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PAGE TWO TIi OZIGON STATESMAXt, tkttao, Oregon, Thursday Mocnlag. April 53, IM2 Enemy Cuts to Isolate China Big Reinforcements Come to Australia; Threat not Over, ' (Continued From Page 1) frontal assault on Port Moresby. New Guinea, the most Important Australian base abort of fixe con tinent, '.wu te In plotted and might perhaps be sprung within two week,, , In the FhUtpplnesv the war department reported In morn ing communique, C t tt r t d or and the ether American fort resses lm Means bay still were doggedly, beating back at the Japenese batteries. American counter-fire silenced a number f enemy fin, broke up- troi concentrations ; and aank i armed Japanese ship In the bar. . ' troop bodies were engaged In northern Luzon; resisting tireless ly on the Island of Panay. Fresh enemy naval strength - tad appeared near the Vlsayan klands in the central Philippines, possibly heralding additional , landings. . - In the European theatre, Britain's unprecedented bombing . offensive again dominated all de- - velopmenta. In Russia, soviet accounts told of violent fighting In the south, where for some time there had - been only minor action. ' Two Russian forces appeared to be closing in Kursk, which lies as a strategic German base about halfway between the low er Moscow front and the Sea f Asev, In an effort to envelop and destroy what would logical ly be one of H 1 1 1 e rs strong points for hb) projected eeunter- ' offensive. It also was reported that Rus sian forces had crossed an un designated river in a 45-mile four day advance, and the available evidence suggested that this was near Orel, about 200 miles below Moscow. 100 Per Cent Parity Calls For Price Cut (Continued From Page 1) at local markets: rice, 145 per eent; cotton, 1S2; potatoes, 101; Maryland tobacco, 12S; chickens, 107; hogs, 123; beef cattle. 131; lambs. 112; and wool, 142. Ex cept for small declines fat prices' ' of wheat and some other grains, farm prices have changed little since April 15. Farm products which averaged less than parity included wheat, corn, oats, dry beans, apples, hay, butter fat, milk and eggs. The general level of all farm prices in mid-April was said by the department to be equivalent to 99 per cent of parity. (Parity prices are defined as those which would give agricul tural products as much buying power in terms of non-farm goods and services as they commanded m a base period, usually 1909-14.) Measured In dollars and cents, farm prices were 5 per eent above the 1999-14 level, while prices of non-agricultural prod ucts and services were 51 per cent hlgber, the department. On the basis of April 15 prices a 109 per cent parity celling would Involve the following price reductions; . Cotton from $9,515 to $9,360 per 500-pound bale, price from $1.78 to $1.23 a bushel, potatoes, $1.16 ' to $1.07 a bushel, Maryland to bacco from 27 to 21.3 cents a pound; chickens from 18.4 to 17.2 cents a pound; hogs from $13.48 to $10.98 per hundred pounds; lamb from $10.83 to $8.88; beef cattle from $10.71 to $8.18 per hundred pounds; and wool from $9.2 to 27.8 cents a pound. Few Ministers Said Eligible for Tires PORTLAND, April 29-)Only a small .number of ministers is eligible for automobile tires, the Oregon rationing administrator said Wednesday. Ministers cannot qualify if other means of transportation are available or If their cars are used for other than religious functions. CXirOUt ataU par an renewal - iTpsnn; no increase m mt nt, A rruetntial tIeat m the sal war to fjaaaeo t. Avaoaftio as eetoeM 2A - BAWZStt noBntTS, mc Aofr jej iTprbrafe Loan Souettar tot ktJ frVdenUal Insurance Co. ti America. ( " Coardlaa EuUdlnf Salenv Oregon rT-' if Many Die as Tornado Sweeps Across Oklahoma V4- ' A brief, violent tornado reportedly town of Pry or. Okbw April 27, down the main street, tearing f'- vl i . JX x photo, filled with debris and dead and dying. Other deaths occurred at nearby Talala and Ttawah, near Claremore, in northeastern Oklahoma. Bail and ram "fell In backets," witnesses said, while the tor nado raged. Twenty carloads of hampered by darkness and lack Salem Applies Rent Center USO Director Avers Something Will Be - Done for Soldiers (Continued From Page 1) certification - must be obtained from the F8A. "We are going to ask for this service now. in tne nope mat we will get it by the time we really need it," Earnest said. Meanwhile a small soldiers' center is to be fitted up in the former quarters of Caspar and Cutler, 2040 North Capitol street. in accordance with plans initiat ed by the Salem Zonta club head ed by Miss Helen Barrett, Ear nest said. Mrs. T. J. Bra bee and Mrs. James H. Nicholson are serving with Miss Barrett as chairman on a committee, to ope rate the club on behalf of five local women's organizations. Should Salem leaders wish to use USO funds for a soldiers' senter before FSA certification Is obtainable, they may do so from contributions received from the impending USO drive with funds exceeding the com munity's uuots, up to IS per cent, Mrs. Heard said. Where USO money is spent Is not as important as the fact that it all goes for the service of men in the armed forces, Mrs. Heard declared. Recreation and service centers are now maintained In 43 states and at 18 places outside of the United States, she report ed. Sixty five USO staff members are serving overseas. Trucking Limits Raised by State PORTLAND, April 29-i) Truck length limits have been increased from 50 to 60 feet, the gross weight from 54,000 to 68,000 pounds by the state highway com mission to facilitate transporta tion of petroleum, Engineer R. H Baldock said Wednesday. Housing Shortage Expected in Portland PORTLAND, April 29 -P) Portland faces a "serious housing shortage," the city's defense hous ing committee said Wednesday, reporting that vacancies are 25 per cent less than a month ago, Availabilities dropped from 239 a month ago to 173. Germans to Forego National Holiday LONDON, April 29-45)-The German radio told farm workers Wednesday that they must forego their usual holiday Saturday, Na tional Labor day, because of "special situation" caused by an unusually severe winter. The farm' ers have been working lately on Sundays for the same reason. Business Degree Granted 0SQ Quarter Million Dollars Cut PORTLAND, April current year's operating expenses of the state system of higher eduction higMighted Tesday', ; . President Willard marks said, the business work at OSC did not constitute restoration of the school of commerce, lost in the 1932 reorganization, but OSC act ing president, F. A. Gilfillan ac cepted the action as essentially what had been sought by the col lege. . -v r. v: .. - Details of courses, organization and administration are to be worked ' out by the college and submitted for later approval. The budget cut forced a staff reduc tion equivalent to 107 fuStime .V.-..A killed at least 101 persona and injured some X5I in the war-boom and left the main business section down bmUdlngs and leaving the street, doctors and nurses were nwhrd of communication facilities. Little Left Of Crowell CROWELL, Tex, April 29-(ff) The Red Cross cared for 1500 homeless Wednesday while i cut workers searched for further victims of a devastating tornado and fire which Tuesday night killed nine persons and flattened half the buildings in this west TVr tftum - I At 19 tKr n nr aii nt whom were injured seriously, were in hospitals and homes in adjoining towns. Little but wreckage remained of the business district A business block housing three stores and the post office was In ruins. The picturesque old Foard county courthouse was a mass of wreck age. The fine First Baptist church was a pile of brick and timbers. Whites Jeer At Negroes' Home Project DETROIT. April 29-)-Pro- J I 1 tM .(.U and city police, and Jeered by neighboring white residenta. Negro families Wednesday began occupying the $1,000,000 federal- ly-sponsored Sojourner Truth housing project in northeast De troit scene of bloodshed two months ago. In contrast to rioting between negroes and whites near the 200- unit project February 28, in which nearly a score of persons were injured, mere was no violence Wednesday. At least 15 persons, including eight negroes, were taken into custody as police dispersed picket lines as quickly as they formed. All were released after question ing. The first Negro family arrived at the project named for Sojour ner Truth, a woman slave who became a prominent abolitionist, at 9 ajn. under police escort Salvage District Chooses Pohle Warren Pohle was elected chair man of the Salem district at a meeting of the Marion county salvage committee Tuesday night, called by C W. Paulus, county chairman. The meeting was held in the Pioneer Trust building of fices of the state committee. Laborers Favor Defense Help The Columbia river district council of laborers, at a meeting here recently, went on record fa voring cooperation with all de fense agencies. Twenty four lo cals were represented at the meeting. The district includes a large part of Oregon and southwestern Washington. 29-P)-Granting of degree work in busi session on the slate education Oregon State's budget was set at $1,296,688, a reduction of $115,- 250 from current costs. The uni versity's budget was cut $78,559 to $91W3. Little reduction was made at the aaedical seboot because of prospective higher enrollment. Its budget was set at $3C24$V dews only Wit, Marks said progress was being made on selection of a president for Oregon State, but that final action . within a month was un N a shambles. The tornado reared aa pictured In the above Sound' from Tulsa. Rescue work San Diego Blacks Out Unidentified Planes Gauge 33-Minute Night Alert . SAN DIEGO, Calit, April 29-P) air raid alarm which blacked . . oul n0 Wednesday night was ended at 11:13 p. m. The blackout was or dered by the fourth interceptor command. The presence of unidentified planes was believed to have caused the alarm. During the klnnlrmit m iv-Yl .MM Vr.M n.afn over National City, south of San rt.A I Aruty searchlights picked them oat momentarily. A few minutes later the all clear was sounded. The blackout extended from Oeeanslde south to the Mexican border. (At San Francisco, the western defense command said the black out was caused by the approach of " . . fc.Hl-Mlf ZZa "fc-4-wifcV X" ' I ' ' Police said the fourth army in- terceptor command at Los Ange- 1m had ordered an alert at 103 nd a "red" signal almost Immedi- ately afterward, indicating an air j raid was imminent City lights blinked out immedi ately. A complete power black out was reported in several dis tricts. WLB Decision Out Monday PORTLAND. April 23. Monday has been designated date for release of a war labor I board wage arbitration award covering 25,000 AFL sawmill workers in Oregon and Washing ton. Portland union headquarters said a telegram from Washington stated Dean Pendleton Howard's decision in the fir industry dis pute would be disclosed then. The hearing recently ended In Denver. Dean Howard is a member of the University of Idaho faculty. The union asked wage boosts under a contract clause gearing wages to lumber prices. Minimum hourly pay now is 73 cents. Rent Control Adds Signup WASHINGTON, April .-- Registration of all rented dwell ings will be required in cities and towns brought under federal rent control. Price Administrator Leon Henderson said Wednesday. This registration, which does not affect hotels and rooming houses, must be carried out by landlords at a local rent admin istrators office and wul cover houses, apartments, trailers and all other property which is rent ed for living quarters, -Regula tions covering hotels, rooming! and boarding houses, and requir ing a similar registration will be issued soon by. OPA. - - Women OS IrOlleV ft Yetoed SAN FRANCISCO, April 29 (AV-By a 2-1 veto, the San Fran- clsce elvu service Jected Wednesday , a: that , w emus' he employed as conductors en municipal street "OneeTyen get street ears yenH never get rid X them. said C Hilton Maxwell faa opposing the plan, which was suggested by Utilities Manager Edward Ca bin because ef a shortage of i Portland Japs to Begin Move Enter Pavilion Friday ; Pastor Describes Camp Democracy PORTLAND, April 2-P) Lines of Japanese and Japanese-Ameri cans moved smoothly through two J civil control stations here Wednc day as officials speeded registra tion for evacuation. : - By May- 5 some 2000 persons front the Portland area will be quartered temporarily in the buildings of the Pacific Interna tional Livestock exposition grounds, converted into an a sembly center. First. Japaaese snored Into the eenter will be Approximate hr see volunteer week their famines who will take then new amarters Friday. An additional 500 wilTbe moved in Saturday and a like number Monday. The remainder of the registrants will go in Tuesday. Evacuees will live at the center until resettled in permanent camps. Officials said that evacuees may use' their own automobiles to get to the center or obtain, rides from friends. Bus and streetcar service also will be provided. Meanwhile, Rev. Kenneth W. Nakajo, vicar of the Japanese Episcopal Church of the Epi phany here, preparing his fare well sermon, said that the spirit of American democracy prevails in alien detention camps. Released fom a camp at Fort Missoula, Mont, but week. Father Nakajo said that although the camp necessarily was patrolled by armed guards, self-government was practiced there by the 1000 Internees. He was taken into custody after the United States entered the war and spent 115 days In the Montana camp. He converted a Buddhist to the Christian faith while detained in county jail here and two others while at the camp, he said. Streamlined Term IJpenS J line LL a PORTLAND, April 29-() Uni versity of Oregon medical school will open the first term of its streamlined y ear-around schedule June 22 to speed up wartime edu cation of doctors. Seventy five freshmen, 10 more than usual, already have been signed up. Dr. David W. E. Baird, associate dean, announced Wed- 1 mencemtat exercises this ye will be held June 12. Exchanges Near BERN, Switzerland, April 29.- Py-The Swiss Telegraph agency said Wednesday night in a dis patch from Rome that negotia tions for the exchange of North and South American diplomats for Italian envoys to tne same countries were expected to be completed by the middle of May. Bulletins LONDON, April S0.-(Thurs- ay)-(yP-Th Royal Air foree attacked the Gnome -Rhone Aero w o r k 8' at GennevQllers, w ww w a n sw reauau iauvi as near Paris. Wednesday night It waa reported authoritatively Thursday. BERLIN, (From German Broadcasts), April S9.-CP)-The German air foree bombed Nor wich again Wednesday night hi reprisal for British air attacks on Germany. It had heavily raided Nerwleh en Monday night AN ICELANDIC PORT, April t.-(DeUyed)-P-The first attack by a nasi plane on any Icelandic ship near this bland since early last spring was dis closed Tuesday with the arrival of two Icelandic vessels which came unscathed through a lightning raid. BERN. Switserland, April 29. -(JP)-S w I s s telegraph agency dispatches Wednesday night quoted the Italian press, com menting en President Reet velt's declaration that TJS war. ships are in combat In the Med iterranean, as a ay Ing: The United States fleet most net be underestimated." ' CHUNGKING, Thursday, April 29 -&- American vol. unteer group pilots shot down 22 Japanese planes during an enemy ah raid on Lei wing oa the Tunnan-Burma border ea Tuesday, It was announced el- fleiartr Thursday. CHUNKING, China, April - 39 (Thursday) theu- treeps based eat the Feblng-Haakew railway in a big ran-shapeddrrre tothe north six days. age, and the toft Japaaese flank snade seme pre greas before Chinese counter attacks stopped it, front dis patches said Thursday, -r' STOCKHOLM. April 29 Six persons were executed Wednesday to Berlin, reports front the German capital said two for espionage, . three , far thefts from soldiers packages and one for selling meat beyond Groom Feared Lost Wedding Can cell ed PORTLAND, Ore, April 29.- (AVOlga Mitrovich, comely Port land girl who was to have become a bride in two weeks, cancelled wedding plans Wednesday and awaited further news of a ship torpedoing In the Atlantic. The bridegroom was to have been Captain Vjkoslav Kirlo Loser, so-year-oid master ox a Yugoslavian freighter. His ship went down April 7, 1? crew mem bers have been picked up and they told rescuers that the cap tain was last seen on a life raft They believed he had been res cued by another ship. Trondlieim and "Kiel Victims RAF Bombs German Naval Bases, as Rostock in Ashes (Continued from Paga 1) from there In Stockholm called "four nights of horror." Other reports reaching Lon don said Rostock was an ash heap, Its 99,099 population fled or dead, with only firemen and a few troops left to rake the ruins and combat looters. Passengers in a plane from Britain to Stockholm were quot ed as saying they could see Ros tock burning 250 miles distant The destruction and death toll were declared in German reports via Zurich to be far above those of Luebeck, which was estimated to have been 40 per cent destroy ed in a raid March 28. Informed British sources said the Luebeck and Rostock raids already had disclosed German transportation to an extent no ticeable on the northern Russian front. Compared with the British raids, the German "Baedeeker blitx" in reprisal has been puny. The German radio has threat ened to bomb "every British building marked with three stars in Baedeeker," a German guide book which so designates points of great historic Interest. Raids have been directed at Exeter, Norwich, York and Bath, but reliable sources said more than 50 planes have been used only once, when about 73 struck at Bath. Herbert Morrison, home secur ity minister, listed 19 historic London churches, the house of parliament, Guildhall, Coventry cathedral and other British arch itectural treasures destroyed by nasi bombers in 1940-41 and de clared In a press : statement: "Nasi , crocodile tears over destruction of certain eld Ger man buildings in British raids do not in the least Impress the world, which remembers how the same naxts gloated over the fires of destruction among so many of our lovely ancient monuments. ... "If the British determination to attack the German machine means civilians and ancient build ings may suffer, we see nothing in this to boast about but the foul canker of naziism must be cut out and until it is, the body of the German nation will suffer. Contract Awarded For Temperature y -m fX Control Change The state board of control Wed Inesday awarded a contract fo changes in the temperature, con trol in the legislative chambers I in the state capitol building here I to the Johnson Service company, Portland, on a low bid of $967, The work will be started within two weeks and will be completed within 60 days, officials said. Bids for improvement of other temper ature control units in the capitol building were rejected and new proposals will be solicited later, The last legislature appropri ated $55,000 for air conditioning and other Improvements in tern perature control in the capitol building but most of this work will .have to be delayed because of federal priority regulations and scarcity of required materials. &7- trained Standard ervice men ! .M: ii ltf.t 1:1;. Bus Drive to OpenMday Hogg Says Venture Is Not Made -With Idea of Loss .(Continued From Pag 1) tt to have aome asaaraa.ee . against loss, If any, incwred bj um of undertaking the aforesaid purposes, Now; therefore, li considera tion of the premises and the mu tual acts of others in guarantee ing and underwriting said corpor ation as aforesaid in, the total sum of $5000, to be paid on demand of the board of trustees of the cor poration for the purpose of: "1. Repaying any loan which. may have been made to said cor poration for any corporate pur pose, i "2. Paying any deficit which the corporation may incur by rea socTof its corporate acts,- "I, w T either of us, for such valaable consideration. promise to pay to the order of Salem Transport Committee, a corporation, at its office in Sa lem, Oregon, the sum of f per month for a period of 12 months, the first Installment to bo paid on or before May 11, 1142, and a like Installment en or before the nth day or eacn month thereafter until the en tire sum shall have been paid." The committee plans to put up the pledges as collateral for a bank loan to obtain whatever starting capital may be necessary, Hogg Indicated. Huge Tonnage Of Ships Is JL Promised CHICAGO, April 29-(tf)-Ad- miral Howard L. Vickery of the United States maritime commission promised Wednesday that 23,000, 000 tons of new merchant shipping would be delivered to the nation by the end of 1943. "That is more shipping than England had in her whole fleet before the beginning of this war," he said in an address delivered at the 30th annual meeting of the chamber of commerce of the United States. "And it is about! half the amount of shipping that the whole world had at the be-! ginning of this war." Admiral Vickery reported the 45 yards building maritime com mission ships already were launch ing more than two vessels a day, but he weighted his glowing pro duction figures with a solemn word of warning. "I would be fooling you," he said, "if I tried to tell you we can build ships as fast as we can lose ships. It can't be done. A ship can be sunk in five minutes, and ship can not be built in much less than 80 days." Standout Award Recipients Named At Oregon State CORVALLIS, Ore, April 29-GP) Oregon State college selected its outstanding students for awards Wednesday. Don Durdan, Rose Bowl foot ball star and letterman in three major sports, received the Cor- vallis Elks club award of regis tration fees and $10 a month for eight months. The award, made this year for the first time, was to "the Junior man who has dur ing his three years In college, through his participation in stu dent activities and through his leadership and citizenship con tributed most to the welfare of OSC." Eileen Holden, Salem, was one of 39 seniors, 12 graduate stu dents and two faculty members pledged to Phi Kappa Phi, all- school scholastic honorary. Nazi Plane Downed LONDON, Thursday, April 30 German plane taking an unauthorized route over Swedish territory was reported Thursday to have been shot down by Swed ish anti-aircraft fire, Reuters said in a Stockholm dispatch. a7S FOR A TRAINED RUNNER TO SPRINT ($30 yARDS... (WORLDS RECORD ...PR FOfcyOUTO GET THIS FREE PROTECTION FROM School Children ' Get Ration Fprnis First sugar ration questionnaires are going out this week, to thou sands of Salem families' with chil dren In the public scLools. In an effort to cut to a minimum t the confusion of securing Information required for issuance of ration cards, school children are receiv ing the blanks to take home. To other persons they will be issued at time of registration May 4 to 7. rationing officials have in dicated. . Price Freeze Wins Praises Retailers Protest Starch Prices on Wholesale NEW YORK, April 2H)-The government's general price freeze order greatest economic control effort evjr undertaken in Amer ica won praise from many busi ness and financial leaders through out the country Wednesday as a step In the right direction. Many retailers, however, insist ed that freezing both wholesale and retail prices as they existed in March failed to take into ac count faster advances in many wholesale prices, and asserted that unless adjustments were made, re tailers profit margins would dis appear and many would be forced to the walL Other criticisms were that the general anti-inflation program left wages subject only to vol untary stabilisation, and per mitted further substantial ad vances in farm prices, pending new and uncertain legislation. Among comments of labor lead ers were: Phil Brady, president Oregon Federation of Labor (AFL): "Some unions are in the midst of negotiations for Increases which even the employers recognize as reasonable." Comments of farm leaders in clude these: Louis G. Tabor, past master of the national grange: "The vast price freezing program will be successful only by treating labor, agriculture and industry ex actly alike on questions of wages, prices and profits. in spite of shortages of labor and equip ment, the spirit of Concord bridge is aflame on the farms of the na tion. Nelson Lags In OSC Race CORVALLIS, Ore., April 29-flP) The fraternity candidate for stu dent body president at Oregon State college piled up a com manding lead in partial counting Wednesday night and appeared certain of election. He is Dave Baum of Union. Trailing was Harald Nelson, Sa lem, the independent candidate. Jeannette Sims, Freewater, was the only independent who seem ed assured of an office, taking a strong lead for secretary. A writein campaign that de veloped Wednesday morning might give the independents the first vice-presidency but the out come, was in doubt late Wednes day .night. Cal Schmidt, The Dalles, Greek, and Margaret Sherrard, Lakeview, independent, were running neck-and-neck as Bob Letourneux, Portland, drew strength from Schmidt on the writein. Gasoline Use At New High SAN FRANCISCO, April Gasoline consumption in five western states exceeded all previ ous records in the first quarter of this year, Service Station News reported Wednesday. Gasoline taxes were collected on 664,906,915 galolns, an increase of 21,484,093 or 3.33 per cent over the 1941 quarter. Sales for the quarter by states included Washington 87,578,008 gallons and Oregon 59,583,056. 46.4 SECONDS) flfi full: ni&i T; miijii: f:'!!J(i)iDti!(crr members. . likely. available for the Jobs. rationing reruiatlons. - - - A -ias 4-
