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PAGE TEN Tbm OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, Onqon, Sunday Morning. December 14. 1941 Statewide Conference Slated For County Defense Chieftains Davao,Oneot the Danger Spots in Philippines Other discussions: Aircraft wirnini service. Major W. J. Herlihy, signal of ficer, second interceptor com mand, Portland. Forest Fire protection and air craft observation, Nelson S. Borers, state forester. Recreation and morale, Wal ter W. R. May, state chairman, Portland. Nutrition, Dean Ava B. Milan, Oregon state college. Consumers participation in de fense, Mrs. H. D. Peterson, Dal las, vice Chairman state advisory council, aind state chairman of women's participation committee. Oregon state guard, Brigadier General Alvin C. Baker and Lieutenant-Colonel E. V. Wooton. Medical disaster relief. Dr. W. W. Baum, president Oregon state medical society, and Miss Jane V. Doyle, Portland, state director, American Red Cross.' There also will be a round table discussion under the direction of the state coordinator. This will include': Organization of county councils, Bryan Conley, Marion county co ordinator. Training of auxiliary police, Charles P. Pray, superintendent of state police, and L. L. Pittin grr, Salem, Marion county in structor. Financing defense councils, Mike Hale, Astoria, Clatsop county coordinator. Community participation in special events (civilian defense week, bill of rights day, etc.), Program for the state-wide conference of the advisory coun cil of county defense coordinators, to be held here Monday under call of Gov. Charles A. Sprague, was released from the offices f Jerrold Owen, state civilian defense coordinator, here Sat orday. j Governor! Sprague will give the pening address with Ross Mc Intyre, Portland, board chairman, presiding. j Remarks : will be made by Jos eph K. Carson, Jr., inspector gen eral of civilian defense, depart ment commander, American Le gion; Ray W. Gill, Oregon mem ber' of the volunteer participation committee, and Owen and Mcln tyre. Mclntyre also will discuss evacuation plans of his committee. Frank HulL Medford, Jackson county coordinator. Oregon amateur radio defense system, Stephen C. Mergler, Sa lem. Radio, Lee Bishop, Medford, and James D. Olson, Portland. Newspapers, Ben E. Titus, Salem. Speakers, Don Black, Salem, state chairman speakers bureau. Air raid precautions, J. E. Baker, Marshfield, Coos county coordinator; Harry Pinninger, Roseburg, Douglas county coordi nator; Edward L. Boatright, Port land, Multnomah county coordi nator, and Howard Merriam, Eu gene, Lane county coordinator. i Municipal fire protection and handling of incendiary bombs, Seth B. Thompson, Salem, state fire marshal, and Edward L. Boat right, Portland, Multnomah coun ty coordinator. The conference will close with an illustrated lecture. . Ais.x" - i v . v - , s- A . - t i ft - 1 v ' - . I V v- w Colored Auto' Lights Taboo Asserts Pray Colored lights, such as are now being used by a large number of Oregon motorists, are in violation of the law outside of blackout periods and persons driving cars so equipped are subject to arrest, Charles P. Pray, superintendent of state police declared Saturday. Pray said the use of colored lights outside of blackout periods had increased the traffic hazard and resulted in confusion in many sections of the state. Among officers who conferred with Pray by telephone regarding the use of these colored lights out side of blackout periods was Sher iff Martin Pratt of Multnomah county. Other officers also said they were having traffic difficul ties. Pray said colored lights includ ed those hooded with cellophane and other colored materials. EASY TO BOY un Give EVERSHARP This is the harbor area In Davao at the southern end of the Philippines, where it was feared that local Japanese might stage an armed defense of their holdings. Publication ofCasualty lists Explained in Federal Order By Ine Asaociaica m The government has ruled out publication of casualty lists in the press or their broadcast by radio because this might give information to the enemy. President Roosevelt announced the decision at a press con ference, and the army ana navy Service Men Where They Are What They're Doing WASHINGTON, Dec 13-(P)-The navy department an nounced Saturday that all its recruiting stations would re main open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to accommodate those seeking to Join the navy. James McNeil, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. McNeil, 445 East Meyers street, notified his parents Friday he has been accepted for pilot training and probably will be sta tioned at a California field. McNeil, Salem high graduate of 1938, has been in the armament division of the air corps, stationed at Paine field, Everett, Wash. He enlisted two years ago and re ceived his armament training at Lowry field, Denver, from which he was graduated last August. f And You Give the Finest! "Take It or Leave It" As a Christmas Gift y $3.50 EVERSHARP PENS EVERSHARP PENCILS PEN fc PENCIL SETS $1.00 $5.00 Leather Goods! Bill Folds . . . Keytainers . . . Zipper Cases . . . Note Books . . . Mep's Travel Sets . . . UtHity Cases . r . . Writing Portfolios . . . 5-Year Lock ing Diaries . . . Pocket Memos. CHRISTMAS CARDS WRAPPINGS SEALS COMMERCIAL Book Store 141 N. Coml. 'SI k A A BP j II S I 1 S I A3 FORT LEWIS, Dec. 13. Be cause of the military crisis it has been found necessary to close Fort Lewis gates to all civilians other than those who have offi cial business on the post, it was announced today by Col. Ralph R. Glass, post commander. Special consideration, he said, is being shown close relatives of men in the station hospital. Passes may be secured at post headquarters for sufficient cause, but visitors are asked to leave the reservation before 4:30 p.m. at which time the fort goes into its nightly blackout. FORT LEWIS, Dec. 13.-(y!P)- Among enlisted men of the 41st division who have received pro motions at the order of the com manding general, Brig. Gen. Hor ace H. Fuller, are: Grand Ronde, Pvt. Doyle L. Talbot to corporal; Salem Pvt. Donald C. Biedebach to corporal. Salem, is a seaman aboard the USS Astoria stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Warren, 475 North High street, received word Saturday that their son, Marine Lt. Charles Earl Warren, is safe in Honolulu. Lt. Warren was graduated from Salem high school and was graduated with honors from Oregon State col lege in 1940. He was assigned to the battle cruiser USS Louisville last June, and until Saturday was believed to have been stationed at Manila, where the Louisville hade been the latter part of No vember. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stevens of West Salem learned Saturday by clipper mail that their son, Leo B. Stevens, came through the Pearl Harbor bombardment safe ly. Stevens is a chaplain yeoman stationed at Pearl Harbor and has been in the navy three years. Theatre Wffl Aid Elks in Yule Program The Warner Bros. Capitol theatre will cooperate with the Salem Elks club in the latter's Christmas cheer program by conducting a food matinee next Saturday morning, Manager Carl Porter announced Saturday. Admission to the matinee, for which a special motion pic ture program has been booked, will be by presentation of can ned food only. It will be open to adults as well as to children. The feature picture will be "The Dead End Kids on Dress Parade," a military academy sto ry. Short subjects also are billed The canned food matinee will start at 10 a.m. Doors to the the atre will be opened at 9:30. Porter says all employes of the theatre had agreed to donate their services for this program. UHA Prepares To Entertain Troops Here Preparation of a program for troops passing through Salem on short notice is the purpose of a meeting called for next Thursday night by the United Hospitality association. Representatives of all civic organizations and others interested are invited to the ses sion at 7:30 at the chamber of commerce. Dr. Henry Morris is to preside at the meeting at which reports of work accomplished will be made. A treasurer and other board members are to be elect ed. Milton Meyers is vice presi dent, and Mrs. Bertha Ray, secre tary. Transferred to Kelley Field, Texas for a non-commissioned of ficer's pilot training course is Ser geant Dick Severin, formerly with the 38th air base. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Severin. Maj. Willis E. Vincent, Salem, has been sent from the 41st divi sion to an eastern training school it has been announced. Generous Yule Spirit Vital To Feed Needy In Salem, as in the land of Dickens' "Christmas Carol" the traditional spirit of Christmas dominates the scene, and the Sal vation Army's Christmas kettles are no small part of the picture as they make their bid for con tributions to the vitally needed Christmas and winter relief pro gram of the organization. "But for the Salvation Army, scores of needy families and longing chil dren would miss a deserved Christmas," Major G. Houghton, commander of the local corps said Saturday. "Despite world conditions and restrictions imposed on peoples of the 'blitzed' countries." he added, "the holiday spirit, as typified by the traditional Sal vation Army kettle, looms as a refreshing and-heartening note. The generous response thus far to our annual Christmas appeal is gratifying, but the heavy demands made on us cause us deep con cern; we don't want a single fam ily or one under-privileged child disappointed." Checks to swell the Armv'i Christmas-Winter fund may be mailed to Maj. G. Houghton. The Salvation Army, 241 State street, Salem, or word left for a call by telephoning 9437 or 5395. Contribu tions also will be accepted at The Statesman office for delivery to Maj. Houghton. Clark to Head Summer Meet Putnam Tells Boston Scare Boston, too, had its "enemy plane" scare last Monday, Rex Putnam, Oregon state superin tendent of public instruction, re ported Saturday afternoon on his ahead-of-schedule return home to Salem. "I had Just registered at my hotel in Boston when I heard of the Honolulu attack," Put nam said. "Next day all streets were cleared. We were attend ing a conference when it was reported that enemy planes were 30 minutes away from Boston. We talked it over and finally decided to go ahead with the meeting." Putnam, who has two sons in the army, cut his attendance at meetings of the American Voca tional association in Boston short to return home to his school du ties. He also attended a confer tee of state superintendents New York City. Top Production After Blast Plan of Plant dicated this would be the pro cedure: Neither service will announce official lists of -those killed and wounded, but will notify -relatives directly as qmkkly as pos sible. Official flgwre ea total casualties will be announced, and an announcement will be made in event of the death of an outstanding figure, inch as a general or an admiral. While a general tabulation of casualties will be forbidden, news papers will be free to publish stories, obtained from relatives, about the deaths of soldiers and sailors from their cities. Also to keep information from the enemy, selective service head quarters said that draft quotas and induction calls henceforth would be considered' confidential military information, not to be published. It was explained that this was to prevent disclosure of the rate and manner of army in creases. The ruling does not pre vent local publication of the names of men drafted. Behind the order to withhold publication of war casualty lists is long army and navy exper ience that names of men killed or wounded in action may re veah Important military infor-. mation. In the 1914-18 war, military men recall, imperial Germany re ported casualties only to the fam ily. The unit to which the soldier was attached was identified, how ever, and by careful reading of local death notices military ob servers were able to establish very accurately the disposition of divisions on the battlefront Brooks Navy Officer Dies In Air Raid First Marion, county resident to be killed in action in the war was Ensign Eugene Thomas Sanders, 41, of Brook,' a veteran of the first World war, hi widow, Mrs. Sally Sanders, . learned late Fri day. According to the telegram from the war department,- temporary burial is at Honolulu fori Sander, who had received the grade of Ensign only two weeks ago. Prev iously he had been a warrant officer. Sanders was born at Hubbard. Be served In the army ia the first war and then ells ted in the navy. Be saw service since that time in the Philippines, China and the state. Mrs. Sanders resides on a 20 acre farm near Brooks, purchased last summer for her home while he was on duty at sea. Survivors are brothers, Emory Preston Sanders of Salem and Casper W. Sanders of Alhambra, Calif.; parents, Mrs. Jessie M. Warren of Oregon City and Wil liam E. Sanders of Schilling, Calif. BURLINGTON, la., Dec. 13- C-Plans for early resumption of full production at the Iowa ord nance plant here were being laid Saturday night as the probable death roll in Friday's blast totaled 13 or more. With five identified dead and two unidentified bodies, officials of the operating company, Day & Zimmerman, Inc., listed eight persons as missing. AFX. Contract Okehed On Shipyards Workers PORTLAND, Dec. 13 -&)- A contract for 1942 covering all AFL workers at the Oregon Ship building corporation plant has been approved, Fred Manash, secretary of the Portland build ing and construction trades coun cil, said Saturday. He did not reveal details. Nurse Meet Called by Red Cross All graduate nurses not on duty that hour, and particularly those who have not been practicing but might be available xor volunteer service, have been called to meet at the old high school building in Salem at 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon for a Red Cross home nursing conference, Marion coun ty chapter offices announced Sat urday. Mrs. Geral Smith, Mrs. Karl Becke, Mrs. Carl Emmons and Mrs. Walter Kirk, committee in charge, are urging a large attend ance. Need for home nursing under the national defense plan is to be explained and a demon stration by Mrs. Marguerite Pay ten of Multnomah county chapter, American Red Cross, is scheduled. Promulgation of home nursing information is one of the import ant phases of current national de fense programs, Olive Doak By non, Marion chapter, Red CrosSt,. secretary, said Saturday. ' Galiun S. Miller of Salem has been assigned to the air corps at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., from the reception center at Fort Lewis. Frank W. Diem, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Diem, route 2 Dean Chester F. Luther of Wil lamette university Friday an nounced the appointment of W. Herman Clark, associate profes sor of physical science, to head the university summer session for 1942. Prof. Clark was selected by the administration in connection with a faculty committee, composed of Dr. R. M. Gatke, Dr. H. C. Hutch ins, Dean Luther, Dr. E. C. Oliver, Dr. Helen Pearce and Dr. S. B. Laughlin. A meeting of the faculty sum mer school committee will be called next week, Prof essor Clark stated. "Last year s reports and rceords are being analyzed as a preliminary to planning this year's program." in Blood Donors Are Sought Call for volunteer donors of blood to be typed for a possible emergency in the community, part of the civil defense program, was issued Saturday by Olive Doak Bynon, executive secretary of the Marion county Red Cross, whose office Ts to be used for registra tion. Technicians in the city are vol unteering to take the tests next Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at the hospitals. Volunteer donors are asked to call the office at 5911 to register an dreceive in structions. hi A f V ' ' A- 'J- THE PERFECT CHRISTUM GIFT!!! Actual Portrait BY Jesten-Miller Q DUD Offers thm 3Ist Mmndmmemtml Wmprmvemmt Im Sleeping Comfort ' Slmem plmmkitm Were Firt Used 3for Thmm -8,000 -Ymmrm Ago, E TIMI HlfOPERATIOn Ifi- BaassssB 'v-' y: y. - IF mi ChcicS ci Deaclifci: Cckrs JESTEN-MILLER ORTR AIT Unusual Charm! 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