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Amount of Ration
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Slowing Asked Now
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Stration is hereby - directed and
authorized to institute nation-wide
f asoline rationing on the same
basis as the gasoline rationing
program now existing in the east
ern states. v ijv".
"2. It will be understood that
after the installation of nation-
wide gasoline rationing, the office
of defense transportation will re
view the program from the stand
point of its effects upon the trans
portation service of the nation.
"3. .The existing arrangements
between . the ODT and the OP A
Relative to rations for commercial
vehicles in accordance with gener
al order ODT number 21 will be
continued and extended through
oul the nation l ' i
The ODT order referred to will
Impose mileage and minimum-lead
restrictions on five million com
mercial vehicles, under "certifi
cates of necessity" Issued to each
operator of a truck, bus, taxi or
other commercial Vehicle.
No official estimates were
available tonight as to the prob
able date on which OPA could
order country-wide ration Ins;
into effect, bat this was believed
tmllkely before November L
By holding speeds" to SS miles,
Jeffers declared In a statement
accompanying the directive,' gas
oline consumption would be de
creased and tire mileage increased
at least 40 per cent in the period
prior to the imposition of ration
lot on the country's 27 -million
civilian drivers. -
1500 Germans
Said Slain
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grad defense belt the Russians
acknowledged a German wedgo
bad been- driven into their posi
tions at Sinyavino, but said that
Red counter-blow stopped the
enemy's advance ' and "fighting
continues for the mopping up of
this German group."
The bitter fight at Stalingrad
Stili, was -being likened by Rus
sians to the world war defense of
Verdun. The Russians quoted a
raptured ."German private of the
4th motorcycle rifle battalion" as
saying that his company which
Originally numbered four officers
and about 200 men had only one
Officer and SO men left after a two
day fight in the city. ',S - V :
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77 Parolees Join
Armed Services
Seventy sevenTnen on' parole
and probation formerly under the
supervision of the state parole
board are now in military ser-
vice, urea rmsiey, state , parole
director, informed Gov. Charles
A. Sprague here Friday.
A large number of these men
were paroled to the state parole
board by the circuit courts. Fins
ley said the men were in virtual
ly every department of military
service. -
State Defense
Council Sets
Rumor Clinic
Creation of a "rumor clinic' in
Oregon, for the purpose of "spik
ing" ugly rumors designed by en
emy propaganda machines to
break down the American morale,
was announced by Gov. Charles
A. Sprague Friday.
The clinic, patterned after the
now famous Boston "rumor clin
ic", will have its headquarters in
the Oregon building in Portland
and will be a unit of the state
defense council. David Robinson,
Portland attorney, will serve as
managing director. .
Governor Sprague said "wild
tales of all kinds would bo re
ceived, analysed and challenged
by the clinic".
Members of the state advisory
committee of information for the
state defense council have been
requested to serve on the clinic
executive committee along with
Dr. John L. Haskins, chairman of
the advisory body and president
of the Oregon Mental Hygiene so
ciety.
Other men who have been
working with Dr. Haskins desig
nated by Governor Sprague to
serve on the new committee in
clude Dr. Charles O. Sturtevant,
noted psychiatrist; Dr. George
Bernard Noble and William Grif
fith, Reed College; Jalmer John
son, city editor, The Oregonian;
Tom Humphrey, editorial writer,
Oregon Journal; H. Quenton Cox,
program director, radio' stations
KGW-KXX, and Dr. George Hau
gen, state board of health.
Additional members of the com
mittee are Robert Smith, director
of information and public rela
tions for the state defense coun
cil; W. M. Wood and Stephen B.
Kahn, Bonneville power adminis
tration; Henry Swart Wood, pro
gram director, KOIN and director
Robinson.
Redmond Names Queen
REDMOND, Sept. 25 -(V-Lola
Gaston, Redmond, was selected
Friday night as queen of the 23rd
annual ?' Deschutes county fair
opening here Saturday.
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Picture Use
Sought, Demos
Petition Asks Writ
To Force Use of
FR Cut, Pamphlet
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ident in tne publication as pre
sented for publication constituted
and constitutes the platform of
gon." . . v'-?; ' i ' L b:'-
That picture and statement con
stitute a part of the statements
and arguments for the success of
it (the democratic party) princi
ple and election of its candidates,"
quoting from Section 81-2505-A,
as amended by chapter 245 Ore
gon Laws, 1941.
That Roosevelt "was and b
the candidate of the democratic
state and central committee of
Oreron for President of the
United States and that Frank
lin Delano Roosevelt now Is and
will be so long as he ts willing
the candidate of the democrat
le state central committee and
the democratic party of Oregon
for" thai office.
The fact that the secretary of
state accepted the cut and the
statement intended to be pub
lished beneath It reading, "In the
midst of war, President Roosevelt
plans for permanent world peace
and progress for the happiness of
all mankind," together with $130
in payment for the publication
and "charter," is also given as
a reason for the writ sought.
Returning the cut and the mon
ey to the party officers from whom
they had been sent, Snell early
this week announced he had en
closed quotations from the Oregon
law on which Van Winkle had
based his oral ruling, to' the effect
that the pamphlet was . to contain
pictures and statements from can
didates for election the year of
publication together with party
platform. That the president is
not a candidate for election this
year was the declaration of sec
retary of state and attorney gen
eralu 2 Salem Firms
Lose Liquor
Licenses
PORTLAND, Sept 25-tfVThe
state liquor control commission
Thursday revoked the licenses of
five establishments for . sales of
beer and wine to minors, and sus
pended three others for the same
reason. Two other revocations
were ordered.
Among licenses revoked was
that of Robert W, Shattuc'a Sand
wich shop, Salem, retail beer class
B, for misdemeanor committed on
premises and sale to minor.
Suspensions included Clarence
K. Caldwell, The Pastime, Salem,
retail beer class B suspended 10
days, sale of alcoholic beverages
to visibly intoxicated persons,
misdemeanor committed on prem-
Gasoline Sale
Down, Oregon
Gasoline sales in Oregon for the
first eight months of 1942 aggre
gated 178,204,460.56 gallons or
17,357,905.04 gallons less than
during the similar period in 1941,
Secretary of State Earl Snell re
ported Friday.
The tax collected on gasoline
sales decreased from $9,778,118-53
during the period January 1 to
August 21, 1941, to $8,910,223.63
in 1942.
August gasoline sales this year
were approximately 2,000,000 gal
lons In excess of those for July.
The decrease in gasoline con
sumption this year, when com
pared with a year ago, was at
tributed to the tire shortage and
other federal regulations.
French Ship Lost
VICHY, Sept 25 HJPh" The
French announced Friday the loss
of the , merchantman Liberia
which was torpedoed with the loss
ot the captain and three others
September 21 off the Tunisian
coast while enroute from Tunis
to Sfax.' " ; . .'-
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This picture win not be
shown for lesser admission
prices any time darlnx 1942.
Prices This Exclusive
Engagement
Matinee 'til r. SL 75c Inc.
Saturday ft Sunday Tax
Children 25e
Evening . . . $1.00 Pins Tax
, Children ... 36c Plus Tax
Special Reduced Prices for
Men and Women of Armed
Forces in uniform: Matinees,
25e ine. tax); Niznt, 49e
(inc. tax).
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Swiss Violators
Draw Death, Prison
BERNE, Switzerland, Sept 23
(TJ-Two Swiss citizens were con
demned to death by a firing squad
Friday on charges - of violating
military secrets. ; :
Seven others, five of them mem
bers of the army and one a wom
an, were sentenced to solitary
confinement for from three to IS
years.
Fraternities
Pledge 75
Men at WU
Fraternities of Willamette uni
versity climaxed freshman week
by pledging new members Friday
night. The rushing activities in
cluded open house Tuesday: night
and informal get-acquainted gath
erings.
Alpha Psi Delta pledged 30 men
including the following from Sa
lem: Bob Bohannon, Arthur Case,
Roy Case, Kenneth ' Robertson,
Ian Thomson, Kenneth Torgeson,
Melvin Wardraska, Ervin Wink
erworder. Bill Lewis, Glen Smith
and Carl Hulkebergh. From SO
verton, Roy Herr, Bob Huddles-
ton, Bob May and Bob Oeder
were pledged.
Others include Bob Balkavic,
Harrisburg; John Cotton, Fossil;
Bob Donovan and Ernest Kahley
of West Linn; Lawrence McHIL
Mil waukie; Philip Orange, Pilot
Rock; Leonard Smith, Bandon:
Charles Wicks.' Albany; Jess Wil
son, Redmond; Harold Winegar,
Coquflle; Sam WitzeL Drain; Jim
Rath, Ashland; Merle Palmer, Ta
coma. Wash.; and Charles Cloudy,
Ketchikan, Alaska. '
Salem men pledged by Sigma
Tau are Bob Batdorf, MOlard
Dough ton, Charles Fairham, Mel
vin Gilson, Mel Hurler, Roy Lcter,
Milton McClain, Charles Mowry,
Bill Olsen, Bob SchlegeL Ralph
Taylor, Tom Williams, David
Wnelan, Rex Hardy, Bill Byrd,
Val Sloper and Richard Steeves.
Wayne ' Rose and Henry Ulvin
from Silverton were pledged as
were Bill Erwart, Chuck Filbin,
and Paul Ryan of, Woodbum.
Other men include Calvin Yoe-
an of Stayton; David. Geddes
of La Grande; Ted Jones, Rogue
River; Bob Fotland, Condon; El
mar Johnson, Portland; Mike Hal
vorsen. South Bend, WastL, and
Virgil Anderson,-Juneau, Alaska,
to make a total of 29.
Kappa Gamma Rho pledged 16
men: Bob Brown, Salem; Dean
Barnhart, Independence; Dave
Teeters, Portland; Ray Fedje and
Jack Whitliff, Astoria; Mert Rich
mond, Noti; Gordon Stanley, To
ledo; John Watkins, Hillsboro;
Bill Cooke, Ashland; Jaul Jaquith,
Newberg; Walt Eddie and Warren
Hunter, Shelton, Wash.; ; Chuck
Morris, Seattle, Wash.; Bill Gate,
Idaho; m Helwig, West Virgin
ia, and Jim Spangler, Los Angeles,
Calif. '
Reforestation
Plan Revealed
A reforestation project design
ed to heal the unsightly scar
along the Wolf Creek highway,
caused by the 1933 burn, is being
planned by a group of west coast
lumbermen, Neis Rogers, state
forester, was advised by Orville
Miller; Portland lumber operator.
The area considered in the pro
posal Is located Immediately ad'
jacent to the highway and the
ownership of the land rests with
the state highway commission.
: Lynn T. Cronemiller of the
state forestry department recent
ly spent some time in the area
looking over the land in order to
determine planting possibilities.
County Births
Up, 8 Months
Nine mot e babies were born in
Marion counly ' during the first
eight months of 1942 than during
a similar period last year, figures
released this week , by the public
healthy department rsveal. Au
gust's total ct 105 births, added
to .' those of the previous. , seven
months, brought the ' year's total
io 928.
Deaths for the first eight months
of 1942 totaled 518 compared with
508 last year; August deaths num
bered 48. Only . one Infant death
was - recorded in August. Ten
adults died of heart disease, six
from cancer, seven from apoplexy
and four from kidney disease,
while one death was ' due to an
automobile accident
Assistance Cases
Reach Record Low
PORTLAND, Sept. 25-P)-Gen-eral
assistance cases are fewer
now than ever before, the Oregon
state public welfare commission
reported Friday.
-.The August total was 28,628
cases receiving $730,548.59. Under
we i our puonc assistance pro
grams general, old age; aid to
the blind and aid to dependent
cnildren.
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EVERY SATURDAY
Rowland's Band
2 Miles North on
Rivei Road
Origan. Saturday Morning September 3. I2i2
Enemy Pushed
Back, Guinea
Rain Hits Mountains;
Allied Bombers
Visit Bases.
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soldiers to give ground but they
recovered the positions by a strong
counter-attack, the communique
said. It was from the Salamaua
area that the Japanese attempted
an overland sweep toward Port
Moresby, last May but gave it up
in the face of floods and difficult
terrain.
The withdrawal reported Sat
urday came concurrently with the
beginning again of heavy rains,
the communique said.
It was the first since the enemy
advanced within 32 air miles of
the allied base on the southern
shore of eastern New G nines some
ten days ago, and it followed Fri
day's report that front line forces
ot both sides were again in con
tact after several days of limited
activity.
The allied ground successes
were paired with fresh aerial as
saults on enemy posts and Island
bases across a thousand mile span
of the southwestern Pacific
Oft-visited XabaaL on New
Britain, again felt the sting of
Flying Fortresses, which scored
a 1 r 1 1 hit on a Japanese
merchant ship la the harbor.
The enemy's Kokoda-Buna sup
ply line on the northern slope of
the Owen Stanley mountains also
received another pasting, while
still other flights of allied planes
raided Dilli,' capital oi enemy-
held Portuguese Timor, far to the
west, and AmbasL
MacArthur's ground forces
made their gains In. sharp coun
ter-attacks southwest of Salamaua
on the left flank of the Owen
Stanley line, the communique
said. Several positions previous
ly lost were recaptured.
Two Injured
In Crash of
Truck, Auto
A headon collision between an
army truck and a passenger auto
mobile on the Dallas highway two
miles west of Salem resulted in
serious injury Friday to Sergt An
thony Cantanese, Camp Adair7and
George Dornhecker, Falls City,
driver of the civilian car.
Both were treated by Salem
first aid men and removed to the
Salem General hospital. Sergt
Cantanese received severe facial
cuts and Dornecker suffered pos
sible serious internal injuries
from impact with the steering
wheel of his auto.
Two other occupants of the ar
my truck escaped with miner cuts
and bruises. M. A. Monroe, 28,
of Tarkio, Mo., and an unidenti
fled companion enroute with
Dornhecker for the Tillamook
blimp base also escaped with min
or injuries.
Sergt G. J. Bergs titan, Salem,
marine recruiting officer, directed
traffic until the arrival of state
police.- He reported, that the driv
er of the army truck, whose name
was not disclosed, told him he be
lieved ho fell asleep at the wheeL
Townsend Talks
To NW Conclave
; YAKIMA, Sept 25 -()- Tha
universal distribution " of money
is the only way to bring . the
world back to peaceful times and
make war impossible, Dr. Francis
EL Townsend, founder of the na
tional movement bearing his
name, told delegates zrom iour
northwest states at a regional
meeting Friday.
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BOB STEEU
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Also - News, Superman and
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Sunday - Monday - Tuesday
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Ask Pay Increase
CHICAGO, Sept S-flPfc-A
closed shop and .wage Increases
for more than 900,000 railroad
workers were . demanded of class
I carriers Friday by 15 unions rep
resenting non-operating person
nel.
Notices of the demands, sent to
railroad managements by the
unions asked wage boosts of 20
cents an hour, with a minimum
of 70 cents an hour, ,
Allied Convoy"
Wins; RAF
Bombs Oslo
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Africa; he added: "They will at
tack It soon."
Actually Dakar has been block
aded by the British navy since
France fell.
London's official report on the
two-way battle of the allied con
voy on the Murmansk route dis
closed : that carrier-based allied
aircraft and a tremendous con
centration . of anti-aircraft fire
from escort vessels had knocked
40 German planes out of tha sky
on the east-bound trip, and 'that
six U-boats were destroyed or
damaged seriously ; during the
whole voyagev .
coming noma the convoy was
under fierce U-boat attack but by
that time tha Luftwaffe "had had
enough," tha admiralty said, and
no more planes appeared.
The great majority of the allied
merchant ships reached Russia,
On the way home the allies lost
destroyer and a minesweeper
ta U-boat attack. Only four Brit
ish planes were lost in the whole
operation. -
The Japanese imperial
mand communique on the Atlan
tic "Juncture' with the Germans
said: "Part of the Japanese naval
forces has advanced to the At
lantic and is now engaged in
-strategic operations in close co
operation with tha axis navies.'
Then It went on to say that
one Japanese submarine had call
ed at a certain German base in
the Atlantic "and again set sail
for strategic waters." It went on
to make a vague reference to Ger
man naval operation in the In
dian ocean (there have been Ger
man raiders there in the .past)
and concluded: "These opera
tions . . . are highly significant
as they represent Joint Japanese-
axis naval operations against the
anti-axis powers."
A couple of hours later the
German, high command announc
ed: "In the course of! common
conduct of naval warfare by tha
three axis powers, Japanese war
ships have made contact with
axis forces operating in the At
lantic."
Tnis una or propaganda was
timely for the aggressor nations
because the British just now are
completing occupation of Mada
gascar island in tha Indian ocean,
which was to have been the key
trading, post in the Berlin-Tokyo
master pun of unified war-mak
ing.
LAST DAY
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Paper Mills'
Manpover .
Plan Talked
Application of a plan for max
imum utilization of manpower in
Oregon's pulp and paper industry,
discussed at a mealing here Thurs
day of United States employment
service officials and representa
tives of the Oregon Pulp and Pa
per company was disclosed Friday.
An 11-point program involving
the use of occupational question
naires will be employed in de
termining how many skilled work
ers can s be spared from Oregon's
pulp and paper industry for work
in other essential war Industries.
Availability ui a worker for em
ployment In another, war produc
tion establishment will be deter
mined upon he following basis:
that the worker's present job in
the mill is not required in essen
tial -activiey carried on by the
pulp and. paper industry; that the
mill in which the worker is em
ployed -Is unable to use the work
er's critical or essential skill
through transfer within' the Indus
try; and that the local employment
office has a job opening in anoth
er war production, establishment
requiring tha skill possessed by
the worker. .
According to the plan, when
these conditions exist and the em
ploye desires : to be transferred
to another war production estab
lishment he will be granted
"leave of absence" for the dura
tion. Should he become unem
ployed after transfer by the em
ployment service the pulp 'and
paper Industry Is to have referral
priorities on his services. ' -
Roy Burton
Dies Here
Funeral services for Roy Bur
ton, who died Thursday at his
homo here, wil be held Monday
at 130 pjn. from tha Clough-
Barrick chapel with interment in
City View cemetery. Rev. W. G.
Eliot of Portland will officiate.
Mr. Burton was born May It,
1878, in Salem, son of a pioneer.
He was active in Salem banking
until his retirement a few years
ago from the Ladd and Bush
bank. He was a member of Sa
lem Elks lodge. -
He is survived by his wife, Car
oline A. Burton; a son, Alvin A.
Burton of Berkeley, Calil, a
brother. Dr. D. C Burton of Sa
lem; and two grandchildren.
Marilyn . and . Elinor Burton of
Berkeley, v
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Registmlion Drops
At University ,
EUGENE, . Ore, Sept 25-aV
Registrstlon at the University cf
Oregon Friday dropped 17 per cent
under opening day last year.
A total of students is en
rolled. More will sign up Satur
day and classes will, begin Mon
day. .
Of President
. tuvuuiiuvu f nnu run if -,. .-.i
ures were carried In the current
issue of Editor & Publisher, news-"
paper trade magazine.
President Roosevelt's -message
continued: i
"War imposes 'grave new re
sponsibilities on all of us, but up
on no public servant does the re
sponsibility for truth and Integrity
rest more heavily than upon , the
press. Theirs is the duty of keep
ing . the people . fully and truly
informed. . Their 1 correspondents'
are braving enemy fire to send
back the story of far-off battles,
.their, editors , and publishers are
deeply aware of their responsibil
ity for the faithful presentation of
the news. . . , V.y- ..
The American people are-vig-l
ilant of their precious heritage of
a free press. They ( will permit
neither its corruption nor its per
version for selfish ends. Ther will
continue to regard it as their
strong right hand in war as In
peace. I believe that their confi
dence will be justified.
Secretary of the Treasury Mor
genthau said that because news
papers had reported the news as
completely as it could be printed
within the limits of national safe
ty "they have checkmated enemy
propaganda intended to demoral
ize and mislead our people."
Secretary of State HaH said
ha had been "deeply Impressed
by the high sense of obligation
with which the newspaper men
' and women, almost withonf ox-
cepuea. nave taken their places
in the firing line af tha war." i ,
From Interior Secretary Ickea.
who sometimes has encaaed in
caustic word-battles with seg
ments of the press, came this:
"I am for bigger and better
newspapers continued freedom of
the press,' and- more feuds."
Bombs Hit England
LONDON, . Saturday, Sept .M
(AA small number of German
bombers was reported to have
Llattc a town on the southwest
coast of England with high explo
sives early Saturday. -:,a-C
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