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'J OREGON STATESMAN. Salem Oregon. Tuesday . Morning, December 1, 1342 PAGE TWO 'Chutists Take Flying Field US Armored Forces Lead Advance Over Nazi Minefields v . .. 'i (Continued from Page 1) junction 13 miles northwest of Tunis, whlcb already Is within range of field , artillery, i The allies were astride the main railway in northern Tunisia which bad been cut, thus m severing a vital communication line to the French naval base at Bizerte -where the .Germans are entrench ed strongly. ' " : - The British and . Americans ap peared to be driving a wedge straight to the coast along the railway with the subjugation of Tunis, apparently their first ob jective. Afterwards, Bizeret, Sfax and Gabes could be isolated and picked off one by one. Tripoli, the last remaining sup ply port in Libya for Marshal Erwin Rommel's , Africa Corps, dug in at the El Aghefla defile 400 miles to the east, was as saulted day and night by US Fly ing Fortresses and Liberators and the RAF. Other planes bombed the big Comiso airdrome in Sicily from which the ' enemy replen ishes his African air forces. Home based British bombers soared the Alps agam to make a destructive raid on Turin in north Italy, which already lay in smoking ruin from a more massive attack 24 hours . earlier. ; While the steel tentacles of allied power probed at the de fenses of Tan is and Bixerte, axis reports said the British Eighth army in Libya had struck Its first blows with tanks at the El Aghella position. The Ger mans said the thrusts were re pulsed, Cairo said there was no thing to report on land action. Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgom ery was believed assembling overpowering fire power and air strength before renewing the Lib yan battle against the German &d Italian remnants. He had ad vanced 700 miles rom El Alamein over lengthening supply lines and through mine fields and torren tial rainstorms. Lt. Gen. K. A. N. Anderson's First army in Tunisia had come 400 miles from Algiers in 22 days over rugged terrain. Axis reports said armored reinforce ments were rolling into Tunisia, increasing the power "of the al lied punch. School Board For Non-High Areas Meets 1 new school year Monday after noon in the office of County School Supt. Agnes C. Booth, the Marion county non-high school ww.u 0vv AAA IMIt TV lJfSCX, Cloverdale, as new member, from the fifth zone, and heard the superintendent's annual report of the non-high district's financial standing. Wipper, elected in June to "succeed Eugene Finlay, has served on school boards in his own district for 13 years." Mi chael Weinacht continues as chairman of the board; Ernest Werner as vice chairman. Other members are Frank Hynes and K. O. Runner. With a tax levy of 7.4 mills on the $16,236,977 assessed valu ation of properties within its scat tered borders, the non-high dis trict had total receipts of $166, 637.63 for the fiscal year end ing 'in June this year. Its dis . bursements X were $176,640.15, which sum included $80,394.44 on last year's unpaid tuition obli gations and $82,545.21 on this year's-claim. The balance to be paid at the time the report was prepared at the close of the fiscal year, wes $23,045.55. Since that time the balance has been completely paid. Mrs. ' Booth told directors Mon day, declaring that financial con ditlons were considerably im , proved over any previous period of the district's existence. Largest number of pupils from the non-high district : attended school in, Salem, with 600 listed; Silverton came next with 195; Woodburn,. 113; Aumsville, 42; Jefferson, 48;' Hubbard. 20; Scotts Mills, 3; Stayton, . 53- Turner, 4Z Gervais, 24; Mill City; 6; Inde pendence, t: Canby, 36; Port land, 5; and Molalla, . 1. Highest cost per capita was that' of Mill " City, $146.51 per yeas Scotts M ills costs were $118; Indepen dencev $119.70; Aumsville, $104.- '21; Silverton $88.02 and Salem, lowest in the county, $66.08. Tuition pupils enrolled in Mar Ion county totaled 1212; in oth er counties, 42. ' , Total cost of operation for the district during 1941-42 school year was $110,591.16; that for a year . ago, 1 - $106,849.04. ; Tuition costs ' pe" day , of ; every district were up this yeariover last, al though total days of attendance had dropped from 183,041 to 173, 286. Mine Blast Kills 6 - PROVIDENCE, Ky, Nov. 3XJPl Six miners were killed and nine others escaped afters being trap ped by an explosion in the- No. 10 mine - of the West. Kentucky WhMtrrr.ft. Ky., Monday. ON lie HOME FRONT By ISABEL CHTLDS Their desks were sticky with smoke and chemicals; the walls around them were darkened and stained. Even typewriters were gummed and dirty. . At noon the circulator heater, installed to replace the central heat, no longer available in the big office room where late last week a fire had licked its way up, an air vert, failed, and they were cold. V fThe girl who is subject to asth ma raced through the receipts she was assigned to write, took dust cloth and pan of hot water and cleaner in hand and fell to with a will, although IH admit she snif fed now and then. Some of the young women had come prepared for such tasks, neatly clad in slacks. All went on with their regular work, cleaning whatever piece of equipment - was next needed, grumbling a little, laughing a lot Of what does one talk when smoke still hang in the air? " I couldn't give you the usual line of conversation, but I did hear this Monday: - "The thought of that Boston fire haunts me!" - "Wouldn't the women of Lon don appreciate even this? ' j V The boss wore a plaid flannel shirt, and the most immaculate employes waded through debris with grins.' And, without any comment, some worked on as if the walls haS been clean, cream, the skylights glass instead of gap. ing holes and the warmth an act uality instead of only a memory. Allies Reach Guinea Beach; Planes Strike (Continued from Page 1) sped north of Vitlas .straits off Japanese-occupied Now Britain to ront four enemy destroyers with 500-pounders. Two destroyers were definitely hit and the others turned northward- at full steam, returning pi lots said. While General Mac Arthur's Australian and American forces maintained their foot-by-foot ad vance against the Japanese de fenses of the Buna-Gona region, light warplanes struck northwest ward at the port of Lae, one of the enemy's first New Guinea landing points. WASHINGTON. Nov. JO-P) Navy reports Indicated Monday night that .Japan's amphibious forces in the soath seas, having repeatedly failed to break America's hold on the southeast era Solomons, may be attempt ing to develop a powerful base In the -center of the archipelago. For the third straight day the navy's Pacific war communique told of American air action di rected at the destruction of enemy ships or shore installations in the New Georgia islands area. While the enemy's activities appeared to be of a minor nature naval .au- thorities.here said they might be evidence of Japan's main strategy in the Solomons for the time be ing. Monday's report disclosed that army Flying Fortresses had at tacked an enemy convoy of two cargo ships and three destroyers west of the New Georgia group last Saturday (Solomons time). Five bomb hits were scored on one of the cargo carriers and of ten Zero "fighters which tried to in tercept the attack three were shot down. The American planes suf fered no serious damage. On Guadalcanal Island, mean while, United States patrols de ' stroyed a considerable quantity of Japanese arms ami ammuni tion In the npper Lang a river region, which Is jungle hill country south of the American position. The New Georgia islands, offer ing some protected anchorage and land suitable for military develop ment, lie only1 150 to 200 miles northwest of the American posi tion on Guadalcanal. From there the enemy could maintain recon naissance over the American area and its sea approaches, could fa cflitate aerial attacks now launch ed: from his bases in the north western Solomons and could op erate either offensively or de fensively in surface actions. Yugoslavian "War Contribution Told WASHINGTON, Nov. 30-(P Chairman Connally (D-Tex) of the foreign relations committee told the senate Monday that Yugo slavia's continued 'fight for free dom in guerrilla warfare - had forced the Germans and Italians to keep 23 divisions away from the Russian and African fronts, .. Speaking; on the- 24th anniver sary of the union of Yugoslav peo ple, Connally -praised the; fierce fight he said was being carried on. -r Las -4 Times 'Tonight Jady Canovs. I "Broadway" starring -George Raft Pat O'Brien Joe C Brown "Joan of Ozark" Sub Bags 8 ; Jap Vessels Most Destroyed in ' View of Enemy Gty Dwellers By WALTER B. CLAUSEN PEARL HARBOR, TH, Nov. 30 (P)-Eight enemy ships total ing 70,000 tons were sunk by. an American submarine, most of thera only a short distance frjnra the Japanese shbrejiJXL "Comnv Thomas Burton Klakring : said Monday. Four other ships aggregating 20,000 to 25,000 tons were dam aged; : he told interviewers. Lt. Comm. Klakring, 37, whose, wife resides at San Mateo, CaliL, is to receive the navy cross from Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, Pacif ic fleet commander. The sinkings, he related, oc curred for the most part In full view of the inhabitants of large Japanese cities. One transport was sunk in a harbor entrance. The dates were -not specified. Asked just how close his sub marine approached the Japanese shoreline, Lt. Comm. Klakring re plied with a smile: "Well, one Sunday we watched the pony races for an hour." Four big ships were sent to the bottom in one hour, Klakring re lated. Here is his account of the ad venture: "Our biggest bag was the day we sank four big ships .in one hour. The enemy convoy force was nine or ten ships, six big cargo ships and three or four combat escorts. "We were running on the sur face early in the morning when we saw the masts of a couple of ships appear over the horizon. We were close to land, and we got between the land and the ships and stalked them until 4 o'clock in the afternoon. "First getting ahead and then coining, up In the center of the convoy, we fired at two ships and saw both of them go down. Our range was between 5M and 1000 yards. We were lucky to hit both ships. The other four scattered in all directions while the escort came after us. I let all menrfjers of the crew line up and look through the periscope to see the two vessels go down. "We then chased two of the remaining four ships into a har bor. They were heavily loaded cargo ships with iron ore aboard, In the .harbor, one went aground on an island and the other start ed to drop anchor. It was quite a long range, but we fired one torpedo which hit under the stack and the ship broke square ly in two and went down in about 45 seconds. Hull Predicts Explosion in Weary Italy WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -IP) Secretary of State Hull said Mon day that an explosive turn of events would not be surprising in Italy, under aerial bombardment of broadcasts and bombs design ed to take her out of the war. Hull made his observation at a press conference when asked to comment on reports of serious un rest and internal disorder among war-weary Italians and incipient mutiny in the Italian army. He said he was still assembling the latest reports on that situa tion and would prefer to com ment later, but added that one should not be surprised to hear of such developments as those mentioned in recent news dis ptches. Farming Wage Boosts Okehed (Continued from Page 1) of agricultural .labor," Byrnes said. "is of prime necessity in supplying the United Nations with needed floods and fibers . . . to aid in the effective prosecution of the war." At the same time he said it was only fairthat higher wages be paid farm laborers because their general level of pay "is sub-standard.- . . :: ' To gear the whole question of farm wages to the production of agricultural commodities, : Byrnes delegated control over them to Secretary of Agriculture Wickard. This control previously was held by the war labor board, which will continue to have supervision over any farm compensation above $2, 400 year: The Byrnes order was approved by President Roosevelt and made public by the White House. '- Firsl Baplisl .'. Chnrca' " 7:30 P. M. V Nightly except Mondays. " Hear Rev. Britton .Ross, Bible Teacher and Evange list on World Conditions in the Light of the Holy Scrip tures. - . ': . Toes. Subject: "God's Yes terday." -t Wed. Subject: ' Geds1 To day." " Then. Subject: "God's To morrow." Too will be Interested. ' Portland Market dosing Slated PORTLAND, Nov. 30-KJP)-The $1,000,000- public market building on Front avenue here will close January 1, R, B. Early, general manager, announced Monday. ' The building, two blocks long, was constructed a decade ago as a depression project, sponsored by the city. It has been operated at a loss by a market company, which claimed the city had agreed ; to take over the building. - The city did not do so, and the ensuing suit went to the state "supreme court, which recently held the city liable for damages to the market company, - but ruled that the city did not have to oper ate the building. Coph McKillop Bound Over To Grand Jury (Continued from Page 1) ed on the premises by a chemist who habitually colored it green but that this can of white powder had been obtained through a Sa lem drug firm. McKillop, the day after the poi soning, took all blame for the er ror which had resulted in the death of 47 and the illness of more than 400 patients, the superin tendent testified, explaining that the Saturday following the Wed nesday meal of scrambled eggs, the assistant cook had admitted sending Patient George Nosen to the cellar for powdered milk. No sen, he said, had not suffered an epileptic attack for three weeks prior to Wednesday, November 18. Three paid cooks on each shift, assisted by SO men and six women patients, have operated the kitchen which feeds more than 2700 persons daily, Evans said, de-J claring that lack of help had brought about the system there. The dietician formerly responsi ble for the storing of foodstuffs, had gone to Camp Adair earlier this -fall, he said. Cause of death of OXeary, only one of the 47 specifically mention ed in the charges brought against McKillop, was sodium fluoride, Dr. Bee man testified. An analysis of the food, show ing content of sodium fluoride in form of roach powder, Was pre sented by Dr. Todd. Capt. Lansing testified thart the door of the closets where powder ed milk cans , were kept was 11 feet from that of the fruit room where the roach powder had been stored, and that the same key would unlock both. During the testimony, taken before a small croup of persons, it was declared that the milk cans were empty the day No sen went after the ingredient for scrambled eggs. Albert Dewey, state agriculture department chemist, read the written report of the department's chief chemist, Joseph' Patterson, who was ill. The report was an analysis . of the roach powder's content of the poison. McKillop was released under his previously posted $10,000 bond. Evans had revealed during the hearing that the assistant cook had been discharged because of the breaking of rule No. 8, estab lished in 1908 at the hospital, for bidding the entrusting keys to pa tients. Mrs. Mary O'Hare, .charged with being an accessory after the fact because she allegedly concealed knowledge of how the poisoning occurred, had previously waived preliminary hearing and is free under $5600 baiL sV V sU .-e , . ' M 4 ' ' es ktiCO&t : II' ss StlSBgff Russian Iwm Pushes Gain .... - , . Nazi Counter Attacjcs Thrown Back From Stalingrad 1 (Continued from Page 1) movement, but merely with the situation in the immediate Stalin grad area.. ; J.i.:-- The communique; said 20,000 ; Germans had been slain in four days "near Stalingrad. On the basis of previous special bulle tins, the toll of nazis for the Stalingrad area alone. now stands at 67,900 dead, and 66.000 caputred, or a .total of 133,000. On the same basis the toll "of nazis on the central front is 22, 300 dead and 400 captured, so the grand total for both fronts is 155, 700 dead and captured. Of the situation at Stalingrad, the special bulletin said: "The offensive of our troops continues in the Stalingrad area. Our troops near Stalingrad, over coming enemy resistance, advan ced from six to ten kilometers (from 3.7 to 6.2 miles), and occu pied several fortified places. "During the period of fighting from November 28 to November 30 the enemy left on the battle field about 20,000 dead officers and men." With many of the nazi rear sup ply lines snapped by the Russians at Stalingrad, the German high command was reported trying to fly in food and munitions to the nazis and 1 Rumanians caught be tween the Don and Volga rivers by the soviet encirclement. Ray Abst Takes Oath as flier . SEATTLE, Nov. 30-(P)-When Ray Abst, 19, v of Salem, was sworn in Monday at 'a naval air cadet. Comm. Bert H. Creighton of the selection board- took a special interest in his case. His interest was aroused by the University of Oregon youth's re mark that his father was a navy flier in the last war. So was Commander Creighton, and there weren't many of them then. The officer estimated about 2000. Young Abst will take preflight training at St Mary's. His father is a foreman for a fruit packing corporation. jf TODAX ml WED. - Z BTTS MI ' ..1,..i3StTCW. ii -a . ' ir l ' WITH BRIAN DONLEYT ' (L Macdonsld Carey MTHCI Mt Own PLUS FLYING WITH -MUSIC " TT LAST TTMES TODAY Plus Lead fend Kids ifyj AGoaorr S, if -HAU , -A -5T -oHttn t.m. STAETS WEDNESDAY mm - CO-lP ANION FEATURE CQOC03 m raj rtf t gs&t inasmag Knes CsM mm ssp V4 : J Week-Long Ford " Strike Ended WINDSOR, Ont, Nov. 30-P) A week-long strike by some 13, 500 workers at the Windsor plant of the . Ford Motor Company of Canada in a dispute over the em ployment of 37 women in one de partment was ended Monday. . ' Officials of the United Automo bile. Workers of, America . (CIO) announced that 'workers -had ac cepted terms of., a .settlement, al ready approved by -the company, which were, proposed by Ontario Labor , Minister Feier Heenan 'in joint conferences . -' - The" agreement provides that 4-the men return- to-work while an impartial - referee, determines the status of ihe 37, women. . Wickard Galls For Greatest Crop in 1943 (Continued from Page 1) now is recognizing the problem of farm labor. "'." "Even now the recognition does not come soon , enough : to save farmers from a very tight man power squeeze." " ; :. : f v- 'Asked at the press conference whether soldiers might be assign ed to the, harvests to alleviate the shortage 'of farm labor, Wickard said the war department had given assurances men would be released in large numbers: if it were absolutely necessary for' the saving of essential crops. Guatemala Airs Scrap GUATEMALA CITY, Guatema la, Nov. 30 P)-An airplane will leave here Tuesday for Browns- tviUe, Tex, with 4000 pounds of scrap rubber as Guatemala's con- fflM Wow facilities and enlarged opportunities for training os XV A AC to bo Increased six timet original slzo cases - Essi la : tssi nssaf fm II - Tttmclor ' CoIosmI j' ta jl ( ' O Heier. , ' II - j fj latOOc C4m II j UOOcm 15U II A ' 6 'tsttVsete MesSw-t1 n 1 f 0 fisllNto StlSer--m ' tJ8 II j V - A JcLesdae Cpeol tX5 , II Y V , Anafitatr - f"3 1 1 , f T sW w MdU uutU fMm mttf 1 1 AUOHO TM3 ; - - . QDoOAQr:iX7 iriDucTion Eire Toll 484'Lives Inspection of Club Said Okefa; Youth TelU of Start ' (Continued from Page 1) shot up from- a. palm .tree' and enveloped nearby drapes. ' . ."I. shook the. match "and. then stepped on ' it, he told the in quest. Mondayr: : fv , 'Then' the fire. started first the tree : leaves and then ' the drapes. I lecT sorne people to the street. The smoke ; was so thick I couldn't breathe." I went to a window for Sir", : . .-'.7't' ' The youngster, a - clean-cut . captain in the Jpigfa school a - del corps, was , ealm and self possessed. In contrast to the shaken attitsde of some ef the emptor es -Bartender John W. Bradley, .Jus head swathed in bandaxes and apparently near collapse, testified: ; . "There ' was a flash, fire " ran right across the celling. It was awful. I got out through the kit chen. Two of the kitchen help tried to use fire extinguishers. . His voice quavered as he told of hooking, open a door And shouting: t '"Comethis wayj ; , "But no oat came, he added. "Smoke hit me in the face. I put my hands to my head and my hair wasablaze. : -Chkf Samuel Pope and other high officials of the fire depart ment told of body-clogged door ways when they arrived on the scene and efforts . to spray the firemen so that they could crawl into the . building in the intense heat. . tribution to that part of the allied war effort. it it it it -k it it it :w. . : . - : .-.-5 ! Xrmf last Tr wi ni jilatiS Om WAAC Oman mntam mi frhm. Ipm tslg to Sdr ., to. wUck dto Ararf lU wn wt to mImn m to - ast Satf -ad 0 tkm witoia mau toa OWy dgm mp. la, - a m m Amn brip rnW V" j- ,- . ' . . OVBTA CULP MOBSY. Dinrntmr, WAJiC - S B, T executive Women a Army Auxiliary Corps is authorised to recruit to the full strength of 150,000 author ised by Congress. And December 1st, another training center opens in Daytona Beach, Florida. The WAAC is giving valuable service to the Army. The list of essential duties it is perform ing; grows constantly. - Never before in U. S. history have there been such opportunities for alert, patriotic women -y opportunities to serve our country in its hoar of need opportunities for advancement, training and experience which will be valuable in the post-war world. If you long to do your share in America's drire to victory, join this new, expanding' corps note, , See the partial list of jobs below. See the pay, scale and ranks which now are equivalent to the Army's. Enrollment is open to women 21 to 44,' , inclusive, regardless of race, creed or color all officers are commissioned from the ranks. Every WAAC knows her contribution is help ing the nation directly, personally her work behind the lines, here and overseas, releases a soldier for the battlefront. . Here Uyour chance to do the work of a soldier so that he may fight. For full information see your local U. S. Army Recruiting and Induction Station today. -:. ' j ' JOBS YOU MAY DO :j ICSMk TsafaU -grarsnJ . POST OFFICC CUILDIIG, SALES V Immigration Bar Not Loosened WASHINGTON, Nov. 30-()-A Bill giving . President .Roosevelt broad new wartime powers was ; whittled down Monday by a house ways and means sub-committee, which eliminated a section author izing him to suspend immigration barriers. t The committee's action was a compromise designed to obtain passage of -t h e legislation this year. It narrowed the issues in volved jn the,, controversy to the questiori of giving the chief execu tive the: right to suspend tariff laws Jand regulations when he deems such i action ' necessary to the prosecution of the war. River ! Crest (Continued from Page 1) 25-foot level, Jive feet above flood stage, at Albany. .1 j A the river . subsided j here,, dropping from a 1 level of 14.8 to 13.5 feet, two roads that had been i flooded were reopened. J : ! They were highway 99 between Eugene and; Springfield and the Willamette Pass road between Goshen and Pleasant Hill. Several state police said. . , ' . I Outlying Lane county commun- L ities 'said three logging bridges over the McKenzie and one over at Westfir were washed out At Portland. E. J. Wells, chief of; the weather bureau, blamed the flooding on heavy rains in the foothills and melting snows, i Lincoln county beach points re ported that several miles of beach were blackened by a scum of oil washed ashore. : it it it it it it it it it it it it- ft mtii Am fatwkdg. iWatMllMiNatwtM, order of The President, the TUB Ha'aCj CCDVICC OREGON Coming Today 4 I .Ul