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German Planes
Bomb London
' At Least 30 Killed
In School ; City
Has Night Alarms
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don district but no incidents were
reported, ' ,
Later the fourth alarm 'within
the city was sounded but again
no incidents were reported. This
alert lasted 25 minutes.
Probably SO heavily escorted
raiders were bound for London
and te all. at least U Foeke
Wnlf 190s and MessersehmUt
109 fighter-bombers were shot
down by RAF flhters.
Civil defense authorities said
the school disaster was the worst
suffered by the London schools
from the aerial attacks in the war,
The highest previous death toll in
bombed schools was 24.
Twice the usual number of chil
dren had remained at the school
cafeteria instead of going, home,
for immediately after the lunch
eon they were going on a theatre
party.
Residents said three planes flew
low over the district and dropped
. bombs.
Some of the explosives wrecked
an entire block of buildings near
by. Children on a playground es
caped machinegun fire from the
planes but . three persons half
block away were wounded.
The raiders slipping through to
London wrecked several houses in
at least four districts, damaged
shops and a- train, and machine-
gunned shoppers in the streets.
Sweeping over rooftops to
evade the great number of anti
aircraft guns in the London area,
the raiders let go their bombs and
raked everything in sight end then
turned for home.
Other fighter-bombers flew over
the rooftops of a southeastern
town, dropping high explosives
among houses and shops.
The RAF carried out Intruder
raids on occupied Europe Tues
day night, having stacked off
operations since the Saturday
and Sunday nifht raids on Ber
lin. - The air ministry later announc
ed an enemy fighter was destroyed
during the afternoon by fighters
on a sweep in which the RAF
damaged railway locomotives in
northern France and Belgium and
factories at Hengelo, Holland. No
British planes were reported lost.
Aid to Russia
To Be Greater
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20 -(P)
The United States and the United
Kingdom have sent 5800 tanks and
.4600 planes to Russia, the lend
lease administration reported
-Wednesday with a promise that
aid to the Soviet "will grow still
more in 1043."
Administrator Edward R. Stet-
. tinius, Jr., said that as of Janu
ary 1 more than 3200 tanks and
almost 2600 planes had gone from
the US, and 2600 tanks and more
than 2000 planes from the United
i Kingdom.
Announcing important prog
ress" last year in supplying the
Soviet, Stettinius declared:
. "The people of the Soviet Union
have so far waged a magnificent
battle against the Nazis principally
with their own arms. But lend
lease aid to Russia Is growing to
a sizable proportion. It will grow
still more in 1943."
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Storm Problems Hit County;
Snowplow Reported Marooned
Storm and road maintenance proDiems siacxea up on xaar
ion county court and county engineer this week as they faced
lack of material for immediate repairs of bridge ; damaged by
recent flood waters, discussed with Linn county's court the prob
lem of a shiftinjr river channel
which changed location of one
road from Marion to Linn, and
awaited word as to condition of
a snowplow, reportedly marooned
on the North Santiam highway.
Whether the plow was stuck in
snow mud of because of mechan-
cal difficulties was not known
here, and state highway depart
ment employes, operating another
plow in the same area, bad not
reached the county equipment by
nightfall. County Engineer N. C
Hubbs said, j .
County court members met
Wednesday afternoon with repre
sentatives of the Linn county
court to discuss possibility that
part of a Marion county road left
on the Linn side of the river by
a channel change might be turned
over to T.iiw county, with Marion
retaining maintenance responsibil
ities. The road serves a Linn coun
ty town. ,
Court members were told early
this week that the 80,000 feet of
Douglas fir timbers required to
strengthen the Pudding river
bridge on the north Silverton
road could not be secured through
the Silver Falls Lumber company.
although a release had been
granted earlier by the war pro
duction board. Other orders, with
priority, were so numerous that
the WPB administrator in Port
land, George B. Carpenter, ad
vised the company to cancel the
order. Upon advice from the
court, the order was to be placed
elsewhere. Carpenter said.
The bridge was damaged dur
ing January high water and has
been open since only to light
traffic
Sub Sinks Allied
Ship; Two Killed
MELBOURNE, Jan. 20-JP)-A
large submarine, believed to be
Japanese and the first reported
in Australian waters in several
months, torpedoed a small allied
ship off the Australian coast, kill
ing two firemen, it was disclosed
Wednesday.
Thirty crew members and two
passengers sailed and rowed in a
lifeboat to an Australian port,
Survivors said the submarine
was sighted 300 yards away after
the torpedo struck. The ship sank
within an hour.
Locomotive Explodes
WOODSTOCK, Md., Jan. 20-WP)
Exploding with such force that
window panes rattled in homes
two miles away, the boiler of the
engine of a 100-car freight blew
up near here Wednesday, killing
three members of the train crew.
The blast ripped the boiler from
the engine and hurled it 400 feet
away.
Lobby
Hobnobber
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the promise that it wouldn't de
teriorate from weather's effects.
However, the floors aren't as
dangerously slick as they were at
the time of the 1939 session and
that's all to the good.
Rep. F. H. Dammasch of Mult
nomah had a poser put to him
Wednesday. Commissioned offi
cers from Oregon, serving in the
army at Fort Riley, Kan., are be
ing forced to pay the Kansas state
income tax. Rep. Dammasch was
advised in a letter from J. Guy
Strohm, one of them who happens
to be a close friend of the repre
sentative. Strohm wants to know
whether these officers are resi
dents of Oregon or of Kansas and
whether or not they'll also have
to pay the Oregon income tax.
One officer at Fort Riley has paid
income tax for 1942 both in Kan
sas and in West Virginia.
Some levity was occasioned
by the appearance of Sen. Joel
Booth's bill making- it a misde
meanor, punishable by' a fine of
lit to list and np to three
months In Jail, te smoke in bed
la a hotel, public lodging- or
rooming house. The comedy
angle dealt with the matter ef
inspections to detect violations.
However it's a serious bill, asked
by hotel i and rooming- house
proprietors and no one is ex
pected to detect violations ex
cept in case damage results, as
It often does, from indulgence
in this practice.
First public hearing of the legis
lative session is scheduled for next
Wednesday on the bill to permit
bigger trucks to operate on state
highways. The house committee
on roads and highways will hold
the hearing but has.-not set the
exact hour. :. . U .
LAST TIMES,
TONIGHT
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MARGARET MITCHELL'S Story of the Old Sooth
GONE WITH THE WIND
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Vote to Work
Again Today
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sued his ultimatum Tuesday and
warned that he would "take the
necessary steps" unless the miners
obeyed.
More formal but Just as deter
mined was the Lance Colliery lo
cal of Glen Alden Coal company,
with 1000 members. .They voted
250 to 110 to resume production
Thursday.
Earlier, however, one small lo
cal, the Exeter of the Payne Coal
company, with 800 members, de
cided to remain out. Altogether
about 9000 still were idle.
The voting followed these other
developments:
: 1 The executive committee of
the United Mine Workers district
1, in which all of the strike-closed
mines are located, warned that all
strikers who defied the president's
order would face "dishonorable
expulsion forthwith" from the un
ion. 3 John L. Lewis, UMW presi
dent, wrote President Roosevelt
that "We shall continue in every
way possible to work" to get the
men back to work.
4 The shortage of coal contin
ued to grow more acute. WHkes
Barre itself. In the heart of the
anthracite region, faced a short
age so serious that Edward Kane,
Plymouth township school direct
or, said schools there would have
to close unless the strike ended
promptly.
Brown Takes
Price Control,
Offers Hope
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -VO
Smiling Prentiss M. Brown took
over price control and rationing
administration from Leon Hen
derson Wednesday and immed
iately held out some hope for
more liberal gasoline ration this
summer, better fuel oil supply for
next winter, and more smypathetic
regulation all around.
The new OPA chief predicted
price rises would be slow and
"well bordered," adding "I dont
believe we can hold prices at a
flat level."
At a press conference Brown
made no promises, saying he
wanted a couple of weeks to study
his task, but at every step he
indicated hope for relaxation of
restrictions and commented:
The former Michigan senator
took the OPA helm shortly after
Food Administrator Wickard had
expanded the number of foods
that OPA can ration if necessary.
The new foods include evaporated
and condensed milk, canned fish
and shellfish, jams, jellies, pre
serves, pickles, relishes and can
ned products containing meat.
Surplus Tax
Great Problem
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cent 40 less 15 greater this year
than last, for a large proportion
of the revenue is derived from
incomes other than wages and sal
aries. But the trend in these in
comes also has been upward. On
the other hand, what federal in
come tax payment deductions" will
do to the state's revenue from
business incomes will be more
revolutionary than their effect
upon small, wage-and-salary in
comes. What will or may happen In
1944, when deductions may be
taken for still higher federal
tax payments, most also be
taken into consideration. Gov.
Snell estimated that the redac
tion in state income tax revenue
from unchanged Individual In
comes would be in that year 3d
per cent. How much. If any.
1943 incomes will advance te
offset that reduction is anyone's
guess.
However. Chairman Charles
Galloway of the tax commission,
viewing the coming biennium as
a whole, estimated that the re
quirement for offsetting all state
property levies would be about
$19,000,000, whereas the existing
surplus, which may be $11,500,000
when the biennium opens next
July, plus estimated receipts of
$26,000,000, would make $38,500,
000 available. The surplus thus
would be more than $17,000,000.
' That s the legislature's problem,
as nearly as it. can be foreseen
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Jungle Troops
Move Rapidly
Japs Compressed on
Guinea; Airmen
Raid Heavily
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ar- was the Finschaff en wharf. In
the Kumusi river sector. Kure
nada village was strafed.
; (la Washington the navy de
partment announced that Amer
ican troops pressin- relentless
ly the campaign to eliminate
enemy forces en Guadalcanal
had killed 1152 Japanese , in
five days ef jangle warfare,
(In actions ranging from pa
trol skirmishes to fairly large
scale engagements the Americans
advanced on the Japanese and
wiped out group after group in the
five days ending January 17. the
announcement said.
(A number of the engagements
were within a short distance of
Henderson field, American air
base.)
Chile Breaks
With Axis; ,
Brazil Ready
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country is the only South Ameri
can belligerent, said upon leav
ing the foreign office:
"This decision places Chile In
the democratic front."
Bolivian Ambassador Alberto
Ostria Gutierrez, who as foreign
minister expelled axis diplomats
from his country, said the break
"unites us more than ever."
LIMA, Pern, Jan. t -iff)
Fresftdeat Bfanaal Frade Y
Ugarteehe cabled Chile's Presi
dent Joan Antenle Ekte Wednes
day ef the "plessere ef the
Peruvian people and govern
ment" ' ever Chile's severance
with the axis, and a foreign of
fice spokesman 'said it weald
enormously benefit the Ameri
can eaase and continental de
fense. "I renew our great desire to
strengthen the cordial relations
that united our countries through
mutual understanding and wide
cooperation at this historical mo
ment in which the world's des
tiny is at stake," Prado's message
said.
HAVANA, Jan. 20-P)-Mundo
published an interview Wednes
day quoting the Brazilian minister.
Carlot Maximiano de Figueiredo,
as saying his country has "a force
of 100,000, maybe 125,000, ready
to go wherever necessary."
He said Brazil was whole
heartedly devoted to her war ef
fort and added, "I am unable to
understand how there can be neu
trals between good and evil."
Canada Butter
Ration Sliced
OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. 20 JP)
Canada's butter ration for the
next six-weeks period was cut by
one-third Wednesday to maintain
the butter supply during the sea
son of low production. .
Instead of eight ounces of but
ter a week for each person, Cana
dians until the end of February
will be entitled to only five and
one-third ounces, the prices board
announced.
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Oregon, Thursday Morning. January 21, 1913
mm. HOME FRONT
By ISABEL
Brought up h the old school of
newspaper work that allowed the
boys and girls on the payroll to
print their worst Jingles and for
bade the publication (outside the
"letters! to the- editor" column) of
any verse from contributors X
hereby take a stand and make a
pledge:! This is not a poet's cor
ner! : jf r - - ::
But there comes a day when,
in order not j to appear narrow
minded, one must quote the "other
side in any discussion.
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One day last week, I wrote a bit
acidly, I now) fear, of suggestions
that basements should be thrown
open as sleeping quarters to men
from Adair. It took the stand then,
and I continue to maintain it, that
most basements are not comfort
able or healthful bedrooms, that
the guests you get would not all
be the ones you would invite into
your home, mail if you should par
ticipate in this innkeeping activity
you should establish definite rules
for your guests and that if s a
good idea to open your home and
heart to homesick lads but that
you shouldn't, do it unless both
borne and heart have room for
those boys, j
Now j comes j this clever response
from a woman who terms herself
"a sentimental mother " who
minks j that f every soldier boy.
especially the young ones, could be
my own by drifting about a
strange city, a little bit lonesome
and with plenty of nothing to
do. j ! ;
So, I give you this contribution
by Doris (Mrs. H. It) Woodburn:
We've jhad some soldier boys out
here, j
And say, we' like them fine.
Tall and short, fat and lean.
They all come out to dine.
One boy thought this rain very
wet; ,
He was from Idaho.
He said, "Before I go to bed
I look! between each toe."
ATj&jT Slices
Toll Charges
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -(JP)
The federal communications com
mission announced Wednesday
night I that American Telephone
and Telegraph company would re
duce its long! lines revenues by
an estimated '$50,700,000 per year,
of which $34,700,000 would be an
immediate saving to the public.
No reduction will be made in
the charge for the initial three
minutes of j long-distance tele
phone; calls,! , but the overtime
charge will be cut.
At present! the charge for each
additional minute is one third of
the charge fori the first three min
utes, but under the new rates,
the charge will be one fourth.
The' commission said that the
agreement would cut $11,900,000
off the government's bill for pri
vate telephone and telegraph lines
leased from ; AT&T. The govern
ment leases 43 per cent of all such
lines rented by the company.
The government will share very
largely in the savings on the over
time charges for toll calls, the FCC
said, since if is the largest single
user of long-distance telephone
service. ;1
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"I sure do like the hot bread,
mom, . .
Said the lad from Arkansaw, ;
"You make good biscuits; you
shor do, ' . .. ' .
But not as. good as Maw.
The sergeant gave a dirty look.
He thought the boy was dumb. ;
I understood and knew that he i
Was lonesome for his mom. f
While driving out we saw a sign.
It read "Fresh cow for sale."
The Bronx boy thought that very
queer; - y; . .7- -' .
"Do they sometimes have 'em
stale?" F
Td like to milk the cow for you,"
Said Tom from Ioway.
"A darn nice boy," my husband
said,
"He's welcome any dayl
In uniform or out of it,
Our boys are just the same. .
It's such a little bit to ask
To help them play the game.
So, meet the boys away from
home;
m sure that you will find
They like to talk and laugh a lot.
Just like yours and mine.
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Incidentally, Mrs. ' Woodburn
adds that these are true experi
ences they pick . up their own
boys, four at a-time and take mem
home for the night,. and the boys
don't forget it
Hendricks
Funeral
Today
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H. Carson are to be active pall
bearers. Interment will be in the Odd
Fellows cemetery, near the body
of Mrs. Hendricks, who died -last
June.
Mr. Hendricks death Wednes
day followed five weeks' Illness
with pneumonia.
Directors of the Salem YMCA,
of which board Mr. Hendricks was
a charter member and was vice
president at time of his death, are
to meet at the Y building at 10:10,
going from there to the chapel
to attend the services In a group.
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Frost Damages
California Crops
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20.-(-Further
aggravating the food sit
uation, frost's withering touch
left heavy damage Wednesday on
vegetable crops In the Imperial
valley, lush major producing area
of the nation's leading agricultur
al state.
The killing frost Monday night.
Imperial county's .first in five
years, virtually destroyed squash,
pea and tomato crops worth thou
sands of dollars, County Agricul
tural Commissioner B. A. Harri
gan reported.
Princess Names Baby
OTTAWA, Jan. 20-OP)-Crwn
Princess Juliana of The Nether
lands has named her third daugh
ter Margriet Fracisca, which
means in English "Daisy Liberty.
The baby was born Tuesday, j
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Russians Near
German-Held
Vital Cities
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Other" Russian' units were threat-
n?n Vnmshiloverad In a drive
down the railway from Millerovo.
i In the Caucasus the Red army
verraav Preletarskaya, abont M
miles from Neat-held Saiek, a
key rail and air base ! mflea
sevtheast ef Rostov. Tt Is from
Salsk lthat the Germans have
been' flymg In supplies to the
22 Nasi divisions slowly being
throttled to death In the trap
before SUlmgra. ;
RaIow' Proletarskara the .Rus
sians cleared out the enemy from
the entire northern bank or the
Manych canaL ; The canal lies be
fwoon h lake area of the north
central Caucasus and the Manych
river that flows northward into
the Don east of Rostov.
' Deeper In the Caucasus the Rus
sians ? advancing northwestward
along the Mineralnye Vody-Ar-
mavir-Rostov railway . captured
Nevinnomysskaya, only 50 miles
from Armavir on the approaches
to the Nazi-held Maikop oil fields.
i Thus the Russions'were slowly
tlrfrtenintf an almost-completed
noose around the Nazi armies in
the Caucasus, forcing them to fall
back on Rostov which is menaced
fmra th north and east by Rus
sian armies operating as close as
60 or 70 miles.
. Nevinnomysskaya, 200 miles
southeast of' Rostov, is the lower
end of this irregular loop, and
the western end is the Black sea.
The noon communique said the
Russians already had crossed the
Manych river, which Is north of
the Salsk-Proletarakaya area.
These troops and those operating
Halong the lower Don river are
meeting determined Axis resist
ance because of their nearness to
Rostov whose capture would cut
off the retreat of big Nazi forces
deep in the Caucasus. "-..
Nazis Qaim
CHile Helps
: By Tao Associated Press .
Chile's break with the Axis will
facilitate Germany's -war in the
Pacific, according to I the German
"reaction' as broadcast by the
Berlin radio early Thursday and
recorded by the Associated Press.
This is the view taken by the
Berlin propagandists;
"Reaction in the German capital
to the report announcing sever
ance I of Chile's . diplomatic rela
tions with the Axis j powers may
be sununarizetTas regrettable; es
pecially for Chile I
This sober and laconic state
ment is symptomatic of the gen
eral viewpoint taken In the matter
throughout Germany, Chile's de
cision ; is insignificant as far as
Oerman war strategy is concerned.
In fact Chile's step will to some
extent facilitate warfare in the
Pacific, since now Germany will
have .no more to take regard to
Chile's special interests.
"It is stressed hi Berlin that
Chilli has no real cause for break
ing off diplomatic relations with
the Axis powers. Germany's at
titude has always been correct."
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Tha Kids and
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threatened a number of cities and
towns in western Canada during
winter's coldest weather.
At Edmonton dealers reported
many householders were down to
their last bucketful. Other placet
were reported to have only enough
coal to last a few days.
SEATTLE, Jan. 2Hfl-S'
ere weather disrupted ahlp
and airplane production in Se
attle Wednesday, knocked eat
power lines Intermittently,
closed schools and principal
stores and crippled severely the
city's transportation system.
The University of Washington
was among the schools closed for
Wednesday and Thursday,
r The stopping of major-war in
dustry production was due part
ly to power failures and partly to
the difficulties of workers get
ting to their jobs. Being a dty
built on hills may add to Seat
tle's scenic attraction, but it is a
splitting headache for the trolly
and bus system In its first major
winter test since it replaced the
streetcars. Most parts of the city,
however, were able to get some
sort of abbreviated service, f j
- The biggest single interruption
in service was the closing of
Boeing airplane plant production.
The closing order came Wednes
day after only about 40 per cent
of the day shift workers were
able to reach the main plant..
; The smaller Boeing No. 1 plant
and the Ren ton unit were shut
down the previous night because
of power failures.
( The Seatue-Tacoma Shipbuild
ing corporation and the. Todd
yards i on Harbor island were
closed because of a power failure.
The same trouble hit the Asso
ciated I Shipbuilders plant The
Lake Washington shipyards closed
at noon and the two night shifts
were canceled out. ..."
One man was electrocuted and
another killed in a traffic acci
dent directly attributed to the
weather situation.
. Motor traffic between Grays
Harbor and Olympia was report
ed .stopped during much of the
day at McCleary. Grays Harbor .
also was cut off from long dis
tance J telephone - communication
most of the day.
Western Washington college
and the elementary schools closed
at Bellingham. Outside crews In
two BeUmgham shipyards were
laid off for the third consecutive
day1 and the big Bloed el-Donovan
lumber mill was shut down. Bel
I Ingham was In darkness for fivo
minutes Tuesday night' after 'trees
fell oh a main power line. .
' Bremerton also had two periods
of darkness because of power
failures Tuesday . night. The roof
of ' a Bremerton skating rink
crashed.
Most of southern Kitsap coun
ty was without electricity Wed- i
nesday.
Supt E. R. Hoffman of Seat
tle's City Light said the storm
damage was the worst in history
for municipal system.
At Everett, the Pacific . ship
yards dismissed its second shift
Wednesday and announced no.
shifts would operate during the
night
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