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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO Campaigns OnListLap Local Contests for - Senate, Judgeship Stirring Interest (Continued from Page 1) have been In keeping with war time policies. ! Sen.Deglas McKay, also seeking reelection and generally conceded on of the nomina tions, has not become embroiled noticeably In the (oar-man con test for the eoanty's two seats In the senate . Most aggressive candidate for the senate has been Rep. Allan G. Canon, respected Salem at torney, war veteran and leader . in state bar activities, little has been heard r from the fourth candidate, Ralph Miller of Sa lem. In this race, the voters will find the .following statements on the ballot, about the tour republican senate contenders: Carson "Less legislation low or state taxes unselfish, uncom promising fidelity to our war ef fort." - Jones "Present incumbent. Legislation should consider human rights as well as property rights. McKay "Present senator." Miller "Friend of the poor Underprivileged f air play for alL" Had Circuit Jadge L O. Me- For BETTER Administration of City Government eel Arthur 0. Davison for Cily Recorder Paid Adv. Re-Efcct Ckrias L U.S, SENATOR Ha his fet Energy Expsrissca tndPcrcr tnSct ltd t$ui V i -. " . . -: . . -s? 1 i One X It will bo- my duty, if elected, to help prevent wastefulness andf extravagance on the part of our State and Counties. In the last session of the legislature I made an honest effort, to promote the welfare of our State, County and its citizens and will again try to truly represent you if elected. (Paid Advertisement by H. R. Jones) (E CD n u M u n n a FOR IE(iBn)nodlir Fair t r v And Courteous . To All .- - . . ! - . t. . Eght Years Municipal Experience annonnnnnnnnnnnnnonanaonononnooonoonD Mahan chosen to answer Us severest campaign critic, Her- man E. Lafky, fat their race with Rep. George R. Duneaa of Stayton for position number one at the conrt house, a spec tacular battle for ballots would ' have taken place, reminding of earlier days when McMahan let his Irish arouse him to sharp retort. From the day he filed against McMahan, Lafky has been ham mering away at the Judge and the way he conducts his court. Duncan for the most part has based his campaign on his record as an attorney and as a legislator, Both circuit court positions were subject to the ballot this year, but position number two, to which E. M. Page was ap pointed last year, drew but one candidate, Judge Page. The man who today can name the four men who will win the republican nominations for state lerisltare, from among the field of eight, would be a lucky gnesser, nothing more, veterans of this biennial cam paign declare. Even the two incumbents. Reps. 'John F. Steelhammer and H. R. Jones, who think they'll be nominated, are unwilling to venture a pre diction as to the identity of their running mates. While intra-ward contests for city council positions are being waged in Salem by the customary door-to-door and direct mail methods, only four men are cam p signing for office to be filled at large from the dty, Seldom, in a four-man affair such as the current Joust for -the city record ership, has the issue been settled at the primary election. Usually none receives a majority and the two highest fight it out in No vember. One employe and three officials of the city government are after the recorder's job this year Deputy Recorder Alfred Mundt and Aldermen A. O. Davi son, Ross Goodman and Lloyd F. LeGarlo. Senate Group Okehs Funds For Forests WASHINGTON, May 13HAP)- The senate appropriations com mlttee recommended Wednesday that an additional $5,500,000 be Included In the 1943 agriculture appropriation bill for fighting fires, after officials and members of congress warned of danger from sabotage and enemy action to western forests. The committee in reporting the bill (HR 6709) to the senate in eluded for the forest service $3, 000,000 for emergency forest fire control in national forests. It pro posed that the sum be added to Si 1,260,400 carnea m uc uiu. nassed by the house for forest protection and management. It also recommended an increase in the amount allocated the service for cooperation with states in fighting forest fires from 12,500, 000 to $5,000,000. The action came after Earl W. Loveridge, assistant chief of the. forest service testified there are located in forest areas a "great and growing array of strategic fa cilities which would be threatened by outbreak and spread of forest fires." In addition to this damage, he said smoke from the fires could blanket whole states and seriously interfere with military aircraft and blind the eyes of observers. The smoke, he said, would form "clouds" from which enemy air craft could operate. He-Elect II. B. (Farmer) of Your Marion .County Representative (ID DD Paid Adv. Tha 60-Day Freeze Put on Lumber Retail not Affected; But Portland Sees Building Pinch (Continued from Page 1) rage of less than 5000 board feet daily during the last 90 days were exempted from the order. PORTLAND, Ore., May U(JP) Unless the war production board's retail lumber freese or der is given a broad Interpre tation, defense housing projects in Portland and Vancouver, Wash,, will be stalled, Paul C. Stevens said Wednesday. The Portland manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's associa tion asserted that Portland re tail yards carry only small stocks because of proximity to mills and cannot fill the demand for build' ing. If the order is interpreted to permit mills to supply lumber for defense area housing, it will have little general effect here since 90 per cent of other retail sales in this area are now On army, navy or maritime commission orders. Stevens said. CHICAGO, May 13 -(AV-Aa advisory committee of 26 mem bers representing both softwood and hardwood Industries, was appointed Wednesday to work with the war production board. The committee was named by Arthur T. Upson, newly appoint ed chief of the lumber and lunt ber products branch of the WPB, at a conference of representatives of the Industries. Included In the committeemen named for softwood loggers and lumber manufacturers were Charles Snellstrom, Eugene, Ore. O. R. Miller, Portland, Ore. Third Vessel Sunk in Gulf Four Merchant Ships Reported Down Wednesday (Continued from Page 1) were saved because of the fore sight of the first mate, Charles R. Clark, of Mill Valley,, Califs who earlier had constructed rafts from oil drums and left them free on deck. When the ship was torpedoed, all life boats sank with the vessel, but the rafts floated free and the 11 men clung to them. "I don't know that I had i premonition," Clark said after his rescue, "but the loss of life certainly would have been great er if we hadn't built those rafts.' Ten African longshoremen, part of the 65-man crew of a medium sized American vessel, were lost when their ship was torpedold and sunk off the west coast of Africa. All 44 of the regular crew, however, were landed safely at Norfolk a few days ago. This Was the navy's first announcement in the current German submarine campaign of the loss of an Amer ican ship In African waters. fGas Hog9 in Full Vogue - -Jl Proportion of X' Cards Issued Draws Fire (Continued from Page 1) public is strictly rationed on gaso line. And the country over, war time self-sacrifice is popular. All but a few of the house members and a third of the sea ate are seeking reelection this year. , And . . . weU ... votes are uncertain things at best . . . and the situation was eae that eeald only make some of the members shudder. Distinctly not among these, how ever, was Senator Downey (D Callf.) He keeps no car in Wash ington. He announced he. would ask the senate to vote Thursday on a resolution of self-abnegation in which It would foreswear the use of gasoline or any other rationed commodity in amounts greater than those allowed to the general public. Kep. men tK-ra.) was not a ?1 .'Y.; n D - t i Ross Goodman OBEGON STATESMAN, Salem, member of the jitters' bloc either. He has announced he will not run for reelection. He has an X card, he said, but will try to conserve gasoline in every way. Rep. Faddis (D-Pa.) had an X card, he said, and "no apologies to make for it." He said it was part of a con gressman's duties to go back homo and sample public senti ment, to visit army camps and see how the war effort Is com ing along. Bo Is entitled, ho said, to the gasoline for deing SO. Price Administrator Leon Hen derson issued a statement late in the day which said nothing about the trips back home but rendered the opinion that "the use of a car by a member of congress or any other federal or state employe in order to transact business with a government agency is official business.'' Award Made For Paving Of Runway Paving of the new north-south runway at the Salem municipal airport is to commence shortly, state WPA headquarters In Port land indicated Wednesday an nouncing letting of the contract to Warren Northwest company on a bid of approximately $73,000. Preparations for the paving will be completed soon enough so that actual paving could be started within two weeks, George H Hanson, resident engineer on the project, said Wednesday. Already work of grading, draining and the laying of base rock has been done. First or. tne crushed rock over which the two-inch concrete blan ket is to be spread was laid Wed nesday. Actual work of paving will re quire 30 days to cover the 150 feet wide 5500-foot runway, it is estimated. Make-ready work, in eluding the re-establishment of a mazing plant at the airport. Is to require two weeks, it is said. Offices for army engineers named to supervise army im provements recently scheduled for the Salem port are to open about June 1, it is understood here. Philharmonic Gives Vote To Collins Harry V. Collins was elected president of the Salem Philhar monic Orchestra association, thus returning to a post he had held several years ago, when the as sociation's board met Wednesday night at the chamber of commerce. Judge George Rossman, Charles H. Huggins and Karl Becke were named first, second and third vice presidents, respectively. Mrs. Helen W. Beelar was elected secretary, Miss Nellie Schwab, treasurer and Mrs. Harry Scott was named bus! ness manager. Accepting the office, Collins pre dicted the most successful season to date for the Salem's symphony organization, pointing out the recognition of need for the type of recreation provided by music Hope that music of a lighter type in keeping with current needs for relaxation might find its place in symphony programs was expressed by Collins. Sprague Calls On Record (Continued from Page 1) crowded, the population dropping from 1118 in 1939 to 914 at pres ent; that he had recommended legislation to relieve over-crowding the various state institutions and that funds were available for construction as soon as permitted by the government The maximum for old age as slstanee was Increased from $39 to S4i a month, he said, during his term. The governor called attention to republicans to their absence from power in the state for several years and said it was under bis leader ship that the GOP captured the governorship again in 1938. k .u, 11 ifc, 1 - - , . aovm.rw wow mi c r 1 ...OR FOR OU TO GET THIS FREE PROTECTION r Y TRAINED gTANDARDgER. (tossxwDsmaizxa'GcrAZ) CAWTFfa&) Ortgon. Thursday Morning. Mar Interned Japs Break Glass Outbreak, in Vancouver Termed Playulj' Seattle Move Begins VANCOUVER, BC, May 13.- (CP)-A number of Japanese smashed i windows and turned loose a firehose at the Immigra tion building where they are be ing held here late Wednesday In the first outbreak of its kind since the start of the Pacific war, but Austin C. Taylor, chairman of the BC security commission termed the outburst "more play ful than anything else." Taylor said the trouble ap parently had been caused by the fact the Japanese housed In the building had been refused daily conversations with friends outside. He added these Japan ese are shortly to be moved to road camps In the Interior of the province. Wednesday night army guards with fixed bayonets patrolled along railway tracks in front of the building, while some Japanese still looked out of the smashed windows on the second and third floors, shouting occasionally. What they yelled was unintelli gible. Now and then rolls of paper unfolded from the windows. Mr. Taylor, whose commission has already evacuated hundreds of Japanese from the Pacific coast, said "There was nothing malicious about the trouble. It was more playful than anything else. Some of the Japanese just got a little fed up about being kept in the building and got a lit tle exuberant. There was more yelling than anything else." Scores of passersby were at tracted to the scene of the trouble in the waterfront building by the shouting that accompanied the smashing glass. Guards on the viaduct kept the onlookers at a distance as the Japanese turned a firehose out through one of the broken windows, playing the wa ter on the ground below. SEATTLE, May 13.-(yP)-Evacuatlon of all Japanese re maining In Seattle both aliens and American-born will be (in Thursday morning and be con cluded Saturday noon. After that time, no one of Japanese blood will be permitted within the city limits under the mili tary order. SAN FRANCISCO, May 13.- -The wartime civilian control ad ministration Wednesday announ ced wage scales for Japanese evacuated from Pacific coast areas to inland centers would range from $8 to $18 a month. This will be in addition to food, shelter, clothing, hospitalization and medical care, which 'are fur nished without charge. Unskilled workers will re ceive a wage of 'S8 a month. Skilled workers will get 813 and professionals $18. It was said opportunities would be given to the camp residents to do available work in these centers at the wages, and that the Jobs would be rotated to spread the available labor. The scale is de signed to fit a 44-hour week. 125 Called, Feeding Meet Emergency Program to Teach Volunteers Of County One hundred twenty five regis tered volunteers to train for the county emergency feeding pro gram of the civilian defense prep arations have been called to meet at 7:30 tonight at Waller hall, Willamette university. Under direction of Mrs. H. E. Mitchell and Miss Lorena Jack, chairman and assistant respec tively, the group called for to night is one of several classes planned. It was said Wednesday night at civilian defense head quarters. Simultaneously with call for the class came a . request for emergency drivers' corps volun teers. Lewis C Harkins of the teamsters' union has made his headquarters In the Labor tem ple a clearance point for drivers who will volunteer for emergency -FOR A CHAMPION CORN HUSKER TO MEN!, r 1 14. 1942 work during possible air raids. Driven familiar with light and heavy equipment for distribution of food, ambulance service, mes senger and . courier service i are sought, it was said. J , Harkins' offices are open daily from 8 ajn. to 5 pjn. at 259 Court street": ' - Emphasizing the belief that this area may suffer from air raids during daylight hours as well as at night, County Defense Coordina tor Bryan H. Conley on Wednes day issued bulletin to employers and to the general public. Employers should be prepared to allow .employes to leave places of-business on a moments notice to take their posts of duty for civilian defense, Conley declared. "Air raid wardens must man their respective blocks, auxiliary police and firemen must be ready for any eventuality and the con trol center must function in the same manner s it would function at night" the statement continues. Five Dead in Midwest Wind NORFOLK, Neb, May 1S-(JP) The toll of a tornado that cut a destructive swath through north eastern Nebraska Tuesday night stood at five persons dead and three injured Wednesday as far mers took count of the extensive damage inflicted on their live stock and farm buildings. Four members of the John Leahy family perished on their farm near Ewing as Leahy pre pared to take them to shelter when he heard the roar of the approaching storm. Leahy, his wife and two daughters, Elaine, 10, and Barbara, 6, were killed. Another daughter, Shirley Ann, 8, was seriously hurt Mrs. Frank Vrooman, about 60, met death in her farm home northwest of Orchard. Her hus band was so critically injured he is not expected to live. A son, Charles, who suffered serious leg injuries, crawled a mile and a half to a neighbor's home to get help. Regirded Japs Renew Drive (Continued from Page 1) fought this new incursion, other. by-passed units of American Gen. Joseph W. Stillwell's Chinese ex peditionary force, were slashing at the enemy's thinly guarded communication lines in northern Burma. The Chinese high command said Chinese units had disrupt-' ed Japanese communications between the Man da lay -Las his area and Bhamo and Myltkyma to the north. However, Chungking disclosed that the Japanese had opened up a new front by advancing north ward up the Mekong river from Thailand into the Burma-Thail-land-French Indo-China border region and have occupied the town of Hongluk. Then they pressed on toward Mongko where the Chinese engaged them. 45 Removed From Mine OSAGE, W. Va, May 13.-(jT)-Four bodies were carried out of the Christopher Coal company's No. 3 mine late Wednesday night by rescue workers, bringing to 45 the total removed from the op eration rocked by an explosion Tuesday afternoon. Eleven other victims were still buried under the heavy falls in the center of the blast area, and company officials expressed be lief it would take hours to extri cate them from the debris. Hero Made Member PORTLAND, May tS-CffV-The Oregon chapter of Sons of Union veterans Wednesday gave an honorary life membership to Gen. Douglas MacArthur. New Float Okehed WALDPORT, May 13.-ff)-The Alsea port commission has auth orized a new commercial fisher men's float here. HUSK ( EARS Pope Appeals For Peace Acknowledge Lack of Hope for Immediate World Agreement VATICAN CTTY-(From Vati can Broadcasts)-May 1H)-PP Pius XII appealed to the worlds leaders Wednesday to conclude a peace "on principles of Justice and moderation even if it , does not seem to correspond to suons," but he acknowledged that 'there is no immediate hope of peace." , " He addressed his peace appeal -with impartiality to all bellig erents and with equal affection for an sections of all peoples." But fat an earlier section of bis address the pope attacked the antt-Chrbtlan methods of the leaders of "some countries" who are "bent on replacing right by force." The pontiff, speaking on the 25th anniversary of hia consecra tion as a bishop and on the eve of the Feast of the Ascension, was addressing the world by radio. He spoke, he said, while "people are living in painful anxiety, awaiting imminent military operations" and anticipating ".the menace of great er destructive weapons." But, he said, "We well know how in the state of things today there would be little probability of success in formulating detailed proposals for a Just and honorable peace." "While one side bases Its hopes on results achieved." he observed, -the other side bases itsyhopes on the outcome of fu ture events." ; In his remarks attacking the foes of Christianity the pope said: "Today in some countries those in authority bent On replacing right by force trump up against Christians the same infringements of law which the Caesars of the first century pretended to have found In Peter and Paid and a countless line of innocent victims who are now effulgent with a halo of virtues. "The crime trumped up against Christians is always the same their unfaltering loyalty to the King of kings and the Lord of lords." Stove Output Is Curtailed (Continued from Page 1) Concentration of production that is, requiring , the bulk of an industry to convert to war work while concentrating the industry's permitted civilian output in a few firms is a long-debated technique which has been used in Great Brit ain for some time and which offi cials here predict may be extended to other United States Industries. One official described Wednes day's order as "something of a trial balloon we want to see how it works." The labor shortage areas in cluded: Portland, Ore, and Everett and Seattle, Wash. WAYNE E. MED for CONSTABLE Salem District I Trs. Law Enforcement Experience U Gin) SGI? I've just bought a brand .UitliliaJ S Till CAK YOU BUY today may hare to last you a long, Vb long time. That's why a new 1942 Pontiac is a wise Choice. Pontiac offers long life with remarkable freedom from repair aad upkeep costs, plmt exclusive Triple-Cushioned Ride for grtster tire eemervetien. Pontiac is ttiU priced hut above the lowest, and yoa can buy it on cooTeoient monthly terms. AVAILABLE AS A SIX OK EIGHT Df AITT MODEL IT YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO BUY A NEW PONTIAC WE CAN HELP YOU la addition to physicians. 1 ana 1 , (ho in ccrtsia civic services, mil permit directly or indirectly cemmected trith the un$r"t prete ntion are eligible to purchase a new car. This regulation has behind it the patriotic pur pose of enabling these per eoos to replace worn and in 1PredmUuimmi.AjpratntPomtiac- I h hmildit nothmt hmt errnt jer KlerralhOivens ''Co.; 235 S. Commercial St. Salem, Oregon Laval Agrees On Warships LONDON, May 14-(Thursday) (")-Informed sources said Thurs day that the Vichy chief of gov ernment Pierre .Laval in a note to the United States regarding the status of Martinique had agreed to immobilize three French war ships there, the aircraft carrier Beam, and the cruisers Emile Berlin and: Jeanne D'Arc. (The Berlin radio broadcast a Vichy dispatch in which it said the United States also had demanded that Vichy turn over a number of French merchant ships now in Caribbean porta, but that France would refuse this request because her armistice with Germany for bids such a transaction.) Use of Mines Urged Ickes PORTLAND, Ore, May 1-P) Reopening of Coos county coal mines to supply Oregon army and civilian needs was suggested Wednesday night by Gov. Charles A. Sprague in a telegram to Sec retary Ickes, national fuel . co ordinator. Sprague said one mine in the Coos area could be reopened for $50,000 and with a crew of be tween 90 and 75 men, 500 tons of sub-bituminous grade coal could be mined daily. The coal would lessen the im pact of curtailment of fuel oil sup plies, he said. OTiinMaos ufrinG(B!&Wr P iheM critical times, tkm stole rnrnedt tried mmd trum ieadmnhip. Cor. Sprague has proved himself one of the foremost governor la Oregon's history. 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