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FERAL!") AND NEWS. Klamath Falls, Ore.
Sunday, Oct. 13, 105!
Marshall Both Military, Civilian Leader
Proofreader
(Editor's nole: Thii is the
ef three articles on Gen. Ucorgi
C. Marshall, dead now after a
lnnf life ol much service, conn
glory and a share of controversy.)
by ELTON C. KAY
WASHINGTON (APl-Ouhide a
Catolina cottage on the last day
ol 1938 an Army band played
some marching tunes lor the aged
general
It was his birthday. There had
been 77 before this. There would
be no more.
George Callctt Marshall first
heard the brassy hands and ca
dence drums sound out those live
ly airs when he was a shavetail
lieutenant of infantry, wearing a
broadbrimmed Army campaign
hat. no medals on his chest.
That was before three wars, two
' cabinet posts, fame and a brief
flurry of controversy in later life.
When the Army band came to
Pinehurst from Ft. Bragg to play
l birthday serenade, illness and
age already were heavy upon the
general.
But !he 73lh birthday was a
time for memories and a talk with
a few old friends.
A tin-! to look back, fo remcm
ber Uniontown. Pa., where he
was born in 1830: schooling at
Virginia Military Institute: the
humid heat of Army duty in the
Philippines: the dust of Oklaho
ma's fort Reno; slow promotion
lor junior officers: until World
War I came and with it assign
ment to Gen. John J. Pershing's
headquarters for the American
Expeditionary Slaff.
That was Marshall's strong
point staff work. He began
ascending, obscurely at first, a
captain, a major, a lieutenant
colonel. A five-year lour after the
war as aide to "Black .Jack" Per
thing, that personification of the
precise, cold, aloof commander.
Some of Pershing's characlcrisl
les rubbed off on Marshall.
He developed two personalities.
As an officer, he cleaved closely
to the code. He was severe, smiled
little, kept to himself, expected in
stant response when he pushed a
buzzer, an immediate answer
when he asked a question.
At some point early in his mil
itary career he adopted the mil
itary practice of addressing sub
ordinates, both in and out of the
military, by their last names He
made perhaps no more than a
dozen exceptions, and these in the
case of very old and very close
associates.
Until the day of Dm iglit D. Ei
enhower inauguration as presi
dent, Marshall addressed him only
as "Eisenhower," never " Ike."
Marshall s official aloolness
may have been something of a
protective device, as well as loo
literal acceptance of military cus
tom. He dreaded that some ac
quaintance, close or casual, might
ask him to use influence of office
to grant a lavor. So, in a way, he
avoided people. .When he entered
his olfice in the morning he
passpd through the reception room
at almost a run, left in the same
way.
It was a dilferent Marshall nl
home. There he was a kindly and
gentle man who talked through
the eening hours with his wile
about the family, friends, books,
gardening.
He attended riuliltilly the din
ners and cocktail parlies required
ol a general of the Army, of a
secretary of stale, of a secretary
of defense, of an official mission
ary abroad of the president of the
United States.
He may not have liked glitter
ing social events, but he was a
diplomat. He could listen atten
tively and speak the noncommit
al words required of him.
Essentially, Marshall was a
staff officer, not a combat leader.
His talents showed enough to
focus Washington attention on him
while he was an almost unknown
brigadier general on duty in Illi
nois in the mid-1930's.
Former Secretary of Defense
Louis Johnson, recalls that he was
instrumental in having Marshall
assigned to War Department
headquarters when Johnson was
an assistant secretary of war.
The bright young brigadier, who
appeared to know how to gel
things done fast even in the maze
of military red tape, began to
move up rapidly, lie was chief of
the War Plans Division, deputy
chief of stall, acting duel, then
chief of staff in when war
already had come to Europe and
when Marshall's staff ability had
nought the attention and support
it President Franklin D. Koo.se-
Vt'lt.
World War II broke for the Uni
ted Stales on a Sunday morning.
Marshall was horseback riding.
There were "some who seemed
surprised, and even shocked, that
the Army chief of stall should
have been horseback riding at a
moment when the enemy struck
Pearl Harbor. But there were
many others, in high and low
places, at home and overseas, for
whom war came with stunning
suddenness.
As Army chief of slaff, Mar
shall was in a preeminent posi
tion in the war councils, a senior
member of the American military
chiefs ol staff, memncr of the
combined chiefs of staff, essen
tially an Anglo-American organi
zation.
The prominent part which Mar
shall had in those wartime coun
cils later was to become a sub
ject for some senatorial critics ol
the general. So too did these crit
ics make charges about hij ac
tions as a diplomat, alter ljc left
the Army chid 's post.
Marshall had difficulty in trying
to step out of active life, retire
to a home in Leesburg, Va,, and
a winter collage at Pinehurst,
N. C.
New matters kept bobbing up.
When he stepped down in No
vember 1045 as Army chief of
staff he and Mrs. Marshall packed
up tnd made ready to move 'o the
quiet life of a small Southern
town. Thev didn't no InsieaH
Marshall acceDted President liar.
ry Truman's request that he go
10 cnina wun me personal rank
of ambassador.
That assignment lasted until
1047. How about reiirement then?
No.
Ho became secretary nf slain
the month in which he finished the
ambassadorial job.
The Marshalls scaled down their
retirement plan, the general ac
cepting the presidency of the
American Red Cross for two
years. j
Retire then?
No. Truman named Marshall
secretary of defense and he look
over on Sept. 12, 1950.
He had on his hands his third
war. The Korean conflict had
been under way three months. It
was going badly.
Involved were questions not
merely of tactics for defeating an
eneny but of broad international
policy. How hard could the linutd
war be pushed without bringing in
the Soviet Union and precipitating
a third world war with nuclear
weapons?
It look a tougr.-minded man to
stand the strain of questions like
that.
News Carriers Counteract Juvenile Delinquency Scare
DALLAS, Tex. tfu-The nation's
700,000 newspaper carrier boys
arc a bright, glowing statistic
'gainst the often dreary juvenile
delinquency picture: fewer than
one in 200 carriers gets his name
on the police blotter.
This is a figure from FBI Chic
.J. Edgar Hoover, himself a one
time newspaper boy. It's one the
International Circulation Mana
gcrs Assn. cites with more than
casual pride.
The circulation men are calling
I . I
'he matter to public attention as
,art of the Oct. )7 observance oi
ewspaper Boy Day. This is th(
!0th year the association has
sponsored the day in the United
States, Canada and 20 other coun
tries. Jack Esti.'s, secretary-treasurer
ol the IC.MA, sajs the earnings ol
these junior business men who
deliver newspapers to your door
amount to $2,600,000,000 a year, i
J nousancts pay their wav
through college from their profit
Esles and his staff estimate the.
newspapers, seeking to encourage
further studies by high school
graduates, distribute $500,000 a
year in scholarships.
Circulation managers, as well as
authorities concerned with juve
nile problems, consider it self-
evident that a newspaper route
keeps a boy loo busy for idle mis
chief, teaches responsibility, self
reliance, poise in dealing with the
public and the benefits of free
enterprise.
Gen. Curtis E. I.eMay of the
United Slates Air Force, another
former newspaper boy, said in
connection with this year's obser
vance of Newspaper Boy Day:
Newspaper boys have become
n tradition in oiir American way
of life, and have established their
position as reliable and ponlrib-
uting members nf the society of
this nation.
"At an early age they assume
responsibility for supplying their
fellow Americans with vital infor
mation on the news of the world.
Furthermore, they acquire con
structive work habits early in life,
and in so doing become members
of that valuable group of Ameri
cans who are not afraid to work.
JUNIOR BUSINESSMAN of today, a solid citizen tomorrow.
This youngster, a newspaper carrier, is one of the more than
700,000 carrier boyi across the country who are a bright
statistic against the rise in juvenile crime.
'own or city is apt to read like a
ocal who's who.
It's the same story at the na
innal level. Among the ex-news
paper boys cited at random by the
ICMA are Herbert C. Hoover, Jo
seph W. Mai tin, Albert B. (Happy)
Chandler, Tiomas K. Dewey, Mau
rice J. Tobin, Earl Warren, Walt
Disney, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope,
Harold Lloyd, Fred M. Vinson,
Thomas C. Clark, Roy W. How
aid, Frank E. Gannett, William
O. Douglas. Capt. Eddie Ricken
backer, Benjamin F. Fairless and
Dwight D. Kisenhower.
Heart Attack
In Class Fatal
MACDOEL William Cope
land, 56, former principal of the
Macdocl grade school and teacher
for the last two years in a school
near San Jose, died Thursday, ap
parently from a heart attack while
leaching a class.
He also taught at Happy Camp
for two years after leaving Mac
docl.
Mrs. Copclanri, who also taught
here, is teaching in the San Jose
school system.
Funeral services will be held at
Anardaiko, Oklahoma.
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BLM Timber Sale Brings High Bidding
"DENNIS THE MENACE"
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IfVHY (XHJ I PLAY SOLF? 1 KNOW SOME SAO WROBI
Reports to the International Cir
ulation Managers Assn. show
more and more newspapers, m
position to choose from applicants
lor deliver." roules, are accept
ing only boys whose grades in
school rank them above average
"Generally," sas Estes, "the
preference is for boys to start on
the job at around 1H old enough
that they're ready for some re
sponsibility but still young enough
not to spend all their time think
ing about which girl they want to
ask for a date."
As evidence of what the train
g may mean, the circulation
men have found that a list of for
mer newspaper boys in nearly any
Committeeman
Job Inviting
PORTLAND (AP) - Another
possible candidate for Oregon Re
publican National Committeeman
threw his hat in the ring Friday.
He is Don Chapman of Portland.
Chapman said he probably would
seek the office if the incumbent,
Robert T. Mautz, decides not to
run tor reelection.
Two other possible candidates
are former Gov. Elmo Smith of
Albany and Rep. Walter Norblad.
Both said they might make a try
for the job if Mautz doesn't want
it.
There was heavy competition fori
three tracts of timber offered for
oral auction sale by the Mcdford
District of the Bureau of Land
Management. The bidding brought
the selling price of 13.828.000
board feet of timber to $510,037.
Chiloquin Timber Company of
Klamath Falls was- high bidder
lor two tracts located near Buck
Lake in western Klamath Coun
ty. Their total bid for the 8,236.000
board feet included in the two
las fir, $(iS per thousand for pon
derosa pine, SKI .25 per thousand
fur sugar pine and $23.05 per thou
sand for white fir. Five other op
erators qualified to bid on each
tract.
K & C Timber Company of Wolf
Creek made the highest offer ol
the three bidders competing for a
1 1 act containing 5.592.000 board
feet in Elk Valley Creek in' south
western Douglas County. They bid
$33 per thousand board feet for
tiacis was s.HJ,hoi..., or an aver-lne Douglas fjr and $1H7,385.65 for
nn n, M nil noi- inn Kann nnarn . .
feet for all species. The bids for
individual species included $30.10
per thousand hoard feet for Doug
Trumpeter Swan
Numbers Decline
PORTLAND (AP) - The num
ber of trumpeter swans in the
United States declined 54 to only
681 in the past year.
3Tie Department of Interior re
ported the figure Friday after the
Fish and Wildlife Service had
completed its autumn survey.
The government has been at
tempting to save the big birds
fiom extinction for the past 30
years. Mi.it of the swans, which
weigh as much as 25 pounds and
have an eight-foot wing spread,
were killed olf during the lain
century.
Attorney Seeks
Democrat Post
PORTLAND (AP) Portland
attorney Berkeley Lent, who has
been toying with the idea of run
ning for Democratic State Central
Committee Chairman, made up
Irs mind Friday and decided to
seek the office.
Other announced candidates arc
Dan Poling of Salem and State
Sen. Robert W. Straub of Eugene.
The new chairman will be chos
en at a committee meeting in
Portland Oct. 21. The vacancy
was created by the death ol David
C. Epps earlier this year.
GIVES POLARIS REPORT
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -(UPI)
- Rear Adm. W. F. Ra
born told the American Rocket
Society Thursday night that at
least 40 lo 50 test shots are need
ed before the Polaris missile will
be operational. Raborn said he
believed the Polaris, a submarine
launched ballistic missile, may be
the key to discouraging surprise
attacks.
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Charge Filed
In Junk Theft
A 25-year-old millworkor who
conducts a junk business on the
side has been charged with steal
ing iron from a railroad.
Melvin Ray Bonner ot Crescent
will enter a pica to the petty lar
ceny charge at 9:30 a.m. Monday
before Dis'rict .Judge D. E. Van
Vactor.
Police said Bonner, a Gilchrist
mill employe, was accused of steal
ing ahout 230 tie plates from Klam
ath Northern Railway, a branch
between the SP line and Gilchrist.
Bonner was released on $230
bail, pending his next court appearance.
TO RESTORE FORT
B1SMARK, N.R. (UPI) Fort
Abraham Lincoln, where Gen.
George Custer and his 7th Caval
ry had their headquarters, will be
restored. A group called the Cus-tcr-Kort
Lincoln Foundation said
it would spend one million dollars
lo bring the fort, near Mandan,
N.D., to its original condition.
the tract.
The next sale by the Mcdford
District of the bureau will feature
small salvage sales, according to
John Carnegie, district sales ofli
ier. The sale will consist of one
GRANGE NEWS
TULKLAKE Election of olfi
ccrs was held at the regular meet
ing of the grange last Thursday.
Most of the officers were reelected
lor the coining year.
Iho? who will serve this year
are master, Clarence Moore;
doorkeeper, Paul Tschirky; secre
tary, Mrs. Herman Street; treas
urer, Herman Street; chap
lain, Delia .'"railey; lecturer, Fan
ny Ryckinan: Pomona, Mrs.
John Baley: Mora, Rea Schweit
zer; ceres, Mrs. Clarence Moore;
lady assistant steward, Mrs. El
mer Scott; assistant steward, Ce
cil Moore; overseer, Walter Mesh
ke; home cc chairman, Mrs. How
ard Moore.
The next meeting will be Thurs
day, October 21). At this meeting.
representatives of the starch fac
tory, and Cliff Jenkins, manager
of the Tulelake Growers Associa
tion, will give brief talks.
Officers will he installed Wed
nesday evening. November 4. An
installing team from Dorris will
he present.
green s,.:e of 4,226.000 board feet
located near Lincoln and six sal
vace sales with a total volume of
.07,000 board feet. One of these
small sales is located near Pros
pect in northeast Jackson County
and the other five are in Wolf
Creek-Cow Creek area of northern
Josephine, and southern Douglas
counties.
Additional information regarding
these proposed sales may be se
cured at the district office of the
bureau in Medford, according to
Carnegie.
Elks Collect
Hides For Vets
For the first lime this year,
MPOKIks will join other Elkj
lodges in the western stales in a
"Hides For Veterans," program.
Hides arc collected by the local
lodges and sent to a tannery
where the Oregon Slate Elks As
sociation assumes responsibility.
Final distribution to occupa
tional therapy departments of Vet
erans Hospitals throughout tha
country.
Cecil Fitzgerald, chairman, in
announcing plans for the local
lodge participation, said hides
may be taken to the South Sixth
Street Oxygen Sales, 2525 South
Sixth, operated by Walter Bador-ok.
All Elks and others interested
are asked lo cooperate.
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