
tanks in another factory, so
the Lavonia fire won't hurt
tank production. But if th
Wilson policy hsd already been
put into effect, th army tank
program would have been out
of luck. .
Thus the Lavonia fir has
caused defense production
planners to think twice as to
what would happen in case of
H-bomb raids; and the singl
source of supply idea pro
pounded by Charley Wilson
may be acrapped.
WILSON VS. SMALL
BUSINESS
Wilton's production thinking
was not motivated by any Idea
of increasing General Motors
business though that would
have been the result he just
thinks in terms of big business.
It's second nature to him.
Small companies, he has said
privately are a nuisance;
should be used only as sub
contractors. B i g companies
should get all the defense busl-
!SS.
Meanwhile, General Motors'
own figures indicate that
there's some truth in Chsrley's
statement that what's good for
General Motors is good for th
United States. These figures
show that GM pays 15 per cent
of all corporate taxes paid in
the United States, and five per
cent of all the excess profits
taxes. General Motors also
grosses eleven billion dollars
a year and there are few sov
ereign nations, and few states
of the United States, that gross
eleven billions a year.
ICOPTTUht 1S
FIRST POLIO DEATH
Portland (U.B Portland's
first polio death of the year
was on the records today.
The victim, Edwin L. Bech
tol, 35, was stricken with bul
bar polio August 21. He died
at hospital here Sunday. '
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