PAGE TWO
Java
For Invasion
y Great Oilfields Fired
As Burma and Bataan
Battles Continue
(Continued from Page 1)
for control of the approaches to
the Burma road of allied supply
to China likewise appeared to be
turning in the invader's favor.
. About Thatan, a town on a
secondary railroad 50 miles
southeast of the railway June-
; LONDON. Feb. lHflVSh
Shenton Thomas, governor of
the straits settlements, and Lady
Thomas have been Interned in
Singapore bat both are well,
they reported in a message to
day to their daughter, Mrs.
John Lotinga in London.
tion point of Pegu on the main
line feeding the Burma road,
imperial British and Japanese
troops were engaged in wild
fightingso wild that it was not
clear which ide held Thatan
Itself, although Japanese con
trol appeared likely.
American and British pilots
the finest in the far east on the
record thus far made were in
-strong action against the invader's
"communications.
,, Pegu in enemy hands would
knock out the Burma road as
Presently constituted, although an
alternative and less effective
route could be developed from
.Calcutta, India, through upper
Burma.
In all the Pacific theatres as
had often been the case the en
emy was being held to no gain of
consequence only by the Ameri
. can-Filipino line on Luzon. There,
the war department reported in
a morning communique, enemy
batteries had been in heavy in
termittent action over a. 24-hour
period and his infantry was en
- gaged in several sectors.
At fallen Palembang the re
tiring Dutch troops had set off
a $100,000,000 blaze In the oil
fields perhaps the greatest
single act of sacrifice of na
tional property in history. It
was said in Batavia that the
Invader could not hope to draw
petroleum from the ravaged
fields within less than six
months.
This, taken together with the
previous application of the torch
to the Balikpapan and Tapaan
fields in Borneo, meant that
substantially ail the petroleum of
the Indies, for which the enemy
had lusted' above all other, was
gone for a long time to come
but of course it was lost to the
allies, too, and thus threw a fur-
ther strain upon communication
from the western hemisphere and
from the middle east.
Palembang fell in the third day
of a major Japanese invasion
begun with parachute troops, who
appeared to have been all but an
nihilated, and followed by sea
borne thrusts during which the
enemy poured thousands of
troops ashore on eastern Sumatra
under American-British-D u t c h
bomb attacks that cost him
ghastly casualties but were not
enough to halt the unending
brown streams. At least seven
more Japanese vessels two
cruisers and five transports
were crippled.
Monday night enemy land
. Ings still . were being effected
and enemy control of all of
., southern Sumatra, which lies
across only 20 miles of water
from the western extremity of
Java, appeared likely.
A Dutch naval spokesman, dis
closing for the first time that the
oil fields in northern Sumatra as
well as those around Palembang
had been fired, summed up:
"The Pacific war has now as
sumed the character of the war in
Europe. It has become a war in
which tenacity will be the prin
cipal factor ... it is true that Ja
pan's power is enormous and per
. haps it is equally true that only
miracle can save The Nether
lands Indies. But miracles do
sometimes happen. Even if we in
The Netherlands Indies, like the
men and women of London, Len-
ingrad and Moscow, are forced
( back to the last defense lines,
we shall win."
In London, where the tragedy
of Singapore's fall and other re-
: verses still lay heavy upon the
people, there were some predic
tions that Prime Minister Chur
chill might have to oust some of
His ministers to quiet the clamor,
The details of the surrender
still were not available In Bri
tain. The exultant Japanese,
however, spared no words In
" the matter; the most Important
of their claims was that CMOS
British and imperial troops fell
prisoner.
The day brought only incon
clusive maneuvering on the Li
byan front It did bring more re
ports zrom Turkey suggesting
- that the nazis were preparing to
try to storm through that coun
try toward the Suez canal this
being suggested by the Germans,
whether or not by- design, by a
great pother of military prepara
tions in dominated Bulgaria, Ru
mania, Greece and the Greek
island.
On the Russian front the So
viets again offered only the most
. general Information, claiming ad
ditional successes but not defin
ing the present lines. ' 0
German counter-attacks here
: and there were acknowledged.
however. Again it was a story of
, , rising nazi resistance at an ac
. cumulating cost, the Russians
ljuggested, that was slowly reduc
ing Hitler's potential strength for
Prepares
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objectives, adding to what an eye
Crowds Attend
Church Meets
Noted Pastors Speak;
Youth at Banquet
Hears 'Freedom' Talk
(Continued from Page 1)
great good will with the world
every day."
More than 100 young people
of Salem attended the banquet,
at which Ralph May, Willam
ette university student body
president, was toastmaster.
Enoch Maers of West Salem
sane, accompanied by Rev. Don
Huckabee.
"Dynamic Christianity in the
Home, Church and Community"
is the subject of the seminar con
ducted by Dean Thomas W. Gra
ham, Oberlin, Ohio, each da at
iu a.m. An esiunaiea zau persons
were present for his opening talk
and the discussion which fol
lowed. Character is one of the out
standing qualities in the realm of
moral and spiritual values, Bish
op Bruce R. Baxter declared in
his noon address, scheduled at
12:20 daily at the Elsinore thea
tre for the convenience of em
ployed persons.
Copies of ancient Bibles were
displayed by Dr. Carl Sumner
Knopf, president of Willamette
university, when he spoke on
"Puttinf the Bible to Work."
Dr. Knopf, whose daily seminar
is at 3 pjn brought out the
point that whether the book Is
In Hebrew, Greek or English
makes no difference for its
value lies in its content.
Today's program includes:
8 :00 Breakfast. Dr. C. Haydea Stew
art, Devotions.
9:00 KSLM Radio. Dr. I. George
inace. Daner.
10:00 "Dynamic Christianity" Con
tinued. Dean Graham. Leader.
SuDt. Bennett. Presiding.
11 JO Willamette University Chapel.
Dean Thomas W. Graham.
bDeaker.
12:00 Junior chamber of commerce.
Dr. G. Hayden Stewart, Speaker
12:00 Kiwanis Club Dr. L George
is ace.
12:20 Theatre Meeting Bishop Bax
ter, speaker. "Priorities: The
Ability to Take It." Dr. J. C
Harrison. Presiding.
11:50 Tri-Y Dr. Ralph C. Walker.
3:00 "Putting- the Bible to Work." Dr.
Knopf, Leader. Rev. W. Irvln
Williams, Presiding.
3:15 KSLM.
6:00 Church Officers Dinner. First
Evangelical Church. Mr. Ernest
Peterson. Speaker. Reservations
to Thomas Roen. Phone 6773.
.00 Active Club Dinner. Dr. Thomp
son Shannon. Speaker.
8:00 Evening Mass Meeting. Floyd
Miller. Presiding. Song Service
led by Prof. Hall man. Scripture
Reading Rev. W. H. Lyman.
Prayer J. Edgar Purdy. Ser
mon "The Gospel for Our Day,
Dr. Walker.
Australia Prepares
Full Mobilization
MELBOURNE, Tuesday, Feb. 17
(.SVPrime Minister John Curtin
directed his war cabinet In Syd
ney Monday to mobilize complete
ly this continent's manpower and
resources to meet the Japanese
peril now that Singapore has fal
len.
That means clearly and spe
cifically that every human being
in this country is now at the, serv
ice of the government to work for
the defense of Australia," he said.
Drew Brothers Win in
Tollgate Ski Tourney
PENDLETON, Feb. l&HTVCe-
cfl Drew of the Crater Lake Ski
club won in both class B events
in' the Oregon , men's B and (
class downhill and slalom tourna
ment at Tollgate Sunday.
His brother, Lloyd, won in the
downhill and slalom in class C
his . expected effort to
matters in the spring,
reverse
of Noise9 But' Casualties Were
guns of a cruiser are loosed at Jap I
witness described as a "Hell 01 1
President Promises
Victory in Pacific
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16-()
President Roosevelt Monday as
sured New Zealand's first minister
to the United States that "we shall
not falter" until the war in the
Pacific is won.
The newly appointed minister,
Walter Nash, called at the Whito
House to present his credentials
and took occasion to express New
Zealand's gratitude "for the
splendid assistance and coopera
tion which has been and is being
given in the fight for the freedom
of the democracies."
Rites Held for
Independence
Resident
INDEPENDENCE Funeral
services lor Mrs. Alma irr
Whiting, who died in Salem Fri
day at the age of 81, were held
Monday in Independence from the
Smith-Baun mortuary with Rev.
W. A. Elkins officiating. Inter
ment was in the City View ceme
tery in Salem
Mrs. Whiting was born in Iowa
November 30, 1860. She was mar
ried to J. F. Whiting December 20,
1884. Three children were born to
them. She and Mr. Whiting had
resided in Independence for 20
years. She was a member of the
Christian church.
She is survived by two children.
Vern and Zella of Portland; also
three sisters, two brothers, and
three grandchildren.
Third Draft
Is Completed
(Continued from page 1)
21,000 men of the 36-44 age
bracket registered Saturday and
Sunday.
Harry S. Dorman, Multnomah
county registration director, es
timated that more than 7000
youths reported today along with
a sprinkling of older men and
transients who had not registered
over the weekend.
WASHINGTON, Feb. lM)
The United States, organizing its
military might to crush the axis.
enrolled perhaps 1,650,000 young
sters aged 20 and 21 and roughly
7,350,000 older men Monday for
possible service with the armed
forces.
There was a grimness about
this first wartime draft regis
tration since 1918 less of ban
ter among men waiting In lines
that contrasted with the first
roll can 2S months ago of
those aged 21 to 35.
But reports from over the
country indicated that it was car
ried out with smooth efficiency
by the volunteer selective service
machinery, which had been
geared to its task by two peace
time registrations.
umciais reversed a previous
decision Monday and decided to
permit regional publication of
state and local draft registrations.
Still banned is publication of the
quota of men called at any time
to military service.
Speakers to Be Chosen
Four speakers will be selected
from a list of seven at the Salem
Toastmasters club at the Marion
hotel tonight to make extem
poraneous talks leading to the des
ignation, of one as the organiza
tion repVesentative in a district
contest -The seven, named by
ballot , last .week, are James G.
Smith, Charles S. McRhinny, W.
A. McAfee, Stephen C Mergler,
W.; M. Hamilton, W. E. Hanson
and E..E. Thomas, ; '. ,
Th OZEGON STATE24AN. Solera,
noise" in the US navy's , attack on
Assoc la lea tress pnoie xrom raine
Churchill to
Clean House'
Public Demands Shift
Of Cabinet Officers;
Own Job in Danger
(Continued from Page 1)
London who said "Churchill and
the entire government may be
forced to go." These opinions by
no means were confined to op
position members in the house.
Parliamentary observers found
Churchill at first loath to realise
the strength of the opposition
generated by the British set
backs. It was understood he
persisted at the beginning in the
belief that the opposition was
generated solely by his
"enemies" and not by an
aroused nation. ?f
But at length he was said to
have been convinced that his crit
ics represent national demands,
especially after they were joined
by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger
B. Keyes, whose disclosures in
debate over the Norwegian fiasco
helped overthrow the government
of the late Neville chamberlain.
Salem Feels
Enemy Alien
Restriction
(Continued from Page 1)
laundry, run by H. Tsukamoto at
445 Ferry street.
Paper mill officials said sev
eral of the employes, some of
them with the firm for 20
years, are not citizens and
would not be able to work as
the mill la In the restricted
area around the city water of
fice. The areas include principally
the industrial section south of
State street and along the Wil
lamette river. Others are expect'
ed to be added soon.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 16-UP)
a our Japanese army and navy
uniforms, two United States army
uniforms, important secret docu
ments and three empty aerial
bomb casings were among the
truckloads of contraband seized
by federal agents in sweeping
raids on Japanese quarters here
today.
Thirteen aliens were arrested
but one was released.
nearly iuu Japanese were
questioned and more than 50 sep
arate raids were conducted.
Gty Patching
Airport Road
Work of patching, for tempor
ary service only, the airport road
and the cutoff road which also
serves the flying field has started,
county court members said Mon
day.
The airport road from the citr
limits to the state girls' school and
the cutoff from four-corners to
its Junction with the airport route
are to be covered. Later in. the
spring, the court said, both would
be given more lasting treatment.
T.W 1 - .
ouu ave oeea oroKen and
rutted, it was said, . by heavy
loads, and the cutoff j. has been
closed because of its condition.
RAF Man Held Killer
LONDON, Febr lePHA
sweeping search by more than 200
Scotland -Yard detectives resulted
Monday night in the arrest of
man- identified as a member
the royal air force from a nearby
base for ; the Jack-the-rippetf
slayings of at least three women
during London blackouts.
Oxvgon TuMday Mamlixg, Feiruarr 17' 1841
Slight?
the Marshall and Gilbert Islands.
news.
Sprague Campaign Head
Opens Portland Office
PORTLAND, Feb. lt-(JP)-John
McCourt, manager of Gov.
Charles A. Sprague's campaign
for reelection, opened campaign
offices here Monday. He an
nounced intentions to organize
county units for the campaign.
North Marion
Women First
In Survey
First district in the state, and
therefore the first in the cation,
to complete its survey of the
skills of women is Arbor 'Grove
in north Marion county, the US
employment service announced
Monday afternoon through its dis
trict office here.
Mrs. Anna Kuensting, captain
of the squad of women who
canvassed Arbor Grove, shortly
after noon Monday brought In
approximately 50 fully-answered
questionnaires representing
the information asked of 100
per cent of the women resi
dents of her district. -The
survey, which opened
throughout Oregon on Monday
morning in preparation for mo
bilization of women for jobs in
industrial ; professional and agri
cultural work if and when their
country calls them, is conducted
in Marion and Polk counties by
approximately 100 workers who
expect to have interviewed every
woman 18 years of age or over in
their two counties within the next
10 days.
Satisfactory response . to the
voluntary registration In Ore
gon may bring about a similar
survey throughout the nation
and preclude an enforced regis
tration, the federal department
of labor has Indicated.
A variety of talents and train
ing were noted in first scattered
returns from Marion county dis
tricts Monday, Mrs. David Wright,
county director declared. Two
women with experience as street
car "mortorraen" in England dur
ing the last world war and a for
mer munitions plant worker were
among registrants.
Pearl Harbor
Trial Sought
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16-(JP)
Representative Young - (D-Ohio)
demanded Monday court martial
proceedings against Rear Admiral
Husband Kimmel and Major Gen
eral Walter N. Short, blamed by a
board of inquiry for some events
that enabled the Japanese to carry
out their attack on Pearl Harbor.
Criticizing the officers for re
questing retirement to civil life
instead of asking to tell their story
before a military court, Young de
clared that "Americans must get
tough" and insist upon a trial
whether officers want it or not
Salem Fire Reserves
Hold First Meeting
One hundred fifty Salem men
gathered at chamber of commerce
rooms Monday night in the initial
meeting of the city fire reserves
with Kenneth Potts,: chairman.
Ten volunteer firemen for each
pair fireman in the city must re
ceive a minimum or 32 hours of
training in ' first . aid, fire de
fense, gas defense, drill and. gen
eral defense before Salem , may
receive- fire-fighting material al
lottd to it from federal . defense
funds. Coordinator .Bryan H.
Conley said.' J ' U
Men living in central Salem
have been called tor their first
class Wednesday . night at 7:30 in
ihe. central , fixe, station.
.... , - . t; .
tantonment
Is Approved
Labor, Employment
Offices Prepare for
Hiring of Thousands
(Continued from Page 1)
$30,000 administration building
now going VP near Wells in
northern Benton county Is due
for completion by the end of the
current month.
Crary said it had been agreed
that cantonment carpenters are to
be placed through the Albany and
Corvallis. locals of that union,
painters through the Albany local,
and plasterers and cement finish
ers through the Corvallis locals.
All other union labor, aside from
thns rpnrpspntMi bv statewide
locals out of Portland, are to come
through the Salem Building Trades
council. These will include, Crary
said, electricians, plumbers, sheet
metal workers, steam fitters, team
sters and brick masons.
H. A. Ketterman, acting di
rector of the federal employ
ment service in Oregon, was In
Corvallis Monday working out
details of hiring- as they pertain
to his agency. Reports that aU
workmen were a short tune ago
being informed that they must
go to the Corvallis employment
office to register are no longer
true, Crary said It had been
ruled at a recent conference with
Ketterman.
No Instructions as to hiring
had been received late Monday
by W. H. Baillie, manager of
the Salem employment office.
No ins tractions as to hiring
had been received late Monday
by W. H. Baillie, manager, of
the Salem employment office.
Approximately 45 Salem work-
, , 1 . . . . . .
ers have already been sent to Jobs
? T. , " I. ,i7
" 1
urn 1.
The Four-County Cantonment
council is to meet at Monmouth
Wednesday noon to discuss a pro
posal to employ a coordinator and
open an office, and to hear Maj.
R. E. M. Des Islet, United States
army engineer in charge of con
struction operations. Recently as
signed to the Albany -Corvallis
project, Major Des Islet held an
important role in the construction
of the Bonneville project.
No major highway construc
tion work has yet been under
taken to by-pass the area of the
cantonment bat surveys of a
tentative new right-of-way for
99W, the West Side Pacific
route, are now being made by
the state highway department.
vi A m'. k - . . a
at is nnaersieoa tnsi a teniauve
route under consideration would
extend from Holmes gap, north
of RlckreaU, to Independence
and south to Granger, forking to
lead to both the Albany bridge
over the Willamette river and
the Albany-Corvalils highway.
J. C. Carle, Southern Pacific
company, and James Condra, Ore-
by Pres. Carl Hogg of the Salem
uinuiuer ujl touuiiei we muuuay W
mvesiigaie possiomty or estaDiisn-
mg a direct public transportation
.on,i KA4...,an C.1.m J .v. .
service between Salem and the
cantonment area.
Oregon Motor Stages, Mayor
W. W. Chadwick reported, has
already made plans for giving
Salem such a service.
Salem is to be approximately
25.2 miles from cantonment head
quarters, West Salem 24, Mon
mouth 10, Dallas 18,5, Independ
ence 12.5, Corvallis 9.2 and Al
bany 10.5 miles.
Salem Signs
Airport Deal
(Continued from Page 1)
port Committee Chairman Tom
Armstrong.
Legality of the 25-year provi
sion, called into question, could
not, in his own opinion be guar
anteed, City Attorney Lawrence
N. Brown said, but at any time a
future council might want to call
the matter into question the loss
would be that of the air lines.
That a measure passed by the
1935 legislature would give the
city authority to enter Into such
a lease no matter what Its
charter provisions was the
opinion of Allan Bynon, Fort
land attorney, who : represented
the air lines.
Long-term planning, B y n o n
declared, is the only system!
which can be safely used by
pioneering transportation system,
Similar agreements he said had
been made with other western
cities.
Under the contract, the dry
received $140 a month for the
four flight schedules now in op-1
exation, would get $23 a month
additional for each added flight
schedule and when the, planned
administration building is con -
structed will receive a rental for
space used. The contract is not
exclusive.
Big US Ship Launched
PORTSMOUTH, Va, Feb. 18. NEW YORK, Feb. lO.-tfVRear
-W)-The new 35,000 ton battle- Adm. Adolphus Andrews, corn
ship Alabama, which Secretary of mandant of the third naval dis
the - Navy Knox confidently as- trict, referred to the "ultimate"
serted was one of the "ships which loss of the $60,000,000 Normandie
will bring us 010;" ; wm
launched here Monday as thou-
sands cheered her down the ways
lnto the Elizabeth river. . ..
Consul and Governor
Will Speak Tonight
The public ia welcome to at
tend the meeting o! the Salem
Trades and Labor council tonight
at which Gov. Charles A. Sprague
and Russell Brooks, United amies
consul assigned to Casablanca,
French Morocco, will apea, 01
ficers said Monday. . ,
The two men are to speax
shortly after 8 pjn.
Axis Subs Sink
Four Oil Ships
Attacks Off Venezuela
First in That Area?
Raiders Are Bombed
(Continued from Page 1)
Standard Oil company refinery
on atom, T ,
single Plant lts f""1 tte
world. -
ine jjuicn news agwvjr, '""-"i
announced that damage was only
slight and that there were no
casualties. However, a fourth
tanker was attacked off Willem
stad. chief harbor ; of Aruba's
neighbor. Curacao. The tanker
was gravely damaged but remain'
ed afloat
Both Arnba and Vauracao
are garrisoned by British and
American troops sent there to
aid the Dutch garrisons in up
holding Dutch sovereignty In the
western hemisphere,
(Whether the three tankers tor
pedoed off Aruba were sent down
was not stated; it appeared prob
able that this was so.)
Aruba and Curacao refine avia
tion gasoline from oil brought in
by shallow draft tankers from the
nearby Venezuelan and Colombian
oil fields. The Standard subsidiary
on Aruba, the Lago company, only
recently disclosed its plans for the
erection of a new 10,000,000
, . , " . , T ' " '
cracking plant to increase its pro-
duction of a fuel vital to the al
lied war effort.
The Aruba refinery's normal
capacity is more than 250,000
barrels of erode a day; Cura
cao's refinery is known as the
world's second largest.
The two islands were once
estimated officially to produce
a third of the allies. suppUes of
high octane (aviation) gasoline.
British troops landed on Aruba
and Curacao in May, 1940, just
after the German invasion. The
dispatch of American troops, of
unstated number, was announced
by the US state department on last
February 11.
Willemstad is headquarters for
the Royal Dutch Shell company.
BALBOA, Canal Zone, Feb.
lMAVUent. Gen. . Frank An
drews commander of the Carib
bean defense, reported on his
return here Monday night from
Arnba that there were indica
tions that some enemy sub
marines engaging in the attacks
there has been sunk.
The general said that as soon
as the submarine attack began
United States planes, cooperating
with the Dutch in defense of their
both from Aruba and Curacao
I aim aiwuicu.
e ua ou suc ooservea on
the waters were one Indication
that suhmnrtriM hnrf haan hit
t18 submarines had been hit
Japs Give
New Name
SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday,
Feb. 17-vP)-A Japanese lan
guage broadcast recorded by
CBS said Japan has given new
names to Singapore city and
Singapore island.
The newly-occupied base of
Singapore, the broadcast said,
"has been renamed 'Chonato'
(long "o") for Singapore island,
and Chonako' for the city of
Singapore."
Despite the announcement,
the staff at the CBS shortwave
listening station said that in
English language broadcasts
from Tokyo, the captured base
was still being called Singapore
and no mention had been made
of a change in Its name. .
Nippon Lauds
Speedy Drive
TOKYO. (From JananK,
Broadcasts), Feb. -16-P)-Major
Kinzo Nakajima of the armv orw
I section said Monday the speed
of the Japanese drive tiuougn
a (Malaya to Singapore may well be '
without parallel in the world."
In the Malayan campaign, he
said, Japanese forces advanced
over SOI miles without stopping
although 12 miles is generally
regarded by military experts
tat maximum distance for one
'operational force to cover In a
I single drive.
f The spokesman said "Singapore
always win be the foremost base
(for Japanese operations in what-
I ever area the new Japanese drive
I may be directed."
J May Salvage Nomandie
Singapore
Monday; but district headquarters
explained later that he did not
J mean the vessel was beyond sal
. vage. . -.
Japs Reveal
India Plans
Tell Details of Fall
Of Singapore ; Troops
Enter Gty Wednesday
r (Continued from pago 1)
not specified, but Imperial head
quarters claimed earlier that SS '
transports attempting to remove
the British were damaged or
forced aground and that the
5200-ton British cruiser Ape-'
thnsa, a light cruiser, an auxil
iary cruiser, a submarine and
two gunboats were among ves
sels believed sunk.
Word of the fall of the British
stronghold at 10 p. m. Sunday
(9 a. m. EWT Sunday) brought
out the biggest headlines of the
war in Tokyo newspapers and .
touched off great street celebra
tions. Formal observance of the vic
tory will be Wednesday when the
main body of Japanese troops is
expected to make its triumphal
entry into Singapore city.
Domel said 1000 British troops
were permitted to remain under
arms temporarily as an auxil
iary police force. The rest, the
news agency said, would be
taken at once to prison camps.
Domei said the 60,000 troops
reported captured included 15,000
British troops, fortress guards and
volunteers, 13,000 Australians, and
the rest Indians and native troops.
The British first asked for
terms at 2:30 p. m. Sunday, Domei
reported. It said Lieut Gen. A. E.
PercivaL the British commander,
agreed to the unconditional sur
render demanded by Lieut Gen.
Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese
commander in chief, in a 49
minute meeting starting at 1 pjn.
at a Ford Motor company plant
just outside the city of Singapore.
Oregon Urged
To Fight for
War Industry
PORTLAND, Feb. lO-tfVCargo
ships should be abuilding in 50
instead of 20 ways on the Willa
mette and Columbia rivers, Ore
gon W P A Administrator E. J.
Griffith said Monday.
Calling for the use of ail Ore
gon manpower and resources In
a unified war effort, Griffith
said aggressive action was need
ed to attract attention to the
state's facilities.
Oregonians must fight not only
the common enemy but those who
refuse to recognize the possibilities
of the state, he said, and they
must-also fight those who oppose
Injection of new blood in old in
dustries. Jorgenson Is
Selected for
City Council
I councfl voted ihout dissent
or
I discussion.
A resolution to provide not to
exceed $200 from the emergency
I . . .. ... 6-"-J
runa as tne city's share in equip-
ping a civilian defense control
center was approved.
The state highway depart
ment was given authority to re
move steel street ear rails en
South 12th street and to fill the
cavity left with cement The
rails, buried when the cars gave
way to street buses here, are
now worth salvaging. Dr. C. B.
t MeCuUough of the commission
nas notified the council.
Street improvement bonds
totaling $19,000 were ordered sold
to the state bond commission at
$100.67 for each $100 par value.
v draw 1 per cent Am on fiva
bidders the state was high.
Holmer Young
GOP Officer
Freeman Holmer was selected
treasurer of the Marion county
Young Republican club Monday
night, succeeding Del Levre, who
is soon to enter army service.
Charles Heltzel and Herman Lan
ke, county recorder, took places
on the executive committee vacat
ed by Holmer and Tom Pickett,
wno nas moved away.
Campaign plans were discussed,
principally by Steve Anderson on
I me work and Sam Speerstra
on precinct committee positions.
" w meeting oi the club was
? .or Marcn lt according to
Chairman Talbot Bennett
Hayesville Meet Set
The Hayesville (Woman's, club
will hold an all day- meeting at
me nome of Mrs. W. R. Power
Thursday. Lunch will be served at
12:30 p. m. Ladies are asked to
bring wool pieces pressed and
ready to sew into lap robes for
convalescent soldiers.
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years la CHINA. No matter wit
what ailment you are AFFLICT
ED disorders, anuttis, heart,
laat. Uver, kidaeyi, stomach,
cam, veasUMttloB, aleer, dta-t.
ketts, fever, slum, female com
plaints .
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Chinese Herb Co
Office Hours Only
Taes. ana Sat, , t
'ajaw to S p.m. tad
Baa. and Wed.,
aja. to, 11:3 pjo.
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122 N. ComT. St, Salem, Or.