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Newspaper Page TextPJLC5 TWO The OnTGOIl STATESMAN. Salem, Orecjon, Tuesday Morning, I larch 17, IZ12 Yankee Help In Australia . .... . rr- ' ' 'In .Considerable Numbers now,' Says Stimson . (Continued from Page 1) Wand of Timor, northwert of Dar-1 win, where every bomb fell intd thT Urget area. T h e United that on last Friday the eastern end Ul UIC CUUU 1UVM1VU IIV VWTC Australia had been attacked. A single US bomber raiding a Japanese-held air field at Rabaul on the island of New Britain, smash ed at , least two enemy . planes aground-and went away. & . The department also , aa nounced late la the day that three enemy planes had been destroyed on Saturday north of Australia by nine. US fighter1 i lanes which attacked an enemy formation which was greatly superior numerically. One of the enemy craft destroyed was - rammed by an Amerlean plane, which also was lost. This ap parently was an action reported - J Some Australian papers printed I - earlier from Australia, speculation that an American sea offensive was being formed, to be headed up by a powerful sub- kT. - JZt 7r:::", i...a. i more hopeful than immediately likelv ' ThW W.. w vM ever.' of nrosr,. i th nn - xj.t . MttssT :.T7r-i: Jsnanese water. Th tisw Am. rr" aa i partment announced that another " : m I enemy freighter had been sunk by I s i i " I ii aiucx ten suuuioruie in uuwe waters. ' . - "SSSSiTJ ,!:pif!,"f?; 7Z- I - L r ' Wage Increases : Named for Labor In Sugar Beets v , WASHINGTON, March 16-6P) Increases averaging about 22 per cent over 1941 in minimum wage mu ui ii jt mmunuiu wage i rates for early season sugar beet J sapor were oraerea Monday by Secretary of Agriculture WfcksrdL I ; The increases range from $2 to I $3.50 an acre. The agriculture de-1 partment said harvesting rates I would be announced soon. I The sugar act of ,1937 limits! f government benefit payments w OK producers wno comply with I - a minimum wage scale determined i i by the "secretary of azriculture. I The, department said : wages for aer the direction of Maurice Bren 21942 were increased chiefly be- nen' playing. Gov. Charles A. '.causev of higher sugar ; prices, Spgu will give the closing ad higher government payments: in- dress Dr. Knopf will preside " ' a, 4L. ai . creases to general agricultural wages, and increased costs of The minimum rates for produc- lag districts include: ig aisu-icis inciuae: District 8, Utah; Idaho and Ore- Con: Blocking and thinning. 19.50 an acre or 45 cents an hour: first Hoeing ?2.50 an acre or 40 cents an hour; each subsequent hoeing or weeding $130 or 40 cents an .hour. Country Serving Group Quilts , h a.ki r green The Coun - try Sewing society of the SL Vin- cent de Paul church Of Salem met . M'. .VU VI A I. M, X ft CU 1UU111C bacher; to quilt Mrs. J A. Zie- ro? aW. l;rJihe, 8CieS ;foraanaU day meeting to quilt in k- Kaim. t i . iU be hostess to the society C,.' ...... : ':.-' a a vcvub fret V - ftCklcU ' JpilffSLBy Mrs. Henry Rasmussen, members, Mrs. Albert-Petzel, Mrs. Francis Gainard and Mrs-John P. Zie- linski, all of Quinaby, Mrs."Ben wmeiar ana Mrs. cyni Suing; Sa- ; ten, ;Mrs. J.' A' Zielinskt Mrst iuoert nasieoacner, sus. cdward Hashlebacher; Mrs. Peter Hashle . bacher, Gertrude Zielfnski and hostess. Mrs. Fred : Hashlebacher. Luncheon was served al noon. : The hostess was assisted by her daughter - in - law, Mrs." Albert - Hashlebacher. 3 . Ten members .were -present for he semi-monthly meeting of the Garden club at the home of Mrs. Charles -Olson.. Mrs. Hattie Van Cleave will be'hostess March 28. tians wm ne made lor tne spring flower show and the yearly pro grams., , ,. . Slieep Trial Opens PENDLETON, March 18-P) Trial of Tom Boylen, Jrn Pendle ton: sheepman charged with un lawful sale of rnortgaged aheep. ppenea - oexorv xeuerai - wnage Claude McCoIloch today. Eleanor Coming 7est SAN DIEGO, Calif,-March 18 Monday nit that his mother, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, would leave New York on Thursday to visit members of her family on ,thiPads eczst ' : TM- ArWI ??;!. ; rOSTLAl,-D. Match , IS.-m Ths Bonneville power sdministra- tioa Monday awarded a contract for ceiar poles to be delivered at Aspcra, Wash, to the Idaho Tols company, Sandpoiat, Ida, ca a til cf $:2,CC3.:a. High School Juniors onCamipus Tnilav. tn Sap Stat in Arfinn Second annual Institute of lamette , university will open today on the campus with regis tration at 8:30 ajn. and an address of welcome by Pres. Carl Knopf. Dr. J. W. C Harper, professor of public administration and director of the Institute, will I preside. About 400 Junior students rep-1 f" iSL? JTW. i-UIi.1 ?? J? " Highlight of the morning ses sion wUl be the address by State Treasurer Leslie M. Scott in the house of representatives cham ber. Other speakers this mora ine include David W. Eccles, Oregon war industries coordi nator, who will talk on "State Finances"; Rex Putnam, state superintendent of public . in- ' stractlon, jTThe State and Ed ucation"; Elmer BL Goady, ad ministrator of the state public welfare commission, "The State and Social Welfare." Walter Erickson, registrar, will conduct an excursion through the I state buildings at 10:30 sum. ana j dofof wul sing under the direction of sing under tne curecuon pi Dean Melvin H. Gelst. 1 At the luncheon, at the Congre- 1 ffafiAnol Atfnayv T TT I I Van Winkle will speak and at the irst H"1 .IC Justi-e Jb T. Brand will be fb apeak- Ier Al 1 o clocK me stuaenis win taken 00 oi tutlons. -! WlhfWodi or railroad overpasses, aw . wk tk Ki i "kci"w" lAwmtf saIi aj4o1 aj4 kllr TnotiM aw n siv tivumwa av a aaw uauvf Capt. Walter Lansing, Oregon state state .police; Bruce Spaulding, Polk eounty district attorney; F5KaSSSa:' Arens. a mdu.rtrial-'.cddent mi"i: SiUs.Gaiser, se iiary ana aanunutrator, state n- mission. oSSr-VcJ C Btnekiln, Oregon state engi neer: F. B. Wire, state game supervisor; pa bile education, Martin J. Ele, assistant ; state superintendent of pablle ht stractloa; Miss Eleaaor Stevens, state librarian. . ruouc weuare. Miss Mary Way, I social worker, and parole officer, I Hillcrest school; Miss Marian Bowen, administrator, Marion I county welfare commission; pub- lie health. Dr. Vernon A. Doug-1 las, Marion county health officer; J state finance, Fred H. Paulus, I deputy statd treasurer; 1 Fisher,! stati tax cpmmissionerV j - ne inanraie wiu close at 4:43 o'clock , at - Waller hall with the Willamette university band, un I uT Plans Slated fcir IT ' C " JOint deSSlOU WALDO HILLS The WOlard 001811 auo na Aumsvuie j will .hold a Joint meeting JkUlUSUMJ V U1C VT&1UO XllilS C1UD house. Plans will. be made for the county federation meeting in April at Which the clubs will be joint hostesses. Mrs. Lucy Wray, Jefferson, has been a guest this week of Mrs. T17.li: 11 :-i j ... mi " "Mat" Aiucvcitui;. aiiu am. UllO 1 an. mrs. wray lormeriy I made her home at Silverton. Mr. and Mrs. J. 11.' Doerfler I - A. . ... - I ira" -I"' "ie vi air. uoemeri sister, Mrs. v..i -.! Kari Hanneman, PortlarZiwo of Ue Hanneniah-sons, Eugene and Douglas, are now with the US armed forces. UTorW fmmn IX-MayOr LirSOn OsI Aeial Ti tmr J "rClerQ tO UUty PORTLAND, March 16-UPi Joseph K. Carson, jr, -command er of the Oregon American Le gion,, was ordered to active duty Monday by the army. Carson, former two-term mayor of Port land, holds a reserve commission asa captain. He will report to the district 'army engineers' office I here. j EyaClieeS ' Arrive i -SAN DIEGO. Calif- March 16. -(fl3-Another group of war evac uees, including . a number of ci vilian workers from Midway Island, have arrived from the Ha waiian. area. : - Troutdale Man Killed POUTLAND, Ore, March 16 6fV-A light truck overturned on the Columbia Krver nignway easi M Turuma uuu ly injuring rred tamer, 48, Trout- .broV 5 w "" "m Eialit Die on Board WHEELINO. .WVa. March 16 W"21 or vevsom were be- Ueved to have perished Monday in the sinking of the towboat Kate Lyons in .the swollen Ohio river, One body was washed ashore sey eral miles downrream at Wegee, O. Citizenship sponsored by Wil East "Oregon Put in New Zone SAN FRANCISCO, March 18. I -P)-Four more states were des-l ignated Monday by Lieut Gen. I wuim iscmii, western ucicusc i commander, as military areas ana I 934 new prohibited zones were j set up in tne eignt western states now affected by the alien enemy program. - "; General DeWitt issued a procla mation, the second of its kind, naming Idaho, Montana, Utah and ! Nevada as military areas. In his first proclamation a fortnight ago, California, Oregon, Washington and Arizona were declared to be military areas. Included are 41 in Oregon from which "such persons or classes of persons as the situation may re- QUire ! bj fiSF" Pr0C mation be excluded." mation be excluded.' Among the areas are two bomb- mlt ranees. the Pendleton air aa,5 . trTTW -.1 t. nase. raaio suuoa xviij at rai njeton. . Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company property at Troutdale, parts of The Dalles, Klamath Falls, Bend and Baker, U railroad bridges, eight railroad tunnels and 13 highway bridges, - , au m eastern uregon. rC,Artltl 10 Cjxwxa JC GUlUlG ViUrDS la Pronosal WASHINGTON, March 1&-JP) The house tackled late Monday. a bill to create a woman's army auxiliary corps of volunteers, with Representative Nichols (D-Okla) serving notice that he would of fer Tuesday an amendment to give efiU as that provided for men in the armed forces.- .T . Farmers Union - a. a JliniOrS Meet . 0 . At OllVertOn BRUSH CREEK Alrin Krug. chairman, is announcing a country meeting of the Farmers Union to be held at Silverton; Fridajr night Mrs. Anna K. Jensen is reported somewhat improved after a brief but severe illness. Bed Cross first aid class is pro gressing under the instruction of Thea Jensen. S L. H. Meyer and Althea Meyer had a. surprise visit Friday from their nephew and cousin, John WOliamso Young Williams V:was with the navy at the Pearl Harbor bombing but is now spending two weeks ' visiting " relatives and friends here. Williams had little to say of his experience other than that Oregon looked "mighty good to him and he hoped that people knew how lucky they were to be living here. " The Brush Creek defense com-1 mittee is discussing having two sirens in the district if possible. However,' if only one can be had. that vtll Ka lwQtMl tA Vt a I " nnish rrV ehnnl Truck Camelback Ot TlinhLJ i v VF lu " avs 1 WASHINGTON, March 18.-t7P) The office of price administration announced .Monday that 1500 pounds of truck type camelback (tire retreading material) would i be allotted for each machine ca pable of recapping or retreading two or more tires simultaneously. The original allotment was 750 pounds for each such ; machine. OPA said this was found, to re sult in uneconomical operation ot multiple equipment. - Milk Hearins Slated PORTLAND, March 16.-4r) ; .ruDiic nearmg on creation oi a I fluid milk supply for an army cantonment in the Corvallis area will be -held in - Corvallis next Monday;" the state milk control board 'announced Monday. - - Japs Threatened TILLAMOOK, March 18-ff) Preparations : to i evacuate four Japanese, who had appealed for protective custody after being threatened by two Tillamook bay residents, were being made Mon day by Sheriff Alien Birch. Girl Breaks Arm Jo Brown, 7, felT at the I home of her parents, Mr. ana Mrs. w. C -Brown. 1740 Broadway street, and broke her left elbow night She was taken to tne Deaconess nospiuu ana Hos pital attendants reported her con- dition as good. Rlurphy -Winsl?.Iedal r SPOKANE, . March ; 18-VPhThe Rev. Father Leo Robinson, presi dent of Gonzaga university, an nounced Monday night that the university's ' DeSmet medal for 1942 would be awarded to Dr. E. S. Murphy f Missoula, Mont' fax Takers' ims DUge , Federal Take to Be 20 Million, Oregon; . County Receipts High (Continued from Page 1) six-months' property levy, T. J. Brsbee, sheriff A. C Bark's tax deputy, ennouaeed. v, . With 1538,000 in the till, on de posit or already turned over, to the levying ; bodies, Brabec esti mated that $300,000 more would be added to the pile when his staff completes the recording ' of pay- men ts made br man. The county tax office took in 30,8570 over the county Mon- flay, The tax roll for the first half f 1942 is $1,247,394.60 Third Draft Draw' Today . (Continued from Page 1) the order of examining men for possible army induction. The lot tery is expected to last 12 to 14 hours. - The men affected are about 1,650,000 youngsters 20 or 21 years old , and roughly 7,350,000 older men, up to 44, who regis tered February 18. Some 17,000,- 000 men, between 21 and 35, reg istered .for the two peace-time lotteries and now are either in the service, have been deferred or are still to be classified. Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, selective service director who will supervise the drawing, said men fat the new lottery would not receive Questionnaires un til mid-May. Induction, for some of them, may start the following month. Since the peace-time registra tions, the drafted questionnaire has been revised to obtain more information on vocational skills. This information may be used in the future as the basis, for draft ing men for work in vital war in dustries or in agriculture. Kail Seizure IN ear WASHINGTON, March 16.-ff) Government seizure and operation of -the Tiledo, Peoria and Western railroad appeared imminent Mon day night unless George P. Mc- Near; president of the road, heeds a last minute appeal of President Roosevelt for arbitration of a dis pute with two railroad unions. 1, - PASTES, than the blink of any human eye, the amazing 'stroboscope camera catches film star Dorothy Lewis la one of her bril liant routines on the ice of the Iridium Room In New York's Hotel St Regis, J-hmcIsaKke.themora I appreciate Camels," says Miss Lewis at a late, supper ' : with friends at the St, Regis. Their cool, rich flavor is all the more enjoyable because so mild--with less nicotine in thesmoke.w You, yottrself, try Camels. You'll like everything about this skrwer-burning cigarette of costlier tobaccos. You'll like that grand flavor --and you'll like knowing; that there's lew tucDtiroem the taokcO"Wou). ' .,Tfct trtzi citlsvtr .'fccrslRS Cssiefs coirtz!ns 2C LESS thsa the average of the 4 other Urrest-selUn cigarettes tested less than gny of themaccordla'' to xadependsnt sdentic of the smoke itself ! Commission Talks Compensation Rates Members of the state Industrial accident commission held a meet ing here Monday to discuss work men's compensation rates affect ing army cantonment construction operations in Oregon. Approximately 8000 men will be employed in construction : on the Corvallis-Monmouth canton ment A lair - number- of men already are - loyed on the Medford can " ; at Chile Calls Axis Envoys (Continued from Page 1) ' was attacked by a submarine a few weeks ago somewhere ia the Canibean. . She was struck in the bow by a torpedo from. the sabmarine. A f t e r the merchant vessel was hit, the submarine came to the surface and began firing. The sab also set up a flare apparently to view the damage he had done. .. ' "Immediately, r in . the light of the flare, the merchant vessel's gun crew, commanded by Ensign Peter M. Wendt,' swung Into ac tion. After firing return shots, the men on the merchant , vessel's gun were positive they had landed shells on the sub. . v "The f submarine definitely re tired from the battle. . The merch ant vessel remained afloat until the next day, when she had to be abandoned by her crew. Members o! the crew were picked up the same day by an undisclosed vessel. One man was slightly Injured. All hands were saved." Grange Sets Douglas Talk WASHINGTON. March Associate Justice William O. Doug las of the US supreme court will be the principal speaker at . the annual Oregon grange convention, Richard L. Neuberger said Mon day. .';-'" Neuberger, a grange member, said Douglas accepted an invita tion to speak either June 18 or 18. , Afterwards Douglas will vaca tion in Wallowa county where he plans to construct a summer home. Bid. Opening Set ? EUGENE, March 18.-AVOpen- ing of bids on construction of a 125,000 United Air Lines term inal at the new Eugene airport will be held Wednesday night . Camels are , tests V WITH f" Council Pitts Argument up To Committee .-i,s.... . ft. -.4 . . : : Continued from pig 1) : Petitions opposing the grant ing of additional liquor ' retailing licenses from the United Breth ren church and the Calvary Bap tist church were received and re corded. - " " " , - - , Approved on first, and second readings were an ordinance for sidewalk construction ' and a re nt a d e ; bus-franchise ordinance providing for a,- change in bus routings at order of the council following public hearing. ' Also approved was the request from the Re-Elect Governor Sprague committee " ' for . permission - to string a canvas banner across the High and Court streets intersec tion near the committee's midH valley headquarters, t x ; ' A resolution authorizing . pay ment out of the street improve ment bond interest sinking fund to Marion county for delinquent taxes of - city-foreclosed proper ties passed, as - did a resolution authorizing the city engineer to have sand hauled to. convenient locations for use In possible bomb defense activities. Elder DuPont Dies Monday NEW YORK, March 16-(ff) Francis Irenes DuPont 88, senior partner in the New York broker age house of Francis L DuPont and Co. and Chisholm and Chap man and one of the nation's out standing research chemists, died Monday, night Ho was a former, vice-president and director of E.VL DuPont De Nemours and Co., chemical manu facturers. . . The holder of more than 100 patents, DuPont was best known for his researches in the field of smokeless powder and for his de velopment of the minerals aepara tion process, popularly known as the "sink and float process. Pat ents on the latter were bought by E. I. DuPont De Nemours in 1938. Court Alters; War WASHINGTON, March 16.-() The supreme court cleared the way Monday for federal agencies which regulate utility rates - to limit them to a "lair return" on only so much of a company's capital as has been "prudently in vested. The high tribunal brushed side a long-standing It takes hlch-cpocd photocrcphy to Dorothy Lowb'a flcohlnc blsdcs, but to ceo hor preference for Ccmcb y y' DOROTHY LEWIS studied ballet from the ago of 4, and her routines on the Ice combine the artistry of the toe-dancer with the speed of the skater. Her cigarette combines extra mildness and flavor. She smokes slower-buroinx Camels. Ch&se Fears Result , r Oi Offensire now r PORTLAND. Mar eh 18-(ff) Economist Stuart Chase said In an interview Sunday that an im mediate offensive by American armed forces might lead to an other Dunkirk. He said ho had confidence that the nation's military leaders would go on the offensive when their forces were ready. Russian Army Hits Tockets' (Continued from page 1) forward and that during the day several additional points were liberated. It reported three Ger man planes downed near Moscow during the day and that . between March 8-14 nazi losses totaled 215 craft, against 57 soviet losses. The" Germans themselves ad mitted a temporary breach in their lines somewhere in the center and strong soviet attacks in the Cri mea. The Russians said ' German casualties were piling up by the thousands a day. The Germans, bewailing that winter had set in again after an early March thaw on some south ern sectors, told of 13 below zero temperatures (fahrenheit) in the Crimea, 22 below .in the central sector and 31 below in the north, with strong , northeastern winds piling up snow so deep" that even sledges were stopped in the center and north. j Most of the reports on progress of the red army came in Stock holm dispatches which said Rus sian parachutists had seized strong fortified points behind the Ger man lines in the central sector. Juke Box Making Ordered Stopped WASHINGTON, March 18-JP) The war production board Mon day night ordered the shutdown of all manufacture of Juke boxes. weighing machines,- pinball games and other amusement - machines on May 1. ") " VY ', Y : The , board . said the shutdown would make available xor war .uses substantial quantities of copper, aluminum, nickel and other critical metals,'- and pre dicted that it would hasten the conversion of the $75,000,000 In dustry into war production. -' theory that the cost of reproduc ing the. plant was an (essential factor. . iQSS LEWIS works out her roodncs first in ballet slippers. Maoy's the Camel dgarette she smokes as she relaxes. "Yes, I smoke a good bit, Miss Lewis says , Tve found Camels milder by far No matter how much I smoke, Camels never wear out their welcome. One Purchase ; Of tomobile Is Approved Retaining their ont-a-wtek record, members of Salem's local rationing board last wek approved a certificate ! granting purchasa right for one passenger automo bile. The certificate went to Major George JL Sandy of Salem, the report of the week's work, Issued Monday, Indicates. ' . Permits to purchase tires andor tubes'-for passenger cars were granted to Bosler Electric com- panyVMathls Brothers, dty po lice department the state de partment of agriculture. Rev. T. W. Henderson and Bruce B. ; Squire. Truck tiro andor tube certifi cates v went to Ernest N. Graves, M. C. Blanton, Willamette Valley Transfer company, Hayes Lablsh farms, J. D. Collier, Chester E. Teeter, E. I. Snethen, William Col lard, Percy J. Kleeman, Walter R. B liven, George P. Andrew, state highway department Robert Fromm, John Z. Zumstein and Henry A. RusselL ; - Truck retread purchase certifi cates were granted to Jess Wall ing', Bradfield Lumber company, General Grocery - company, - Roy Lively, George P. Andrew and Ernest L. Dunn. Oregon Tops PORTLAND, March 18-(ffJ Lieut Glenn F. DeGrave, : chief of "the Portland navy recruiting district was informed today that the district again led the nation for enlistments during February. . The Portland district enlisted 95.83 men for each 100,000 popu lation, a record far exceeding any other recruiting area. Portland Seeks slayer ot Woman PORTLAND. March L-(ff)-Po-lice sought two men Monday for information on '.the almost clue less strongling of Gwen Margaret Ponssen. blonde Portland stenog rapher. - Her unclad body was found in her apartment bed, Sunday. Jne room showed no signs of violence and only one thing was out of place a lamp cord, m i s s i n g , which Deputy Coroner Gideon Snook said might have been used to garrot the woman. "stop" Ityo easy Recruiting B. X BwmUi Mmms Cmswt. VMkCMtss