The OltEGON STATESMAN, Salem. ' Oregon. Sunday Morning. February 7. 1S43
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Dogfights Doivri
Meet After Tax Plan Fight
Top Favorite
ICBayne Joins
Applicants for
Pn sttmi stprsliin
A Cure for Bulging Pockets
Veteran Pilot
Found Dead
In Alaska
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1
26 Jap Planes
Over Guinea
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has Gordon D. Thompson, Salem
postal clerk. Of the other appli
cants last year, only one, A. C
Gragg, salesman for Valley Pack
ing company, was believed likely
to file again, and he was undecid
ed late last week. T. J. Brabec,
county tax collector until last
month, was undecided, and Ira
M. Darby, city, water department
- auditor, indicated he ".was only
luke warm on the question of try
ing a second time.
- Frances L. Welch, only woman
among the original applicants, is
- now ' employed , as a personnel
counselor at Swan , Island ship
yard in Portland and,' therefore,
-listed in the doubtful classifica
tion as to the postal list, :
W. H. Bauiie. manager ef the
Salem office of the US employ
. ment service and a republican,
- had inquiries made aste the
likelihood of a minority party
v man's getting the ' postmaster
appointment if he could ma
lif y. J The answer be get was
: not: conclusive. .Already a. civil
3 service federal employe, he may
not pat in his name for the post
office position, although his ad
ministrative experience with the
employment service and as one
time superintendent of the state
" training school for boys might
' qualify, him. :
A. L. Lindbeck. Salem news
I 'paperman, who once talked of
. seeking the job, has not inaicaiea
i whether or not he would apply.
I He didnt sign up for the first ex-
; animation.
F.; Junior Eckley, accountant
for the industrial accident com
mission, is not expected to renew
his application,
i : The postmastership, held by
Henry R. Crawford on a carry
over basis at the request of post-
i al authoriUes, pays $4200 a year.
The appointee due eventually to
be made as his successor will go
under permanent tenure.
Message Set
. Monday, Snell
A (Continued from Page 1) A
Leaving that interesting ques-
tion, let's turn now to the text of
' the governor s announcement
Further amplification of my views
, and recommendations.
There is an erroneous Impres
sion that Gov.4 Snell, in his.in
. augural message, opposed income
tax rate reduction. After voicing
a warning as to the shrinkage Jn
individual income tax payments
but not the total due- to federal
income , tax offset, the governor
had this to say:
"I caution that full, long range
and careful consideration should
be given to any suggestion for re
duction at this time.".
The tax committees have giv
en "full, long range and careful
consideration to this srf co
tton, and It Is known that some
of their members favor a tem
porary, ''percentage' redaction
in income tax payments though
; not a redaction in rates. Whether
that will be the final' decision,
1 and if it is, what percentage re
daction will be proposed, are
not, yet -certain.
On the basis, of his inaugural
- message. Gov. Snell might without
inconsistency endorse such a pro
gram. .
But if he does and the tongue
waggers will know on Monday,
and the. suspense will not be un
bearablethe question "what pro-
gram will have been answered,
but there still may remain the oth
er question, "whose." -
Committee Delays
Decision, Awaits
FR on Limits ;
; WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -(ay-
House ways and means committee
.members.' pondering', the question
fo nullifying President Roosevelt's
order limiting salaries to $25,000
after-taxes, Saturday postponed a
: decision-to give the chief execu
tive, at his request, chance to
submit -his view : : .
The committee deferred action
until next Saturday amid. strong
, - signs that the move to erase the
; 'executive order " by legislation
would have won a committee ma
Jority had il.not been put to -a
vote Saturdav. - ..-li
In a letter to CSxairman Dough-
ton (D-NC) of the committee, Mr.
Roosevelt .'expressed his: "earnest
. hope" that . a pending bill toL boost
the nation's debt) limit to $210.-
000.000,000 would be passed with
out amendment.- -.V ; in
i Meanwhile; - considerable sup
port was gathering behind acorn
promise proposal by Hep. . Disney
(D-Okla) which would peg sal
aries' in excess of $25,000, after
- taxes,, to their level on December
7, ; 1942. 'Reasonable'! Increases
would be permitted for those un
der the $25,000 salary bracket.
College 250 Monday
: WILLIAMSBURG, Va,. Feb. e.
TVThe College of William and
jllary, which first feltjthe impact
pi war in the French and Indian
conflicts . of colonial, times, wiU
celebrate1 7 Its 250th anniversary
Monday with simplicity dicta
.ted by another war.
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Here's the ration salt an Idea for men who weary ef pockets bulging
from wallet, ration books, and the grocery list the wife handed
oat at breakfast time. Designed In New Tork for an emergency
war. conference in Chicago by a designers association. It has a
series of inner suit coat pockets with Isinglass windows to hold
social security card, ration book, and identification cards, all visible
at a flip of the wrist. Associated Press Telemat.
Factor Returns
Jf
John "Jake the Barber" Factor and
cago from Cedar KapMs, la where Factor was sentenced, to 10
years In the federal penitentiary and fined $10,(MO after pleading
goilty to charges of participating in a ware house whiskey receipts
ease. He had been granted a 10-day stay of execution. Associated
Press Telemat.
Ration Roundup Shotcs Dates
For Registration, Stamp
Br The Associated Prssa
PROCESSED FOODS:
Rationing of canned and frozen
fruits and vegetables, dried fruit.
canned soups, canned baby foods,
begins March 1. Retail sale stops
at midnight February 20. Regis
tration for ration book No. 2 starts
February 22.
SUGAR
Stamp No. 11 is good for three
pounds until March 15.
COFFEE
Stamp No. 25 is good for one
pound through March 21.
GASOLINE
: No. 4 coupons In A books are
good through March 21. A, B and
C coupons are worth three gallons
In the east, four elsewhere.
February 28 is the, last day for
B and C motorists to have tires
inspected, March 31 for A book
holders. Failure to meet these
deadlines' makes a; motorist in
eligible for gasoline or tires,
"FUEL on
Washington and Oregon regis
tration for fuel oil; begins Febr
uary 8 but . oQ can. be bought on
"coupon" credit" "from" dealers
pending issuance of coupons which
President Roosevelt en Route Home Confers With Aides
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In animated conversation, with? President Roosevelt, retaining b s
Historic uasaDianca, -aioroeeo. -aacencuuonal sarrender" eosuerenoes is Harry Hopkins, sdo ft nioinl
: aide. Sitting directly behind them are Lt. George Fox of the navy medical corps (left) and Rear Adnv
Ross T. Melotire. sorgeon general of the US navy. Across the plane's aisle are Guy Spaman (back
ef head toward camera) of the United States secret service and Capt John I ttcCrea, presidential
naval aide. Standing arcr Arthor Prettyman, '-vmlct (hands folded) ?; Charles Fredericks. Elmer Hlpo
.ley and WHmer Deckard of the eecret servtoe and. Caps.' Otis Bryan, chief puot-US Navy Photo
Irasa OWI ky INP Senadphot. Y .f ; , ' ' i
After Sentence
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his wife (above) arrive in Chi
will be worth 10 and 100 gallons.
OTHER
Meat rationing Is scheduled ap
proximately April 1. Rationing of
butter and other edible oils and
canned milk is expected, later.
Both Navies
Lose Sliips
E (Continued from Page 1) E
a mile and one-half beyond
Tassafaronga, or about a mile
further than heretofore. Enemy
resistance was described as
American bombers carried out
raids on Japanese bases at Munda
and Kolombangara in the New
Georgia islands, and a Flying
Fortress, attacked by three Japa
nese planes, shot down one, beat
off the others and returned to its
base, although damaged. There
were two "nuance raids on
American positions by lone Japa
nese planes Wednesday night in
tended chiefly, , Knox said, to in
terrupt the Americans' sleep. !
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lnck at the beginning of the fight
in that when the first wave of Jap
bombers and their ' Zero escorts
hit Watt airdrome some allied
transports with fighter e a-c o r t s
were just arriving and thus were
in the air and ready to meet the
attackers. . :iH;-i::4-
' The battle came In five phases
from 10:45 ajn. to 1 pjn." At
10:45 elsht American J-40 fUht
ers escorting transports . came
upon 12 Jap medlnm bomben
which were dive bombing Wan
field with an escort of 12 Zeros.
Gunning into them at 2009 feet
and less, the P-40s shot down
five Zeros and two bombers,
and possibly got three more of
the bombers.
At the same time, eight Amer
ican P-29 fiehters. which also
were escortihg some transports
and which also probably were a
toD-covef for the first formation.
intercepted 20 to 25 Zeros and six
enemy medium bombers at 12,000
feet.
These Aira cobras shot down 11
Zeros and one bomber and prob-
ablv destroyed five more Zeros.
About an hour later, at 11:40
a. m., four American P-38 fight
ers ripped into 11 or 12 Zeros at
16.000 feet, north of Wau. These
Zeros tried to evade battle, but
nevertheless one of them was de
stroyed and two damaged.
Between 12:10 and 1 P- m. nine
P-38c (Lightnings) intercepted
three or more Zeros over Wau
between 10.000 and 18,0001 feet
The Lightnings destroyed one and
nrobably two more.
At 12:40. five P-40s and three
P-39s blew into six Zeros at 7000
feet, northeast of Wau, and shot
down three.
In all this fighting, anti-air
craft fire was credited with bring
ing down two medium bombers.
The Salamaoa-Lae sector,
Just above Wau, is regarded as
the next logical one for ground
fighting since the fall of the'
Papuan peninsula to the south to
the allies.
In indirect support of the
spreading Solomons battle, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's bombers
went back again to Bougainville
island for night raids on air
dromes. One of the heavy bomh
ers spotted an 8000 ton Jap cargo
ship approaching Buka -and , at
tacked it. When last seen, the
vessel was moving it reduced
speed with smoke issuing from
the bow.
For the eighth straight night,
despite bad weather, a bomber
returned to RabaaL on the
northern tip of New Britain,
and carried oat three-hoar
harrasslng raid. It was the
third straight night such a pro
longed action was executed.
Over Open bay, New Britain, a
bomber scored a direct bit on a
500-ton Jap cargo ship anchored
off shore, probably destroying it.
Off Finschhafen, New Guinea,
another 500-ton Jap ship was hit
by a bomber and left aflame.
Dairy Labor
Imports Due
PORTLAND, Feb. 6-P- The
first 40 FSA farm labor importees
from the Midwest win leave Ar
kansas for Pacific northwest dairy
farms within 15 days. Regional Di
rector Walter A. Duffy announced
Saturday.
Fifteen of the Arkansas farmers
will go to Marshfield for place
ment on Coos county dairy farms,
Duffy said, and the others will go
to dairy centers of western Wash
ington.
Arrangements have been com
pleted to give them training in use
of milking machines, Duffy ex
plained. ' V '
He said they were recruited in
poor land areas where farms are
too .Email or rocky for full time
farming, and that their families
will 'come along later with' house
hold goods. '
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big foar-motorod plane from the
Beardsley Rand, chairman of the federal reserve board of New Tork
(left), jokes with Chairman Robert L. Doaghton D-NC) ' (right)
of the house ways and means committee, following vigorous con
troversy between them at a hearing before the committee m Wash
ington on the Rami pay-as-you-eam income tax plan- Associated
- Press Telemat. '-; ' r"i:-
Mansion Storm Victim
Broken by the pounding of heavy
style seaside mansion at Escondido Beach, eight. miles north of
Mallbo. is gradaally- slipping into the sea. Every high tide brings
increasing damage to this shores ide menage and three other pre
tentious dwellings on the southern California coastal apron. US
Photo. j
'Nine, Young Men9 of Senate
New Factor, Look to McNary
By FRANCIS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6-JPy-A
young men" emerged Saturday
The nine new republican senators say their election over ex
perienced incumbents indicates
ers over tne way the nation s
business is being run and they
Intended to do something about it.
So they are working together,
studying together, gathering at
least once a week for lunch and,
significantly, they already have
voted as a unit more than once.
They are to attend a dinner
Sunday night at which Former
President Herbert Hoover wfll be
the guest of, honor. The dinner,
to be given by William R. Castle,
assistant secretary of state In
Hoover's administration, will be
Informal. The former president is
here to testify Monday before a
senate committee Investigating
manpower.
: The- nine disclaim any inten
tion ef usurping leadership from
the man who held the line for
their party when its senate rep
reeentatiea was far snore slen
der than the present SS. They
leek to Minority Leader Me
Nary, Oregon veteran, for coon-
el. and had him as gvest of
honor at one of - their Wednes
day loneheons which are becom
ing a weekly feature on Capitol
liiTl. - ' y : r"'
Oddly. . the - strategy-luncheons
rew ;out of a .treat by, Vice-Pres
ident-Wallace. Early, in, the ses
sion that ranking democrat invited
all freshmen senators te a noon
'eet-toeefher." The rune new re
publicans and two new democratic
members were on hand.: After the
ice cream the democrats drifted
off but the republicans stayed to
talk. .t'V . - .
Since then ' the nine have met
regularly..; They have a standing
Wednesdav noon reservation in a
private capitol dining room known
a the Vandenberg room.: . .
Senator Vandenberg (R-MichJ,
r whom the room is named.
might Qualify as sort of godfather
for the nine young men. They con
sult him frequently,. have invited
him to two of their sessions and
recall that he once was the spark
plug of a similar group of out
spoken senate" newcomers "the
young Turks" of more than a dec
ade ; ago whom Sen. George H.
Moses bf" New Hampshire called
'sons of .the wild Jackass.",
The nine young I men some
mtlr nrvtCf ao voung tut they
laughingly acknowledge the name
have no formal organization and
say they want none. They ' are
Senators Buck of Delaware, Bush-
field of South Dakota, Ferguson
Michiran. Hawkes of New Jer
sey, Moore nf Oklahoma, Rever
comb of West Virginia, Robertson
of
Wyoming, Wherry or neoras
and Wilson "of Iowa. All. but
ka
.e;-riA3e w-KWixasJ
waves, this two-story Normandy-
J. KELLY
powerful new group "the nine
as a factor in the senate,
deep dissatisfaction of I the vot
one displaced a democrat. Wherry
succeeds the veteran George Nor
ris, Nebraska independent.
"We're not organising to op
set anything, Ferguson de
clared in an interview, "We're
not organising as a groop; we're
just dlscossing things together.
"You know, we're an inquisitive
bunch of fellows who! want to
know the 'why of things. We're
not here as politicians, and I don't
believe there is one among us who
cares a rap whether he comes
back. We Just want to get at the
truth and truth is the hardest
thing in the world to find."
Wins Annulment
Actress Lana Turner leaves Los
'Angeles etty hall after obtaln
- Ing- ahnolment - of her mar
f. irKge to- Stephen Crane, broker
rxndtebaeee heir. The aefress
i" testified She did not learn smtfl
recently that when they were
toxrflti Crane had net obtained
: 'a final decree ef divorce from
i his former wife. Mrs.- Carol
A - Crane. Associate PTeso - Telo-
and in full knowledge jof its im
minence, two fellow passengers in
the wreck on a mountain peak
told an interviewer Saturday.--
The account related by Joseph
H. Tippets, Anchorage mechanical
maintenance unit employe of the
civil . aeronautics , administration,
and Percy Cutting, Hayward, Cal
employe of the Morrison-Knudsen
Co., of Boise, Idaho, differed in
details from - earlier accounts of
the wreck. '.
; It was told at the coast guard
rescue party's Smeaton bay camp
while the rescuers were bringing
out two more survivors Robert
Gebo, 36, Seattle construction en
gineer and general superintendent
for the construction company's
Alaska enterprise, and Dewey
Metzdorf, Anchorage; hotel man
and superintendent of commissary
and hotels, for the government
owned Alaska railroad.
Both were injured whenT: the
plane crashed against a mountain
peak January S, and they had sub
sisted the past nine days on only
two bouillon cubes and a table-
spoonful of tea. , j,.,
Miss Batzer was en route to be
gin employment by the CAA in
Alaska. Tippets and Cutting said
one of her hands or wrists was
badly cut when the plane smashed
up, and she was trapped inside the
broken cabin for two hours until
the others, . working in a pitch
dark sleet -storm, succeeded In
freeing her. , , .
There was no attempt at ampu
tation of the hand, they said. The
girl, weakened by loss of blood,
lay in the chilly cabin for two days
before succumbing.
Say what you will, we really
live in the "land where dreams
come true. -
Did you ever join me in wish
ing all alarm clocks were in "gal-
liwhack"? Mine is. -
' And I who once found my best
sleep after I had silenced its hoarse
jangle must never know the lux
ury of those lost moments of doz
ing. -
Incidentally, this lack of an
alarm clock causes one to listen
with a more appreciative ear to
the telephone bell of mornings. So
the news sources who have always,
chosen the early hours to call a
night reporter may now feel that
they are rendering her a real ser
vice. Included in this category of
servants might also be that . Eu
gene acquaintance who, arriving
recently at the office ahead of
time, some fours after I had gone
to sleep, called me to learn whe
ther I was still wearing my hair
on top of my head. Admittedly,
this was not saving telephone lines
for the more worthy wartime
uses, but so long as they do not
arrive collect, who am I to worry
about where the calls come from
that now they must substitute for
the wornout alarm clock.
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Different jewelers have differ
ent Information on the alarm dock
front (don't ask a. druggist be
cause he sold out long ago and has
given up hopes of ever seeing an
other timepiece with a bell. But
all agree that they see little hope
for filling current orders.
How the shipyard shifts can run
without alarm clocks I don't un
derstand, unless the retiring shift's
members telephone other work
ers to remind them to get up.
. But maybe that is what the war
labor board wants for the time
is . coming . when there won't , be
even one alarm clock left to
strike!
V. .
P.S. What did i" say about
dreams coming true. As this effu
sion was on its way to the com
posing room, a little -. item came
over the wire:
-WA SHI NC TON. Feb. 6-Pl
Production " of ' alarm ' clocks ' may
be resumed in the hear future, the
war production ' board disclosed
Saturday. "
Elks Eat Gardens
SEASTDE,Feb.- e.-iflVFarm-ers
of the Neeanicum. valley re
port that during the recent snow
storm elk feasted on their shrubs,
lawns and garden plots.
McCartney Jailed -
Stat, police arrested Adrian
McCarthey, shipfitter, at Commes
dal .and Court streets - Saturday
night at 11:1S and charged him
with drunken driving. He was
booked in at the county jaiL t
Emmett Arrested , :
; FJdon'B. Emmett, Portland, was
arrested in Salem on Saturday
night by city police, -who 'held a
warrant : charging Emmett with
issuing an NSF check.
Laid Sports?.-.
Late Sports PG Jv -
ASTORIA, Ore, Feb. - fa&fr
Undefeated Linfield college scored
its ninth basketball victory Sat
urday night, downing the Astoria
Naval , station quintet, 48-29. - ;
ON the HOME FRONT
By ISABEL CHILDS . .
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Patsy Lee. 5-year-oia cmnese
. girt, is shown here at a South
racifio island. She was brought
from Guadalcanal, where Jap
soldiers had si ' her father
and mother. The P had alse
smashed Patsy ow.' the head
wtth the bmti off a rifle, slashed
both her arms with a bayonet
and tossed her uts a ditch to
. die. Bat Patsy did not die
natives fooad her and brought
" her to a marine eatpost. At
1 famed Henderson field, navy
Chaplain Father Frederick P.
Gehrmg of Brooklyn. NY. nam
ed her "Patsy Lee" because she
failed te respond to any of the
Chinese, dialects to which she
was addressed. The marines be-
. came attached to the little mite
and . called her "Princess Patsy
Lee," but she was flown to a
. more peaceful Island and plac
ed in the custody of the sisters
. ef a French mission. UN Photo.
Convoy Leader
Capt. Richard B. Coffman.. USN,
of Long Beach,, Calif, , who is
' ' senior convoy commander In
tho Pacific Fifty eight years of ,
age. Captain Coffman, pictured
aboard his ship, is a son of the
Ute Vice Adm, DeWitt Coffman.
and has been In the .navy 4t
years. In a recent Interview
with the press at Pearl Harbor.
Hawaii. Captain Coffman told
of the success of convoy opera
tions In tho Pacific UN Photo.
Eisenhower
Commands .
NW Africa
B (Continued from Page 1) B
covering French positions in Af
rica including Tunisia, Morocco,
and Algiers, but would have no
effect on the commands of Gen.
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, Brit
ish Eighth army leader, or Gen.
Sir Harold Alexander, middle east
commander.) -
Such troops of the British
Eighth army as enter into opera
tions in Tunisia will come under
Elsenhower's command, however,
authoritative sources in North
Africa reported.
Meanwhile, Mussolini's shakeup
of the Italian government was
seen as more cheerful news for
the allies. ' V; ,
Mnssollnl's sadden sacking of
big foreign minister and son-in-
law. Count Clano, and all bat'
- two of his fascist ministers went
far beyond bis periodic "ehaa
' Xing of the guard"' and reflected
the troubles piling up for ' the
Junior axis partner both in the'
military and domestic fields.' ''
Well posted observers viewed
the Rome developments as an at
tempt by the distraught fascist
chieftain to revive the Italian peo
ple's trust in him by cutting adrift
tnose associated with the miser
able Italian war effort: the loss
of the African empire, failure' to
subdue the Balkans; the loss of
.upwards of 300.000 Italians as war
prisoners and many other thou
sands on the bleak Russian front';
and the Immense damage in the
north and south of Italy by RAF
and American bombers.
Lcnca Jdsa Ilcn-3
If vou suffer from
thrtus or neuritis pin. try this simple
inexpensive homo recipe .thst- thous
sands are using.' Get a package of
Ru-Ks; Compound. two-week lupply.
today. Mia tt with quart of water,
add tho Juice of 4 lemons. It's easy.
No trouble at all and pleasant. Yei
need only S tablespoons two times a
day. Often ' within 4 hours some
times rernirht splendid results are
oDiainea. u tne pains do not quickly
leave and if you do not feel better.
return tho empty packs re and Ru-Ex
will cost you nothing to try as it is.
wa cry your aruggist under an aDso
lut . money-back; suarintoe. - Ru-Ex
Compound is for sa and recommervl
ed by Fred Ueyer Drug Store and
drug stores everywhere. i
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