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PAGE TWO III CZSGON STATESMAN. Salm Oregon Saturday Morning. Uarrrmbmx 11, ISmJL Alcah Highway Officially Ooen DeWitt Calls Road Great Help in Pacific Fight (Continued from Page 1) sage, ' to Juneau . and ' Skagway, and a railway from Skagway to Whitehorse. . i 1 "These are all in addition to the sea routes from the west coast of the United States and Canada to all Alaskan ports -cm the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering sea.' General DeWitt stated that: - "Considering the. question of the need for additional means of communication to and A within Alaska from a military standpoint! alone, the , next steps : should be ' directed toward the construction of a distribution network within Alaska airways, highways, wa terways and railways, ' following which there will be the need for a railroad from the United States r to : Canada, to supplement the Alaskan highway and to aug ment such capacity that this high way may; develop." The pioneer road, built by US army engineers, ' will' facilitate movement f troops and supplies to Alaska. Completion of the per manent road is expected within a year. . Counties Ask Funds, Elect 2 Salem Men PORTLAND, Nov. -W-fVThe Association of Oregon Counties - Friday renewed a plea for feder al payments in lieu of taxes on federal forest land ' in the state. The association vote- to con tinue its public lands committee, which is promoting a bill which would require the federal gov ernment to pay the counties 2 per cent of the value of federally owned lands. All officers were reelected: They are Carl W. Chamber, Pendleton, president; H. D. Kerkman, Hillsboro, vice-president: Fred Gibson. Salem, secretary-treasurer: F. L. Phlpps. The Dalles, executive secretary. The association opposed any change in the state motor vehicle laws, asserting they are "flexible enough." ' County clerks and" recorders. In " convention here concurrent with the Association of Oregon Counties Friday elected H. S. Sackett of Malheur county .as president. " Other erne?!: Lee OhmarL .v joirraa county, vicc-prrwacnii Nellie Watts, Jefferson, secre tary. V The Association of County;., Larsen of Linn county as presi dent, Georce W. Bock, Mult nomah, vice-president, and Paul Ryning, Jackson, secretary treasurer. N. S. Rogers, state forester, said that Oregon produced 18 per cent of the nation's wood pro ducts last year,' in an address to the Association of Oregon Coun ties.. , ' . He said some system of com pensating the state for taxes lost through federal ownership of 16,-' 580,000 acres of timber within the state should be devised. , The Association of Oregon Treasurers elected Francis Lam bert, Portland, president; Mabel Ragsdale, Baker,' vice-president; Hazel Guinn, Fossil, secretary treasurer. Poison Source Sought Here , (Continued from Page 1) the Institation's main supply of roach powder was kept, the ' superintendent declared. The powder resembled aailk powder kept la -another locked across the halL Possibility : that- the poison got Into the egg mix accidentally had not been discarded Friday by in vestigators. , Most of the more than 400 in mates ill from the poison were ex- pected to : . recover. ; A J- "few mained in critical condition. Three agents of the federal sur plus commodities, .corporation. which gave ihe state a large stock of frozen egg yolks several months ago, conferred with Dr. Evans and Gov. Charles A. Sprague briefly Friday afternoon. J They made no , independent 1 investiga tion of the poisoning. ; Slate Legislator Roy Carter Dies GOLD BEACH, Ore, Nov. 20 (JpP'-Roy E. Carters 53, state rep resentative for Coos and Curry counties for eight years, died here Friday of the effects of influenza. - Carter, - who originated boat excursions tip the .wild .Rogue river, was defeated for republican renomi nation by Stella A. Cutlip of North Bend, in the primaries. She won. In the November elec tion. - ' " ! ..' . - - ' '. SS Doubleday Launched PORTLAND, Nov. 20 The Civil wir officer who is credited with originating baseballr-Abner ... Doubleday -.was honored Friday when Oregon Shipbuilding : cor- poration launched a : Liberty ; freighter named for him. - - 10,000 Enemy Said Killed In Guadalcanal Fighting (Continued from Page 1) felt : better after last weekend's big naval battle than anytime I was there," he said, . "They feel they've been through everything, ' and have ' taken ev erything the Japs could give. They're ? optimistic and already are talking about the next move westward. "There was no big celebration. however. The only times they celebrate are when new planes or : new reinforcements . arrive. . They've had so many hellish nights and It becomes a habit to look for. foxholes. ' "In fact, up to last night on the way up here, I found myself still looking for them. "The first thing you learn on Guadalcanal is to dig a. foxhole before you ever set up your bed. J remember I'd found a fine big hole, nice and deep, and that night when some bombing start ed I ran for it and jumped, but bit the dirt hard. Someone had filled up the hole. "Ninety per cent of the action against the Jap land forces on Guadalcanal has been on the west front. There has been some very heavy fighting up there. There ir a series of ridges and deep vales. and the marines could catch bunches of Japs, 300 at a time in the vales, and wipe them out. "My personal estimate is that some 10,000 Japs have been killed on Guadalcanal. "Killing a thousand in one night in one sector is not unusual. "We killed a hell of a lot I f don't , know how many died in the brush. "The Japs have very poor first aid treatment. "When you see a prisoner, it's surprising. Almost . no . prisoners are taken by either aide. ; "When the Japs rush, they'll yell In. English, 'Blood for the - emperor come out, marines, you're licked.' There . seems to be a lot of American - educated Japanese among the snipers. They're al- Zeros Enter New Guinea (Continued from Page 1) haissance had disclosed that a Japanese destroyer and one trans port were beached and burning at Buin in the upper Solomons, the results of previous bomber at tacks delivered by General Mac Arthur's airmen in support of the Guadalcanal - naval battle that ended in a smashing victory for thems fleet ' ' ' ' ' Some observers had believed the Japanese in the Buna-Gona seetor .might surrender because of the apparent disaster facing them, but the bitterness of the enemy's resistance has dispelled that Jap air forces made a feeble ef fort on Thursday night to cover a light cruiser and two destroyers seeking lo relieve the situation but the Jap fliers were driven off with a loss of three zeros, the cruiser and one destroyer were bombed and sunk and the other destroyer damaged, .fled the scene. In Portuguese Timor, where the .Japs have been reported re inforcing their bases above . Australia as their hold in New Guinea weakened, allied bomb . ers made a sweep over Mana tnto and Banean. Rabaul, in the New Britain is land, a Jap base whose position becomes more endangered if Buna falls, was visited by medium allied bombers Friday night which attacked enemy installations. Tug Destroyed NEWBERG, Nov. 20 (JP) Fire destroyed the river tug Lil lian in the Willamette river near Champoeg park Friday as it was attempting . to round up a raft of logs which had broken. Cause was undetermined. The- two crew members leaped Into the river and reached' shore safely. . '- sonigni . ; want News, Cartoon and -"Wlnslow of the Navy" Sc2U-IIia2-Tces. ' Continaons Sunday - ' s i to nai p. l ftjTnrTTn 9 . raAKx ucsoAtt worn lomren ' mgm WCIUKE, Pins Second-Feature iiiMr? JAKE FRAZEE 6- - RCSMTPA1SE . hV I I-: Plas Second Feature SSXt IAMS " SOS09KV lAVfff JSMi MAVOC I ways shooting In Fnglish from the trees, j , "The marines have an easy job cleaning up the ; Japs. They say on Guadalcanal, i The Japs fight for their lives the marines zignt for souvenirs. r - f "There was one action where the Japs , tried to land 1800 and only 800 were, left . poorly-armed and with little supplies. So the marines didn't have to use bul lets on them just bayonets.' : "We found a I number of Jap revolvers made In Connecticut "The Japanese had s artillery, but did very little damage to our men with itj As far as X know, only , one man was killed by ar tillery and one was injured, the latter suffering a-broken leg when. hit by coconuts, which showered on him when an artillery . shell hit a tree. -l ' "Our squadron spent some time on the front 500 yards from spot we called Bloody KnolL It was a change and we were grate ful for it, throwing grenades at the Japs. "A thousand Japs were killed that first night, but we must give the marines'; credit for this. We were shooting all night like the marines, shooting at everything that moved. ! The Japs mast have thought they had captured Guadalca nal in the latter part of Octo ber. I think It was the 20th or 22nd. We shot down one of their planes and five officers fas It were In fall dress with a lot of medals Jttst like they'd coma m for Inspection of the victory "We didn't Jose any personnel or planes in our torpedo attacks, except that one of our Grumman Avengers was knocked down by anti-aircraft fire and the men swam ashore. In our attack November 14, we hit the invasion force about 00 miles northwest of Guadalcanal. - "There were 28 ships. After we sank four, set four afire, and had three of; the remaining flee ing transports afire, we did not see any Japanese survivors. The next day we ,went back and tor pedoed another ship. I don't think theJaDS saved many of their troops. A Jap doesn't go in for saving his brother very much. "The armyi air force is doing a marvelous job in ground strafing and dive bombing, pounding the hell out of the Japs on Guadal-J canal all the time. There is a wonderful spirit of comradeship among the army, navy and ma rines. The marines tried some jokes at first; but the army boys always had a good comeback. "One prank of the marines was to tell l the army boys to jump in fox holes the minute they heard an alert. Soon after, this, 'the marines sounded an alert and, while the army boys . went under cover, the marines went in and ' cleaned ' out all fresh supplies of food and can dies the army brought. - "But there was a startling kin ship between the forces and they get along so fine together it is hard to tell the army from the marines or the navy men. They all respond! for any call for any action. "Guadalcanal is in good hands and will stay so." Chamber Finds Good Response The Salem chamber of com merce membership drive neared the close of its first week Friday with a record of almost unani mous reception among the busi ness and professional firms called upon. Chairman : Frank Doerfler reported. Clay C. Cochran, chamber busi ness manager,; said response to the organization's ! educational pro gram had been excellent. Ding Crosby Bob Barns MlariHa Ilayo T 0 II 0 n n o 17 ' Shirley Ilczs 'TfoilriH Ucddicg tt and- Preston Foster f - in i Great: mis! ChcdcIIa Cclicrt : : "inDineiiT M A T I -.N E l:oo MURDERER! PIRATE! GENTLEJIANi Frederic Ilarch 4 " Akin .Tamiroff - , Frandsca Gaal Delay Denied In Gas Ration , House Members Urge; Local Men Check - Applications (Continued .from Page 1) denounce the western opposition. After making his remark that It was "an organized opposition us ing funds furnished by people who should know better," he told re porters that the opposition came from chambers of commerce and tner "well-meaning civic agen cies." ..; . ' His prepared ; speech touched upon the question of conserving tires. The million tons, of rubber on the tires now In service in auto mobiles of the United States- may well represent the margin of vic tory in this war." he said. The developing os brooch from ' Rep. , Borea (D- Okla.) a statement thstjt was "unjust and unfair" to ration gasoline In regions where ft was plentiful. Many Oklahomans, he said, were refaslng to regis ter for rationing;. To this the of fice of price, administration re plied only that unless they reg istered they would be vnablo to bay gasoline or Ursa after De cember 1. From Rep. Edith Nourso Rogers (R-Mass) came a different crit ical view of the oil situation. She said that the situation with regard to fuel oil rationing was "con fused and Intolerable" 'and said "No one should have to endure unnecessary suffering and Illness due to cold." "No gasoline should be used In a single car at the sufferance of a single family from undue cold or if it will delay the winning of the war on any of our fronts," she I said in a telegram to President 1 Roosevelt. Two hundred Salem basin and professional men who gath ered in the city hall council chambers office of the city's war price and rationing beard Friday were divided Into three "crews" to work on a volun teer basis two nights a week from 7:30 to 1:30 checking ap plications for supplemental gas oline rations. The application for the supple mental rations was explained to the group, which comprises the rationing board's advisory, staff. by George Curry, state field man for the office of price admini stration. Division of the group, was by John Heltzel, county and city war price and rationing , board chair-1 man, Attending also were advis- i ory panels from West Salem and some members from Stayton. e irsx oi tne applications now pouring to the board office here indicate that many will be re turned to motorists for comple tion, Heltzel pointed out. Instruc tions demand that every question be given an answer he said, and many - applicants have left por tions of the questionnaires blank and had evidently attempted to answer without understanding the meaning of the question. "Integrity of the men who com prise the advisory board and the willingness with which they ac cepted appointment should cause residents of the city to congra- i tulate - themselves," Heltzel said. License Suspended The license of Foreman's, down town Salem beer dispensary, to sell beer, either draught or In bottles, was suspended for 21 days by the state liquor control com mission at Its meeting Thursday in Portland. Associated Press dis patches Friday revealed - Dcailnjcio r 'h . I 4 IB 72a Plus Tax I OH theHOLlE FRONT By BABEL CHTTJ)3 Let's go fishing! And if we don't get around to it before December first and the gasoline! ration are upon usr who's to care, with the mill stream at our back door? f- Remember the fish that used to hop around beneath the- bridge when,; we .threw : crumbs , (and firecrackersi) - from the 1 wooden Bnow replaced by concrete? the time when Ruth Chen waded In and took one nut On a pitchfork? v Her childrenlare big enough now to be fishing from the bank with bent pins. ; ' F s . : v i :-.:t-A. . Dent let this bent pin stuff get a 'laugh sat sf yea, either, far I recall that the beat craw daddies were always caaght ea them not In' the mlllstream,; either. Oar parents weald have balked at our eating those fhat dwelt. In those polluted waters, bati they did net knew about the little: red fallows wa gath ered from the stream that ran fhreagh ear pastare la the pre Salem days. - -1 m ' And we (my small brother and I) cooked them In the tin buckets In which we bad earned our lunches to school. . They were un seasoned, unless we happened to have retained the little packets of that mA aNVi)iunil 'th boiled eggs on the trip to school. Boiled eggs without salt wc scorned, but when we were In a hurry we often forgot to use the condiment. In such cases, we artistically emptied the little pieces of waxed paper in which it had been folded, lest our mother discover that our shout of "Salt, we must have salt!" were fake. So, If there was salt left per haps ear crawfish were season ed. I do not recall. At least, ne ethers that I ever ate hi later life were aalte Uke those. My sisters scoffed at the Idea, so I suppose that they never knew we really ate the unattractive creatures. And oh, there was never any chicken that tasted sweeter. V The spiced variety has a place among my taste treasures, but it seems always to be accompanied by gay napkins and other summer home surroundings. For sheer joy in the catch, not mountain trout nor steelhead salmon today can compete with the memory of those red crawdaddies of y ester aught on bent pins and ' day w iflot" : r-i-vi LAST DAY - "DOWN RIO GRANDE WAY" I. . AND "THE GHOST OF FRANJCENSTEIN Added The Adventures of Red Byder 1 1 Starts TOMORROW STRAIGHT FR0:.1TH HIART OF iUIERICA CO.VS THIS SOLEf.111 PROMISE! Tcucd! hxl&L "tit :i 'TflnlWfli) v : rrrarrrnri : . six Tirniiiiijj - 1 v.... Blatinee - V 1:00 mi I il ; r lit Half of Jap Force Slain; Sea Toll 28 (Continued from Page 1) battleships took part in last Sat urday night's phase of the big Solomons y struggle. In which heavy loss waa' inflicted- on the enemy. Although " he ' could not give details of ,this engagement, in which American and Japanese battleships slugged, it nut, for the first time, he said: ' - "It was a very , efficient , and well-rhandled maneuver .a and caught our. friends by surprise.1 Friday's communique related that. In the absence of any more important targets, army bombers attacked cargo vessels in the Buin area at the southeastern end of Bougainville island on November 18 and shot down 14 enemy planes during the attacks. No American losses were reported. - Meanwhile the far-flung ? suc cesses of 'American arms in the Solomons Islands and North Afri ca led to promotions for the ad mirais in charge and for Brig. Gen, James H. "Jimmie" Doo- uttie. Av:-y;':.'v: -.r-"v ; Vice Adnv William F. "Pudge" Halsey. jr whose forces drubbed the Japanese fleet in the Solo mons, was nominated to be a full admiral. Bear Adzn. Henry K. Hewitt, commander of the Amer ican naval forces in the African operations, was designated for vice admiral. And- Doolittle, commanding the' air forces In Africa ; la to be made- a major general. Sopahia Mathers Dies Here Friday Resident .of Salem for approx imately 30 years, Sopahia F. (Mrs. David) Mathers, . 00, died Friday at her home here, 10S North 23rd street. Her first husband had died while their children were small and Mr. Mathers preceded her In death a number of years ago... ; ,r Mrs. Mathers was a memberof Jason Lee - Methodist church and. the Women's . Relief corps. Sur vivors include one son, A. M. Church, Salem publisher; broth ers, John Coleman and,, Frank Coleman, also of Salem. Announcement of funeral ser vices is to be made! later by Rose Lawn Funeral - hornet - - with email hands. ' 5vr fishing,: gas ration or no! go o"oo'a'oWi to JJt JpPscw 0 - I.1 If Piano Crashes GEARHART, Ore, Nov. 2H One crew member was killed, two are rnislng and two were saved after an army bomber plunged into' the-: Pacific ocean Just off' shore here Friday. " , Sgt. Albert Uavadnick, whose mother, Mrs. Mary Schoemaker, lives at 3311 Mersington street, Kansas City. Mo, died In the crash. - SUff Sgt William" R. Dart, Weld, Colo, was slightly Injured, and the pilot. First LC William S Southern, Borton, Kans, was rescued without injuriea. .. .Missing - are t Second Lt 4 Roy Kline, whose mother, Mrs.' Nora Kline, .lives in Chicago, and Sgt Robert . 1L -Pierce, . whose father, William B. Pierce, Uvea at Mar maduke, .:Ark.' ; They parachuted to the" ocean after the plane developed engine trouble. Despite search, they have not been- seen since. r Mrs. Henry Goodrich, who lives in a -beach cottage' near, where the plane hit the water, said she sawIt flying low over combers Just offshore. - "Suddenly It Just dropped into 'the water," . she said. She saw a crew member climb out on one wing, and she notified the coast guard at Astoria. : Knox Expects U-Boat Raids WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (jp) Secretary , of the navy Knox said Friday the Germans undoubtedly bad a great concentration of sub marines off Gibraltar and that heavy 'attacks on American sup- ply lines would unquestionably be made. ' " : ; ' Asked at his press conference whether the ' U-boats would be able' to disrupt our communica tions to the allied forces in Africa, he said, "No, disrupt Is too strong a term, but attacks will be made." The. secretary added that the concentrations off Tlibraltar had not relieved : the pressure on American ", convoy 1 routes- else where in the Atlantic although U-boat activities ; in ; American waters have, been very light in recent weeks. ":'1v- THE FLAniDG STORY OF LA8T.DAT "Wings and the Woman with Anna Neagle AND . "Yoimsr America "with Jane Withers 1 TOMORROW JS 1 jnfynw.' J ;'S2Mpii'Cf;;';f,-: (tmmnmmHetm Djfs rV THR AMERICANS OF X YESTERDAY ... ) who helped m ike possible tha America we are fight ina- for W r ' f ' TODAY! Allies Smash And Tuiis (Continued from Page 1) were -- army officers , who Would considerably strengthen the north " African army commanded by tha French general, Henri Honors Giraud. . . It was not known whether tho amnesty covers ill those who fa vored the allies over the past two years and Imprisoned by Vichy or 'only- those who : support the present allied operation. . '. It may be some time before It Is apparent how many are af fected by the decree. The Algeriaa radla reported the FlghUng French were strik mg from the Lake Chad region seme 100 miles south of Rom mel's Libyan base at Tripoli. The French have stabbed north ward from this area before bat : never - at each an opportune tlase as now." - ,-1 (Their apparent aim was fa cut Marshal Bommel's coastal- com munications between Tripoli and 1 Agheila in eastern India, They alsor" could then effect a Junction with the British Eighth army. driving south of Bengasi on the heels of . the smashed but not obliterated axis desert legions.) Turriin of Tires Extended Week WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -(JP) The deadline for Idle tire turnins was postponed Friday by the of fice of prife administration until . December 1, the date of the start of nationwide gasoline rationing. OPA announced it would amend its regulations to give motorists an extra, nine days in which to dispose of idle tires in excess of five per passenger car. The prev ious deadline was November 22. After December I it will be il legal for passenger car owners to use gasoline If they . have more than the permitted number , of tires. ' . .; ; - ."; i AtlSniCiVS GUEORILLA FIGHTEL1S! From Bush to Bosh From Rock to Rock1 .A Mighty. Siory o . '! The Battle of Bataan' and Corregidor ! C: -t. t? ik ) - - I-