17 rf Dlmout Thanks, Navy , "Your Service Men eel- saaa means a lot to us fel- lews . away from heme," writes a Salem jnaa la na val training. He echoes many nek notes received br Tin Statesman. IN ' 1 Sunday ausstt p. m. Xlaaday tssrbe -1:2 a. m. Weather:- IrL max. temp. Si, sain. 4t. FrL rata .11 la. Sat rtrer 1J t. Weather data restricted by army re- Tl enest. , x-v. nrsTY-cico:n yeas Sedan. Oregon. Cimday l lcrrlag. rbraciry 7, 1813 fcic la. No. 233 ( Message Slated Byr Snell Taxation Problems -. To Be Discussed : , Further Monday By RALPH C. CURTIS - t : Gov. Earl Snell will trans mit to toe legislature, when its members reconvene on Monday, special message. "The message," Gov. Snell said Saturday, "will be a fur ther amplification of my views and recommendations in con nection with the important prob lem of taxation." There was no further revelation as to the message's content. " Beyond curiosity as to the na ' ture of the impending recommen dations, on the surface there is nothing about such an announce ment to set tongues wagging. Oth er governors have sent special LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR Third reading Monday: In Senate: SB 36, 119, 121. HB 2, 232. In House: HB 30, 85, 87, 89, 91, 142, 146, 165, 170, 204, 297, 298, 302. messages to other legislatures. Yet tongues were set wagging, and in this wise: Obviously, Gov. Snell. is going to advocate a taxation program. The questions are, what program, and whose? ... As food for speculation upon these questions, the ' wagging tongues found available this- back ground: ; ; - ' : Taxation is not merely Important problem" at this slon; It Is "the important prob lem." In recognition, the legis lature's presiding- officers ap pointed highly capable taxation committees, composed of men who not only know about taxes. - bat have confidence fat what they know. Yet not content with what they already know, these com mittees have dag deep Into all . phases of the taxation problem since receiving their appotnt- ita. " They have had, in addition, the assistance of Guy Gordon, whose "splendid services' . . in connec tion" with ' matters of taxation" Gov. Snell acknowledged in his Inaugural message. ' ' On the basis of what they knew and what they learned and with Mr. Gordon's assistance, these able committees have worked out, with out fanfare, a f taxation program. Though there have' been hints and shrewd guesses, its details have not been announced. This for the reason that they are still subject to change; but the impression is that the program has rather sol idly "jelled."''" ' Why then, a special message on taxation? ' Oddly enough, the cry has been raised that there is "no leader ship" and no program. There is bound to be suspicion that the cry emanates from those who know there is a program, and know pretty well what it is, and don't like it 4 The republican party is now responsible . for Oregon's gov ernment. From republicans sen sitive to this responsibility and concerned over the "no lead-" ership" cry has com an appeal to Gov. Snell to assume leader-, ship. The special message Is the result. , . Still what program, and whose? Though the final score is not ,t yet in. Gov. Snell's recommenda tions on other subjects have not. In the main, fared well in the legislature to date. Is he planning to challenge the judgment and de cisions of these quite independent minded tax committeemen, "stick his neck out" further? ' (Turn to Page 2 Story A) Willamette and Creeks Rise - Snow which fell in fair quantity but did not dingr in downtown .Salem, late Saturday night indi- dated : removal, temporarily : at least, of the threat of a second IMS' Good, unofficial weather ob servers declared as the Willam ette hovered close to the 14-foot mark. . , fUlverton oa Saturday was experiencing the worst flood of the winter there to date. Silver : creek' rose more than two feet from 11 a. m. to 7:30 p. m. and was higher than it had been ' even daring the disastrous No vember high water. ' Basements and lawns in the Geiser addition were flooded. The Salem -Sflverton lower road was under water from the Pud Eisenhower:. Meads 'NW Africa; Giraud Arranges Unity Step ; A Hies Pushed By EDWARD D. BALL ! -: i - , LONDON, Feb. MVThe allies set, the stage for the impending showdown in Tunisia Saturday by naming Ltf Gen. Dwight p. Eisenhower commander-in-chief f a new north African theatre of operations shortly after the political situation in north AIhm a Vsrvafii1 turn ttt T ) ' In the actual fighting, ha the allies suffered a setback 11 ' ? aorhtn i the Germans; captured a K.Bayne Jcr v cants Lr Postmastership List Closes Tuesday; Some of Former Seekers Undecided By STEPHEN C. MERGLER - 4 The second civil service list of applicants for the Salem postmas tership is to be closed Tuesday with at least one new man enter ing the competition. Kenneth Bayne, long-time worker on the Marion county democratic central committee and frequent candidate for county of fice, is adding his name to the list, friends have been advised. The complete list is obtainable only from commission offices at Washington, DC, at the close of the filing period. Joseph J. Gallagher, benefits supervisor for the state unem ployment commission, who was the only one of eight applicants to be certified for appointment following the original examin ations late last year, is again In the running. He didn't have to file a new application. Paul Lynch, deputy collector of internal revenue, whose office is in the postoffice building, has filed- a new application, and so (Turn to Page 2 Story C) ' ; v .-I . Safem -HigliV--' Speakers Win At linfield McMINNVTLLE, Ore., Feb. 6(ff) Salem dominated the 11th annual high school speech tournament Saturday at Linfield college, win ning four events and placing in numerous others. The results were: ' Senior oratory Won by Jane Huston, Salem; Nevitt Smith, Sa lem, second; David Dawson, Med ford, third. , Radio speaking Won by Jacques Autrey, Hillsboro; Lloyd Bomaschopky, Dallas, second; Alice Rose, Salem, and John Pooy, Sheridan, third. Senior, extemporaneous Won by Laroy Dillan, Hillsboro; John Brown, Salem, second. Junior extemporaneous Won by Don Pollack, Forest Grove; Dick Stanton, Grants Pass, sec ond. Poetry Won by Betty Lou Morris, ; Sheridan; Patty Lou Stockhoff, Sheridan, second; Jean Driggs, Salem,-third. Junior oratory Won by Nancy Brown, Salem; Jean Driggs, Phyl lis Graham and Erma Wolverton, all Salem, second. Humorous declamation Won by Bill Burns, Salem; Pat Leary, Salem, second; Jack Horn, Rose burg, third. Senior declamation Won by Patricia Lutrupp, Sheridan; Alice Rose, Salem, second; Jean Bar ham, Salem, and Betty Lou Mor ris, Sheridan, third. - Senior debate Won by Robert Meyers and Richard Smirthwaite, both ; Beaverton; Jack Horn and Varney Baker, Roseburg, second. After dinner speaking Won by John Brown, Salem; Bill Burns, Salem, second; Nevitt Smith, Salem, third. ding: river' and was not in use early Saturday night l " - - The Abiqua was out of ita banks and over the highway on the Mt Angel road- although traffic was still getting through at 8 p. ax: Salem felt the flood threat as overburdened sewers backed up at the city's edge, where new res idential connections, some of them allowed when installation of new mains seemed imminent, had com bined with high streams and hea vy rainfall to flood basements. . i PORTLAND, Feb. -JSf-Meterologist E. L. Wells pre dicted the Santiam river will rise one foot above the 14-foot flood level at Jefferson Satur day night hut will cause little damage. Appli strategic mountain from the Brit- I ish First army 20 mues .south of Pont-du-Fahs. But the . British announced sea successes with sub marines sinking three more axis supply ships and a tanker in the Mediterranean. The Algiers radio broadcast a report that British Eighth army troops were "a good miles inside Ta a 1st a," after crossing the border from Libya bat this lacked official confirm ation. ( i . - " Gen. Henri Giraud established a new war committee in French North and West Africa, supplant ing the old imperial council ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Feb. C (AVGen. Henri Giraud Satur day steered liberalised Af rican regime In the direction of French unity, with the appoint ment of De Gaollist sympathis ers to several high places la the government believed a virtual certainty by informed sources. formed by the late A dm. Jean Darlan. Giraud's step apparently left the way open for the Fighting French under Gen.; Charles De Gaulle to be represented, and North African dispatches reported that Gen. Georges Catroux Of the Fighting French national commit tee conferred with Giraud in Al giers Saturday on taking a post in the French African govern ment. Later dispatches, however, said it was reported that Catroux would not take a place in the Gi raud government, and Fighting French spokesmen in London said there was mo question of his ac cepting such a post, Both Giraud's new committee and the separation of the' US North African theatre of opera tions from the European theatre were seen as direct results of the Roosevelt - Churchill Casablanca conference. The fall meaning of Elsen hower's appointment was not immediately clear, bat London military circles did not Inter pret It as a complete and final answer as to who would direct the US. British and French forces lajthe showdown battle for Tunisia. , (In Washington the war depart' ment said the new theatre of op erations would include the north western section of North Africa (Turn to Page 2 Story B) Minors9 Work Gets Ruling WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -(AV The war manpower commission said Saturday that "no one under 14 years of age should be employed full-time or part time as a part of the hired labor force." T In a statement of policy issued by Chairman Paul V. McNutt, the commission also opposed employ ment of 14 and 15-year-olds in manufacturing and mining jobs or in any other work unless "qual ified older workers are not avail able." - ? , The WMC said "It is essential that young people have the fullest possible opportunity " consistent with the war effort to complete their education." J; I V : "In most cases," the statement said, "youth under 18 ! can best contribute to the war program by continuing in school and, when their services are required, ac cepting vacation, and part-time employment.' ' He said the Willamette river rose slightly-above flood stage at Harrisburg Friday, " but receded during the night The ice bridge across the Co lumbia river at The Dalles went out Saturday and port officials guarded against : ice" piling ; up against wharves. Ferry service was resumed after nearly two weeks-lapse. ; r-:"VV,' 'l-' : y s A wind and rainstorm occurred here Friday night Tree surgeons were called to bind up a large shade tree that split SO feet above the ground and threatened to fall on an apartment building. . -. The Portland weather bureau predicted a moderat rise in the - Willamette river above Oregon City threnghoBt the next 24 hoars. Oogfigtos Down 26;' Of Enemy. No Allied Fighters P Lost Over Guinea; ( Bombers Attack By .TOM YARBROUGH j ALLJED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA,- Sunday,; Feb 1-iJfy-ln : the biggest 1; single day's air. battle to date in the southwest Pacific 26 Japanese planes were destroyed and; 15 damaged over Wau, New Gui nea Saturday. Not a" single allied fighter was lost in the fierce dogfighting which lasted all day. The allied fighters were Light nings, Airacobras and Kitty hawks; their victims were Zeros and me dium bombers. ) It was aa all-out attempt 'by the Japs to ram the Waa air drome around which g r a a 4 fighting has been continuing; oa a small scale f or several days. There was no ground push syn-; chronized with Saturday's big air attack and fighting was lua ited to patrol activity. I The total bag of enemy planes consisted of: Twenty one fighters and three medium bombers shot down by planes and two by anti aircraft guns: Damaged or prob ably destroyed 12 fighters j and three medium bombers. Fighting occurred over a wide area around Wau, which is 35 miles southwest of Salamaua.) The planes battled at altitudes as high as 18,000 and as low as 2000 feet with planes swirling and rolling like gargantuan , tumbleweed. . This air battle was surpassed In size only by the great three-day allied attack on a Jap convoy off Lae, New Guinea. J a n u a r y 6 through January 9 when 133 en emy planes were downed or dam aged. American pilots had a stroke of (Turn to Page 2 Story G) Committee to Investigate Subversives9 WASHINGTON, Feb. 6f(ff) President Roosevelt established an official committee Saturday to handle "complaints of subversive activity by federal employes but this action came far from satisfy ing congressmen who have been pressing for a housecleaning; "What we need -is fewer inves tigations and more action on in vestigations already made, com mented Rep. Hendricks (D-Fla.). "Congress expects to press this fight until real action is taken and we are not going to accept a whitewash by any board." S Chairman Dies (D-Tex.) of the house committee on unAmerican activities expressed the vewj that instead of a committee of depart mental officials which the presi dent appointed, the . public would have "more confidence'-' in a board composed Of representatives of the American legion, the CIO j and AFL and business groups, f Ut. Roosevelt set up the Com mittee ' in an executive order which directed It to "serve as an advisory and coordinating agency in all matters pertaining to the investigation and disposition of complaints of subversive activity on ; the part of employes of the executive branch of the federal government," except the wai and navy departments. , ; f, - : The committee will act In cases involving those departments upon request of their secretaries. The committee, set up within the Justice department, consists of Herbert Gaston assistant secre tary of the treasury; Oscar L. Chapman, assistant secretary of interior: Rudolph M. Evans, mem ber of the federal reserve board of Koverhors: Francis C Brown, so licitor of the federal deposit in surance corporation, and John Q. Cannon, Jr., legal adviser to the civil service commission. :i Pendleton Plane . Crashes in Field ; PENDLETON, .Ore- Feb A pursuit plane from Pendleton army air base failed to come out of a power dive Saturday! and crashed in a farm field three miles northwest of here. .- .-' I The pilot was killed , instantly as the i plane scattered wreckage over a wide area and burst into flame.. ,f Witnesses said the plane had made an inside loop but failed to straighten out after going into the dive. " V-'.' ;---'.v.. ?r-.. ii " Air base officers said the pilot's name would be withheld until the next of kin had been notified, Singing Will Continue9 4 - - UIA&II BEACH, Fla Feb. C Several residents of Mi ami Beach nave filed written complain recently about the early morning singing of the - troops, in training here. - . Saturday they received their answer from CoL Ralph ' 1L Parker, commanding, the Miami Beach air base command. : . Said Colonel Parker la an open letter: "The singing will continue. Moreover - please arise at the first soand of military ac tivity each morning and get down on your knees with all the members el year household who are disturbed thereby, and offer thanks to God Almighty, with me and all the rest of as, that those are Americans smg tag American songs, and not Germans or Japanese singing - victory ' songs In American streets." OSGanflOCE Engineers, TPAACS To Be Sent for Special Work ' WASHINGTON, Feb. -(ff)- The war manpower commission announced Saturday approval of 281 non-federal schools, colleges and universities for utilization by the war and navy departments for specialized training of men and women needed, in the armed for ces. ; Located throughout the coun try, the institutions were first to be selected by a Joint -committee of the army, navy and manpower commission for the new war training program. Many others will be designated later. Every institution in the country is be ing considered for possible use. The commission emphasized that actual contracts ' will be let only to Institutions whose facili ties prove acceptable .to the inter' ested branch of the services. "cntFacts for' training made be fore creation of the committee re main in force. There are between 600 and 700 of these.' Renewals will clear through the committee: Among the 281 approved are: To the war department for training engineers. Alaska : University of Alaska. Idaho: University of Idaho. - Montana: Montana State college. Oregon: Oregon State college. Washington: State college of Washington, University of Wash ington. To the war department for the training of army aviation cadets. Idaho: College of Idaho. Montana: Billings Polytechnic Institute, Montana State college, Montana State university, North ern Montana college. Washington: Central Washington college, St. Martin's college, State College of Washington. To the war department tor training centers for WAAC train ees. Oregon: Oregon College of Ed ucation. ''..''' To the navy department for training engineers. Montana; ' Montana ' School of Mines. Washingto n: University of Washington. Two Men Hurt In Accidents - Howard Rose, 50, Capitol cab- ins,West Salem, was in the sur gery . at Salem General hospital this morning after catching his wrist in a roll as he worked at Kay Woolen nulls shortly before mid night Saturday. City first aid men, who were called to the scene nf the accident, said they could not judge the extent of the injury al though fellow : workmen believed the hand was almost severed from the wrist ;-r- . ' V? T Ed SauL 47, resident of 70 lib erty road, was able to "crawl to the porch ot the house a& 1815 South Liberty to call for help after a fall had resulted in a compound fracture of his lejt leg between the knee and the ankle. City first aiders, called at 11 p. m took him to Salem General hospital. . Windshield Stronger . PITTSBURGH, FeboV-iff) The danger to airplane windshields from collisions with high-flying birds has now, been obviated, civ il aeronautics authority officials claimed Saturday in disclosing the development of a laminated, "bird-p x o o f ; windshield seven times as strong as ordinary glass. The' new windshield, . resulting from months . of . experiment by CAA and glass and plastic .com pany experts, can withstand the impact of a 15-pound .bird at speeds of . 200 or more miles an hour - - Med Sitorm Nasi Mines omtli rf Rostov:; Noose Mav - Deev Deiml Soviet Drives Roll On KHARKOV pjf t )V ' V !St- A5r7 - STALINGRAD Russian forces continued early today to push closer to Karsk (1) additional railway junctions were captured on the way to Khar kov (Z). Columns drove Into the onUklrts of Rostov (1) and west ward in the Caucasus (4) to trap German troops, threatened with a "Dunkero.ue at the Kerch straits. Berlin admitted Russian troops were In Novorossisk, port on the red-controlled Black sea Asso ciated Fress Telemat. Both Navies In Pacific; Knox Says War With Subs Grows i By WILLIAM T. PEACOCK WASHINGTON- Feb. o-OV American and forces sparring in the southwest some warships ori the other side, Secretary Knox said Saturday, although no major clash has yet developed. ' J X Discussing the situation at a press conference, the. navy secre tary first said the losses were minor in everything surface and air." Then he added that they might be called "moderate, if you want to change the word," but em phasized .that they! included "no thing significant nothing of a ma jor character." He did not amplify bat his statement seemed! to mean nei ther side had lost any Urge ves sel, such as aa aircraft carrier or battleship, and that Japanese claims of having sunk two Amer- . lean battleships are pare fabri cation. ),.-.: ..t;.,;tVr Knox also told reporters: (1) The Germans now have more submarines at sea than last June; the - month Of ' heaviest al lied losses, with large concentra tions south of Iceland, on the route to Britain, and in the mid-Atlantic on the routes to north Africa. -The navy is stiainingi every effort" to produce sufficient anti-subma rine, vessels to combat this menace upon which Hitler 'Undoubtedly Is counting heavily: Although Knox referred to last June's ship losses in speaking of ihe large number of nazi U-boats now operating, ho did not imply that current losses were, at the same rate. In fact, he commented, as Secretary of War Stimson previously had said, losses; on the north Atlantic route to Russia had been reduced. He also said that Brazil was making good progress in combatting sub marine ' activities off the South American coast, "j.- (2) He did not believe the Japa nese nad increased their strength in the Aleutians. This was in re sponse to a question from a re porter who remarked that recent navy communiques-, had reported considerable Japaneso air activity in that area.' " A communique read at the con ference related that five enemy planes bombed American positions in the Aleutians February .4, but inflicted no damage. That night a US force of Liberator heavy and Mitchell1 medium bombers with fighter escort, ", bombed the Jap base at Kiska and shot down three of five enemy planes which en gaged them. The Japanese also lost another - piano to an Ameri can reconnaisance aircraft. : , Covering also la e 1 1 o a s t by : forces oa Guadalcanal In the Solomons, the communique said American patrols had advanced (Turn to ; Pagu 1 2 Story C uu iso MATUTI Mllfi Ltiss:- Ships Japanese naval Pacific have each knocked out Veteran Pilot Found Dead In Alaska KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Feb. () The body of Harold Gill am, veter en Alaskan aviator, missing for more than a month since his plane crashed southeast . of here, was found Saturday, the coast guard reported. .::r ' -.' The body was : found, on the beach ot Boca de Quadra by a coast guard searching party in command of A. W. Angellson, the same man who was in charge of the search boat which earlier this week found Joseph H. Tippets and Percy Cutting, first survivors of the crash located. Gillam's body was returned to Ketchikan late Saturday by Pilot Hugh Ransdell of Ellis Airways. The veteran Gillam, who had left his party to seek aid for them on January 10, apparently- bad died from exposure and shock. , One of the six persons aboard the plane when it crashed on a mountain above Smeaton bay Jan uary 8, Miss Susan Batzer, 23, of Camas, Wasa was fatally injur ed. The tour men passengers all have been rescued. -. ' Miss Batzer met death bravely (Turn to Page 2 Story, F) . WoocLburn Blarine Among Navy Dead - WASHINGTON, FeU e-flVThe nary announced Saturday 42 cas ualties in navy . forces, Including 14 dead, 14 wounded and 14 miss ing. ' -r K- ;; This. "brings to 22.T79 the: total of navy, marine corps and coast guard casualties reported to next of kin since December 7, 1941. The grand total ' includes 6475 dead, 4033 wounded : and 12,271 missing. ";. - ?;V: .-. ;. ' - . ' Casualties announced Saturday (those listed are navy and non commissioned personnel unless otherwise specified) , included: V Oregon t; Barrett, Charles J marine, dead. Father, Mr. Sylves ter Earrett, Woodburn, as Columns Surge Within 10 Miles of Gty 200,000 Nazis Said In Caucasus ; Reds Approach Kharkov By The Associated PrM " LONDON, Sunday, Feb. 7 The Red army stormed forward at the last German defenses of Rostov south of the Don Sun day and sent flying columns southward toward the .Kerch straits to cut off the seaward escape of a large nazi Caucas ian army already virtually caught in a Russian noose by a lightning thrust to the Sea of Azov. A special Russian communique recorded Saturday night by the ' Soviet Monitor said the Russian forces reached the Sea of Azov south of Rostov, cutting the Ger mans off in the Caucasus, and the regular communique early Sun day said columns were turning south toward the Kerch straits. . Adolf Hitler thus was pre- seated with the task of extrl eating his entire Caucasus force, " estimated up to 200,009 men, in his first rDankerqne" and aft er his disaster of Stalingrad. . At the same time, the communi que announced, the red army surged to within 10 miles of Rosn tov from the south by the capture of Bataisk and. burst across the Donets river in - a - sweep which, threatened not only the encircle ment of Rostov and the Donets mining basin but also the ap proaches to the Crimea. In the latter thrust they came within 43 miles of Kharkov, in dustrial capital of the Ukraine, with the capture of Balakleya, on one of the railways radiating southeast of Kharkov, The Russians, in their drive to the Sea of Azov south of Rostov, announced that they had captured the town and port of Yeisk, 63 miles southwest of Rostov and the terminal of a branch railway from the main Rostov-Baku line. With all railways and roads hi their possession the Russians thus had cut off the large German force . still holding Krasnodar and the Black sea naval base of Novoros sisk in the Caucasus after a retreat of 375 miles from the highwater mark of their invasion. ' Escape by sea from Novoros sisk or across the Kerch straits Into the Crimea were the only exits left to the , Germans, and with the Russian fleet still la ; being la the Black sea it was a question whether the German -high command had the naval facilities to attempt aa evaeua- ' tion sacb . as saved the ' British army at Dunkerque nv 1149. . (By German account, the Black sea naval base of Novorossisk al ready was invested by Russian troops which landed under the smoking guns of the Black sea fleet. Others had landed on the Taman peninsula leading to the Kerch strait, the Berlin radio ad mitted.) . Planes Wreck Burma Enemy BOMBAY, Feb. 0AVUS hea vy bombers have wrecked Japan ese communications between north and south Burma so com pletely that the enemy has been compelled to rearrange his de fensive forces while an effort is made at repair. Two weeks ago MaJ. Earl I' Tash, of Walla. Walla, Wash., led an. attack on the Myithge railroad bridge across the Irrawaddy, just south of Mandalay sole connec tion for north-south traffic and dropped at least one thousand pound bomb on a span in mid stream. - Photographs show the span dropped into the river. - - Since then .the Japanese have been working frantically to re pair the bridge. Before their evac uation the British had destroyed the foot bridge at Myitnge, but the rail span remained. The Japanese had built run ways on the railway bridge and used it both as a highway end rail crossing. Thus the American bombs cut both - road and rail traffic