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Highway Board
Receives I rust
Vote of House
Bill to Name Legislative
Committee as Arbiters
Defeated 31-23
Measure to Permit Part
of Gas Revenue on
Streets Delayed
By PAUL W. HARVEY. Jr.
The house of representa
tives by a 31-23 vote, gave
the Oregon highway commis
si o n a vote 01 . coniidence
Wednesday by defeating a
resolution for appointment of
a legislative committee to act
as arbiter in disputes between
the commission and communities
over location of highways. .
. Rep. Roy E. Carter (D-Cnrry).
sponsor of the resolution, charged
that there hare been many com
plaints about the way the com
mission locates and relocates
LKGISLATIVK CALENDAR
81-d Keadingw "today
House: HB 37. 88. 101, 103,
108. 131, 171, 329, 388; SJM 4;
8B 8. 10, 37. 77, 117, 128, 129,
141, 16S. 184.
Senate: SB 39. 40, 61, , 127,
If 8, 191. 195, 201. 205, 110, 111;
SJR ; SJM 4; HB 28. 57, 72,
158. 182. 185. 317. 419, 38. 99,
100, 277.
Mo Hearings Today.
roads through counties, towns and
cities. He said the commission's
policies cause damage to property
owners.
"Passage of this resolution? -.
Carter said, "would giro the
" c mm Halt lea something to say, -besides
the dictator. It is at
sny iateatioa to hamper . the
commiMloB, but we are putting
wore and more power into' the
da of cominiMioni and
'Wards. - Soaaetblng like SOO
bill bare brra pat into this
legislature by boards ud com.
: missions, and we'll sit here and '
pass them.
y The senate baa a freeway
' bill which would glre the com
miawlow authority to locate a
highway o that it will jtot only
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'aul ilauser Column
Just when we were feeling all
safe and secure about Uncle Sam
uel's gold buried back there in
Fort Knox. Ken
tacky, we see in
the papers where'
there's been a; ,
few pokea of
dust kicking?
round: In the.
8 a a Franelsco ;
mini. .
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There's been A
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W V V, W W W, V V V V.
It In San Fran
cisco, if we be-1
Here what we I
read in the pa
pers and we'd1
better or look rsoi H. Biim. j.
for 'another Job.
Wo don't know whether It was
oversight or just plain negligence
on the government's part to leave
all that gold around outside of a
fort. And on the Pacific coast,
too,: where at most any moment
the invader's might pick it up.
Well, anyway the government's
finally realized its colossal error
and they're going to move the
boIUon to safer quarters. Going
to take it to Den tct. which at
least isn't right on the invasion
roast, ; .
"We believe It will be safer
there." said' Mrs. Nellie Ross, the
director of mints.
Thinking back a bit and re
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Joint Fish
r - i
.ur t H
s
Washington and Oregon Committees
Hold Hearing on Columbia River
Conservation; Other Debates
Oregon-Washlagton-Idaho . a u
tborlty to control the fisheries
of the Columbia riter to tare
them from depletion, aa proposed
by a Washington legislative com
mittee, was siren support Wednes
day at a hearing In the eapltol by
fishermen and packers as well as
fishing administrators of tbe first
two states.
- .Appearing before a Joint com
mittee of the Washington and
Oregon legislatures, the fisher
men, and packers predicted the
fisheries would be destroyed in
few" years unless tho spawning
grounds on the upper rlrer and
Its tributaries were protected. .
The fishermen said the fish-
J tries were being destroyed large
y through ' failure to protect" the
spawning grounds, citing federal
dams and tho failure to screen
Irrigation ditches. - s
Astoria Publisher Condemns :
Oregon legislature for Refusal
Merle Chessman, Astoria pub
lisher and member of the Oregon
fish commission, condemned the
Oregon legislature for Its con
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Leaders Offe
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in
Surprise Move-by Demos
, Would Give Congress
Additional Power '
Knox1 Raps Willkie Plan
j Stating US : NaVy
j;; Needs .Warships.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12,
(AP) Still .seeking more
votes for the lease-lend bill,
administration leaders in the
senate' Wednesday offered its
opponents a surprise conces
sion which, , they said, would
give congress - firmer finan
cial control over the. aid-to-Brit
ain program.'
In essence their proposal, ap-
prored late in the day by senate
foreign relations - subcommittee.
would require that the president
obtain both "authorizations" and
appropriations" from congress.
Senator Barkley of Kentucky
democratic leader, explained that
nrst the president could ask for
authority to enter into contracts
for the manufacture of supplies
and their delivery to Britain. La
ter: he would have to ask specific
appropriations, listing the number
and klnda of equipment. ,
Tbe modification, its backers
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Ideal
Told at Meet
Marion County COP Hear
Emancipator's , Stand
4 ,i, on 'ConstiltitiorrC
Taking Its cue from Abraham
Lincoln, who placed principle
above all else, tbe republican
party must preserve itself, and in
the process save the nation, by
becoming the "constitutional par
ty." Niel R. Allen of Granta Pass
told republicans of Marion coun
ty Wednesday night at their an
nual Lincoln day banquet held
under the auspices of the county!
central committee.
And though Lincoln did not
preach preservation of the con
stitution, every move he made in
fighting disintegration of the
union was soundly based upon
tbe constitution, the speaker re
minded his audience.
The constitutional Issue
fought over for eight years
reaches a new rriais in the
lend-lease bill. Allen empha
sized; for though partisanship
must be forgotten in presenting
a united front to the world, the
republicans must at the cost of
- being branded "appeasers' see
to It that liberties voluntarily
relinquished In, this time of
peril are restored Intact when
tlte danger is past. -Or.
B. F. Pound presided at the
gathering of some 200 republicans
and Irl S. McSherry was toast
master. Governmental and party
officials Introduced included State
Treasurer Leslie M. Scott, Attor
ney General I. Hi Van Winkle.
County -Recorder Herman Lanke
who is also secretary of the cen
tral committee, Mrs. R. L. Wright,
vice-chairman of the central com
mittee, County Clerk U. G. Boyer.
State Committeeman Grant Mur
phy, Mayor W. W. Chad wick.
President Del Niderblser of ths
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Control Is
tinued refusal to give tho com
mission power oxer the fisheries.
Sen. Thomaa voyce D-
Whatcom), of tho Washington
legislature, and chairman of the
meeting, said be would address
the Oregon senate today, which
Toted 10 to II Tuesday against
giving tho fish commission tho
additional authority over the
river fisheries,
i Then we'll stay here a week,
.If necessary, ' acroM
the table,, and we'll settle this
problem," Voyce said.
Members of the Washington
delegation were Sens. Voyce, II.
N. Jackson of Pierce, and Robert
Ray of Clark; and Reps. Violet
Boede of San Juan. John
sall of Grays Harbor, and J. K.
Van Busklrk of Cowlita. All were
democrats. M
The Oregon delegation Includ
ed: Sens. F. M. FranciseoTlch (R
Clatsoph Walter E. Pearson D
Multnomah), P. J. Stadelman (R
Wasco). and . H. R. Kaaffman
(R-Llncoln); and Reps, Frank J.
Lonergaa (R-MuHnomah), Fred
Concession
Lend
Measure
Lincoln
& FICIATE AT LAYING OF
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Itaring corner-stone dedicatory services Wednesday afternoon at the new First Congregational church Past
Master lielf 8. Finseth of, Dallas la shown officiating with the Masonic trowel while Her. Robert A.
llutrhiufton (left) pastor1 of the Salem church, and Bbhop Bruce R. Baxter of the northwest district of
MethodiNt churches,1 look ou.
New $47,000 Church
i
Is Scene of Dedication
Masonic Grand Lodge
in Laying Cornerstone Before Crowd
at First Congregational Edifice
i : -Laying
of the corner-stone of the new $47,000 First Con
gregational church, Cottage at
orated Wednesday afternoon ; with Past Grand Master Lief
S. Finseth of Dallas of the Masonic Grand lodare of Oresron
officiating amid th presence
dents. Secretary oi state uan
Bridges to Face
"Ousting" Trial
Attorney General Orders
Deportation Hearing;
CIO Leader Angry
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12-(JP)
Attorney General Jackson
Wednesday ordered that new de
portation proceedinga be started
against Harry R. Bridges, west
coast CIO leader who has been a
center of controversy for years.
In congress and elsewhere
charges have been made that
Bridges, a native of Australia,
was a communist. Bridges has
denied the allegations.
A SMOO-word report prepared
by J. Kdgar Hoover, director of :
the Fin, will form the basis of '
the government's ease. The j
contents of the report have1 not
been made public, but Jackson
said it contained "new and j
additional evidence.
Bridges will bo served with a
deportation warrant and will ap
pear before a trial examiner at
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Former Legislator Dies :
PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 12-JP)
-Multnomah County Commission
er Charlea A. BIgelow, 5. former
state legislator and Portland city
commissioner, died of a heart
ailment here today. j
A dvocated
Thiel (D-Clatsop) and Donald K.
Helsler (R-Wasce).
More than 75 persons gathered
at a meeting of tbe senate roads
and highways committee j here
Wedaesday night went on record
favoring passage of tho so-called
prima facia automobile speed Mil
"dUc tne !" haale rule
An ft i t TM aari V
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Many of those at tho meeting
are members of the Portland po
lice department and other law
enforcement agencies.
Only Controversial Section
Is Fixing designated speed
The only controversial section
or tho bill apparently-is that fix
ing the designated speed at 46
miles an hoar on the' open high
ways - Secretary of State Karl
Snell auggested that . tho desig
nated speed bo Increased to: SO or
11 miles aa hour. - ' ' ! '
The bill, introduced by Sena-,
tor: Dorothy Lee, Multnomah
county, and others, ! provides
designated speeds of 2S miles
aa hour In residence sections ;
and SO miles In business j dis
tricts. Zoning of higher and
lower ' speeds - la permitted ' by I
. the state , highway commission i
and municipal of flclcals. . -
Under the proposed new law
the burden - of proof would be
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'
Saw I
r t
of Oregon Officials Act
Marion streets, was commem
of more tiian -100 Salem- raii -
oneu, urana Master, wnowas
to nare presided at the ritual bad
been called to Washington DC.
Placed within a copper recep
tacle and entered Into the heart
of the corner-stone wore numer
ous mementos and documents
"to endure aa long aa the building
shall endure."
Included in the casket are the
church membership roll, Salem
Centennial program, picture of
the first choir of the local church
and a picture of the present pri
mary department, a list of names
of subscribers to the new church
building fund, minutes of the
90th annual convention of the
Grand Masonic lodge Of Oregon,
and nine rocks from historic
buildings collected by Rev. Rob
ert A. Hutchinson, local pastor,
on two trips to Europe within the
past ten years.
These rock mementos are from
Robert Burns' cottage at Ayr,
Scotland; from Westminster Ab
bey, from St. Paul's cathedral,
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Fortune in Gold
May Be Forfeited
US Attorney Threatens
to Take $55,00O
.Seized at Line
SEATTLE. Feb. 12-gAn
Australian who fell Into .the arms
of tho law in attempting to bring
into the United States " approxi
mately SS5.000 in. gold bars faced
tbe threat Wednesday of losing all
of the metal fortune, .
Assistant US Attorney Frank
Pellegrini said he would, seek for
feiture of the gold which "lo B.
norland, 39, is accused of at
tempting to smuggle into tho
United States. He was arrested
Tuesday at the Canadian border.
Pellegrini aaid the.57 bars were
found between tbe lining and the
sides of Moreland's automobile
during a routine border inspection.-
. .
The US attorney said Morland
told him the gold represented hla
lifetime accumulation, and ' that
ho had smuggled . it out of Aus
tralia and into Canada, hoping
to retire, . t '
Lobby Hobnobbsr
f-An- Investigation of meant to
eontrol . tho drafta and nuctna
tions of temperature" In the leg
islative chambera will be ordered
if a resolution by Rep. C. T.
Hockett . (R - Wallowa) w h I e h
passed the houso Wednesday-la
passed by the senate. -
There baa been complaint by
member of both houses against
drafty ventilation of the legisla
tive halls. 'i,
The resolution directs the sec
retary of state to lnvestlg ate
means and cost of supplying prop
er air conditioning to the cham
bers. - ' -:" .
Hockett, a ' physician, said he
believed much of ; tbe illness
among legislators 'has been dne
to the f aulty . ventilation.' ".
The building was designed-for'
air conditioning, . but money haa :
CORNERSTONE
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Drown in River
Logging Company Boatman
, Sees Young Men Sink
Rescue Attempted
Robert and Kenneth Case, 17
and 20 years of age, both of
Salem, were believed by police
officers to have drowned about
3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon .
while on a canoe trip on the
.' Willamette river about one
ff?'?""''
tionse.:
Frank- Vinson, boatman for
the Spaulding Logging com
paay, stated to a Htateeman
reporter the youths were on the
back of a log raft which he
towed down the river from the
Spaulding dump ' above West
Salem Wednesday afternoon.
The canoe was alongside of the
raft. When he looked back a'
little later he saw the "canoe
overturned and the youths'
heads bobbing in the water.
Vinson hailed Ivan Cuts,
forth, boomman at the Polk-
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TwoSalemBoy
Salem Merchants Start New
"Shop Salem First9 Drive
"Shop Salem Firsts'
With that slogan 22 Salem
merchants are setting out today
on their second annual el gut-
weeks campaign to demonstrate
to their trading
area that shop-:
ping in Salem
PAYS.
"It not only
pays but it satis
fies, theeo mer
chants contend,
because Salem
M ores offer srreater. values, wider
selections.; easier shopping facili
ties, lower nrices. improved ciera
lng service, and smarter merchan
dise.
To exemplify these advantages
offered by trading Jn Salem, these
merchants will conduct a special
advertising campaign listing their
Late Sports
DKTROIT, Feb. 12-P-BoxIng
turned in one for the books Wed
nesday night, a double technical
knockout. '
When a fight between Welter
weights Sammy Secreet of Pitts
burgh and Pat CarroU of Detroit
had gone halfway through the
seventh round, a state , boxing
commission physician jumped Into
tho ring and. demanded it be
stopped. Refereo Clarence Kosen
ruled . it a . "dounio teennicai
knockonL : ;
Quips, -Angles'
PersonaUUen
the Capitol
never been appropriated for nec
essary machinery.
Lee Staples, veteran
state senator who was, prior to
his retirement from politics
last year. Sen. W. IL Strayer'e,
chief rival for the senate dean
ship, haa been seen, about the,
eapltol this week. Sen. Staples
served from 1921 through 1933"
aa a Multnomah county mem
ber and then without a break
came back In 1937 aa the sen.,
ator shared by Lincoln, Tilla-;
wook, W'aehiagton and Yamhill ;
counties. :; . .
Persons disposed to criticise
the' legislature for introduction of
the "sea of bills" in which It is
wallowing, should realize that "it
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We Hurls
Lhallenserto
Leaders
Peclares Party . Should
Take Stand and Lead
for British Aid
Asserts Fall of England
. .Would Mean End of
V . Democratic Life ,
NEW YORK, Feb. 12.
(AP) - Wendell L. Willkie
declared Wednesday night
that the democratic way of
life could not survivejn Am
erica if it was vanquished in
Britain and challenged the
republican party to take a
positive stand on. and lead in, the
fight for aid to Britain. .
"Have yon got It in you?" he
cried to a crowd of 2,200 persons
attending the National Republi
can club's 55th annual Lincoln
day dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria.
Willkie, just returned from a
fact-finding trip to the British
Isles where he conferred with per
sons ranging in rank from King
George VI to "the man in the
pub," called Prime Minister Win
ston Churchill "the man whom I
think Is the greatest public fig
ure in the world."
- Arthur A. Ballaatine, presi
dent of the club and former
anderserretary of the treasury,
was quick to accept, on behalf
of tbe republican party. Win
kle's challenge, with which he
closed bis 23-minute address.
Following an ovation by the
crowd, in which cries of "We want
Willkie" were heard. Ballantine
told the 1940 republican presiden
tial candidate:
"Ton have transcended parti
sanship and that is the best serv
ice to a party. You have lifted us
ap -and given. us- vision and' now-
It la up to us to answer your call
and show that we 'bare It In us. '
The republican party, Willkie
asserted in hi extemporaneous,
nationally - broadcast address,
was born as the champion of
freedom "t bat was the reason
for us coming Into being and
he warned that if It had no
Jilgher destiny than the des
tiny of compromise and nega
tion and failure and death, it
would not survive.
"I doubt if in the history of
parties, any party had such a
golden opportunity as presents it
self to the republican party to-
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prided bargains and services on
a full page, with color, in The
Oregon Statesman today (page 3)
and on each succeeding Thursday
for seven weeks.
Stores participating in this
"Shop Salem First" movement
will utilize signs In their win
dows and sales tags : on mer
chandise, . with : the American
shield background employing
red, white and bine colors.
Remembering- the public's re
ception? of the initial "Shop Sa
lem First" campaign early, last
year, local merchants were more
Interested than ever this year, .
To Speak Here
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COUNTESS 2AMOTSKA
Countess Morag Zamoy ska, wife
of a Polish count in a Gennan
concentration camp, will speak
at ft p. m. next. Wednesday nt
tbe First Presbyterian church,
under, the sponsorship of the
Westminister Guild. The count-
eea, who has Just returned from
a speaking tour in California
and Arizona, will tell authentic
experience in Europe. The pub
lic i Invited. A small charge
will, be made. .
GOP
WkBuce-Fmnco: Talk
Held Secret; I Spanish
Aid Believed Sdukhi
Meet With Petain
Scheduled Today
onRiviera vj
Spain May Act as
Peacemaker for
Duce-British
MADRID, Feb. 13.-(Thurs-day)
-(-Premier Mussolini of
Italy and Francisco Franco,
Spain's chief of state, arrived
at a e o m p 1 e t e Identity off
views' . upon European matters
in two meetings Wednesday at
Bordighera, on the Italian Riv
iera, a Spanish communique an
nounced early today.
Nothing more specific was
said of their extraordinary con
ference nor was there any men
tion of German participation.
BERN, Switzerland, Feb.
12 (AP) The Spanish cau
dillo, Generalissimo Franco,
and the Italian duce, Premier
Mussolini, conferred "some
where in Italy" Wednesday,
foreign diplomatic reports
said, and it i was generally
supposed that Spain's part in the
European. war was decided.
It is expected that Franco and
Marshal Petain, France's chief of
state, will meet Thursday some
where on the; French Riviera,
near the Italian frontier.
Petain arrived Wednesday at
Turn to rage .9, Col. )
tLavvmakers Hear
Lincoln Diuded
Memorial Proeram Held
at Capitol Featured
by Address
Vigorous use of executive power
in national emergencies may be
the means Of making it possible
for democracy to survive, Dr
George Bernard Noble of Reed
college declared in an Abraham
Lincoln memorial observance of
the Oregon legislature Wednesday
Noble pointed out that during
the Civil war Lincoln had not
hesitated to exceed bis constitu
tional powers, but that he did not
in his war time policies "abandon
his basic democratic principles."
While the task of statesman
ship in Lincoln's day, Noble said,
was to maintain tbe union, the
task today is to "safeguard de
mocracy from overt and brutal
attacks from without aided and
abetted by insidious attacks from
within."
Noble said Lincoln's ability to
take a long range view. of nation
al problems accounted In .' large
part for his eminence as a states
man. Hep. Lyle Thomas, Polk repub
lican. Quoted Lincoln as saying
If America be destroyed.; Ameri
ca will be the author of the de
struction," and said, "As long aa
Lincoln seems near, America will
be safe for America will be Ideal
istic."
Abe Collins of Waterloo, Ore
gon, a counterpart of Lincoln in
dress and features, read the
Gettysburg Address.
Mrs. Bruce Spaulding of Dallas
sang "The Star Spangled Banner"
and led the audience In "God
Bless America" at the conclusion
of the program. Music was fur
nished by the Portland Philhar
monic orchestra of the federal
music project, directed by Fred
erick W. Goodrich.
Bishop Bruce R. Baxter deliv
ered the invocation.
State9s Quota !.
To June 30
More than one-fifth of the
124, 1S selective service regis
trants in Oregon have been classi
fied by local, boards, providing
more than a sufficient number of
class I-A registrants to fill the
state's quota of 208C by June 30,
it waa announced Wednesday by
Col. Elmer V. Wooton, state so-.
lectlve service director. . :
Local boards have been di
rected to atop sending out -qneationnaires
as soon aa they ;
have enough .class I-A men to
fill their respective .board quo
tas, plus a 15 per cent ever
age, to cover possible physical
rejections. This will mean that
most boards can atop sending
questionnaires . at' once. Colo
nel Wooton paid.," ,
Colonel Wooton declared that
Oregon now haa 3030 men who
have been given a class I-A. rat
ing by local boards and local
board examining physicians. This
total will also be boosted aa soon
3iay Mediate in
Greek War
Free ' Danube
i Offers Passage 5
fi for Invaders
?! ! -I I .
h (hay Associated Press)
!: if 1 1 I
1 In connection I with reports
'published that Germany! is at
tempting to mediate St thens
'.'between. Greece and j Italy, It
Imay e recalled that .tbe Asso
jciated Press carried the same
reporjt under a Sofia , date on
January 17. It was denied at
that Itiine by authorised sour
ces in Iteriin. Additional jlnqalr-
les are oeing made.
1:
M BELGRADE, Yu
goslavia.
Feb. 12. ( AP)G e r man
troops were reported by mili
tary observers to stand nearly
600,00 strong! inl Bumania
Wednesday night and the
ice which formed the last seri
ous obstacle to a hazi crossing
Uftto Bulgaria was1 fast j vanishing
from the Danube under prema
ture spring warmth. . Ji
I; This enormous increas In', the
accepted e a 1 1 m a t e of (German
strength in Rumania was based
upon hew information
that, sup
plementing the 200,000! men sent
Into the country by the j end of De
cember, the Germsnl command
recently haa dispatched $5 fresh
divisions, requiting move-meat of
an favrage ' of 4 0 : trains a day
through Hungary.! fr - " r
I From Ruse, the Bulgarian' port -
on the Danube facing Rumania,
it was -reported that tbe river was
now Wholly ice-free, and German 1
bridge 'pontoons were placed along
the Rumanian bank. l 1
I These were among the incidents
reported here, in "diplomatic or
other advices: ji j
? Groqps of German; transport
pianjtsj presumably 1, tbosd which
flew' over Hungary ij Tuesday,
landed i at Bulgarian airports.' the
official Sofia eiplanatiqn being
that thiey merely formed part of a
r ii rn to rage i 9, i;oii. i)
Wat News Briefs
I CAIRO, ' Kgypt,! Feb, JS-V
Brltisfi reinforcements' were re
ported' pounding down tho
northern coastal ; plain Of tho
Italian! east African colony of
Eritrea today for an assault on
the besieged rail center of.
yneren. ii
I ROtiE, Feb. 13-(yP)-Ifi of
Afmaiu, more than half way
IrroftN j Italian Sonialilandi to the
Indian! ocean, was ! conceded
Wednesday by the Italian high
command and the fawclat hung
On in Africa and Albania with'
the hope that an axis Ispring
Offensive somewhere will
change the fortunes of War.
.? IX)?tDON. Feb. 12-1 M-Brit-
. . . .
j ' - ii ?
ain dftped deep Into her man-
power? reserve tonight, disclos
ing youths 10 years old wlll be
Called! for military service al
most (immediately,: and pressed
the re-pring . - air offensive
against Imlustrial Germany with
waves! of bombers.?,
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I W.USHIXGTOX; Feb. i&-(py
A- Id. 000,000,000 increase U
the federal debt i limit to pay
huge routs of national defense
and, presumably, HritUhj aid
was Approved with j speed
Wednesday by a senate finance
subcommittee. ,. - :
tf Drdfieea
Notv Classified
as more registrants
tively placed in class I
tent
caa be
given a physical examination te
determine whether, they are elase
I-A (dualified for, general milt
tary service), class I-B (qualified
for limited military service) or
class IV-F (physically unfjt)
I ? j frtncipal cause f r j defer
intent from military service hag
ibeen. dependence at Other per'
sons on registrants for sspporU
Out of the group classified thue
far ini this state, 2.y per cent
were given a deferred clasbiXU
cation) la clase III for this rv
;son..,:l ; !, . i -.
i Deferments oil acrountj of 0c
cupatiojj have been few enly J.r
per cent of the registrants beir ;
placed in clase II for fhis- reac
One reason for the small numtt
of class II deferments, : Colon!
Wootoit says. Is ithati mdst tni
who occupy key civilian post ar
married and are 'J placed Jn cla'i
III instead of class IIJ I
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