PAGZTWO
Enemy on New
Isle; Toll Told
Ritar " In Tmnrnvwl
Position; Aerial ;
Success Related
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' c LONDON, April t -(ff- Brit
ish forces la Barm occupied
tactically - unpreve peaiuens
north ef Thayetmye Wednes
day after the latest withdrawal
Ia mi In 4 - In Ihm umvlnr
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: prospects e a eontinaou front
' ior the . first time since the
Japanese started iheir up-river
'drive.
f This was the somewhat bright
er picture after weeks of bitter
fighting and withdrawals, and It
was hoped the defenders would
be able to check the invaders'
rush toward the main Burmese
oil fields around Minbu. .
. Before giving up Thayetmyo,
British engineers demolished oil
Installations in that area. Mili
tary quarters here expected an
enemy attempt to break the Brit
ish army before it could carry
yout similar destruction in Minbu's
fields. ' 1
, Establishment of a continn-
os rrom aoeve imjtunjB
.- may thwart the heretofore soe-
eessfnl Japanese tactics of en
- circling movements on the
f flanks to get vp road blocks
f against Bnusn eommnnieauons.
J f These enemy maneuvers have
served ;Jto. pen the defenders In
Ismail ' areas which then were
blasted, with artillery and inces
sant aerial assaults. The British
thus far have been able to break
out of these traps, but they cost
heavy casualties.
Assurance to
India Told
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In the mase ef Indian poUtl
was said to be working en a new
formula for managing India's
defense.' '
This group has opposed the
British proposal to keep the de
fense of India in British hands,
contending that despite the immin
ent danger of Japanese invasion,
Britain, should turn the defense
over to Indians as an evidence of
good faith. a:
. Wednesday, nowever, congress
quarters intimated that their com
mittee discussions had been helped
notably by information on the roles
oi the war secretary and army
command : under - the . American
constitutional system and that they
now realized an army must be un
Aer a commander-in-chief who has
full responsibility for prosecuting
the war:tr:,:;;-::;:,;!;.v-:. . f-rv,.,
Indicative of Johnson's roto In
the prbtracied and complicated
proceedings was the fact , that
the Bind leader. Pandit Jawa
harlal Nehru, - left a congress
eommlttee meeting to confer
anew with Johnson, then re
joined the meeting, 'Another
session was scheduled for Thurs
day. -
.During the day thb Moslem
league's working committee, de
clared the British proposal for
dominion status after the .war must
be so modified -that no province
could remain aloof from-the pro
posed federation; that a constitu
tional convention must be chosen
by direct vote rather than by pro
vincial legislatures; and that de
fense must be transferred immedi
ately to Indian hands. . ;
Tractor Causes Death
CANBY, April 8-TV-Fred Pet
ers, 27, was fatally crushed and
his two-year-old son, Larry, seri
ously Injured Tuesday by a tract
or which slipped off a. truck as it
waa being unloaded on a farm near
here. .
Power Bill Endorsed
WASHINGTON. April v
Senator Bone's bill to create a Co
lumbia power administration in
the Pacific northwest has won the
endorsement of President Roose
velt, the Washington aenator said.
Denver News Is Tabloid
DENVER, April 8 -flV The
Rocky Mountain News, 83-year-
old Denver morning ; newspaper,
announced Wednesday night that
it wilL-appear in tabloid size be
ginning next Monday, April 13
f U I A Vi-DaVt 4 Be wesl ,
t;HlV rclier ef Queeu Ellxa
f i f I :!asi, has arrived la
. O. C 'Where hen .;
fTrtsestattve af the
' Iry ef - economle
. i a feet with uUe
1 1 l.M ct economics.
fieto War Styles
Material Saying Fashions Are
Decreed for American Women
By RUTH
. WASHINGTON, April MVUncle Sam Wednesday de
creed war-time styles in suits,
that by eliminating non-essential frills will result in an expected
production of IS per cent more garments out of the same yard
age of cloth.
" At a press conference to which
were Invited the nation's leading
fashion writers, Stanley Marcus,
head of the apparel branch of the I
war production board, explained
that the new order assures
women there will be no extremes
in dress styles during this war as
trrthe last
It also assures women that
their present wardrobes wil
not be made obsolete by radical
fashion changes, Marcos stress
ed. The order roes Into effect
regarding fan clothes. It tends
to stabilise for the duration f
the war the present length and
fullness of skirt.
The objective is to simplify
styles to save ciotn to avoid any
possibility of shortages, Marcus
said. He aooea uuu one exjuci isj
ma. luu.uuu.uuu yrus ml whuu,
.. . AM . ... -m
ravon. wool, and mixtures can be
saved annually this way.
The order points out that the
conservation measures consist
mainly of eliminating such things
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and the prohibition of selling
three-piece ensembles, such as a
suit and matching coat, at one I
price. I
The restrictions on woolen gar-
ments become effective one min-
ute after midnizht in time to an-1
ply to the production ox : most or l
next fall and winter clothes.
- I
The order will not affect
clothes for this spring and
summer, most of which are al
ready made. Restrictions en eot
ton. rayon and other materials
do not go Into effect until June
19.
Retailers have until August 17
to clear their stocks, Marcus said.
The order provides that after that
date no retailer can sell a three
piece suit, or a dress with a Jacket,
dress and Jacket, lor example,
...mvmmIa I
"Si snr sr
who makes her own clothes, buy-1
ing goods by the yard, is not af-
f ected. If, however, she takes toe
goods to a dressmaiter, tne lauer i
would be required to abide.
He said no restrictions had yet I
been placed on pattern manufac- "1C nu.me.iern front February 25 forced the
turers, "although it had been dis- sho" of e Mediterranean, with Japanese to withdraw from one
cussed. ma11 "P and Invasion barges half to five milei This anchored
The order notes that the meas- DT hundreds massed and the defenders' forward positions
urements fixed represent present dy- at a point north of Abycay on the
'r- 1 .4 . .X . M a H.
i averages in women's ciouung.
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Thus. It was noted, officials did
not arbitrarilv sar'that a woman's
dress or coat should be so long
and no longer. They found out
what women are now wearing.
In regard to short skirts. Mar
cua said. Washington. DC, wo
men are wearing the shortest
skirts and women in the north
western section ef the country,
the longest. Suit skirts were
found to range from 26 to 28
Inches, and now cannot be made
longer than 28 Inches.
The sweep of wool suit skirts is
limited to from 64 to 72 inches, de
pending on . the : weight of wool
material. This compares to the
present range of 54 to 86 indies.
All-around pleated skirts are
eliminated but pleats can be used
for trimming.
wo suit jacxet can De longer
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than 25 inches. The present range
is from 23 to 27 inches. There
can be no Noriouc styles, cun or
bias cut sleeves on jackets. There
will be no wool evening wraps,
wool evening Skirts or wool eve
ning dresses.
In regard to evening clothes,
Marcus said that since Pearl Har
bor there had been a drop in sales.
Anyway the maximum length al
lowed for a size 16 is 59 inches
the present range for this size is
59 to 61 inches. The present aver
age is from 130 to 216 inches.
When It comes to slacks, the
women are on a par with the
men ne cuffs er patch pockets.
Women's slacks will be beltless.
Slack legs., at - bottom cannot
measure snore than It Inches.
The present average Is from 18
to 22 Inehes.
i In regard to dresses the max!
mum length of size 16 dresae
with proportionate length for oth
er sizes ia 43 Inches. At present
this size varies from 41 to 44
inches The maximum fullness of
li lZ T w:
msM n mm t in.k . . -
nf ttllZLZ,
inches. The nresent anri Tf
66 to 86 inches. W
- -
No hoods.shawls, capes, scarfs,
petucoata, ' overskirts ' or aprons
belt can be more than two inches
wide. Also no horn on dr
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S?, v U
ltJ.:
m-.iiiiym !-giu. ior a xze
w twit i mcoes ior a oox
-Vat mwA t tn r r m KMJ
number. This compares with the
present average length of 41 to-42
inches for a box -coat and 42 to
43 for -a fitted coat Maximum
sweeps for size 18 is 60 Indies
ror a box coat and 70 Inches for
a ; fitted - coat compared with 88
to 65 for box coat and 68 to 801
for a fitted model.
There art to be no cuffs on
coats, nor wool linings, nor wool
cloth- lining under fur trimming.
NO .coat sleeves are to be cut on I
the bias nor is any belt to be I
wider than two Inches..
' in each ease, ue measure-
It
COWAN
coats and dresses for his nieces
meats fixed hi the order per
mit variations, to accommodate
the requirements ef . "regular
women." "little women.", "stent
women." "misses." "Junior
misses,' "teen age," "girls" and
Th order does not ar.lv to I
imants and toddler apparel sixes
1 to 4 bridal gowns, maternity
dresses, clothing for persona of
abnormal size, burial gowns and
robes and vestments as required
by the rules of religious orders or
sects.
Axis Troops
sr o A J
NflO VC. HI AtriCH
rnn., 4W. ft
The allies have been keenly on
e alert lor the first signs of an
axis spring campaign to use the
Libyan desert battleground as the
mt lAafinifl M ,Vi .
Uv .nr, . tt.mI
i
winter.
The first thunder of the new
storm was heard at Malta and
Alexandria, where axis bombers
blasted at the bastions of Brit-
ain's naval hold on the middle and
uAA1tAmeinAeiM In 4(k inAi
-a"'A aa vu ftrA a cuitou iu au'G auuDk I
assaults either the island
or the big Egyptian port have
withstood.
The new challenge came at an
hour when Gen. Sir Claude
Auchialeck's defense forces have
been weakened by the dispatch
of Australian veterans ef the
North African fight back to de
fend their homeland under
General Douglas MaeArthur.
By contrast, German Marshal
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American-Filipino troops
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fd ItaUan troops reported poised
;
I r ATT A lff.1i A Tt a an
T"""f'V'" pru o-yn
wme ticrman Planes were de-
Nine German
jed during relatively heavy
i assaults on Malta Wednesday
as ine enemy continued a pro
longed intensified attack now sev
eral weeks old.
Wednesday night's communique
reported thai anti-aircraft fire
brought down seven planes, and
the RAF shot down two in Wed
nesday's raids, which followed an
attack Tuesday listed as the heav
iest of the year.
Baking Firm
Founder Dies
PORTLAND. April 8.-P-Fu
I - .
i neral services for Herman F.
Rlttmann, 73, president of the
I Cherry City Baking company at
Salem, who died Tuesday at bis
Eagle Creek home, will be held
nere inoay at z:30 p m. from
uuey cnapei nere, with inter-
ment In Rose City cemetery,
Born in- Germany in 1869, he
came to the United States 55
years ago and two years later , to
Oregon. He founded his first
bakery here in 1891 and later
started the Log Cabin bakery
Which he sold m 1925.
Rittmann founded the Cherry
City Raking company in 1916.
Survivors Include his widow.
Emmi Rittmann nf 1irl. -rV-
. w t
of Salem, four grandchildren and
.11 an
one great grandchild.
State Guards
Growing Okeh
Expansion of the Oregon state
01
1 .v6.lulc, j (vvtRH.
h? ct. Colonel Ralph
conuntuww. reported to
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I r.M.OV Xtm loa lm - ... a . . . a
SrtSnd
roruana.
vowgiu aaia ze Daiianons have
will
be created later. Virtually every
T..: I -T ' ..r"
m uregon wiu De repre-
sented in the state guard when
the, organization worTiS
i pleted.
I iomlers Uver Germany
UONDON, April S.--British
bombers, continuing their -cross-'
channel offensive, were over
German territory again Wednes-
I day night, it was announced
1 Thursday. No German aerial ac-
nvify waa reported over Britain.
GASCO EZimUZTS
t By NewPay Sept 1st
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XEUCS AKD THAirCTO
18$ 8. Cottage St
On&GOK STATESMAN, Za&am,
Reds Cross
Dnieper
Attempt to Cut Off - ,
Salient Before
Ross Capital
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miles northeast at i i
at about the point where
the Moscow-Smolensk railway
bridges the Dnieper. , . I-
The German-held corridor run
ning from Smolensk -to Vyaima
was said already to .have , been
narrowed to SO miles and soviet
artillery w a a commanding .the
main highway and rail routes.
Durovo Itself apparently remain-
edTii nadhands, although lm-
nunenuy menaceo.
In the far"" south, meanwhile,
action was violent during the day.
The Moscow radio announced
that a German attack on soviet
Positions in the Crimea: spear-
neaaea y 100 tanks bad been
broken and that the nazis had
reeled back with losses' of at"4east
sz tanxs ana hundreds or dead.
In. the Ukraine, Russian dis
patches reported that the In
habitants ef K r a m atorsk in
the heart of the Donets basin
about midway between Khar
kov oa the north and Rostov en
the south could hear the guns
of the approaching Red . army.
In the Leningrad area, soviet
forces reported that they had cut
the highway connecting two Ger
man sectors and that In another
sector the nazis still were with
standing furious Russian assaults
begun three days ago.
Japs Press
sw
Kntilflll I ltlO
(Continued from Page 1)
near Patunoan, en the main
land ten miles south ef Cor
regtdor. A similar concentration
f small craft waa smashed at
the same spot ten days age, and
weeks earlier such an assembly
of "invasion craft" was de
stroyed at Ternate, east ef Pat
ungan.
A i A. M
Island of Mindanao, where a FA
. . .-
r.T ,-..ss
which forced the withdrawal
several enemy units.
on Luzon have been holding an
advanced line since a sudden and
I successful thrust along the whole
i i cuui qi tau, anaaoout
l..ua .
nauway Detween tsagac andMor
on, on the China sea coast
Prior to this attack, the
troops then under the direct
command of Gen. Douglas
MaeArthur had established
their main lines slightly north
of the road which traverses the
peninsula between Pilar and
Bagac. This may have been the
"previously prepared defensive
position" to which Yainwright
withdrew his forces.
However, nnnthor rlmn-lu mt-
. V VlJ til
trenched line was set up months
ago several miles farther south.
along the crest of the Mariveles
mountains to Kaybobo point on
the China sea. If the withdrawal
was to this line, it represented an
advance of several miles by the
Japanese, leaving only the south'
ernmost tip of the peninsula in
the possession of the American
Filipino forces. If such a line
were pierced by the enemy spear
head, a retreat to Corregidor is-
land for a w-ditoh ..,.,
be th. only remaining resource oi
the defenders.
No Autos for
Jap Evacuees
SAN FRANCISCO. April 8-P.
Japanese being evacuated from
military areas are not permitted
to take motor vehicles to recep
I tinn .. T . f
tion
t n.ir.t4 1 Jl TXT. j . . . .
weonesoay rugn
The commanding general of the
western defense area said these
three alternatives await th
evacuee who owns a motor ve
hicle:
L He may sell or store
inrougn private arrangements
made prior to the evacuation:
Z. He may sell it through the
evacuee property department o:
, reserve bank; or
. xne army wiu ouy those ve-
hides whSu can usZThe army
Mrtll accept at an appraised value
I m .. m ...
con-
on w. ana wmcn can
not i in an- tK. ki,.
book wholesale value.
Oregon. Thursday Morning. April
Barb in Axis Side
: U. 8. & Baifti.
Another Barb In Axis side, the
submarine U. S. S. Barb slips into
the water during launching at an
east coast shipyard.
Teachers Hear
Health: Talk
Hygiene Professor
Speaks for Knopf
At Spokane Meet
SPOKANE, Wash., April 8-(f)
Upon the health and vigor of the
American people depends the
strength of -their democracy, Dr.
John Sundwall of the University
of Michigan told the northwest's
teachers Wednesday at the open
ing session of the annual Inland
Empire Education association con
vention.
Dr. Sundwall, professor of hy
glene and public health, was not
due for a speaking appearance at
Wednesday's general session, but
accepted the last-minute assign
ment when Dr. Carl Sumner
Knopf, president of Willamette
university, asked to be excused
because of a throat ailment
Predicting health education in
the public schools would play
ereat role in the hlstorv of de
mocracy," Dr. Sundwall 'said
plagues or poor health had
brought an end to many eras.
"The fact young men were re
jected for selective service does
not mean public health is poorer
than it was 25 years ago," he told
the more than 2000 northwest
teachers in his audience.
"It meant, instead, our stand
ards were higher. Never in the
history of our country has youth
been in better physical condition
to carry on a war than at the
present time."
Two Idahoans were nominated
for the presidency and balloting
on the successor to Martha A.
Shull of Portland, Ore., was un
derway Wednesday night Nor
mally the vice president Is ad
vanced to the major office, but
the current vice president El
mer E. Wilson of Mullan, Idaho,
is now a lieutenant on active
duty with the army at Fort War
rent, Wyo.
The delegates nominated Mau
rice D. Page of Bonners Ferry and
John Booth of Mullan. Both are
superintendents.
Nazis Claim
6 Ships Down
BERLIN (From German broad
casts), April 8 -&)- The German
high command reported. Wednes
day night that German patrol
boats and bombing planes sunk
three of the Norwegian ships
which tried to dash from Sweden
to Britain and that three others
were scuttled by their own crews.
The account said two of the
ships turned back to Goteborg
harbor and that only one, a tank
er, escaped, after sustaining a
bomb hit
(The report failed to say what
happened to the 10th ship. The
British announced that "certain
ships" of the group arrived safely
in British ports, indicating that
more than one escaped.)
Fan Mail Swamps
Actor, at CO Camp
WYITH, April 8-(F-Lew
Ayres biggest problem Wednes
day was answering his mail.
The screen star who chose a con
scientious objectors' camp here to
military service said he had re
ceived 1100 letters most of them
sympathetic since : his arrival
week ago. , ' :
Ayres, the Dr. Kfldare of the
films, said he planned to organize
a first-aid unit fat addition to rou
tine camp duties.
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9. 1342
Brand Speaks
On liberties
Social Work Task
, Interpreted at
State Conference
PORTLAND, April SR
Americans must be made to real
ize the true meaning of the liber
ties they are fighting to defend,
State Supreme Court Justice
James T. Brand told the Oregon
conference of Social work Wed
nesday night
The people of this nation will
not fight hard unless they know
for what they fight, he said at a
banquet opening the conference.
telling social workers that now
their great task was to show the
people "the heart of America, to
make manifest the inner meaning
of the rights and liberties which
we do and shall enjoy." -v
Hie war crisis has shoved
the old, but "ktin important
problems of the social worker
Into the ' background. Brand
said, warning that before an
American Utopia can be built
there must be an America en
which to build.
If. you, the social workers,
trained as you are In dealing with
earthy human beings, can make
real and vital to America the
cherished rights of which we have
talked much but understood lit
tle; If you can drive behind the
slogans and symbols of liberty
and justice and democracy and
teach the aggressive and produc
tive builders that freedom is not
a dream or a theory but a work
ing condition and a principle of
fertility, then you will have
part in the rebirth of America."
Gulf Aliens
Move Inland
MEXICO CITY, April S -P-As
a precaution against sabotage
and espionage, the Interior min
istry Wednesday ordered all axis
nationals living along the Gulf
of Mexico to prepare to move
inland.
The hundreds of Germans,
Italians and Japanese in Tampi
co, Veracruz, Tuxpan, Carmen
and Progreso were notified they
would have to join hundreds of
their compatriots expelled earlier
from the strategic Pacific coast
Passerby Nabs
Eluder of Law
When long-legged 18-year-old
Martin Maher, held for juvenile
court here on a larceny charge,
decided to make a break for f ree-
dbm Wednesday afternoon he
didn't figure on the man on the
street ;
Deputy Sheriff L. L. Pittenger,
who had taken the youth out to
visit a doctor because of Mahers
complaints of a sore foot was un
able to catch up with the fleet
runner, but an unidentified pe
destrian reached out and nabbed
the boy as he came out of an al
ley across Court street from the
county courthouse.
Oregon Probation
Group Elects
PORTLAND, Ore., April 8-P)
Allen East was elected president
of the Oregon Probation associa
tion Wednesday. He is physchia-
tric social work supervisor for
the University of Oregon's medi
cal school's child guidance clinic
Other officers elected: Fred
Finsely, state parole board di
rector, vice-president, and Ellen
Arnold, Washington county proba
tion officer,, secretary.
Tire Recapping for
War Workers limited
PORTLAND, April 8-(y!p-Work
ers in war Industries are not en
titled to tire recapping certificates
If they can get to their jobs with
out using private cars, the local of
fice of price administration an
nounced Wednesday.
Fall Proves Fatal
PORTLAND. April 8-v?)-On
crutches because of injuries suf
fered in an automobile accident
last winter, Sol Asia, 51, Portland,
lost his balance and fell down
flight of stairs at his home, re
ceiving additional injuries which
Tuesday-night proved fatal.
War Problems Dominate
PORTLAND, April t-MWari
ous local problems arising from
the; war will dominate the spring
conference of the Oregon Commer
cial Secretaries s association here
Friday and-Saturday.
HrM-aMl
New Naval Craft
Bearing the name U. S. S. Paw
nee, a new naval auxiliary craft,
tildes down the ways at the
United Engineering company
yards at Alameda, Cat .
300,000 Tons
Rubber Asked
v. .
Wanted for Civilian
Use; Council Plans
Immediate Study .
(Continued from Page 1)
orovision for civilian needs.
The council resolved that: "the
appropriate federal agencies be
urged to take immediate steps to
provide the money and allocate
the construction materials neces
sary, to provide for the annual
nrrtriuction of a minimum of 300.-
000 additional tons of synthetic
rubber for civilian use."
The council said civilian morale
would be injured if passenger car
Usage were restricted "more than
is fundamentally necessary to
meet essential requirements," and
added: "the petroleum industry
through its enterprise and re
search, has developed raw ma
terial resources and technical pro
cesses sufficient to provide for a
tonnage of synthetic rubber in ex
cess of that now scheduled."
Portland Is
Critical Area
PORTLAND, Ore.. Aprfl
Designation of Portland as a de
fense housing critical area was
reported V7ednesday by Folger
Johnson, Oregon FHA director.
Vancouver, Wash., Pendleton
and Astoria have been similarly
designated, hj said. The designa
tion aids eligible builders in ob
taining materials on priority lists.
He added that Albany and Cor-
vallis, Ore- bad asked for desig
nation as commuting areas, which
gives preference ratings for resi
dential construction.
Retread Camelback to
Be Available April -10
PORTLAND. April g-WV-ln
itial allotments of passenger tire
camelback will be made available
to recappers and retreaders April
10, the sute rationing administra
tors office said Wednesday.
Since lifting of the ban on pas
senger tire recapping April 1, com
panies have been using only sup
plies on hand.
Test Driver Do :
pvts'ca through the jumps
sot Uncle Samshares the
Army man's preference tot
; Camel cigarettes.
aer I GAAfiKE
rJLDNBSS THAT
Wkh tua in the Army, d Nary, the
Marines, the Coast Guard the frvorica
Cigarette is Camei (Based oa actual sales
records in Poet IxdbMuages and rsnmtni)
- Till CIOACETTE
Juries Charge
Police Graft
Brooklyn Gamblinj
Ring Said Payina ;
For Protection - -
istence of a gambling wnJJ
in Brooklyn Which did
000,000 business yearly bypay
ing for police protection and op-
era ting -unaoaiea "
and flagrant violation of the pen-,
al laws was charged Wednesday
in presentments handed tip by
two special Kings county grand
Juries. l- .-.f -Vf-f ":: " "
Special Assistant A t o t n e y
TAh tTar1-n Ajmen. who
led an , 11 . months' Investigation
into the activities of bookmakers ,
and policy banks, charged that
the yearly protection take"; was
more than $lfiOOfiOO,idv.
Tne presentments namea w
members of the police department,
and lour lawyers. j.n juv
mA th- tv iivwn renresented
policy organizations and appeared
regularly in behalf of the individ
ual defendants who did not hire
them. -!
The presentments were accom-
nan k mnv.M taken hv inves-
tigators which showed alleged
'. , - A
money payments Dy gamoiers w
policemen, umxormea mtu
pictured outside small candy
stores meeting "payoff men."
The presentments saia many
nollcemen. receiving salaries of
approximately $3000 a year,
. . . a . r M . M
maintained a surprising auma
ard of living.. ,
CC Withholds
Name of Man
. X business and extension man
ager has been selected for the
Salem chamber of commerce but
his identity will be withheld un
til next Monday at the request
of Pres. Carl W. Hogg, the selec
tion committee disclosed Wednes
day. Dr. Henry E. Morris headed, the
selection committee, which has
considered 19 applications for the
new position, to be paid for
six months by a $5 per member
assessment ' recently voted.
Marshall and
Hopkins Visit
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visit American troops tn north
ern Ireland. A visit te Calra,
he added, waa "a suggestion." .
The Marshall -Hopkins arrival
followed closely upon reports In
London papers that, the Ameri
can and British forces eventually
would strike together against
Germany through France and that
the bulk of the American army
was being trained for a mass In
vasion of the continent -
Salutatorian at
Gervaig Chosen
GERVAIS Beverly Niesen is to
be salutatorian for the graduating
class at exercises May 8, Josephine
Schlechter was announced as
valedictorian last week.
Dr. Carl Sumner Knopf, Wil
lamette university, who was to
speak will not ber able to come.
Another speaker has not been
chosen.
Three members " of the high
school class in shop are. to ;en
ter the Spanlding mill at Salem
aa apprentices after the close of
school. They are Danny Bonn,
George Rostykees and Ralph Dtm-
COUMTS AND
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