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: It Complete , TTeather fchowers today and Satur tlay; mw 1 moon tains. Ux. tesnsw - Thursday, 47 .XI In. 42. Sooth wind. IUiB . 7 Inch. River 4.5 feet cioedy. - i t r -. Watch your Oregon States-! ' l ' auo. See how ft covers the j ; ew ; completely, presents! , ' i It Interestingly eh day, .' with due sttentioa to local , - happenings. -; r f IICILTU.TU YEAH Salem, Oregon, Friday , Morning, December 27, 1943 Price 3a Hewxstands 5c ITo. 133 7 1(0) GiuLarfsmeB 3 fee Eos, -Paul. Hauser't Column One of oar smarter cats now ex tant Is . the anonymous feline. hereinafter referred to as Smoky, that Inhabits the flrehouse. The 1 1 r h o use cat was . raised from OS) W Ul V v u 4 scrawny kitten to a proud and self-centered ' cat 1v th m hrT - of : the central fire I ft station, who hate not ; aa yet got la yet got h d to call- f" is cat any-I ; zceptl around ing the thins: Vkitty. Smoky (we al- Psnl H. Bantu. Jr. ways so around naming unnamed cats) is a cat that likes to he warm.- Early in her klttenhood She discovered that one of the places where warmth can often be found In this cold world is on the .hood of an - automobile : which has not stood still over- long. - . So one of Smoky's favorite ' resting place now is on a nice warm hood. When It la not rain - Ing she goes in search of warm . resting places. Smoky . starts oat from the f irehouse and ap ' proatches the nearest line of parked cars. She leaps lightly to the front fender and, with the coy air of a timid bather - testing the water with a toe, she reaches oat a pvr to the metal of the hood. If Its warm she climbs aboard; If it's cold It'a no dice with Smoky. She Jumps down and tries the next .car and so on until she finds one that hasn't yet had achance - te cooL When she first started finding a, feline, use for waste radiator heat, the fire boys say, 4Smoky didn't mind If the owner returned itnd .started the motor while she fvas aboard. She would just squat down jl little lower and ride there, like a furry radiator cap, aa far as one wished to take her. Smoky doesn't ride any more, though. One day when she was warming her. tummy on the hood of a grocery delivery, truck the driver came out and started the engine. Unconcernedly- 6 m 0 k y stood her hood The driver ttart ed the ear. Smoky lifted ner nose to the fereexe and was obviously enjoying the. ride. Just then, at a apeed of about 20 miles an hour, the driver jammed hia brakes. Smoky went shooting Into space like the human skyrocket In the circus. Sine then when an engine starts under her Smoky's off . and gone. When the last gift la ex changed and the last toy broken -the radio comedians will still be talking about- the gifts they didn't receive. Lighthouse Falls; A On Job 82 Years Was Mile Inland When It Was Built in 1858; Ocean Gets It ABERDEEN, Dec. 2-vlP-The old Wlllapa Harbor lighthouse at North cove at last made newt todayafter 82 years when the entire south wall collapsed aa re ault of undermining by high tide and heavy surf. The lighthouse stood more than a mile from the channel when erected In ISIS, hut shifting cur rents steadily wore away the . shore. During all those years the lighthouse figured only slightly in the pews? there were no dar ing aea rescues and few wrecks of consequence. Finally ft hurricane swept In from the . Pacific last weekend, almost shook the tower to ptoses and the beacon was moved. Coast guard headquarters at Seattle re- . (Turn to page J, column 2) Count of Holiday . Toll Reaches 421 (By The Associated Frees) More than 420 persona died vio lent deaths aa the nation celebrat ed Christmas Eve and the holi day. ' : The last Associated Press tally for the nation showed 421 per aona dead In traffic accidents, ex plosions, fires, suicides, drown ings, killings and a plane crathv Traffic fatalltiea led the list wfth SO 7 reported. The death to tal for the three-day Christmas holiday last year, was 171. . Either Way, They Brought Howersi ItjWas Slarriage GRANTS PASS, Dec 2 -4JPf Somber Klamath Falls friends of Margaret Mabel Gentry. Informed by telephone over wires bussing with a - winter storm, hurriedly ordered flowers and drove lift xnllea here to attend her funeral. . "Glad yon telephoned ni that he wae being buried today," they told the group gathered at the -church. : j - : ' , rarledt the other friends tizczMUSs "CiVi tela ttarried." Marines Fight Italians; Deny Anyone Killed Cabaret Brawl Occurs in Shanghai; Italians Express Regret Orient News Also Tells of New Urgent Order, Americans Leave SHANGHAI, Dec. 2 7-(Friday) -iJP)VS marine officers denied today unconfirmed reports car ried in all the Shanghai news papers that an Italian marine was killed in a Christmas Eve cabaret brawl between Italians and US marines and sailors. The US officer also denied that Italian authorities had officially apologized, but said they had "ex pressed regrets" for the incident in which nine- US marines and three sailors were listed as slight ly injured. The Italians refused even to say how many Italian marines were injured, but the newspapers reported 20 were battered. : The fight, which was said to have originated in a dispute over a table, was stopped by military police of both countries. One press report said Italian marine authorities had accepted responsibility and agreed to pay the cabaret owner 12000 dollars Mex" for property damage plus 6000 for the unpaid checks of the participants. (A total of about 3I0 In US money). One of the persistent rumors (Turn to page 2, column ) Ascap-Radio War May Reach Court Jackson Asks Anti-Trust l ; Proceedings' r Against 4 I; A11 Three Partiet WASHINGTON, Dec. U-VPh- Attorney General Jackson stepped Into the fight over control of mu sic tor broadcasting today with an order to begin criminal pro ceedings under the Sherman anti trust law against the major con testants. The Justice department an nounced that Jackson had ordered Thurman Arnold, anti-trust chief, to file charges in federal district court In Milwaukee, Wis., imme diately after the first of the year against the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publish erst Broadcast Music, Inc.: the National Broadcasting company and the Columbia Broadcasting system. ASCAP, which the department said controls a major portion of all modern popular music, and the big radio broadcasters have been at odds for months over the former's demands for a new con tract. A five-year agreement ex piree December 31 and because Of the dispute both NBC and CBS have dropped ASCAP-controlled (Turn to page 2, column 4) Suicide Is Tried By Mulilenbroich BAN QUENTIN, Calif.. Dec. 21 An-Wilhelm Jakob Muhlen broich, kidnaper of Baby Mare ds Tristan, tried suicide today In San Quentln prison, but the at tempt ailed Just like the abduc tion he staged last fall. : Warden Clinton Duffy aald the 40-year-old German alien slashed his arm with, g razor blade, but failed to .sever any important ar tery or vein in the uarUr-lneh-deep cut. I'm sorry I didn't finish it," was the only comment from Muh lenbrolch, who was reported in no danger" In the prison hospital. Dairy Co-op Buys Property For Building, Development Purchase by the Dairy Coopers lve association of the four and one-half acre MlnsenmJer tract on the west aide ot the Fair grounds road and opposite the Bradfleld Lumber company waa announced "yesterday by Fred Klaus, i manager of the Salem branch.- .-' The tract has s frontage of S17 feet on the Fairgrounds road with s depth of ISO feet on the north side and extends - considerably over 490 feet on the south side. - As soon as possible the prop erty will be developed for both residential and business purposes. To this end Academy street will be extended through the property front Its present terminus at Myr tle street. - ; . sge s space of la 7 lee t on tae highway with s depth of 110 feet along Academy street sxtenslon on the south side will be reserved by the Dairy Cooperative associa tion which has tentative plans to Bombing Resumes After Yul Guard Doubled At Dover; Fear Invasion Start Shifting of Nazi Troops to Rumania Is Puzzle to War Observers Possibjy Feint; or May Mean Hitler Is Going to Aid of II Duce LONDON, Dec. 27PV-The royal air force ended the unof ficial Christmas bombing trace during the night, reliable sources said today, with an at tack on German -occupied terri tory across the English channel from England. Reports from residents of coastal area said they heard ex plosions between 8 a-m. and T a.m., (0 p.m., PST, and 10 pan. Thursday, PST) and led to belief that attack may have in cluded two so-called "Invasion porta." On the defensive side in the air war, there waa a nightlong loll. A government communique issued after daylight said: "There was no enemy activity over this country last night. The last pre-Chrlstmas alert sounded in England at 1:20. aan. Monday (4:20 p.m.,PST, Sunday). (By The Associated Press) On the misty cliffs of Dover, British troops kept a suddenly doubled guard against any stealthy approach of Adolf Hit ler's Invasion armadas last (Thursday) night as German bombs ended .the i-day Christmas trace. Meanwhile, the war's biggest riddle remained unsolved: "Why has Hitler decided to shift 100,000 more German troops into Rumania?" While the vanguard of this huge mass movement sped by train through Hungary Into King Ml- hai's little Balkan kingdom, spec ulation arose that it might be a feint to dull Brftlsh vigilance on the home front setting the stage (Turn to page 1, column 1) 70 Aliens Report Here on Last Day I lotal Is 1317 or Around 2.5 per Cent of Total in Salem Vicinity A last minute rush of 70 per sons for alien registration yester day brought the number registered at the Salem postofflce to 1817 last night. Of this number 112 were Inmates of either the Oregon state penitentiary, state hospital, or Fairvlew home. Authorities would not divulge the numbers for each institution last night. Registration offices were kept open until midnight. With an estimate of more than S 0.0 00 persons served by the Sa lem postofflce, registration fig ures would Indicate approximately H Pr cent of the Salem ares alien In other words Salem cornea close to being an all-Ame rican city. PORTLAND, Dec. SC-(VHun- dreds ot aliens crowded Into the I pioneer postofflce today to regis. I ter as non-cltlxens before the mid-1 night deadline. I Dr. sr. T. Hedlund, postmaster, I aald 100 aliens registered the day I before Christmas and that the to-1 tal recorded hero since passage I of the act was lf.OOt persons. construct s large plant there. Present blue prints for the strue tare call for s Plant that will be I one ot the most modern rnfik fae-l toriea on the coast, in addition to the Plant trover s dairy store and I modern recreation hall for eom-lSS munlty use will- ho added. - I Development or sale of the re-1 malslsg 160 feet along the Fair grounds road Is already under way by the association, Klaus aald. - :-..,.- V " . The residential plot to the rear of the frontage will be known as the Dairy Cooperative subdivision. Ten lots are to be opened. The association waa orrsnicud I 10 years ago and now has nearly SOOO members In' Oregon and Washington. The association maintains a branch plant at Fsir- grounds road and Do nns avenue, s largs manufacturing plant st llth- snd iMain streets Portland, and s modern feed mill and gar- age where the 00 association milk IT urn to sage 2. column J -"any oanger xo nwpjprvrwv, BUILDINGS t - Speeding Ship Building, Plan Roosevelt May. Tell All About It In Sundnv: Fireside Chat By MAX BOYD WASHINGTON, Dec ii.-OPi- Presldent Roosevelt will propose shortlr. an authoritative source said tonight, that the United States construct a great number of merchant ships at high speed to offset the heavy Inroads made by nasi planes and submarines on Britain's "life-line The program, reminiscent of the one under which ships were built la record time during the World war, may be outlined by the chief executive In his "fireside chat" to the nation Sunday night. Its announcement may await the r onveninr of the new con tress next week, however. Details were not disclosed, hut a reliable Informant said the pro gram would be "extensive" and that It would fit Into the plan which Mr. Roosevelt has discussed for leasing or loaning equipment ! and supplies to the besieged coun try. To avoid a "bottleneck" in ma rine engine production, this souree continued, reciprocating engines would be used in the snips Instead of turbo-electric equipment. The reason given zor tnis was mat I some unused facilities for the pro duction of reciprocating engines were available, whereas plants to (Turn to page S, column S) Southern Pacific Sets New Record SAN FRANCISCO. Dee. SC-4P) -Southern Pacific company hauled more freight this year, President A. D. McDonald said today, than In any year In . Its history. The company will . be ready to increase the load next year If arming of the nation ra Quire it, and has planned to spend some. tll.tSO.OOO to that end. McDonald looked hack trer s decade or so of railroad experi ence, in which the country's ex ecutives throughout the nation wide network of rails have been aroused to desperate efforts to rebuild their traffic. Competition Of motor trucks. buses, . and airplanes have made big Inroads Into fields that ones belonged to the rallroada. That haa forced rates down. McDonald said - his railroad received snout Per cent less revenue per ten mils for freight hauled this year man in nzs. Garage in: Dallas : Damaged hj Fire DAUJL81 Dec.' l--rire which' started spparently In the furnace room damaged the repair depart- ment and paint ahop of HUton'a garage to the extent oi more man 11000 'tonight The damage was principally to tools and equipment from fire, wster snd smoke. m . The fire broke out about l:4 p.m. and waa under control an hour later.', With three lines of hose operating, firemen avoided WRECKED AS NAZI AIRMEN RAID MANCHESTER j Air raid wardens Inspect the ruins of houses demolished during a Ger man air raid on Manchester, a city la the industrial heart of Eng land.' Picture radioed from London to. New York -AP Telemat,: Italian A irmen Attack M-f -m tm si we-aw m w M- U -ml -m Siege, Slowed Down Over Christmas, May Reach Climax Soon; Greek Invasion Has Cost Italians 45,000 Wounded, Claimed By EDWARD KENNEDY WITH BRITISH FORCES OUTSIDE BARDIA, LIB YA, Dec. 26 ( AP ) The Italian airrorce concentrated its activity in the Bardia region the British land forces surrounding this Libyan outpost. Italian bombing in other minimum. Girl Is Injured , When Hit by Car Phillips Faces Technical Charge; Silverton Boy Hurts Head in Fall Lydla Plel. II. 001 North Win ter street, received s severe head Injury and a possibly fractured shoulder when struck by s ear driven by Win lam L Phillips, 101 West Lefelle street, at Winter and Marlon streets at f t 1 0 o'clock last night. First Aid Captain Charles Charlton reported. Miss Plel. s pedestrian, was ta ken to the Salem General hospital where she . waa reported resting In good condition. Phillips wss charged by. police with failure to give right of way to s pedestrian. First aid men were also caued yesterday to treat six year old Stanley Rutherford of 8ilverton after he feU from as automobile on the Silverton road. The child had s two Ineh cut on the right temple and was taken to the Sa lem General hospital. A Mr. Buchanan of Portland waa treated st the first aid sta tion for cut right hand and Jaw received en s car mirror. Isahelle Brixncr Head of Teachers Portland; Ore.; Doc if-cff) Mrs- Isabella Brtxner. Klamath Fall a, became president of the Oregon State Teachers association in. pre-convention elections here todsyv ..v;" .?" j -: i .: Mrs. . : Brlxner . - automatically stepped up from the vice-presi dency bat several - other- posts were voted on.? - o Austin Lsndreth. Pendleton su perintendent won . the vice-presi dent's position over.j.- M Bur gess, Milton, and B-HMcAtee, PrinevUlO. . ... . ' ' r'r ,. Elected 'trustees for two-year periods were : " 1 i Frank Bennett, Baiem superin tendent, for district 1; C R. Bowman, Jackson county superin tendent, fori district 41 J. I Breckenridge,. Hood - River super intendent, for district I . : General sessions of the conven tion will open Friday. -;--- Dr. Jobs C. Almack. Stanford university, will give a first-day I (Turn to page 2, column I), t .peal to the whltflicSTrtsxasis '1 " a today in an attempt to impede parts of the desert was at a The British Royal air force con tinued the tactics It haa employed since start of the British offen sive heavy bombing of Libyan air fields to keep the enemy on the ground. - Although there waa no holiday truce In this north African fight ing, the bombing on both ' aides appeared to be somewhat dimin ished Christmas day and night, and land fighting around Bardia was limited mainly to an artillery duel, now in progress five days. The British batteries were being strengthened steadily by arrival ot new guns. The generally greater Italian air activity In the past week, par ticularly the new tactic ot con centrating the air bombardment, haa led to s belief among the British that s new Italian air eommander may have taken charge. The general situation around Bardia has not changed much In the past few days, but all indica tions point to real British drive to be opened soon on the esti mated 20,009 Italians who sro be sieged there. Such an operation might well be the most withering yet -under taken in the desert. ATHENS. Dec; SMAVItsly's Ill-starred war against Greece has cost the fascists 41,000 men In wounded alone sines . the . cam paign began Oct. SO, captured (Turn te page J. column 7 j Message Urging V Aid to BrUain ReachekFR WASHINGTON. Dec lf-(V-A round robin bearing the names of 109 prominent persons snd urging President Roosevelt to do "every thing that may be necessary te In sure defeat of the axis-powers" was made publle by the White House today. It said 'that "the materials 01 war and the military and naval and air strength we now have and the Implements we can now pro duce are enough to mass certain the defeat of the axis powers, so long aa Britain la on her feet and fighting, . hut that ; wua Britain down, they sro not enough snd may not Is the future bo Increased enough to hold the whole world st bsy." - ' . - Immediately, s sharp division ot opinion made Itself manifest on Capitol hilL For example. Sens tor Xlnr (D-CtahV said "Alt pos sible si& for England. Greece and Chins was Imperative, while Een- ator Holt (D-W Ta) said the sp- oiHIrllo rtFitnno Hurricane - f -Aa . SeconiJPower 1 AddiKonld-PGELink tol Bonneville Substation Will Cost $10,000 Construction of s 110,000 elec tric power transmission line from the Bonneville substation near West Salem to the Portland Gen eral Electric eompany'a substation at Mill and Liberty streets In Sa lem was announced yesterday by W. M. Hamilton, PGE division manager: ' The new line, now being built, will cross the Willamette river to the F.:E. Needham hop ranch south of Salem, traverse parts of the J. Frank Hughes, Schlndler Brothers, Hartley and Craig, and D. C. Mlnto ranches, enter Salem at the foot of Oak street, and fol low Oak andLlberty streeta to the local station. Approximately 19 tons of stranded copper cable five-eighths Inch in diameter will be required for the line, Hamilton said. It will carry (7,000 volts, In a three (Turn to page 2, column 7 ) German, Italian Ships May Dash MEXICO CITY, Dee. 20-4PY- Sourees in the navy department here said tonight that one Ger man, asd sins Italian ships now at refuge, in Tampico harbor were under close- watch "of port au thorities Is the belief that they would soon attempt a dash Into the AtlanUci These sources 'reported that swiff " new developments of anU- axls sentiment in the United States had given rise to fears In Rome snd Berlin that Washington might ask the Mexican govern ment to seise or Intern the ships. The German ship Is the SO 00 ton Orinoco.' only survivor of four nasi Teasels which sought vainly on two occasions during the past three months to escape to Europe. by a "collection of warmongers,' many of whom, ho asserted, "have flnssf lal Interest la the continu ation of the war." The appeal was delivered, to the White House In the ' tens of a telegram. Attached wars the names ot educators, editors, auth ors, businessmen, religious sad li ber leaders, snd others. r While some of them have been identified to the past with the Wil liam Allen White committee to de fend, Americas by siding the aUiea, or Its sdjuscts, TJlrich Sell, newspaperman and one of 'the signers, said that no ograniration was behind the appeal. The White House said that so tar as it knew the telegram was spontaneous. The signers Included James B. Cosant, president ot Harvard uni versity; Frank Altschul, New York banker; Charles Seymour, presi dent of Tale university; Gerard Swope, Newv York Industrialist; Mrs, Dwight Morrow, mother-is- , JjTum to page 9( ccL. 4) Lih6Planned Hits in Cuba, 44 Are Killed Cutter Shawnee Finds 10 in Two Boats; Some . Injured, Report : Storm Said to Be "Worst in Years; Damage on ; Oregon Coast Light ". '-; ... ' . ,:f'V - ' HAVANA, Dec. 26-0P)-For-: fy persons were reported killed , and more tluur 100 injured ', when a whirlwind struck the : nearby town of Be) ncal tonight. ; The figures were tabulated from reports to Dr. Demetrlo ; DespaJgney minister of health, ' while aid 'was being rushed to -- the beleaguered town In Ha- " vans province. , ' ? More than 200 physicians and nurses were sent from here ' to the stricken town. ' Havana Itself, experienced strong wind and heavy rain -which caused some old subur- : ban homes to collapse and la- : terfere with traffic. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20-P) Ten coast guardsmen, missing for nearly 30 hours on a rescue assignment in gaie-lashed seas were saved themselves today from the mountainous waves which threatened to swamp their two small ; boats. ' ,. ' V;V:' : '',' The coast guard cutter Shaw nee located the men this after noon tossing in storm-ewept wa ters off Fort Bragg and took their craft in tow. Two of the guards men, Ralph A. Warren and Ron ald Hieber, had painful Injuries but were not In need of hospital-, ixation. All of them were suffer ing from cold and exposure. .-. v In a Sft-foot mbttrfTirehAaT'anS "ott aurfboav they uixf iiicu uuruiuiu ee iron the Point Arena coast guard sta tion to aid the lumber schooner Stanwood, disabled by the storm which lashed the California coast. Are Dee te Reach Port During Night Tonight, they were transferred to the cutter Ariadne, which pro ceeded toward the station, coast guard headquarters here report ed. They were due at Point Arena sometime during the night. The 10 men disappeared Wed nesday morning amid huge break ers In a driving storm. They had gene out to the rescue of a lum ber schooneV. They-were in a 10 foot motor lifeboat, tc which s 20-foot' motorlsed surf boat was tied. , - The eoast guard here did not learn Immediately the extent ef the Injury of the two men men tioned In the radio message. Their rescue was attributed to the alertness of a' truck driver who observed' s small boat, with rigged sail, about three miles oft . shore at Fort Bragg. He notified the coast guard, and the cutters Shawnee and Ariadne raced to the radioed location at forced draft, through pounding seas. The Shawnee arrived st the location first, managed to pick up the guardsmen from their bob bing craft." SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 2fw '-Fesr wives of men to the 10 foot coast guard 'motor lifeboat, located late today sfter many hours search, were In the Point Arena, coast guard station to hear the good news of their hus bands'' rescue. i . "It's wonderful I I'm sure glsd of it," exclaimed Mrs. Cecil M. Thomas, wife of the boat's com manding officer, to telephone Interview s " few minutes . sfter the message waa received, Thomas,- a chief boatswain's mate, waa cited tor bravery last year for the rescue of 12 persons clinging to s capsized motorboatl The Pinto," to choppy waters of the Golden Gate channel Decem ber 1, 1000. ; HONOLULU, Dec If-iffy-A tale of mountainous seas snd th worst storm he had seen in kls 41 Tears at sea was related by Captain A. H. Schuls ot the srmy transport Etolln oil arrival her today. ' ' : The storm struck: without warn Ing on December 20 when kls ship was about 12 00 mUes west of Honolulu. Captain Schuls said. The wind waa aa terrific it was Impossible for anyone to stand on deck. Two Filipino sailors were killed by the lory cf the blast. Only minor damage was done to the E toils. - r -v - . " - 5 - The Etolln formerly was Iks steamship Matsonls. . PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec: 20-iwl -tTnusually high tides Inflicted little damage along the Oregon coast today as galea died to ft light breeze. .. Tillamook ares farmlands flood ed -by storm-tossed tides wore kept under water by continued heavy rain, hut officials-reportrl little change la srea despite a -t fOOt tide. - The tide will reach ita peak J approximately 9.4 feet tomorrow. (Tura to pags t. coL 8)