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By KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Wide World War Analyst For The Statesman
The United Nations-axis struggle is at a crisis on the Pacific
front almost as grave for the allies as it was for England in that
black June of 1940 when France
Even so, the essential fact
storm. The tight little isle stands
today, stronger and better prepar
td to fight for freedom than ever
before. It Is a symbol of Hitler's
greatest defeat Not even his re
treat in Russia yet has like sig
nificance, f
Can beslered Singapore or
the menaced Dutch colonial em
pire in the Far Pacific similar
ly survive against all the Jap
anese have done" or can do?
That Is the dominant question.
Prime Minister Churchill, Brit
ain's sturdy and courageous war
captain, did not undertake to an
swer it when seeking parliamen
tary' approval of both his own
leadership and of the strategy that
exposed empire Pacific outposts.
He would make no promise except
that of ultimate victory. That
frank acceptance of personal re
sponsibility, and readiness to take
the bad with the good, lost him no
confidence votes.
Churchill sought no refuse be
hind the several circumstances
in the Far Pacific he could have
noted to lighten the gloom. He
did not minimize the danger to
Singapore, to The Netherlands
Indies, to Australia. Nor did he
set out the measures taken or
concerted with Washington to
stem the Japanese attack be
yond repeating that reinforce
ments had arrived in the south
western Pacific war tone.
There Is other evidence of that.
The admiralty's acknowledgement
of loss of an empire destroyer, in
running fight off the Malayan
coast is one such item.
Japan also lost a destroyer in
that action. It increased the toll
American-British-D u t c h forces
are taking of sea craft which the
enemy can ill spare in a battle
that has just begun in those seas.
Tokyo knows that. The very
scope of the expanded Nippon
ese drive to master the rich
Netherlands Indies even before
the Singapore and Luion re
sistance centers have been
cracked has an element of des
peration in it
It emphasizes the vital element
for Japan. It is now or never for
the nazi-mlnded Tokyo war pun
dits. It is all or nothing for them,
and every moment of delay in
Malaya and the Philippines or in
tl 2 passages to the Java sea is to
the advantage of the allies.
NY Sleuth to
Visit Salem
In Probe
NEWARK, NJ, Jan. Zl-(JP)
Detective Lieutenant Louis Skla
rey of the Essex county prosecu
tor's staff said Saturday he would
leave Monday for the west coast
to continue his investigation into
the swindling 'activities of Mrs
Amelia Everts Carr, awaiting
sentencing on eight charges of
obtaining money under false pre
tenses. She has pleaded no de
fense.
Sklarey said he would visit
Tacoma and Spokane, Wash., and
the Washington state penitenti
ary; Salem, Ore.: San Francisco,
Los Angeles and San Quentin
prison, Calif.
He said he would confer with
police and prison officials on
bank accounts and jewelry be
lieved left behind by Mrs. Can-
when she came east in 1935.
Chinese Beat
Jap Attack
CHUNGKING, Jan. 31-UPi-The
Chinese reported Saturday night
that Japanese attacks had been
beaten off in a bitter battle for
control -of the river port of Wai
chow, east , of Canton ' and 40
miles north ox Hongkong, and
'said Chinese troops had won the
nearby town of Pokaeo back from
the Japanese. 5;
To the north, in Kiangsi prov
ince, Chinese troops were said to
be holding their ground under
heavy assault by large Japanese
forces southwest Of Nanchang.
"The Chinese army is in close
pursuit of the retreating Japa
nese," the official announcement
added.
Obituary
During January eon abiding (in
door) rites were held at Kt Crest
Abbey Mausoleum and Cremator
turn for the following: .
, Maude'E. CaugheU ,
lames Penn r 1
Harry Benjamin Auld
Minerva Josephine Wellsher
' Carl August Bondell
. Uay Acton Roberts
Dr. Wffllam Earl- Blake ...
.Wdi&na Henry Farr
Helta CL Bosserman
Fred A.-Erixon
fell.
is that England weathered that
Welders Quit
Shipyard Jobs
n Dispute in Ranks of
t i t1 j tic I
IJMUr Diauicu as iiacu
Stage New Walkouts
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men should be represented by the
AFL, metal trades union or their
own independent union. There-
fore, Porter concluded, the AFL
metal trades unions "must be rec-
ognized as the exclusive bargain
ing agency, as stipulated in exist
ing contracts between shipbuild
ing companies and the AFL."
Work on the ships at both the
Tacoma and Seattle plants of the
Tacoma-Seattle Shipbuilding cor
poration was not stopped by the
walkout A similar walkout last
November at the Tacoma plant
forced a gradual curtailment of
work for about a week but finally
resulted in the suspension of al
most all work.
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one which was stopped by OPM
order upon the outbreak of war.
Charles L. Brinkerhoff, lead
er of the Tacoma welders,
termed the stop-work action as
a "lockout." The AFL termed
it a strike, a violation of con
tracts and as a "squeeze, play."
Brinkerhoff said Tacoma wel
ders voted 1055 to 18. with nn or
two not voting, to
take our pres-
, -I
ent stand."
The AFL picked out only 31
of the 700 men, who had not paid
their dues, to suspend from the
union and force them out of
work. The AFL did this only to
try and put us on the spot, or
else why didn't they suspend all
the 700 men who had not paid
their dues, he said.
: dispute was pciwccn uu
welders and the AFL. The AFL.
declined to let the welders
who had been affiliated with
various AFL unions to form
an Independent union. The
welders said many of their
members were forced to main
tain multiple union cards in
order to work on various jobs.
oaiuraays sinxe came to a
head when several welders were
dismissed from work for failure
to pay dues to the AFL-Boiler
makers union. With their dismis
sal, the rest of the welders walk
cu oui. me snipyaras nave a
closed shop contract with the
AFL and hiring is done at union
halls.
Officials of the Tacoma divi-
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tion issued
said:
aM..uun wmtu i
we i eel It would not be
proper for us to issue any state
ment in regard to the situation
until proper governmental ag
encies have had a chance to re
view it.
"Inasmuch as this trouble is
tne result of a controversy with
in the ranir. of iQi j T "..
t . . uue
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Tire Thefts
Increase in
Portland
PORTLAND. Ore- Jan.
r-ouce reportea increasing tiro
thefts in Portland Saturdav.
An automobile store discover
ed 33 tires valued at $600 had
Deen stolen.
One motorist reported a tire
taken from his car while it was
parxea aowntown, and a truck
owner saia a wneel and tire
were stolen from his yard.
General Hits
War Bureau
WASHINGTON. Jn
Major General Johnson HagoodL
retired army coastal defense com-
mander, asserted Saturday the
Pearl Harhor H!c-.
largely from "faulty organization"
or the war department along with
a "lack of authority and resixin -
sibility.'' . .
General Hagood. an outsnoken
dine ox tne army's organization
since his retirement in 1936, said
in a letter to the publication "Ar-
my and Navy Register" that the
lack of army cooperation blamed
u uw nuwru cwnmissiop Tias
wwu suui uu iu Mwut ana eise-
wnere xor years. -
toe efforS TTf nd ?r,eg0n W6St door closed shop agreement with
ine efforts of governmental agen- of the Cascade mountains. the heads of American Fed-
cies to bring this problem to a Civilian pilots in this area were ZtJZ L w "1.
successiui conclusion."
Thm
iNavy Aviation
Plans
Four Universities to
Be Leased in Program
For 30,000 Pilots
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preliminary three-month tough
ening process would be "the
most strenuous In the history
of American military training."
The men will learn to march "up
to 40 miles from sunup to sun
down, and will be set at such
heavy labor as ditch-digging,
wood -chopping and land-clear
ing, -and will be extensively
schooled in such realistic self
defense arts as advanced jul
jitsu, boxing and rough-and-
tumble fighting."
"The program is a challenge to
patriotic young American men
who are "proud of their, ability to
take it," Knox said. "This train
ing will be hard, but the time for
pulling punches has passed. The
n win nave 10 nave guis.
"When they have won their navy
I rri vartll RQIfA WFAVrAil T Pi O T I
'w wwt i
thpv run both take it and hand it
i i
out. Tnat's tne Sana oi iignung
pilots the navy wants and the
country needs.'
The secretary added that this
training and ' the air training to
follow would mjlLt me men the
best pilots in the world" and that
they would become the leaders in
post-war aviation.
Lieut. Commdr. Tom Hamil
ton, former head football coach
at the naval academy and him
self a navy filer, will be direct
or of physical training, with
Lieut. Commdr. Gene Tunney
director of physical training for
all navy personnel. . Other lead
ing college athletic coaches and
sports figures will be inducted
into the naval reserve to conduct
the physical phases of this train
ing.
The four university plants will
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oe usea soieiy as grouna scnoois,
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AAMnnAhla Im P17A m tha I
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naval academy at Annapolis.
"Every effort is being made to
select schools which will be least
affected by this dislocation of their
present activities, and which have
uie necessary auueuc lacmues,
the announcement added.
The training course will be I
broken down into four basic
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iunaameniais xo prepare ine siu-
dent for actual flight training:
L Proper physical condition
ing- and strength.
2. Indoctrination in naval his
tory and customs.
3. Military drill and seaman
ship.
4. Trainlnr in communications,
ordnance and other specialties.
After students pass the prelim
inary three-month course at one of
the four universities, they will be
sent to one of the 16 naval reserve
aviation bases for actual primary
flight training. From there they
will go to one of the navy's ad-1
vanced flying schools. The entire
flight training course will norm-
ally take a year, with less time
necessary in exceptional cases.
The army's training program
provides for turning out 30,000
pilots, bombardiers and other air-1
men this year but is pointed to an
increase in 1943 .
The army air corps headed up
its training program this week un-
der Major General Barton K.
Yount It is centered now in three
major flying centers, the southeast I
center, Maxwell field, Alabama;
gulf coast, Randolph field, Texas,
tv. i m. I
ary training fields.
Coast Flying
Restricted
KFATTTE .Tan 31i3vTV
"I . . .
ona interceptor command issued
order Saturdav grounding
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told by the army authorities they
must cease flying immediately.
The only exceptions made to
uie nue was wai regular com-
mwuu airunes mignv conimue w
fly into Seattle and local, civilian
pilot training courses might con-
unue uniu reDruary 7 out not
thereafter.
Continuation
Of NY A Asked
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 21.-4PI
A resolution asking continuation
of the present national youth ad-
ministration work-aid program for
awe and worthy college students
was aaopted baturday by the NYA
regional college work council.
vumposea s representauvea irom
uuuorma, laano, Oregon, Wash -
ington, Nevada, Arizona and
Utah.
"Such aid will exnedite the col
lexe training of nuwlAi n.nrn.i
"i technical fields for the all-out
war tttot wiu tble many
PW 'dents to remain in col-
lee where they can make their
best contribution." aaid th h
Iuuon
1 Tit A fmaa CunJ.
uuu a uuu
interned Americans
WAbaiMGTON, Jan. 31-AP)
The American ,Red Cross said
Saturday it was providing one food
I package a week to 300 Americana
I interned by Germany at Compel -
j xne, ocoipiea xrance. xne supplies
came uwa reserve noes: main -
iiainea ai ueneva, witverland.
Speeded
OEEGON STATESMAN. Salem, .
RAF Scores Two Hits
On Nazi Convoy Ship
LONDON, Jan. 31-()-British
bombers scored, two direct bits on
the biggest ship of an eight-ship
German convoy off : the Frisian
islands Saturday, the air ministry
announced. '
A single German plane bombed
the Scottish southeast coast to
night, causing two casualties and
slight f damage. Daylight raiders
attacked a place in East Anglis
but their bombs fell harmlessly.
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Prices Told
Wickard Reveals Plan
Of Administration to
Prevent Inflation
(Continued from page 1)
eluding wheat cracked for feed,
will hp stabilized at around 85
cent o parity. This policy is
designed to hold feed prices at
hovels which would encourage
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farmers to produce more uve-
i- jt ' a rv,w -oH.
m us a. uaii t oiiu itu j
These commodities are
needed in larger quantities than
are now available.
Livestock, dairy and poul
try products, such vegetable-oil-bearing
crops as peanuts
and soybeans, and some truck
crops will be permitted to go
above parity so as to encour
age greater production of them.
Corn fanners, it was said, will
! be given?- government benefit
! payments sufficient to bring their
return to full parity.
To Be Sold
This Year
WASHINGTON. Jan. 31-P
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All new automobiles now "froz-
en" in dealers' hands, except a
ffoVernment stock nile of 130.000
wm be sold by the end of
m Mr a the Dendins! re
tioning program, Price Adminis-
trator Leon Henderson said Sat
Iirt.v
simultaneously. Henderson an
nounced- that beeinning Feb. 12.
'
dealers would be permitted to
deliver new cars sold but not de
livered before the original freez
ing order Jan. 1.
Rationing of cars will not be
gin until Feb. 26, Henderson
said, allowing local rationing
boards two weeks in which to
handle disposition of the auto
mobiles bought before stocks
were frozen. To obtain deliv
ery of these cars, purchasers
will be required to present spe
cified "evidence of purchase"
to the rationing boards.
Dealers and manufacturers to-
gether now hold about 654,000
new automobiles. Of these, 130,
000 are set aside as the govern
ment reserve supply, not subject
to rationing for a year, leaving
some 524,000 available when the
ration boards begin operating.
Details of the truck rationing
program also are incomplete and
the OPA Saturday ordered the
ban on sales of trucks and truck
trailers extended from Feb. 2 to
Feb. 11. No plan for releasing
trucks bought before Jan. 1 was
announced,
tiU Uiarees
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Backdoor'
Agreement
BEND, Jan. 31-yP)-Oregon CIO
convention delegates made it plain
Satlirrlav thpv wrilri romain mill.
I . . , . . .
1 18111 m organizing campaigns.
a resolution rhaneA th. n
I t t
i oii.jjuunuuig LuiuuiaiiuiL -uri-
keel plate was laid, and several
thousand workers of this firm
mi. h.i, Am.
i(.a Haht d,,rin thl. oHral
emergency, but were forced to
pay tribute to the AFL in the
orm o unreasonable initiation
1 permit fees."
By unanimous vote, the dele
gates asked that "the government
shall insure the. hiring of work
era without discrimination or re
gard to union affiliation,
Sub Victims Rescued
AN EAST CANADIAN PORT,
Jan -n5vTr,hr ntrvimn
of the crew of a British freighter.
I the latest victims In the German
submarine war against Atlantic
shiDOint have been brought here
I after a U-boat sent three tome-
does , into their ship killing 10
1 men.
Shipyard Wages Raised
rUKiuum, ure Jan. Ji-tif)
P E.. Mechlin, federal maritime
fmmfa?v egm!er' announcted
fZJ .
eo?trct Pwdin 10 'per cent
increases for Portland and
Vancouver. Wash, shipyard con
itruction workers.
I Malta Bombed Affain
VALLETTA, Malta, Jan. 31-vP)
Thirteen alerts were sounded In
this much-bombed island fortress
within 24 hours ndin at ft nVlork
I Saturday nirfitJ No rHi Md
1 only sUeht damage was reported.
J Malta bombed more than any place
1 on earth, has had more than. 1500
alerts sincethe war started.
Oregon. Sunday Morning, February; 1. 1942
gapore
Under Siege
British Withdrew to
Island Fortress as
Japs Start Attack
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against
an
offensive from
the
north.
But during the weeks of Ma
layan warfare fresh run em
placements, pillboxes and mor
tars have been thrown up along
the shore of narrow J a h o r e
strait, the winding strip of wa
ter that separates the island
from the mainland and the last
act of. the withdrawing troops
was to explode the narrow
causeway which spans the
strait.
The British withdrawal was the
blackest mark In a somber out
lino of the United Nations' posi
tion in the Pacific area
to the north of this one major
arm of the giant Japanese offen
sive, the British evacuated Moul-
mein. fabled Kipling city 100
miles across the bay from Ran
goon, vital supply port at the start
of the Burma road.
Far to the east Japan thrust
out another claw of the huge
pincers grasping at the untold
riches of the Dutch East Indies, a
full-scale land, sea and air of
fensive was directed at the Island
of Amboina, site of the Indies'
second-ranking naval base and
in strategic position to command
the allied supply lines from Aus
tralia and the United States.
Tfaisvwas the fifth front the
Japanese have opened in the
Indies, and the Dutch command
reported that flxhting was
"raging everywhere" while the
defending garrison sought to
destroy all installations which
might be of value to the enemy.
Australian reconnaissance
planes reported the Invasion
fleet consisted of four transports
with a protecting force of three
cruisers and four destroyers, and
the Dutch said a series of blast
ing air attacks preceded the maj
or offensive.
The evacuation of Moulmein,
which left the Japanese in con
trol of virtually the entire nar
row Burmese Panhandle, was
carried out after the small garri
son had fought off several at
tacks and inflicted heavy casual
ties on the enemy,
The British withdrew to the
west bank of the Salween river,
and military commentators pre
dicted that from these positions
they would be able to offer con
siderably stronger resistance to
the Japanese columns which now
have thrust 70 miles westward
from the Thailand-Burma fron
tier.
' Singapore's defenders an
nounced they had food stores
sufficient to hold oat in a long
siege. Reserves have been
built np for months and, while
the Japanese claimed capture
of a mainland water reservoir,
which supplied the island, there
are two more reservoirs on the
Island itself. Thus It appeared
there was no Immediate danger
of a water shortage such as
forced the early capitulation of
HongKong.
Elsewhere In the Pacific there
was only scattered action. The
Japanese, striking by air at num
erous points in the Indies, also
sent 11 planes over Australian
New Guinea in a daylight raid
and announced that earlier in
the week they had sunk six ships
and damaged or fired five more
at Padang, on the west coast of
Sumatra.
Australian bombers attacked
Japanese-held Rabaul, the capi
tal of New Britain, for the fourth
time, and scored hits on at least
one ship.
First Aid Car
Busy Saturday
Tenth woodsplitter to require
services of the Salem city first
aid crew during 1942, Louis
Briggs, 2235 North Fourth street,
Saturday was "given temporary
first aid Saturday and sent to a
doctor to receive care for. a IM
, DX. HENRY E. MORRIS
- - Optometrist ' - -
" We win be. glad to tell you
about them; 'without any
cost or obligation to you. -
v Trifocals are not new to us,
as we have fitted them for
more than four years.
: Fret .Examination :
TERMS AS LOW AS 50c WEEKLY
rjORRDS OPTICAL
111 State St. - SALEM-SILYESTOY-rCGEM - Phone S52S
inch gash he had cut in his left
hand.
David Hutchins, 3, of 2590
East Nob Hill, was given first aid
after fingers of bis left hand had
been caught in a door at his
home.
Mr. and Mrs, Lloyd Knlsely
and young son of Hnbbard
were rushed by Salem police
to the east Salem fire station
for first aid after their auto
mobile had collided with a
Southern Pacific passenger
train at Court and 12th streets
at 10:30 Saturday morning.
Knisely's nose and left hand
were injured; Mrs. Knixely sus
tained shock and body braises
and the child suffered from
shock, first atdmen reported.
Three-year-old Bert Fanning
of 384 North 13th street, crushed
finger in his mechanical top
Saturday morning and members
of the first aid crew had to saw
the toy apart to release the in
jured member.
Mrs. Harold Layton and small
son of 1273 Elm street, West Sa
lem, sustained minor cuts Fri
day night when the car driven
by Mrs. Layton, struck a parked
automobile; they were given
first aid.
Snell to Run
For Governor
Outlines Program in
Seeking Nomination
On GOP Ballot
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justments and reduce the cost of
state and local government to off
set defense taxes.
One of Snell's first objectives
if elected, the statement said,
would be to recommend . that a
single tax commissioner responsi
ble directly to the governor be
substituted for Oregon's present
three-man tax commission.
Born In Gilliam county 47
years ago, SneU attended school
at Arlington and Condon and
Oregon Institute of Technology,
Portland. After being engaged
in country newspaper work, he
entered the automobile busi
ness, leading finally to bis des
ignation last year as president
of the national motor vehicle
administrators' association.
He served as a member of the
lower house of the legislature
for four terms, the latter, in
1933, as speaker. His first elec
tion as secretary of state fol
lowed in 1934.
(For the full text of Snell's an
nouncement of candidacy, turn to
page 10.)
rrested Man
Charged in
Metal Sales
More than $400 worth of brass,
aluminum, copper and wool net
ting had been sold in Salem by
Robert Leece prior to bis arrest
late last week in Portland, capital
city police revealed Saturday.
Sale of metal in large quantities
originally put Inspector Hobart
Kiggins on the trail of Leece, who
declared he had found the tele
phone wire which was identified
as property of the telephone com
pany here. The man said he was
from Tillamook, but Kiggins
learned that his automobile was
registered to a Portland address
and a watch was set here through
a dealer who had purchased metal
Portland officers brought Leece
to Salem late last week to have
him Identified by dealers who had
bought from him goods they de
clared had been stolen.
Russ Sinki 43 Ships
NEW YORK, Jan. 31-(-The
British radio said Saturday night
that Russian submarines have
sunk 43 enemy vessels totaling
170,000 tons. The broadcast, was
heard by CBS.
Former Justice Dies
POMEROY, Wash, Jan. 31-(JP)
Mack F. Gose, 82; one time state
supreme court justice, died at his
home . here . Saturday night.
THREE-IN-ONE
TRIFOCALS
A reading lens, a work or
card playing distance lens,
and a distance seeing lens
all in ONE lens. .
It has been our privilege to
have fitted over 2000 pairs
of trifocals, . more than all
the other optometrists in
Oregon combined.
Smokers Lose
In Fag Fight
State Tribunal Will
Decide Referendum
Of Ggarette Levy
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time, the sam day, to make their
month-end payments to. the tax
commission and escape penalties
for delinquency.
The cigarette smoker sianos
to lose, whichever way the de
cision runs, because he has paid
the tax as 'part of the purchase
price. The resnlt is that If the
referendum is upheld, the deal
ers who have collected the tax
and net turned it over to the
commission will profit by the
proceedings, since it is unlikely
retail - purchasers . could prove
and enforce claims for refunds.
Path of the cigarette dealers
was eased by the tax commission's
recent amendatory order In that
beginning ont January 21 they
were no longer required to pay
the tax when ; they received their
stocks. Instead, they were in
formed that the commission would
not hold the tax payable until the
cigarettes were sold.
The commission will stand no
operating loss even though the
court should stand with the refe
rendum, because it has already
collected approximately $40,000 on
the cigarette tax and has spent
only between $4000 and $5000 in
setting up its temporary collection
department. I '
Dogs Charged
With Killing
80 Sheep
Cogs killed 80 sheep in Marion
county during January, 30 of them
from the flock of J. M. Belknap,
west of Talbot, the county dog
control board will be told when it
meets Monday.
Paul Marnach, county license
enforcement officer believes that
when he killed two dogs identified
as killers at the J. O. Farr ranch
on route one. out of Jefferson he
got the canines that slaughtered
four sheep of Fair's, four of E. B.
Cochrane'!, and one of Rex
Hartley's.
Entered also as claims for
January are: One, - John Amort,
route one, Aumsville; -six, Ray
Satter, route six, Salem; three
killed, one crippled and four
missing, Lee Byers, Salem; three,
Peter Peterson, route one, Turner;
10, Fred Viesko, route one, Ger
vais; one, Leroy Long, route two,
Salem; one, William Jeskey, Aur
ora; two, Joseph Silbernagel,
route one, Stayton; four, Edward
Dunnigan, jr4 route seven, Salem,
and four, Arch Kimsey Salem.
Dealers May
Move Tires
PORTLAND, Jan. 3H)-0. L.
Price, Oregon rationing adminis
trator, was authorized Saturday
to permit movement of tires
through sales and distribution
channels.
The new order will enable re
tailers, distributors, wholesalers
and manufacturers to move tires
and tubes . among warehouses
provided there is no change in
ownership or control." Dealers
now will be able to replenish
stocks to supply customers who
present rationing certificates.
Price's office said wage-hour
inspectors will conduct invest!
gations to determine if tire ra
tioning regulations are being vio
lated.
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Valentines
Km
f For Every Occasion J
From now until February 14, Dan Cupid t
will rule supreme orer most every social
affair, for .it's the Valentine season, and
the cherubic little fellow, with the bow and
arrow will be the theme . of many a dance
PR
ana cara pany.
,vi L Here at the Commercial Book Store von win
w find everything you will need party fa-
yore, Valentine tally cards, materials for
W. making Valentines, decorations, and a
Smost complete selection of Valentines V?
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Russ Threaten
Nazi Anchor
Take Important Key
Gty in Ukraine Area?
Southern Flank Hit
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than 3000 Germans were killed
in the Ukraine advance where the
Russians have thrust to Lozavaya,
only 70 miles from the hi bend
of the Dnieper, R e a war, me
army organ, mentioned the strong
ly fortified town of Berestovaya,
as -one the soviet captured on the
southern front
Russian troops "continued to '
advance, engaging the enemy
In stubborn fighting.' the mld
Ight communique said, :
The soviet said they shot down
four nasi planes Friday In air com
bats and destroyed 15 others on
the ground. Five Russian planet
were lost, the cornnrunlque added.
Centennial
Gift Asked
City Council Slay Join
In Publicizing Old
School's Anniversary
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small in comparison with the sys
tem of electric sirens.
Also to be Introduced is a reso
lution transferring $25,004 from
the city general fond to the
bond and Interest sinking fund
and $10,000 from the general
fund to the street Improvement
fund.
Up for third reading are to be
ordinances increasing salaries of
police officers and city firemen by
10 per cent in keeping with budget
provisions and amending previous
bus licensing ordinances. The bus-
license ordinance, it is indicated
will be reported out of Joint li
cense and utilities committees
without a recommendation.
Sponsored originally by the ord
inance committee, the new or
dinance provides that any operat
or securing a license to operate
buses over city streets shall file
with the city recorder a schedule
of rates of fare to be charged, that
the council may. require buses to
operate at lesser intervals be
tween 6 a. m. and 12 midnight than
the 30 minutes now demanded if
such a schedule may seem "reason
able," and provides that before the
council requires any alterations in
routings it shall grant a public
hearing to the bus-line owner if
requested in writing so to do.
In addition a new section pro
vides that the city council may
restrict a bos or bos-line oper
ator to a fair and reasonable
rate of return upon the fair value
of the property pins the reason
able cost of operation of the
owner."
Received last week, but not yet
gone' over by the airport commit
tee, the city's contract with United
Air Lines, -providing for operation
out of the city port for a period of
25 years, will be presented to the
council only if the entire commit
tee has met and approved terms,
Tom Armstrong, chairman of the
committee, said Saturday night.
Alert' Flashed
For SF Bay
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. II-(ff)-The
rt o n r t h interceptor
command flashed a preliminary
lyellow alert signal at 73 pan.
Saturday, indicating that uni
dentified aircraft were operat
ing somewhere In the San
Francisco bay region..
At 735 P.HL--22 minutes
laterthe all-clear was flash
ed. - :
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