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III CZSGON STATESMAN. Salm Oregon Saturday Morning. Uarrrmbmx 11, ISmJL
Alcah Highway
Officially Ooen
DeWitt Calls Road
Great Help in
Pacific Fight
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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
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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 ,
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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
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' '. 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
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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
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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. . '-
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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.
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Delay Denied
In Gas Ration
, House Members Urge;
Local Men Check
- Applications
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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
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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.
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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" :
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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 - -
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fishing,: gas ration or no!
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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-
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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. ' . .; ; - .";
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GUEORILLA
FIGHTEL1S!
From Bush to Bosh
From Rock to Rock1
.A Mighty. Siory o . '!
The Battle of Bataan'
and Corregidor !
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