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Tokyo Reports:
Strike Convoys
(By the Associated Presi)
A r r i . . .
nmencan oupertoruesses, in toree, smaihed at vulnerable
And heavily Industrialized Naaova en Janan'i main hams Island
of Honshu at midafternoon today
mar Domus nad fallen recently
palace in Tikyo.
Nagoya, which has the largest concentration of airplane and
airplane parts plants in Japan, is a highly inflammable city which
in iytu nad a population of 1,328,084.
Jhere were indications that the American raids were not
confined to the Nagoya area. The Japanese radio said B-29s
hit the home island of Shikolcu as well as Honshu and Japanese
occupied Korea. They reported "about 80" Superfortresses fly
ing in "small formations" raided the Tokvo area and Aichi and
Shizuoka prefectures on Honshu, where some damage was caused
"on the ground."
, Nagoya is in Aichi prefecture. Another Japanese city re
ported hit, rlamamatsu, is in Shizuoka prefecture.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
FHERE is little change in the
European fighting.
We're still stopped on the flood
ed Roer (barring the way to Co
logne and the Rhine). In the
Saar, Patton is slowed by "ever
stiffening resistance that is tak
ing on a FANATICAL char
acter." The Germans have launched 11
counter-attacks at Patton's 3rd
army in two days.
IT may be (we have to guess at
these things) that while we're
gathering strength for a new
blow on the Roer the Germans
shifted men and guns to the Saar.
The distance is relatively short
and German communications are
pretty good.
UfE'VE been hitting hard at
fj German communications
from the air.
A spokesman for our 8th air
force (based in Britain) says that
In the past week our bombers
have ripped apart EVERY main
line leading from Industrial cen
ters in central and southwestern
Gei-many to German DEFENSES
in the west, (Purpose: slowing
lip the flow of German supplies
and reinforcements to the front.)
An idea as to the size of the
nirforce we've been using may
be gained from the statement
'Continued on page 2)
Third Death Results
In Jealousy Shooting
MYRTLE POINT. Dec. 13 The
third death in a shooting attribut
ed to iealousv occurred here Tues
day when Edward Watziing, 39,
succumbed at a hospital.
Watziing, a resident here for
10 vears. died of a bullet wound
in the chest, inflicted by Eugene
E. Adams, who killed himself
Sunday nieht after slaying Mrs.
Barbara Dahrenn, 22.
Police reports attributed the
triple slaving to jealousy, in that
Adams and Mrs. Dahrenn had
been seen together several times
since she arrived from Roseburg
to visit her parents.
Watziing leaves his wife, two
sons, a brother and two sisters.
Paper Use in Wrapping
Whiskey Is Assailed
PORTLAND, Dec. 13 (AP)
Multnomah county Representa
tive Joseph E. Harvey plans to in
troduce in the state legislature a
bill which would prohibit state
liquor stores from using paper to
wrap up bottles for customers.
"There scorns to be a conspir
acy of silence regarding this wan
ton waste of tons of paper for
wrapping whiskey 'pur chases,
while we must carrv groceries
home unwrapped," Harvey de
clared in a letter to the Oregon
Liquor Control commission.
Pensions-for-Congressmen Proposal
Revived, Together With Bill to Hike
Salaries, Including That of President
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (AP) A new penslons-for-congress-men
drive sprang up today on capitol hill.
It had the open backing of Chairman Norton (D.-N. J.) of the
house labor committee and the tacit backing of many otherMnflu
ential members.
Mrs. Norton emphasized in an
Interview that she is not propos
ing gifts for members of congress
when thev leave .public . service,
but simply to extend the current
federal employes' retirement svs
tem to elective and executive offi
cers. "I am not asking for any fa
vors," she said.
The New Jersey legislator Point
ed out that congress has built ub
a contributory retirement fund for
most federal workers, the amount
ol retirement oav being based on
the amount of monev contribut
ed and the entire system being
worked out on an actuarial basis.
Other members of congress
promotlv leaned enthusiastically
If anonvmouslv Into the fight
"Had it not been for unfair pub
licity given when we had a re
Also Bombed,
Counter Blows
Off Philippines
as the Nipponese made claims
on the ground of the imperial
The Japanese claimed their In
terceptors went into action and
were "believed to have caused
henvy losses to the enemy."
Reports on the bombing ot the
palace proiinds with dunnage to a
manor house came via Melbourne.
Australia, where It was recorded
Irom a Japflnese broadcast beam
ed to trip Nipponese nome is
lands. The roDort was probably
propaganda lor home consump
tion. Superfort crews are under
explicit instructions to avoia
bombing the palace.
Another Convoy Smashed
In the Philionines the Yanks
intercepted another enemv con
voy of 11 ships, sinking or damag
ing all but one and downing 50
protecting planes and live orob
ablv. American losses included
eight planes. An allied convoy
was attacked Sunday and some
shins damaged.
The Japanese radio claimed oc
cupation of Ponson island, a mere
dot of land in Ormoc bav, and
the sinking of two destroyers,
two medium sized transnorts and
three tornedo boats in Philinpine
waters. One destroyer and the
transports were reported to be
part of an American convov at
tacked btf Baybay, south of Or
moc. Jan Take Heavy Loss
Althoueh their troops seem al
most helplessly trapped on Lev
in the Japanese aDPear willing to
sacrifice more men, ships and ma
teriel in an effort to save tneir
tremendous stake as well as pres
tige in the Philippines.
The convoy, apparently loaded
with reinforcements and supplies,
was emight ,by -American- planes
and PT-boats off Leyte's north
west coast Monday and Tuesday,
(Continued on page 6)
Russian Artillery
Circles Budapest
For Knockout Blow
MOSCOW, Dec. 13 (AP) Rus
sian assault forces pointed toward
Budapest today from newly-captured
Godollo. 10S miles to the
northeast, while artillery drew up
in close formation at the north
ern and southern outskirts of the
Hungarian capital.
Despite the close approach of
the red army siege semi-circle no
front dispatches mentioned any
thing about the fall of the Hun
garian capital being "imminent."
The city's inhabitants have fled
westward by the thousands and
the German garrison was said to
have dug in apparently determin
ed to hold out until full destruc
tion of the metropolis.
From the Russian positions
many fires could be observed in
side the city.
The fall of Godollo ripped a
wide gap in the enemy's defense
lines nortneast oi nuaapesi. ii
important rail junction, it was
the last maior enemy bastion
controlling the approaches from
that direction. A soviet communi-
oue said tne ucrmans iosi iuu
killed in its fall yesterday.
I.vestia declared that "complete
liberation of the Czechoslovak re
public is near."
The army newspaper Red Star
rennrled German authorities had
made hurried evacuation of mili
tary depots and war plants Irom
frontier districts of Austria.
tirement bill before congress
some time ago, retirement legis
lation . for congressmen now
would be a fact." one of them
said. "The payments into the fund
by the average congressman
would have been almost as large
as the benefits received."
President Included
Mrs. Norton's bill went into
the hopper along with a measure
by Chairman Vinson (D.-Ga.) of
the house naval committee to
boost the annual pay of congress
men from $10,000 to $15,000 and
to hike the salary of the presi
dent, the vice-president, the
speaker end other executive offi
cers. Vinson remarked tfiat the $10,-
(.Continued on page 6
Established
A ? r-f
Douglas Stijl
Trailing Coos
In Bond Sales
Douglas county showed a slight
gain but was still trailing Coos
county in the "Battle of Bonds,"
according to Federal Reserve
bank reports covering E-bond
purchases through Dec. 11. .
Douglas county's sales were re
ported at $217,205, or 45.3 per
cent of quota, while Coos coun
ty's sales were $293,850, or 47.4
per cent. On total sales, including
corporations, which are not a
part of the contest, however,
Douglas countv was far out in
front with $1,305,596, or 129.3 per
cent of quota, while Coos coun
ty's sales amount to $1,415,302, or
75.7 per cent of lotal quota.
But with the contest confined
to E bond sales, Douglas county
is still in the position of having
to furnish the treat to the win
ners unless there is an immedll
ate spurt in individual buying.
Students Boost Sales
Students of Roseburg high
school added a sizable amount to
the county's sales record last
(Continued on page 6.)
Lumber Industry
Future Rests in
Southern Oregon
PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 13.
(AP) While the northwest part
of Oregon is "pretty well logged
out," the state's lumber industry
has a bright future because of
huge stands of timber in' south
ern counties. Nelson Rogers,. Ore
gon state forester,- said here td:
day.
There are approximately 70!
000,000,000 feet of lumber in
Douglas county, more than in
any other county in the United
States, Rogers said, and predict
ed that within 15 years much of
the industry would move south to
h-ugene and Koseourg
Mill Forced to Quit.
Stockholders of the Clark and
Wilson Lumber company, Port
land's largest and the third larg
est in Oregon, voted today to
liquidate the company's 40-year
Oregon holdings by the end of
December, 1947.
Carl G. Kinney, vice-president
and general manager, said the
company would be forced to cease
operations because "we have sim
ply run out of timber and there
is no more that we can buy."
The company's holdings In
clude two sawmills at Llnnton,
one at Prescott. Ore., and exten
sive logging operations in Co
lumbia county. The company
employs some 825 persons.
Court Rules OPA Chief
Needn't Appear in Person
TACOMA,' Wash., Dec. 13.
(AP) Federal Judge Leavy ruled
yesterday that congress never In
tended for Price Administrator
Chester Bowles to personally en
force the UFA program out
should act "through his at
torneys and employes under
him."
The ruling, made in denying a
motion to dismiss charges against
the James Henry Packing com
pany of Seattle on grounds the
OPA suit was not brought per
sonally by Bowles, was declared
by OPA attorneys to be'of ex
treme importance" to the pro
gram's enforcement.
The grounds on which the
company had sought the dismis
sal have been upheld in numer
ous other federal district courts.
OPA attorneys said a ruling by
Judee McColloch of the Oregon
district court, unholding tne con
tention that suits must be insti
tuted personally bv Bowles, now
is before the ninth circuit court
of appeals in San Francisco.
Sterner Treatment Set
For Young. Shoplifters
PORTLAND, Dec. 13 (AP)
Juveniles who shnnllft for a
thrill have forced Portland mer
chants to adont a sterner policy
n thev eaten one in the act.
The problem has become too se
rious to continue letting the
youngster off with a warning.
th" reM fade bureau has do.
elded. "We have ben too soft
hearted in the p!t." said the bu
ren president. "FuhiT offenders
will be turned over to the police."
Flying Bombs Inflict
New British Casualties
LONDON. Dec. 13. (AP)
German flvtne bombs attacks on
southern England continued un
abated during the night, causing
a number of casualties. .
but
City. ofMonn
Wounded While Serving
In Patron's Third Army
PFc Wilbur D. Ford, above,
son oi wir. and Mrs. L. L. iord
uixonvllle Kt., Roseburg, was
seriously wounded in action in
France, November 28, according
io wora receivea Dy nis parents.
A letter written only a week
before he was wounded, Pri
vate Ford informed his parents
he had been attached to General
Patton s Third army.
He attended school at Coqullle,
but entered military service
frorri Roseburg in June, 1943. Ha
was trained as an infantryman
at Camp Roberts, Calif., and
Camp Shelby, Miss. He went
overseas in June of ' this year.
He s4w action In the St. Lo cam
paigrt, according to. letters re
ceived oy ms parents. .
U.S.-Canada
Storm Death
Toll Up to 81
(By the Associated Press)
A new coating of snow on Ice
covered highways brought in
creased travel hazards in a broad
expanse of the nation today while
tne weatner bureau lorecast a
measure of relief from frigid
temperatures.
The death toll from the storm,
which extended from Colorado
to the Atlantic seaboard and In
to southern states, was 63, while
in Canada 18 persons lost their
lives from causes directly attrib
uted to a storm which centered
in Ontario.
The cold wave will begin to
subside in midwest states tonight
and the change will be felt grad'
ually eastward thereafter, the
weather reports indicated.
Although the Pacific coast still
had cloudy weather, skies Gener
ally were clear in Rocky Moun
tain and west-central states.
The storm Inflicted severe
hardships to thousands and
brought curtailment of produc
tion at numerous war plants due
to absenteeism caused by impair-
'Continued on page 6)
Basketball Tourney Off;
Coach Has Meningitis
GRANTS PASS, Ore., Dee.
13. (AP) Illness of Carl
Carpenter, Grants Pass high
school athletio coach, has
caused cancellation of the
southern Oregon Invitational
basketball tournament this
weekend.
Dr. S. B. Osgood, county
health officer, recommended
the cancellation after Car
penter was stricken with
what was diagnosed ai spinal
meningitis. He was reported
to be "much improved" to
day. Misfortune Dogs Limbs
Of Silverton Family
SILVERTON, Ore., Dec. 13
CAP) The J. P. Rankin family
has had more than its share of
hard luck, but Insisted today "it
could be a lot worse."
Rankin had a foot amputated
two years ago, then lost his oth
er leg in June. Not long ago the
Ranklns were notified that their
son Kenneth had lost a leg fight
ing in Italy.
The oher day Mrs. Rankin was
busy preparing for her son's first
homecoming when she fell, break
ing ner arm and seriously Bruis
ing her hip.
"At least well all be together
at Christmas, and that's a lot,"
she said.. - . . . -.
t A.
ROSEBURG, OftEGON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1944.
Peace Moves
Fail to Stop
Greek Battle
ATHENS, Dec. 13 (AP)
ELAS troops staged strong but.
unsuccessful attacks against the
center of Athens during the night
even while their leaders were de
bating British orders to cease
lighting. .
'- The strongest assault was aim
ed at a British barracks north
east of the heart of the capital
on the Kifissla road.
: (A British communique broad
cast from Athens said further
British reinforcements had gone
Into action, that some pi-ogress
nad been made against the clas
75-millimeter gun filing on cen
tral Athens.)
Ma.l.-Gen. Ronald M. Scobie,
British commander In Greece,
still awaited a reply to his cease
fire terms to the ELAS, and there
were indications the leftist lead
ers were wavering in the fight to
force the resignation of. Premier
Papandreou.
ELAS Suffer Heavy Loss
Strong, infiltrating ELAS forc
es scaled walls in darkness and
penetrated 'the British barracks
compound containing gasoline,
(Continued on page 6)
Youth, 16, Nabbed
After Holding Up
BankatTacoma
TACOMA, Dec. 13. (AP) A
16-year-old youth was held ' to
day by police who said he had
made a full written confession to
robbing the Puget Sound bank
of $5,050 yesterday while using
a five-year-old child as a shield.
. All but $50 of the loot was re
covered, officers said.
Chief of Police Tom Ross and
Police Capt. Albert, Farrar iden
tified the youth as Gerald Wayne
Barnes. He was arrested by of
ficers as he was about to enter
his home after dark last night. .
' The bank was- robbed during
yesterday afternoon's rush hour
by a man who walked up to Miss
Shannon Mitchell, bank teller,
and handed her a note while he
clutched the arm of a child, later
Identified as "Sonny" Fisher. The
note read: "Hand over the monev
or I'll shoot both you and the
Kid ne doesn t belong to me.
The boy was left unharmed out
side the bank when the robber
fled after the holdup.
U. S. Japanese Soldiers
Invited to Join Legion
NEV YORK. Dec. 13 (AP)
Sixteen American soldiers of Jap
anese ancestry have been Invited
to become members of Capt. Bel
vldere Brooks Ppst, No. 450,
American Legion, after the war.
Post officials took the action
because they said they felt a
"black eye" was given the Legion
by the Hood River, Ore., post
which caused the names of the
16 men to be erased from Its
war memorial last week.
Service Women Praised
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (AP)
-Said a house naval committee
report today on Waves, Spars and
women marines: .
'Althoueh thev were reluctant
ly accepted at first, they have
gained the utmost respect of the
men In the services because of
their good spirit, hard work and
efficiency."
Infantry Personnel, Equipment Due
In Roseburg Today to Prepare For
Two War Demonstrations Tomorrow
The cast of the army show, "Here's Your Infantry," Is expected
to arrive in Roseburg late today with several truckloads of equip
ment, which will be set up at the Roseburg armory Thursday morn
jig. Public exhibition of infantry weapons and equipment and dem
onstrations of combat use of the
armory Thursday afternoon and
the show will be climaxed at
night by a spectacular outdoor
mock combat performance at
Finlay field.
Admission to the afternoon ex
hibit and night show is free.
The display of weapons will
open at 1 p. m. All types of weap
ons used by the Infantry will be
on display and may be viewed at
close range. Men who have used
these weapons In actual combat
on numerous war fronts will be
on hand to explain each piece of
equipment.
Mook Warfare Billed
At 2 o'clock and again at 3:30
o'clock, In the armory auditorium,
squads will conduct battle demon
strations, showing in , dramatic
lews
ft? w (Soa I of YaMi
Flood Confrol Bill Goes to
Roosevelt After Defeat of
His St. Lawrence Proposal
' WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (AP) Congress sent a $l,000,6o0,
000 postwar flood control program to President Roosevelt today.
A conference report adjusting differences between the senate
and the house was approved yesterday. .....
A companion bill authorizing rivers and harbors works to cost
half a million awaits final action.
The senate approved It after re-
ectine an amendment to author
ize the St. Lawrence seaway but
it goes to a conference commit
tee for action on charges made
since house passage.
The seaway project was turn
ed down by a vote of 56 to 25, de
spite ' last-minute advocacy by
President Roosevelt.
As the bill passed the senate,
there were two major .project
changes; The senate refused to
approve the $66,000,000 Tennes-see-Tomblgbee
waterway and the
UMPQUA RIVER WORK
ITEMIZED IN MEASURE
WASHINGTON, Dec, 13--(AP)
Northwest projects authorised
by the waterways bill passed yes
terday Include the following one
for the Umpqua river and har
bors Twenty-two foot channel and
turning basin mar Gardiner,
$55,000; 10-foot channel, 10-foot
mooring and turning basin In
Winchester bay, $44,000 (Includ
ing $10,000 local contribution).
$38,500,000 Beaver-Mahoning , wa
terway, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The rivers and Harbors ; bill,
like the flood control measure,
embraces provisions authorizing
the secretary of the Interior to
sell surplus power at hvdro elec
tric dams, forbidding encroach
ment on irrigation oy navigation
works' In the; west, and giving
states the right to review federal
projects. ' , , i , ., i
The bills call for pbstwar con
struction of flood control, navi
gation, reclamation, irrigation,
hydroelectric power and other
(Continued on page 6)
13 Vehicles Involved in
Collision; Onlooker Dies
SEATTLE, Dec. 13 (AP) A
streak of heavy fog which ob
scured vision along U. S. highway
99 yesterday afternoon between
North Fort Lewis and Camp Mur
ray was blamed today for a 13
vehicle collision and the death of
one man.
Robert Hofer, 71, of Seaside,
Ore., died from a heart attack
when his wife, Leila, stopped at
the scene of the accident shortly
after the cars had piled up. Their
automobile was not involved.
Seven civilians and eight sol
diers also were injured. Six emp
ty army ambulances, a jeep, a
truck add five automobiles were
Involved before the tangle was
unwound.
New German Device
Mystifying to Allies
PARIS, Dec. 13. (AP) As the
allied armies ground out new
gains on the western front today,
the Germans were disclosed to
have thrown a new "device" into
the war mysterious silvery balls
which float in the air.
Pilots report seolnir these ob
jects, both individually and sin
clusters, during forays over the
reicn.
(The purpose of the floaters
was not Immediately evident. It
is possible that they represent a
new anti-aircraft defense instru
ment or weapon.)
(This dispatch was heavily cen
sored ot supreme headquarters.)
weapons will take place at the
and realistic form the way In
which equipment is used in actual
combat.
The display will be continued
at the armory until 5 p. m. and
will then be moved to Finlay field
In preparation for the night show,
which will be under the lights at
the athletic field.
Highlight of the night show
will be the storming of a Japanese-type
pillbox utilizing ma
chine guns, automatic rifles, mor
tars, bazooka rockets, flame
throwers, rifles and bayonets. An
announcer will explain each
movement by use of a public ad
dress system, so that spectators
will miss no part of the spectao
lar performance. . 1
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HEALTH CHAMP From incu
bator and operating table to
health champion that's the
story ot Elizabeth Ann Laugh
ner, 18, of Leetpnia, O., above.
Chosen as one ot tour national
health champ! at National 4-H
club congress, Chicago, he was
born io frail she was an incu
bator baby, was ill; during much
of her childhood, with a serious
operation at 8, but today she s
fit as a fiddle, Is five feet, 3 J
inches tall, and weighs 112
pounds. Miss Lauqhner is a
freshman at Wittenberg college.
Road Bill Allots
Money to Oregon
SALEM, Ore.. Dec. 13. fAP)
The postwar highway bill pass-
uu uy congress yesternnv win
permit Oregon to spend $12,000,
000 a year on highways for each
of the first three years follow
ing the war, plus $3,400,000 in
federal funds to be spent in each
of the three years on forest roads,
State Highway Engineer R. H.
Baldock said today.
The amounts to be spent each
year Include:
Federal aid highways, 'includ
ing rural and urban, $3,745,000
In federal funds, and $2,580,000
in state funds; secondary high
ways, $2,545,000 federal, and
$1,750,000 state! urban districts
on federal highways, $815,000 fed
eral, and $565,000 state; forest
roaas, j,3uu,uuu ieoerai.
The total road expenditures un
dcr the program for the three
years will amount to about $45,'
000,000 Baldock said.
Woman's Club Sends Gifts
To Children's Hospital
Members and friends of the
Roseburg Woman's club donated
77 gifts to tne children ot tne
Doernbecher hospital and they
were taken there by Pierce Auto
Freight Lines, Inc., this week, ac
cording to an announcement
made by tne president, Mrs. u.
V. Wimborly.
the presents were an girt
wrapped and marked for what
ever ago child should receive
them. This year box to the hos.
pital included the largest number
oi guts to be sent since tne proj
ect was started by the club sev
eral years ago.
Aged Woman Burns to
Death in Her Home
PORTLAND, Dee. 13 (AP)
Mrs. Alice Waterhouse, 78, burn
ed to death early today when fire
destroyed her small, one-room
frame dwelling Just outside the
Portland city limits.
Her body was found near the
front door, Indicating she was
overcome while trying to escape.
She lived alone.
Eric Johnson to Head
Drive Against Cancer
NEW YORK, De. 13.--(AP)
Eric A. Johnston, U. S. chamber
of commcrco president, was
named yesterday to hfad a new
canonr drive in the United States.
Johnston heads a newly created
executive council of the Ameri
can Cancer society, whose name
formerly was the American So
ciety for the control of cancer.
No. 44-201
Nazi Line On -
West Bank of
Roer Vanishes
Essen, Armament City, -
Eight Other Places In ; ;
Reich, Bombed From Air
(By the Associated Press)
The southern wihg of the U. S.
First army Jumped off today be
low Duren in a new attack point
ed toward the Rhine river city of
Bonn, and advanced more than
a mile within three hours, pene
trating Rollesbroich, 35 miles
west to Bonn.
At the some time the Ameri
can right flank on the western
front hammered out new gains
close to the reich frontier In -a
wheeling movement pivoted on
captured Sarreguemines. U. S.
Seventh army artillery was train
ed on large sections of nazt de
fenses Inside the German pala
tinate, i
The new First army advance,
between the Murtgen and Mori
schau forests, was 41 miles east
of captured Rotgen. To the north,
where the new German Fifth
tank army has been thrown in
on the Duren front, the First
army stabbed to within a halt
mile of Duren and massed on a
1.000-yard front along the we3t
hank of the Roer river.
Nazi Line Collanses
German defenses west of the
Roer virtually collapsed. The Ger
mans seemed to have withdrawn
their main forces across the river
to prepared positions at andAe-
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Census Heads Here
To Arrange School
For Enumerators
Paul Plank, supervisor, ancl
George Todd, assistant supervi
sor, bureau of census, were in
Roseburg today from Eugene
making preliminary plans for the
farm census to start January 1.
They report the census will be
made by voting precincts and
will cover all tracts of more than
3 acres or producing more than
$250 either used, sold or traded.
All Information gathered, they
stated, will be confidential and
will be released to public, only
In forms of total figures.
Arrangements were being
made today to employ 25 or more
enumerators, who will be trained
at schools to be held at Roseburg
and Reedsport in mid-January..
The farm census in addition to
tho usual figures on acreage,
crops, profits, etc., wijl include '
this time, particularly, estimates
on postwar machinery needs In
order that manufacturers may be
given definite Information upon
what agricultural equipment
must be furnished in the imme
dlote postwar period. The cen
sus also will cover electrical
needs on farms, electrical equip
ment on hand and operating, and
equipment contemplated In the
future.
Brief Potato Shortage
Foreseen by Conferee
ORONO. Me., Dec. 13 (AP)
A likelihood that "potato supplies
for civilian consumption may be
short In March-to-May 1945" was
seen today by Dr. Charles H.
MAIinnt naA ftf th tlnlvprsltv
of Maine's economics and farm
management department.
Recently returned from a na
tional farm outlook conference In
Wnchtncrtnn. Dr. Merehnnt said.
In an extension service statement,
that If the government tones tne
exnected amount of potatoes for
military ana iena-iease - - - inu
rlvlllan ner caDita consumption
of potatoes will be about the
smallest on record.
Ho forecast that "potato prices
are expected to remain relatively
high and advance seasonally dur-
inq rne wmier
Front 18 to 20 they're called
Mere youths, boys, even
luvenllos;
Then
They're given guns, sent off to
war.
And given military designation
MEN.'
But they can't vote.
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