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PAGE TWO Th OZEGON STATESMAIC -Salem : Orvgon. Saturday Morning. February 13, 1943 Tax Diversion Ceiling Bill 5, To Be Entered " - - .C (Continued from--Page 1) C ' committee. : " - ' v. Things the legislature refused to . do, rather than the things it did, 'Were Friday's other highlights. As "Was the case with the original parole reforms the first time they .. 1 frame to the legislature's attention. the proposal to institute the "in 'termediate sentence so far as the state constitution will permit was defeated in Jthe senate. The bill, "introduced at the parole board's request by Marion county Sens. -Fred Lamport and John Carson, would have required circuit judges - to impose the maximum sentence -in all cases of crime convictions, thus achiving uniformity and leav ing actual time to be" served, for determination by the parole board. Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney, Mult nomah, said objection to the bill had been registered with the judi ciary committee by virtually all circuit judges in Oregon. The house refused, though by a 30-30 tie vote, to approve Rep. J. D. Perry's bill enabling legis- - V 4 . S A. M. m iv4 w mmbw. u w wastes commission's case records. Rep. A. Rennie said such legislation Joint way. and mean, committee mcy. u uieu uxju weiiare ex. . penditures; other members feared political use would be made of jthe privilege. ,., Indefinitely postponed in the house was a bill nermittinff oublie schools to hold classes on Satur- days if deemed advisable because .of labor emergencies requiring dismissal of classes at other times. 'Objections raised at committee hearings by religious, denomina tions observing Saturday as the Sabbath were cited by the bill's opponents. Several members said chools in their districts would benefit from such a law. The vote on indefinite postponernent was 34 to 2 Affirmative actio- oa highly fn.nAr4...t kill. Ka..... ....... -t . . tM-m counties and school districts to establish reserves for the. spe cific purpose of making, after the war,, necessary expenditures not now possible, la the ease of counties the purposes were limited to road lmproveaaeut and purchase of road machinery. A bill extending the same privl - lege to cities Is on today's house "calendar. .; -, Sessions of the legislature's two ..branches' will; be held today, con- tinumg the innovation introduced at the opening of the term though .the original purpose, making up for two days lost because of the senate's presidency deadlock, has been long since accomplished. peace," he continued, "is the as An interesting development of surance to those men who are the past week has been the up- fighting our battles, that when urge of new bills introduced in the senate. The reason is the ban upon free introduction In the uouse, oacsea - up oy a rainer "tough" legislation and rules com mittee. Outsiders who want bills ! introduced, as well as house mem' bers . who fear difficulty in ' con vincing that committee, are bring lng their bills to the senate. Junction City WinsinFFA ALBANY, Ore, Feb. 12-UP)-The -Junction City club won the Wil-1 lamette valley district parliamen- tary contest of the Future Farm- ers of America here Friday. Albany was second and Silver- ton third.- Milton Richardson of Junction City won first In the public speak- Ing contest .John Backlund, Eu- gene, was second, and Paul Dick- man, Sflverton, third. The Junction City speakers will participate in the state FFA con- lest at Portland In April. Mannower on Air WASHINGTON, Fe. 12-iJf) tributkm the employer, the Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, se- tet constitution should be ex lective service director, and Paul amined to determine whether V. McNutt, wur manpower com-1 mission chairman, will discuss the I larus ox ail American cluzens m broadcast over the Blue net work Sunday evening from 7:15 to 7:43 PWT. Arnold 'Nominated ? .WASHINGTON, Feb, 12 -(ff) Thurman Arnold, who ha insti tuted ' the record-breaking num- Jer of 230 cases under the Sher man anti-trust act during his five years as head of the justice de-U lurtmMt'i ... I SonSSed Tnursoa? bt aL" xwr user viimn Vk MauniDia, a post vacated by the elevation of Wiley Blount Ruttedge to - the United States -supreme ourt. ' : Proft-ssor T) iN4 : ,PORTLANDrr Febv -12-iV-Dr. FrankKn P.' Jchnsort, 55, urologist and faculty member $t the Uni- versity of Oregon medical school herev.died Friday in a, Portland hospital after months illness. Survivors include i;bi j widow three daughters and two brothers, Ileal limit Sodght I . PORTLAND, Feb. 12-(ff-City 1 , Commissioner Fred L Peterson r rcDosed an ordinance Friday to 1 1 r?duce apartment . and hotel heat J J t-y limits ranging frbm"C3' degrees 1 1 ri-v to p Tr?es in midday. I Led Allies in New Guinea Victory r t f Gen. Sir Thomas Blarney (left), land forces In New Guinea, 1- , mander of the US troops in New. Guinea, stand In the entrance to a Jap pill-box captured daring the Island. Associated Press Telemat ft R ASSllTBS UWeCt tSlOWS At Axis for Quick Finish A (Continued from Pag 1) A or1 other fighting men with Hom h on his Casablanca trip. They receive all kinds of ex aggerated reports and rumors," he related, "that there is .too much complaining here at home and too little recognition of the. realities of war; elLsh labor leaders are threatening to call strikes whicn would Katly curtail the output of our war industries; that som rm groups are trying to Pro'iteer 00 let" UP " iwu P"UC- tion; that many people are bitter over the hardships of rationing and priorities; and especially that there are serious partisan quar rels over the petty things of life here in Washington." He said he told them these were "just gross exaggerations," that the people as a whole were in the war "heart and body and soul." But he could not deny to the troops he said, "that a few chlselers, a few politicians and a few publicists fortunately a very few i have placed their persona ambition or greejl above the nationa interests. "A fundamental of an effective they come home they will find a country with an economy firm enough and fair enough to pro- Act Advised, City Employes WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 P) If Oregon municipalities want to I include their employes under the federal social security act, some amendment of the state constitu tion may be necessary, Senator McNary (R-Ore) advised Howard R. Ennor, acting executive secre- tary of the League of Oregon Cities. Ennor wrote the senator, ask- ing him to try to- make possible the establishment of an actually sound retirement system for its employes, and said the cities are losing competent, well trained men to Industry because of the security benefits available, The senator advised Ennor that any such federal legislation should be handled by the ways and means committee of me house, but suggested that since Jthe federal law requires a con- there is any limitation, which would prevent such participation. Marines to Recruit Today h By EDITH WASHINGTON. Feb. lJ - ZV eruiting drive Saturday for women, Crw1uft. f- tK- - . ' - " ! en?Ue? a and marin Unlike the navy's WAVEs and the army's 1 WAACs, - the women of the marine corps will have no tricky name coined from initials f their service. They will be nd arinebut probably not T"- ' , ;;The organization Is: headed by Mri" Ruth Cheney Streeterv of Morristown, HJ, with' the rank of major. Its service is restricted to FfntmentatUnitad Stgtea..- f , -?m" bttwT" HleaeJ; t - 5wh ave eollege de- w (can cwuccc iene or special qualifications in a partleular field are eligible ?fr enroDmeut as officer candl- 2atea V Enlisted; enenlmnsti be between 21 and Jg, with at least two yesrs of blga achool or i commander-in-chief of the allied and Gen. E. L. Eichelberger, earn the successful allied offensive oa vide jobs for all .those who are willing to work. "I am certain that private en terprise will be able to provide the vast majority of those, job and, in those cases where this can not be accomplished, that the congress will pass the legislation which will make good the assur ance of the jobs." In Mr. Roosevelt's immediate audience, in addition to the news papermen who cover the White House, were some 200 members of the American Society of News paper Editors, meeting here; cab inet members, and a few high ranking government officials and officers of the armed, services. The address was broadcast by all major . networks. It was the first of such gather ings that the president had at tended since the outbreak of the war, and was far less elaborate than those of pre-war days. At the outset of his remarks. Mr. Roosevelt mentioned the con trast and said the one thought uppermost In all minds how was: "Our determination to fight 'this war through to the finish to the day when United Nations' forces march in triumph through the streets of Berlin, Rome and To kyo." Then he told of his visits with the fighting men in Africa and their concern over the home front. From there he turned to a discussion of the war and re vealed that Prime Minister Churchill proposed Gen.iDwight D. Elsenhower for the supreme command la Tunisia, Of Eisenhower, Mr. Roosevelt said: "I know what a flhe. touch job he has done and how care fully and skillfully he Is direct ing the soldiers under him. I want to say to you tonight and to him that we have every confidence in his leadership." Suicide Preventer Dies, California OAKLAND. Calif.. Feb. 12- More times than he remembered me Rev. Robert Rehkugel smiled ana talked death out of counten ance. That was his job for vear. as head of the suicide prevention society of America. Friday his death was mourned by scores who literally owe to him the fact that they are alive ratner tnan dead by their own hands. Mr. Rehkugel, aged 70, died .Thursday. He already - had re tired; and closed the suicide Pre vention society's offices here be cause of lack of business. His the ory was that the war had largely uuwa aujciaes. s Reserve GAYLORD - Th - icxivc ox. uie marines W1U recruiting office, throughout the school edueatioa or elal qualifications. ; J v Although both married and un married women are eligible,' the marine corps had decreed that it will accept no woman with chil dren under 18, nor- any woman married to a marine;: ir -v 'C - V. The Women will: replace, men fitted, for fighting service at posts ranging from administrative -and clerical to aircraft' mechanics and UboxatorF- Mtrtk.'.j4$ -z''1. The asks are sot simple de clared Xt Gen. Thomas Holcomb, marine corps coramandant. "In dustry; Ingenuity and vigor . are needed to do them with tradition al marine efficiency - : ' Rank and pay wm be the same as. that of the men and the women may vworkrtm through-" the enlist ed ranks- 'i n to ' - commissioned grade. . U Pdst-7ar Rusk To West Seen Bottolfsen Expects Great Changes in Business Life PORTLAND, Feb. 12-(JP-Gov. A. Bottolfsen : of Idaho pre dicted Friday night a post-war population influx to the west tha will outdo the old gold rush days. : As the result of this,' Bottolfsen told Multnomah county republi cans in a Lincoln day banquet, the region will become more heavily industrialized. j. The northwest not only will have to provide employment for its returning soldiers but for; per sons from all corners of the coun try, Bottolfsen said, adding, how ever, that no other section offers greater future opportunities than the region comprising " Oregon, Washington, Montana and Idaho. "With the construction of the Alaskan highway, I do not think ix snows wizardry to predict that millions now living In the pentup areas of the east will be trekking toward the great west. . . ,;I do not believe I am overly optimistic when I predict that during the next 10 to 25 years we shall com pletely revamp bur methods of do ing business. We will industrial ize agriculture . . . we shall start expansion of manufacturing estab lishments throughout the lnter mountain and Pacific northwest areas." ! Criticizing governmental i bu reaucracy, Bottolfsen said the re sponsibility of providing post-war employment belongs to Industry with merely the help and coopera tion of government. More Steel Set for Farm WASHINGTON, Feb. 12-m- Sena tor McNary (R-Ore) i has been informed that an additional 50,000 tons of steel for new farm machinery for the first quarter of 1943 has been allocated by WPB. In addition, the quota of re pair parts has been uppedl from 130 per cent of 1940 to 160 per cent, Paul H. Appleby, under sec retary of agriculture, revealed In a letter to McNary justifying the export of farm machinery to al lied countries. "Although we realize this will not meet the demand, for mach inery and equipment," said Ap pleby, discussing the extra! -steel allotment, "we hope it will be sufficient to . maintain essential food production." , i In pre-war years . 12 . per cent of.ftJS production of-farm mach inery was exported, Appleby said, and. that figure has now risen to about 15 per cent. Such exports in the face of machinery short ages at home, he explained,! saves cargo space later "for such mach inery results in production of food totalling many times the weight of the machinery." 27,000 Said Slain As Slav Patriots ANKARA, Feb. 12--Yugo-slav quarters said Friday night that 27,000 persons suspected by the Germans of being in sym pathy with the Yugoslav patriot general Draja Mihailovic,: have been executed in Belgrade alone since last September. Three hundred were shot Dec ember 24 at Belgrade, and 3000 were put to death at the village of Jajinci on Christmas day, they said, adding that mass executions of hostages were taking throughout Serbia. place Niel Allen Sees 'Road Fork9 Ahead GRANTS PASS, Feb. 12-UPV- State Republican Chairman Niel R. Allen declared at a Lincoln dinner here Thursday night that the nation is approaching another fork in the road and in 1944 must choose between bureaucratic and representative government He predicted that 1943 would be the biggest off-year the republi can party has known. Test Pilot Killed SACRAMENTO, Calif. Feb. 12 -(-Sacramento air depot : con trol area command headquarters Friday night announced that Maj. Edward Everett Cobb, jr, 25, of Sacramento, chief test pilot at McClellan field, was killed m an air accident Friday at Rena army air base near Reno, Nevada. Film Executive HI ' HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 12; WV FOm executive Jack Warner col lapsed in a studio meeting and was taken by ambulance,; to his home where physicians said Fri day be was running a bigh . tem perature and was suffering from Influenza and over-exertion. PUEBLO, Colo Feb. 12-GP Two crewmen were killed and a third was seriously injured in the crash of a four-motored bomber at the Pueblo army air force base Friday night,' the base public re lations office announced. ' , "ftt The dead are: First Lt H.I Etler of St. Louis, the pilot,' and Sgt. H. E. Sines of Waterville. Ohio. . - . - Lt G. J. HaUaby of Brooklyn. fiY, was Injured. The public relations officer termed the crash a lawrfm acd- ONtheHOMEFRONT ' By ISABEL CHILDS . Roses are red; violets are blue. We can't BUY the former. ' The latter, they GIVE you. - Just try to buy a red rose - in Salem today! . - . But Friday there must, have been a powerful florists lobby at the state capltoL ' The 'lad 'Who said this session smelled was re ferring to the numerous great clusters of violets worn there, no doubt, rather than to the fish bills, hearings or those concerned with them. Speaking of flowers: Orchids to "Auntie Brooks, whose - true name according to the city di rectory is .Mazy, but whose al ways expressive countenance is known to hundreds over the 'city who would never think of refer ring to her as other than "Auntie". f- The reason for the orchids is a birthday, her 84th tomorrow , which makes her, you see, just the age of the state of Oregon, for Sunday is Oregon's anniversary, too. . Auntie Brooks plans to observe the (lay as she usually does with a party at which she plays hos tess to her friends, from 2 to 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon at her home, 1320 North Commercial street. Nurse Ration Predicted CHICAGO, Feb. tt-tfV-It soon may be necessary-to ration nurses and to convert dude ranches and other vacation resorts into infirm aries, the American Hospital as sociation was informed Friday. James A. Hamilton, president of the organization. reported nurses would have to be rationed unless there was a substantial in crease in the number trained by nursing schools. He estimated 50,000 new nurses would be need ed to assure adequate care for pa- uents. Maury Maverick, director of governmental division of the war production board, stated treat ment of sick civilians and casual ties from the war zones would make it necessary to use all avail able hospital space and all kinds of buildings that can be adapted to such use including "seaside resorts, mountain homes, dude ranches, office buildings, spas. fishing lodges, factories, ski odges," He predicted 'the number of war wounded may rise as high as 1,000,000, and recommended an 5 immediate national survey to find quarters. ' Legion Votes More Dances After a 16-week trial period. Capital AmericanXegion post No. 9's dance committee this week voted to continue the Saturday night dances at the armory as long as visiting service men con tinue to attend. Attendance. Com mittee Chairman Tom Hill re ported, has steadily increased from the night of the first pro gram. The committee meeting was called to discuss improvements of the entertainment program and it was decided to erect an orchestra sneu which would remedy an acoustical defect under the t direction of Art Johnson, post commander of the post, the- crowd last Saturday nignt Droce ail records to date. Snow to Provide Bountiful Water UUSVALLIS, Feb. 12-4PI Bountiful water supplies are in dicated for Oregon this year even in areas where summer water shortage is chronic, the soil con servation service and state agri cultural experiment station re ported Friday. necora r eoruary l measure ment on many mountain snow courses were reported. Irrigation reservoirs have more water hn m any recent year. Hospital Escapee May Be Dangerous Warning that Frank Gosman, 47, who walked . away from the cottage farm of the state hospital for the insane sometime Friday afternoon might be dangerous was issued Friday night by state po lice. ' . .r - v- Gosman, described as 5- feet 7 inches tall, weighing 121 pounds, and with blue eyes and fair hair. has threatened both homicide and suicide, officers said. He wore the regulation garb of . blue ; overalls and colored shirt , " . TOISGnS--'-' VcIztzzs Edl Corner Hood Sc Cliurch St Old Time Mnsie by ',' i ' 'The Ortniafa:' Allies Drive In Guinea -B continued from Pace 1) B i . consequence arrouna, - ai though' press dispatches told of rather heavy BritishFreneh exploratory raid, on the" Blserte front In Tunisia fat which the Italian lines were knifed The Germans, apparently refer ring to this action, claimed that the allied force: had been "wiped out In the PaciGc, new American bombing raids on the Japanese positions at Munda and Kolom. bangara in the Solomons area were reponea oy t&e US navy. While delayed dispatches from an Associated Press correspondent on Guadalcanal announces that US airmen had sunk three Japanese destroyers and damaged at least four others fa attacks on an enemy task force which was trying, sev eral days ago, to evacuate Japan- ese office and thnlrian. fcirf before the enemv a7knTw7i his abandonment of the island, The Japanese also lost 17 planes to 10 for the Americans. In the west, the allied air of fensive went on strongly against Germany and the occupied coun tries. Day raiders hit northwest Germany, Belgium, France and Hollond to follow up night raids on Wilhelmshaven, the big Ger man naval base and submarine nest Wilhelmshaven was hit by many a two-ton bomb and was left aglow with vast fires. In all the RAF lost only, three bombers and one fighter.' Group Studies Absenteeism PORTLAND. Ore-, Feb. 12-6P) A public committee was set up here Friday to investigate causes of absenteeism in Portland's war industries, described as a major production problem. - The committee, to include five members each from labor, man agement and war agencies and two each from the public and press, was the upshot of a meet ing attended by 200 representa tives of labor, management fed eral agencies, and the armed forces. The investigation will get un derway Wednesday and recom mendations win be submitted to the war ' mannower commission. b su !?te director f .H WMr fhA MMmmanld'Ano I m prC" ucable. 111 ' . '-U u a I Among reasons for absenteeism uv-a., .i yrnwy eane J... a a. f j ... . many . . zormeriy , , nan -ind ux trial workers take layoffs to conduct butter will give -fair and eqUit personal businesi .unaware of theable treatment to all areas in the uisiuruaiice to proaucuon; iormer wrA worsers ana others from relief rolls quit to spend their big" wages; unreported sickness. 7425 Japs Apply For Army Corps HONOLULU, Feb. !2-JP)The I "ij tut iwu wecu uo i or 1500 - Americans of Japanese- an cestry in Hawaii to volunteer for combat duty has been answered by '7425 of .these citizens, mili tary authorities announced Fri-1 ay. There are about 25,000 Ameri can-Japanese in the islands be tween the ages of JS and 38 and hence eligible to volunteer. A small minority of those who' have offered their services is above the se umii, toe military- said. Stoll Explains PORTLAND, Feb. 12-P-L. C. Stoll, area director for the war manpower commission, said Thursday night that he interprets the . 48-hour week directive to mean that industries of the Port land defense area will adopt the longer week only if the change wiu release workers for war Jobs. Sororities Elect McMTNNVILLE, Feb. 12-47PV- Aiariiynn Scott i and Charlotte Teats, both of McMinnvOle, have been elected to head Kappa Aloha Phi and Sigma Kappa Phi soror ities at. Iinfield college. Lust Times Todav ConUuuous 11. IC te 119 News - -Overland Mafl,' - And v'"A."Vi C!V9jej9j )S oMuuu u boiAauaU In Color COMING j SUNDAY : Continuous Tomorrow .--. ' 1 to 11:45 P. M. . ii.ii;,Mii ifUiiij; .jifi y 'mm i iews - Donald Duck Cartoon ) "Carton 0ers," lhort Sobrt' llinViM?A71ffi) Youths' Escapade Of Short Lehctli Two boys who escaped from the Oregon, state training school for boys near Woodbum at about 1 1 f a-m. Friday stole a coupe in Ger- I vaiS a few minutM lvf nra 9 r m and were apprehended as they ap? preached the north city limits of Salem, state police, who made the i capture, announced. . zucnura. nirrej uavis una Charles Douglas Capps, 14, were both bBA - hi - i!SbkM before midnight and Jake Cuts- i v. x. i k.. ; in Gervais. officers said. GOP to Give rwrv;, W D (CDtInued from 1' In their unshakable devotion Lu'- ' -j ounui wm uce digs, uie I "1, 7 bureaucrats in anv action aiirf as the suit instituted against the Associated Press. .; Associated Press. The people fear and they .have a good reason to fear- that If the bureaucrats wfa It the triumph mlsht weft be a deadly blow to all our freedom. As the publisher of a small newspaper which has a wire service ether than the Associ ated Press, I cannot agree with the monopoly plea- of the gov- eminent but I am concerned about the threat. It brings te t'frM ATMS . , Opposing the president's plan r to limit salaries to $25,000 a year,! Martm said: ., earningcapacity of the individual without putting a 'celling on op portunity. If government must take the greater portion of high er bracket earnings, let It be done through the constitutional method of heavy taxation." Earlier In the day Martin In an interview with a. Sun-Telgraph reporter predicted President Roosevelt would seek a fourth term, but 'would be defeated be cause "the country definitely is republican at the moment! He said he "rather thought"' Wendell Willkie again would seek the pres idency. , Fair Treatment m.. Assured, Butter ' I WASHINGTON; Feb. iwkm u n..m hwit, I .nf of nrirtt adminhtn-atlorL. 1 r hai Sssured Soiator McNanr (R ..k4. . ia A United States. Senator McNary Investigated the butter distribution situation because of several complaints from his state. Brown said the shortage was national and due to requirements of lend-lease, .the armed services and the increased purchasing nower of civilians. Peopl II CONTINUOUS EVERY DAY r IIOAI 1 P. AI. II UM l U Jl U "rnnnw mr , .tt.t. v-; .-xXN r u ifw- ...i'4i en. is II! -.aA, , ,w u ...l V , . COMPANION FEATURE tiia " ' " . . ill " - fciJwi.., jS I ' III l ' . &K9 TIIKl.j ( (V.. -1 i'.V.'f. 11 .or youiro doadoMitV Won Shops MStay for Y7ar E (Continued from Page 1) E I tablished for the duration .of ths J war. - " The board ordered the union shop' and checkoff restored as of i t - k- nmvia that . , . ,.u. - Ysnsi.Ss: f " re i oe auoiect our vj me uumu a standard maintenance of member- ship that is, if they are. "not union members they need not join and i if they already have joined they have IS days to withdraw, if they wish; but otherwise they must' pay their union dues .and remain in good1' standing. Ilow- ever, future employes must . ob serve the usual union shop condi tions and join the union. f This exemption, of the so-called 'interim employes' from the unua noP provisions wm no u I . t i i f t Howed. fa any future cases. 11Ta11I Hr-J MOlalla lUarinC ong Wounded; WASHINGTON, Feb, 12-P- The navy announced Friday 71 casualties fa navy forces. Includ ing 9 dead, 58 'wounded and 8 missing. I ; ' This brings to 23,110 the total of navy, marine corps and coast guard casualties reported to next of kin since December 7, 1941. The grand total Includes 6580 I l M m , a a .a - oora, wounaea ana I missing. " ' tk,, jtie. announced Fri. I Hww. n.r a non-cornmissioned personnel un- less otherwise specified): ; Oregon: - Mortensoa, . Verdun, marine, wounded. Father, Fried C. 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