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Oregon. Saturday Morning December 19, 1842' PAGE TWO : The OnTGOII JSTATECMAIL i1 ; i- I ? v i i Correspondent Gets 'Cross' Roosevelt riticizes Facetious Column With Nazi Medal WASHINGTON, Dec 18 -JP) President Roosevelt Friday dis patched a German iron cross to John O'Donnell, Washington cor respondent of the New York Daily News, and O'Donnell issued a statement saying he was "amazed and bewildered" by the presi dent's action. ' Apparently disapproving a col umn O'Donnell bad written, Mr. Roosevelt picked- up, the iron cross from his desk after this morning's press conference, and handed it to Radio Commentator Earl Godwin, who said Mr. Roosevelt told him to presentit to O'Donnell. O'Donnell issued a statement Friday night saying that for the entertainment of readers he had quoted some "obviously facetious" . and humorous letters from news papermen in Australia and re gretted that "they have been mis interpreted and misunderstood at the White House." In the column CDonnel said he had sometimes pondered ever the lack of news from en ergetic newsmen assigned to Australia, bnt now the mystery was solved. He quoted letters from Anstralia aa indicating "the boys have turned to flutes and piccolos' just to keep their fingers nimble for the time when the censorship lets them beat the keys of their portable typewriters to turn a tell all story." i One letter from Australia, writ ten by Jack Turcott of the New York Daily News, said George Dunv Is "busy the whole day" playing a flute. Durno, a former Washington correspondent for In ternational News Service, is now captain in the air transport command. The letter added that Turcott himself was playing a whistle "but I've been here for "ten months, and in that time it's ex pected a guy will go slightly nuts." It added that Larry Lehrbas "is busy cutting paper dolls and doo dling on perfectly good writing paper." Lehrbas, former Associat ed Press correspondent, is a colo nel in the army. A letter from Durno, also re printed in the column, said Durno had "just read portions of that libel Jack Turcott has composed" and added: "I just want to tell you about the hardships being endured by Turcott. It is something terrific. Turcott's bath was drawn by his gentlemen's gentlemen this morn fing and was two degrees off temperature." Oregon Jobs Plan Lauded t ... .... WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 JP Oregon was lauded in the congres sional record, this week for its post-war . employment plans. Rep. Beiter (D-NY) inserted in the publication a review of the program in which this state plans to spend $600,000 for each biennial appropriation period to prepare for post-war unemployment. Projects are constantly added to keep the program ready. The program would, cover a six year period. Some of the projects would be completed before the war ends but others would carry over until well after hostilities "end." Lodge Distributes Clothing to Needy Christmas cheer and comfort will be brought Salem's needy again this year by members of Elks lodge No. 236. Today", cloth ing will be distributed to those in need between the hours of 10 and 5 o'cocok, from the basement of the lodge. Those desiring cloth ing are asked to call at the east door of the temple.7 Clothing will be available until Thursday, De cember 24. 1 - Toys for needy children will also be presented. ' A special show for children will begin at 9:30 o'clock Thursday morning, show ing a moving picture, Tarzan's New York Adventure-, -at the Liberty theater. Tickets will be distributed through the schools. Following the show the children will be taken to the Elks temple, Chamber Requests Legislator Rooms Appeal for - furnished apart ments, houses and, sleeping rooms for the accommodation of mem bers of lb legislature which-convenes here January II, was issued by- the Salem chamber of com merce Friday. . w i ' Chamber officials said the sit uation ' is serious land that only a few rooms and apartments-have been listed up to this time. Most of Salem's surplus housing ac commodations - have been, taken over by army officers assigned -to Camp Adair. , ui-S --i Sv. DHCE TOisTIGHT . J Veterans' Hall C3 Ico3 IT - ON theHOME FRONT By BASEL CHHD3 ; Exchanging gold braid for gog gles, Joe has gone to the ship yards.- ; I : And, with suitable expletive, he declares The only things I like about that job are quitting time and payday but 5 the morning after they had steamed up the vessel on which , he is a shrinker, there was an extra note of pride in his voice, an added glow to his eyes. Not so much the throb of the engines, sending life pulsing through the great metal hull, as the technicians who did the job, moved him to start recruiting for his yards. J Men to whom this was no new experience, who knew by walking over the length of the craft whether she is what they order ed, young men with intelligence reaching out to their fingertips they intrigued him! Or so we guessed. And just let anyone pan the administration! Joe, and anyone else, may ; cry - about working hours (but try to keep him from putting in all seven graveyard shifts that the week offers); all of us may complain about the new price schedule at Martha's (and he is loyal to Martha, as are we all); fact is, there is little about which Joe cannot and will not grump. - For those who actually make the engines turn over he has nothing but respect, unless, per haps, that might be multiplied many times over into actual "rev erence." V As we dally over our ration of coffee to hear Joe's opinion on many things, there are those of us who wonder if on other jobs we cannot, figuratively, wield a welder's torch and thus gain an added knowledge of the ship that we call state and, perhaps, a sharper thrill in its functioning, more understanding of the skill which must be required to ope rate its great and withal grace ful bulk through stormy seas. Laval Going To Paris? BERN, Switzerland, Dec 18-) The Petain government has defi nitely decided, to return, to- Paris, the Geneva :Trfjne said- Friday night in a dispatch 'from ' Paris.; (Originating: r. from-. Paris, - the story may have been mspiredby German or pro-Fascist French sources.) J,. . . Although the change implies elimination of the old demarcation line between occupied and unoc cupied zones, the paper said a 30- mile wide strip of territory along 4 all France's boundaries would-be declared a "forbidden zone" to which entrance could be gained only by Nazi permission. France thus would be hermetically sealed off from the rest of the world. Legion Finds, No Assistance Call; Membership High For the first Christmas m many years, no cases of war Veteran families needing assistance have been brought to the attention of Capital post No. 9, American Le gion, Commander Ira Pilcher an nounced Friday. Accordingly, members who attend the regular meeting at Legion hall Monday night will not be expected to bring the Christmas donations or dinarily distributed. A quantity of poultry, includ ing - four turkeys, purchased against the possibility of veteran distress calls, will be given away following the regular business session. ; . : -., ,-y---.. Local American Legion mem bership, Commander Pilcher an nounced, is the highest as the year, closes it has been in many years, and now that all veterans of the present war who are honorably discharged from the various branches of the service are eliri-. ble for membership it is expect ed that the post rolls 'Will 'prob ably be more than doubled before this time next year. ' - Foot members hare been asked to notify returning . veterans of their eligibility and to report to the membership ; committee the names of all ex-service men who express a desire to join. Article Features Hollywood Lions The story of how Hollywood -Lions club . purchased its "home and ..continues to- obtain its meals at pre-war, prices is told in the December issue of "The lion, in ternational official magazine for the organization. The article by William Bliven, secretary of the Hollywood, duW is illustrated with a picture of the French Fryer res taurant, which the dub' purchased a year ago and rents to its oper ator., ; ; ; . . Also included in the December magazine is a picture of the Hol lywood Lions club's scrap heap, piled near the restaurant to en courage more contributions. Eastern Gas Sales Halted Pricer Hopes Plan Ready for Monday Barges Slated , E (Continued from Page 1) a construction program to provide more than 1000 barges, towboats and tugs, designed to boost oil de liveries into the east' by 150,000 barrels a day next year. New terminal facilities at Cairo, , 111., and Jacksonville and Panama Cityy Fla, also will be built. ; Nelson warned that the pro gram would provide little relief until next spring because of the time required- to construct the equipment. Work win start im mediately, however. 5.i ; Commenting on the suspension of sales, Henderson asid that "Re ports from our regional offices show that the public has, as al ways, taken the commander-in-chief at his word and recognized instantly that this is a military emergency. President Roosevelt said this morning that the suspension would last only a few days and was ne cessitated by emergency needs of the armed services in north Af rica. 1942 Harvest Sets Up Many New Records F (Continued from Page 1) F market for practically everything that farmers could produce." The board found that the rec ord production of feed and for age crops gave assurances ' that the currently heavy production of livestock and livestock products will continue at close to record levels for some time if weather conditions permit. Growing conditions for the sea son were reported above average in nearly all states and especially good in the Great Plains area, a region hit by drought in the mid 30s. The 1942 wheat crop of 881, 327,000 bushels was exceeded only by the World war I crop;of 1915. Production last year totaled 943, 127,000 bushels. The. corn crop, estimated at 3,175,154,000 bushels, is the larg est on record, topping the prev ious peak crop, that of 1920, by 105,000,000 bushels. The yield per acre, averaged 35.5 bushels or 3.8 bushels more than in any other year. Hay production exceeded 105,000,000 tons for the first time. All owtag' for-" oranges and other citrus fruits still to be picked, the 1942 crops of all major fruits ap peared' to be above "the ten-year average, with prunes and apricots being the only exceptions. Norway Merchant Ship Sunk; Wife Of Skipper Lost WASHINGTON. Dec 18-GPV-A medium sized Norwegian merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine during mid-November in the Atlantic off the northern coast of South Amer ica,? the navy reported Friday. Survivors have landed at a United States east coast port. AN EAST COAST PORT, Dec. 18-05V-A- ship captain's wife who for three dangerous war years sailed at her husband's side is missing at sea after seeing him taken prisoner aboard an Axis submarine that V torpedoed their merchant craft f t One torpedo sank the vessel in eight minutes in the Atlantic in mid-November, ' No one was in jured. .. , .;. , . Continuous Today, 1-11:30 PJJL . - Plus Second Feature r trJl ... I -Plus HEY, KIDS! i. FREE ORANGES SATURDAY MATINEE Sunday - Monday - Tuesday Continuous Sun- 1-11:30 P. M. . ; lOft. HOPE CARROLL v. Plus Second Feature IIS- 1 iJV ""tTj ' 1 f"t mw-m fcSt mrnm . , Mg I. as XT"-1 Piano Crashes VICTORIA, Dec. 18 -(CP)-Of-ficials of a west coast station of the Royal Air Force Friday listed eight men4 as missing and two others dead in flights off the east coast of Vancouver island during the - past week. . ,: : " ; ; One aircraft has been missing since Wednesday and the other crashed Thursday off nearby Salt Spring island. Each was a medium bomber, carrying a crew of five men.-'- t,r- u- "j v - Aboard the'missing plane, which is the object of widespread search, was Pilot Officer W. W. Harris, Milwaukee, Wis. Sgt. Sydney Con Ion of Long Island, NY, was list ed as missing aboard the plane that crashed, ? v - RAF Trades Blows With Luftwaffe G (Continued from Page 1) O man high command said heavy explosions and fires were observed along the Humber river. It ad mitted the loss of two planes. ' Two villages in Sussex and Kent were bombed by daylight Friday. One bombing caused havoc in an apartment building and wrecked a number of houses, including a vicarage, but only one woman was injured. Among the killed in the day's bombing were at least nine Christ mas shoppers in one store that was demolished. A number of others were missing. One plane, a Dornier 217, one of Germany's latest model bomb ers, crashed on some shops. Fats and Oils Shortage in 1943 Seen WASHINGTON, Dec. 18-(ff) Latest surveys on this year's pro duction indicate, an agriculture department official said Friday, that the United States faces a shortage in 1943 of between 800, 000,000 and 1,000,000,000 pounds of fats and vegetable oils for food and industrial purposes. This shortage would be equiv alent to between 7. and 9 per cent of present requirements, which have been curtailed tq some ex tent by government orders re stricting industrial use. The major products listed, as fats and vegetable oil and lard, butter, : oleomargerine, cooking compounds, cottonseed' oil, soy bean oil, peanut oil, olive oil, tal low, linseed oil, coconut and ba bassu oO. Fats and vegetable oils are im portant nutritional elements. They are sources of energy and contrib ute flavors and a satisfying qual ity to the diet not obtained from any other foods. ' ; : Soaps, paints, varnishes, plastics and drying oils are among some of the industrial uses. The official, who asked that he not be quoted, said that apparent ly action would have to be taken to limit consumption of some of the fats and oils, or shipping need ed for war purposes would have to be used to bring, in supplies from South America. Before the war, theUnited Don Ameche Joan Bennett t lUst Don Ameche . f5Sl Today ii ci:fj"'-aa:tv l . ft . ( NOTE No One Under 15 Yrs. ef Age Admitted! Dae te the terrifying scenes ef actaal war fare in "MOSCOW STRIKES BACK" we cannot allow children to see this program unless accompanied by an adalt! Willamette U Slates Change Selected Seniors May i Be Enrolled; War Fund Established B (Continued from Page 1) B . Willamette te eontinoe its fall instruction program and to par ticipate in any special trainingf program that might be assigned te the anlyersity by government, agencies.' Expansion of federal ' educa tional programs pointed j toward training for specialized military service was announced in Wash ington, DC, Thursday. The campus neWs i bureau added: P i----'- "Dr. Smith further stated that the change in admission require ments to permit the admission at the end of three years of high school work of carefully selected students able to profit by work, on the college level would enable the university ' to participate- fully in any . such program which should be announced ; for the state of Oregon, and 4 would further per mit the university to give high grade college training to the young men who might normally be expected to be selected after being drafted 'for the educational programs which today have been announced by the armed services. Students thus receiving one year of college training prior to their age of induction, in which they would have their basic training in mathematics and science, could be expected to be far ahead in the service which they could . render to the armed forces and in the training which they might : re ceive in the further limited pro gram after being . inducted into service." " . The obtaining of money for the Centennial fund, already under way, was put in charge of a trus tees' committee consisting of Paul B. Wallace, Salem, general chairman; Clarence Bishop, co chairman for Portland; Tinkham Gilbert Amedee M. Smith, C EL McCullough, Bishop Bruce E. Baxter and C L. Starr. I Rommel Unsure, Libya A (Continued from Page 1) A order, observed that he was un der "continuous attacks iinto the flank." I In Tanisia, said a US war department communique, allied patrols had been active along the whole front, and a spokes man at allied headquarters in aerta Africa stated in suppled meat that British and America patrols had established ; contact with the enemy at various points in central Tunisia, inelnding the Medjes-El-Bab sector, which Is 35 miles southwest ef Tunis. The communique told of new air attacks on the axis-held ports of Bizerte and Tunis, where many fires were left blazing. In opera tions of Thursday, it was added, five enemy planes were shot down without allied loss. In the last three days, it was shown, 14 enemy planes had been shot down. i States imported a substantial por tion of its vegetable oils from the orient. - i f M a - ennnf if t Thrilling Fiction f Stunning Facts Two War Films tho heart ot 'Hollywood com Tlrlnc Tlcont" with roortoc plane . . , Frotn thm Russia rom the authentic, meenoored pic ture. "Moscow Strikes Back," taken by tho Russian army photocra phan Hero . is tho Po turo that bas everyooo asking': , f nasi order Consld Womi Loot f Harry Moshcr Cains Doctorate ' Harry S. Mosher, son of Mrs. D. H. Mosher, 354 North Winter street,' Salem, was awarded his doctor of philosophy degree in chemistry at early graduation ex ercises conducted at Pennsylvania State college Thursday night. He is a graduate of .Willamette uni versity, class of 1938.' Clifton Cass Back! From N.Africa C (Continued from Page 1) C roits grinning, but goes on to de clare that the men on the troop ship,' from which v "passengers'!', earlier had been discharged' onto the beaches; in small boats, went about their duties calmly -even after the "first torpedo had struck, It was the second that sent Cass flying into the ocean. - r The Rutlfdge, second vessel in the convoy I to be torpedoed, was struck at sundown and Cass and 19 others made their way to shore on a raft,' one of many that rode the breakers in that night Casually, Cass reveals that this wasn't his first experience nnder fire A breaker, he de clares, saved his life when it rolled him.' into the bottom ef a small beat in which tZ men had rowed shoreward at the mom ent that nasi or Italian planes flew overhead and strafed the little' craft; Men just ahead and just behind Cass were killed. , The landing was run off to the split minute, according to Cass, and. the American public knew about it as soon as landing troops did, he declared after reading The Statesman for November 8. USC-Airdevils Clash Today LOS ANGELES, Dec 18-4P) The football season in southern California closes Saturday for 12 days,, or until the Rose. Bowl con test as the; St Mary's navy Pre Flights engage USC's Trojans. - A few weeks ago the navy Air devils might have been the fav orite but they have some of their best performers in active service now. Then too, Ed Manske, one of their best pass receivers, will not be available to take in Stan ford Frankie Albert's aerials. Nev ertheless, the Trojans will have to show improvement in pass de fense to win. Capitol Bidding Of fice IMoving Set Attorney General L H. Van Winkle will occupy the same suite of rooms on the third floor of the state capitol building during the 1943 legislative session that he utilized during the 1941 session. Secretary of State Earl Snell an nounced Friday. . The state civilian defense of fice staff, now " occupying rooms on the third floor of the capitol bunding, will move into the state library structure for the duration of the legislature. Jerrold Owen is in charge Of the state defense headquarters. Tomorrow! as m f on One Big Bill engias . . tooroteg bloody battlefield ot nana o . new TTOTia f is it That Aiakes . Beasts of Men: n we if s y i of This picture fat not for weak, lings! Its horrifying scenes will test the nerve ot oven vigorous men I Bat hero are cold facts that must bo told to every man and woman who Is hoping and praying tor a better world to come. . , t' 1009 Russian Cameramen Filmed This first . Feature Picture ot War on the Russian Front. . . Commentary by '.s : "CS- Cdward G. Robinson 7 A KNTNfi . i . f . - If- : "T . -. ' i Wallace Says . ThinTnng Need Common People Called To : Push Adequate Peace Planning CHICAGO, Dec. 18 (ftVice President Wallace believes " the common people should . do some constructive i and united thhifctng about our peace and postwar problems in their homes ' and churches and town meetings. . ' .He outlined his views in an interview which. was printed as a Christmas' message Friday In the Christian Advocate, official publication ! of . , the Methodist church. -r-' ; - Wallace also advocated a com prehensive program of education for peoples of - backward" na tions. "We must push for positive commitments on the part of the trustee nations to bring 'about a reasonable standard of literacy in the areas under their control and bring it about within certain time limits," he said. "Before any nation can rise toward democracy and self-government, its people must learn to read and write and to become literate with their hands." ; , ' .. ' . : The vice president, told that public opinion was not being cre ated to support post-war plan ning stated:: If it be true that official Wash ington does not feel that the time is ripe for a thorough-going dis cussion of post-war aims and I cannot agree that that is wholly the case there is nothing to pre vent private agencies, such as the church, from engaging in such dis cussion and making such' recom mendations as they feel will help the government" . Here be opined that adeqaate solutions ef post-war problems an not come by fiat from Wash ington, Moscow or London, bat weald come when and if the common people, do some nnited and constructive thinking on the" sabject whatever they assemble, j ' Wallace was asked if there were signs that such problems as trade STARTS Tononnou Action In the Danger Zona of the Pacific Z? 1 . LAST DAY -GUNK - - Melvyn Douglas s TXEKNEY and Merle Oberen no i I Tom onnoown . I A ii r " I. v : IAST Joan Dennett. Franehet Tone, . - '-- ; -and WEST OF TCZ LAW," Buck Jones Another Thriller, "Secret Code" regulations, economic and political , imperialism, racial antipathies and hatred and vengeance were being licked. The signs, X am sorry to say, all point in the wrong direction," he replied.' -But I have faith that men of faith in every walk of life, seeing the signs pointing ' the wrong way, will swing into the action necessary ; to- prevent the coming peace from being Just an- ' other interval: in a long series of wars." .1 ' Russians Gain OriWestFrdnt D (Continued from Page 1) D fighting on the southern out skirts ef Stalingrad Itself as the Russians methodically fought te :: . east the Germans from the city , : in a block-by-bloek straggle. Action within the city was con-, fined to artillery and mortar duels interspersed - with small shock groups attacking each others dug outs. " j Another German infantry com pany was reported wiped out and ' eight nazi , tanks disabled in the repulse of an enemy counter attack in the Mozdok area of the mid-Caucasus. "I Japs Bar Partners LONDON, Dec 18 - () -The Netherlands news agency, Aneta, said private sources had reported Friday that the Japanese are bar-, ring their axis partners, the Ger mans, from The Netherlands East Indies. Germans wishing to visit the conquered Indies are finding it impossible j to .secure visas, the agency said.1.-, ;, Kcizcr EV1?RY SATURDAY Rowland's Band 2 Miles North on River Road X 4 The Keveallng Story ef 'The Life &sd Loves cf Tbiit Ilanilica Ucaaa" r-l . ' with; I VIVIEN LEIGH f LAURENCE OLIVER rr h- Continaooa Show .'. Tbdaly uneeruua Feeling Mat. 1:00 STARTS TOMORROW DAY' YTTS TASX3 A IXYrZ" . 2 ---vwe v, -e i t 1o KarteM havs s-!. UnS4 aa4 aavo tho V (Strl) sitaatlon wsll lnhanA! j j VleUr - . Edmnad I ' JIcLaden .'. . Lowe, I - h "Cdl Czl lia ii : i l II I