The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, February 24, 1943, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO Tk 07Xy)H STATES? .SAIL .Cdemr Oroycn, Vfrdncvdor MornXnc February 24. 1SI3 Bombs Damage : Jap Warship C (Continued from Page 1) C planes which engaged almost dai ly in harassing flights, swarmed all. around the approaches toLae and Salamaua, New Guinea, raid lng villages which the Japs might use for a variety of purposes, in cluding supply. About half way up the New Guinea north coast between a! lied -held Buna and Jap-held Sal- amaua is the Waria river which oiDties into Hercules bay. Indi cative of the heavy work done by these harrassing planes, the com- .munique reported that attack un fits spent eight hours Tuesday night shuttling back and forth in the Waria river area alone, raid Ing villages and shooting up en emy barges. , Benefits Bills Withdrawn A (Continued from Page 1) A . county representatives and ten of ; the 13 Multnomah county mem bers. - In the senate, " Us bill pro posing taxation of vinbali ma- chines and "Joke boaes" was . defeated IT to IS after Sen. Fred Lamport had supported It on the. ' " ground that In Marlon county 11 ... J...I... n.. Gam '1 Merle Chessman ' opposed this ''encroachment of the state on a ' " lax source discovered first by : - the cities. He said Astoria levied a $300 a year tax on plaball '' machines and that in view of "Jthaf city's financial dlfflcnlUes Hto revenue was greatly needed. Seaside, he added, has a similar tax. Sen. Dean Walker, chairman of the assessment and taxation com mittee, said if had been impossible to obtain an accurate estimate of prooaoie revenue. The house 'vote on milk control suspension was: : For suspension: Bennett, Calla way, Chadwick, Cutlip, Damasch, ' Dickson, Duniway, Finseth, Fran- " cis. Gearin. Gile. Hall. Harvev. Heisler, Jones, Lage, Marsh, Mar tin, Moore. Niskanen Pearson, Pier, Ramage, Smith, Steelham ' mer, Turner, J. Wilson, Speaker McAllister. . -Against suspension: Brady, Bry son, Bull, Chase, Chindgren, Cra ver, Deich. Ellis, Engdahl, French, Frisbie, Greenwood, Hellberg, Hesse, C. Hill, E. Hill. Himel wright, Kimberling, Kuratli. Lan don, Lieuallen, Meyers, Perry. Peterson, Rennie, Semon, Snell strom, Snyder. Van Dyke, Staples, Wells, M. Wilson. (Additional legislative news to day, on page 9.) Druggist Hit By Rationing WASHINGTON, Feb. 23-() The retail druggist, just as the corner grocer, must collect ration coupons for .the sale of canned baby foods. The office of price administra tion pointed this out Tuesday night. It said drug stores selling processed foods must register un der the rationing regulations. Oth er drug stores need not register. Drug stores, life grocery stores, are subject to the "freeze" on sales of processed foods this week. Sales will be resumed next Monday. STUMS TODAY 2 Feaicrcs T." COMPANION Feminine Mystery Baffles The Lone Wolf! (Die UtopoiB Byrnes Declares War-Winning Must Be Aim Wow, Not in '44 WASHINGTON," Feb. -23-(P)-James F. Byrnes, viewing the coming year: as the toughest in with those "who tell us that we as 1943 frn . : "If I know the spirit of America, it is that we not only must win the war, but we must win the war , Quickly. Byrnes tout me American Society of Newspaper Editors.- The speech, given behind closed 'doors February 13, was made public today by the office of war information. Byrne's. speech was the second high-administration's attack pub lished within 24 hours upon those suggesting a possible slowing down of some .military aspects of the war! effort in order to reduce home front strains.; Vice Presi dent Wallace, in an address Mon day-, night, said a leading states man of "the loyal opposition" had urged in- 1917; "that, we send our allies in Europe food and muni tions, buty that We avoid dislo cating our. civilian life at home, and that this man "is giving sim ilar advice today.' Said Byrnes, the economic stab ilization director: "I most differ with the peo ple who believe that because it may : cause: . serions . inconven ienee to our civilian population, we most bo careful not to try to do too much at this time and who teU us that we can win the war in 1944 as weU as 194S. If any one of yon saw your 19-year-old son in a fight which meant his death or the death of , the enemy, yon would not hold year punches in the belief that yon could win that fight tomorrow just as well as today. "Your sons and your neighbors' sons are in that kind of fight. "While I would not postpone until 1944 fighting the enemy. would postpone until 1944 fight ing among ourselves. My plea is that we stop fighting each other and start fighting the enemy. "The coming year Is going to be the hardest, toughest year our generation has had to endure. But we can make it, if we will, one of the most glorious years in our history. : Urging support for price control measures, Byrnes said: Black markets do not eive the people food they would not other' wise get. . Black markets hold the people's food ' for ransom. "The fight against inflation Is not simply the government's job. It is the job of all the people. In this work the press can play vital part ; Instead of letting violation of the law become the smart thing to do, you can make it a shameful thing to do. It is not always easy for publicist who has selected his tar get to realize that he may be de stroying along with his. target. something that is very dear to him. Like William Tell he must be careful that, aiming at the ap ple, he does not strike his own son, "The total organization for war is a complicated ' business. Scold the bureaucrats and . brasshats as we do, we need them. "Beeanso they (the bureau crats) are - human, they make mistakes. But their tasks are difficult, and after we indulge in the American pastime of criticizing j public officials, we mast agree that on the whole they are doing a pretty good Job." Byrnes said ho assumed the brasshats, who are frequently held up to scorn," are the high ranking officers of army and navy. in no country on earth is the commissioned personnel scorned i .m.vmbmw a j s wciix, liC said. "They are just as good or SALEM'S LEADING THEATRE ALilftLi'''''''11' " k FEATURE el H TT i this generation, has taken issue can win the war in 1944 as well as bad as are the people of the United States. ; : I "The real danger : I wish to guard against and hope you will warn against, is the undermining of public confidence, not in this or that official, but in all. govern ment and all administrative ma chinery, j i:-"V- - "We should consider whether our speeches and ; editorials- will direct the thinking ef our listen ers and readers to help win the war or merely make them futilely angry with their government. Welles Hopes Finland to Quit Fight WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-(P)- The United States advised Fin land again Tuesday to withdraw from Germany's war against Rus sia. - The advice was contained in a carefully-worded statement made by Undersecretary of State Sum ner Welles in reply to a question at his press conference. "Do you think the time is ap proaching," Welles was asked. "when Finland should disassoci ate herself from Germany's war against Russia? The question was prompted by recent renewed reports from Stockholm that Finland was con templating such a step. Welles replied that he thought the position of the government and department oi state naa Deen maae very ciear m pasi monua. r a. 11 In view of the very real friend- ship and great measure of under- standing between Finns and Am- ericans during the past quarter century, he said, it was only nat ural for the United States gov ernment to make it clear that this country hoped the government of Finland would no longer contin ue the policy of giving aid ef fective military aid to the mortal enemies of the United States and the United Nations. Those enemies, he added, were also the mortal enemies of exact ly the kind of democracy and hu man liberty that the people of Finland themselves have belie ved in and stood for. Recent official and semi-offi cial expositions of Finland's at titude have indicated that the little northern republic would welcome an opportunity to with- araw from the war, but dared not take such a step without some j acceptaDie guarantee tnat Kussia M..ij . r 1 i . j Finland. IWA Demands Wage Increase PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 23-(P) The CIO International Woodwork ers of America demanded Tues- day a 12 -cent wage increase in the Pacific northwest. Delegates from the fir and pine regions of Oregon, Washington, California and Idaho also asked guarantees of a weekly wage equal to BH days' work, night shift dif ferentials of 10 and 15 cents an hour and free transportation. The demands, similar to those drawn up by AFL. lumber work ers last month, will be presented to employers March 2. Army Plane Missing s-kjiudljj, who, feo. Z4.-UP)- An army transport plane carry-j ing three men has been missing since Monday morning and 1 is presumed to be down In central Colorado, public relations officers at the Pueblo air base announced early Tuesday. The plane took off from the Pueblo base, bound ror Lowry field at Denver. I Continuous from 1 fTftfT""! I 'STARTS TODAYn Thrill to SHANGRI-LA goto, in nUKX WITS mightiest achievement! COMPANION FEATU&E "PIERRE OP - O THE PLAINST John Carroll Rath nas sey - Brace Cabot - Reg inald Owen - Henry Tra cers - Evelyn Ankers " - imp' mmmm School Bus Routes Cut JD (Continued from Pago 1) D. by separating non-school . func tions, such as community con certs, and securing a different al lotment : for them. , Purchase two electric heaters was author ized, with the understanding that they could be used on Saturdays in offices to avoid necessity for turning on oil heat. ; A supplemental allotment of oil will be sought to meet needs for hot water" brougst about by the increased physical education programs in the schools,' Bennett explained. . . Resignation of M r s, Bernice Skeen, principal at Bush school now on leave of absence to take further university work, was ac cepted by the board. Mrs. Skeen has ; been named ; principal - of Van port school. Accepted ; also was the resignation of Mrs. C M. Wassom, who has been serving as regular substitute at Parrish. Bennett was authorised ; to order removal of ladders from fire escapes which reach over the eaves on two school build- In rs of the city, with the pro vision that the action should be taken only after fire regulations of the city had been cheeked. Reports that small children have been playing on the roof of at least one of the buildings caused the superintendent to seek authority, he said. Reports on oil and food ration ing by Bennett stressed the ; co operation given by pupils as well as teachers, by other citizens and by newspapers. Solon Flays Wooden Guns I WASHINGTON. Feb. 23 -4m- i Grim. erer. anti-aircraft "runs". I ' ' which have Deeked aWwards for months from congressional office building roofs to m-ovide "rrotec- tion" for the nation's lawmakers are made of wood and manned by decoy soldiers", it was disclosed Tuesday. His curiosity piqued over just what protection was being, fur nished-congress, Rep. Cooley (D- NC) climbed,- unchallenged in ci vilian clothes, to the rooftop of its new office building and discovered the secret He told the house about it Tues day during discussion of a billion dollar naval shore construction bill. The war department, In re sponse to inquiries, said that use of dummy gun positions moved about frequently was a custom ary procedure in preventing ene my agents from gaining an accur ate picture of actual defense in stallations. L IV nfiYiTTI I Ifnrl -a. j.auv T T M.M. vmu In Plane Loss LISBON, Feb. 2 3-;p)-Swif t waters of the Tagus river Tues day hampered work crews at tempting to lift the shattered wreckage of the Yankee Clipper and recover the bodies of 20 miss ing-passengers and crewmen. Four persons were known dead. and there were 13 survivors, all but two of them still hospitalized, in the crash of the plane Monday after a flight from New York. The American legation here said in an official announcement that "16 persons were landed alive, but one died during the night in a hospital. Three bodies were recovered yesterday during rescue work. "Twenty nersona ir mtuind and believed buried in th mi- per or washed away by the cur rent of the Tagus. Only during the salvage work- which began this morning shall we be able to identify the victims. PTA Meet Canceled CHICAGO, Feb. .23-iAVThe National Congress of Parents and Teachers, , parent body of the na tion's PTA, Monday, canceled its 1943 meeting scheduled for Chica go urjMay. The-; announcement was made from national head quarters here through Mrs. Wil liam Kletzer, Portland, Ore- presi dent of the congress. The meeting! wmcn usually attracts from 10.000 to 12,000 delegates, was called off because of transportation condi tions. Tonbxht and Thursday mybA For the many who were' disappointed darin the reeent snow storm, and for the many who nave not yet sees this nit. we are retarnins; -. . - . - - ,t GONE OTA IN TECHNICOLOR starring ; . . - L,AHli IrABLE as Rheti Butler OLIVIA" Howard DeHAv illand :- ' ' and presenting ' ' ' V1?TJEN LEIGHeii Scarlett (TIT-to aaaamosanr-swfciSMfc -1 Admission Adalto ' SOC Inc. Tax -' Children Inc. I " News oeors - C:45 I Troops to Pick Cotton; Wheat MairtQuota Lifted B (continued ' from - Page T 1) - B mhtsioner. announced that 50t, Of . to 650.00S wVlctory farm relTaateersv" principally Jhlgh school boys and girls, would be recruits for farm work during the sprint, and summer months. :V Rep. Jlogers (R-Mass) , intro duced legislation calling for 'cre ation 'of a voluntary war corps of youth, and women. farm The office of price administra m.9 l at n " - uon esiaousnea ceumgs- on egg pnees a uie wnoiesaie icvei, ana miu mw ttiaxaup wouia do f yUT v . Actlng under- emergency provi- sions of the AAA crop control law. the food administrator suspended marketing quotas which restrict - ed the sale, use and feeding of wheat " Under quotas, farmers were free to sell, use or feed only that wheat grown under their cron control planting allotment. Wheat grown last year on acreages in ex- cess of such allotments were sub- ject to a penalty tax of 54 cents a busheL The nenaltv would hav been around 60 cents on the 1943 crop. . Wlckard said the nation would need considerably more wheat than was heretofore expected for human consumption, for manufacture of industrial alco hol for war purposes, and for feeding livestock. Wickard also changed the 1943 changed the 1943 to allow farmers to a. wK.. farm program out being penalized. Farmers who plant at least 90 per cent of their goals lor so-called war crops- such as potatoes, flax, soybeans. grain sorghums, dry beans and P,e,a!ry 10"; h!at allotments and still be eligible for benefit payments and loans. PHOENIX, Ariz, Feb. 23.-0P) The . army's order authorizing the use of military personnel as emergency ' farm labor may result in saving 15,000 acres of long- staple cotton as yet unharvested in Arizona fields, O. M. Lassen, chairman of the department of agriculture war board in this state, indicated Tuesday. Three Treated For Injuries varied injuries brougnt three in- dustrial workers to Salem Deacon- ess hospital late Tuesday for'treat- ment H. C. O'Reilly. 1349 South 12th street, employed, at Salem Sandld Tuesday workers who refuse and Gravel company, suffered a f to comply with the president's gravel-injured ear. Don Lininger of Stay ton, night watchman at the Paris Woolen mills, was badly burned Tuesday. Sylvester L. Silbemagel of Scio, employe of the Frank 8c Etzel Logging company, was treated for badly injured hand. Five Airmen Die In Lake Crash COLUMBIA, SC. Feb. 23-(JP) Five of the crew were killed and a sixth was severely injured when medium bomber plunged - into 100 feet of water in Lake Mur ray near here Tuesday, the Co lumbia army air base announced. Pilot First Lt Doak A. Weston, 24, of Aptos, Calif, the only sur vivor, reached shore despite - a fractured right arm, possible brain concussion and 'skull rfac- ture, and serious lacerations, base officials said. Weston was found wandering along the lake shore, too dazed to give details of the crash which oc curred during a training flight. His .condition .was reported fa vorable.- 'i Bernhard in States WASHINGTON,, Feb. 23.-(P)- Prince Bernhard of -The-, Nether lands has arrived in Washington, the White House said Tuesday, for an overnight stay as the guest of President Roosevelt. Bernhard, husband of Crown Princess Juli ana, came here from .Ottawa,' Canada. : Vote at 18 Rejected LITTLE ROCK, ' Ark- Feb. 23 i W)-The Arkansas senate refused by a nearly four-to-one vote Tues day to refer to the voters a pro posed - constitutional amendment lowering the voting age from 21 to 18.; iiTiifl Phono S05S -2005 N. Capitol Street THE Wm t .Tax Cartoon I - 7:45! -Wind ONtfieHOMEFRONT By ISABEL CHILDS .Now and then what we hav euphemistically termed "the war exiort reaches right down into - 1 community and removes m cog. . I - . .- n l ... -v . When Helen Barrett was a fun tor niCh school honut rnrinmt sen - word is used i aaviseaiy or a reoorter whs b. I ueves that "pupil more nearly ap- Phes to most public school attend j ants) she could serve a dinner that jwas a delight to the eye and to tne .palate, apparently without I great effort . . . a'Jc those of us I wfao enjoyed such parties. I No dullard In any class, she found food (and, I think' the peo- j PIe wno t it) inspiring. J Xhere were those who envied nd 1 as one of a group I older than she who did just that) her imagination and ability with foods, and, I suppose, there were those who said that such skill in volved also the drudgeries of dish washing and long-stirring. But Helen went on to home economics in college; came home to become a prophet in her own country. No remarks of mine are needed v C i com" m""y that know, and respects, ye. nd loves her. But for new- to place Helen Barrett in a com- 55 " mih.t wf.U to 3 J Ik 7t , ai' tm ,-m mjj ouv4 uuuvis ana UUll mm' corded her by Salem's fine Zonta rv ummatn wKa mmW klirK tw, i , . Mo . f; T I nalism, etc., wheVi it elected her president. V So as Helen next week leaves her post in the delicatessen of one of the city's good grocery stores and as cateress for a thousand and one organizations and Individuals that pride themselves on the ex cellence of their parties to become a service club cafeteria hostess at Camp Adair, there are many from numerous walks of life, from gub ernatorial mansion to USO can teen, who will wish her Godspeed, look forward to her return and withal feel that a cog is gone. Job Replacement rri t "O ltr a. O M3G JL GUS-llj Atlanta, ua, eo. The war manpower commission executive order for a1 43-hour week could be replaced at the em- from the US employment service. The WMC announcement came from Regional Director B. F. Ashe after employes of Burns Brick company at Macon, Ga., reportedly left their jobs last week rather than complete a 48-hour work period. ' - Portland Flier Killed ' ieo. za-(n-secona L.I. rxanic S. Larseil, Z3, of lort- I land, Ore, was killed Tuesday when he parachuted from a crash' east of Denver. His parachute ap- parently opened just as he struck th. J.,V -ri- n h- the ground. The pilot of the plane, which had been based at LU. l0 4-i c louucu ww a uivu o xiajux j n mm CapL Philip R. Anwyl, 22, of Dea Moines, Iowa. Chile Invites Wallace SANTIAGO. Chile, Feb. 23-JP) President Juan Antonio Rios in vited US .Vice President Henry vvsijaco to visit uiiic oecause na desired "to tighten even more firmly the bonds which : unite us with the great democracy, of the north, the ministry of foreign relations said Tuesday night. TMC XOOSC TT HITS BUH.T 1 1 Tt VfXUAJA GACGAN JUNE CLYDE JOHN LITEL AN.S llAGZL DiroeMd by CEOrCE WACGNCt a uNiveisAt ncTute THE tm OF .CW2I i tsrsiftfifs Witomno works far m. TMC t04j;r THAT MIT'S Ml III T 1 I ail -JfrX tkwW . . IV A 1 J 2 Is--' ,.,:: .. V:.,: : - '. X V A Grocers Hear Point Ration Explanation : - More than 300 grocers from Salem and surrounding territory attended the grocers' meeting on point rationing at Salem chamber of commerce rooms Tuesday night to discuss and hear explained the various phases of processed food so irationinft and ration banking. OPA Asst. District Food Rep. W, a I v riu nH opa nut- CAordinator I Paul Hale answered Questions on I ' the poUcies and regulaUons of the - office of mice administration. 1 , -.vk. iustratoTeWe.- of the point ra tioning and ration banking pro grams. A plan for grocery owner and clerk-checker training in handling point stamp work was presented by W, D. Purvine, acting state supervisor of vocational distribu- ! tive education, and tentative plans were made for a class Thursday night for owners and clerks. Ed Schunke, chairman, and J : M. Lansinger, . secretary of the State Food Merchants association. conducted the session. Grocers In attendance came from Dallas, Independence, AI i bany, Jefferson, ML Angel, Silver- ton and other Polk and Marion county towns. - ' Seattle WPB TTA Jn rL UeaClS Ulan ge . , - .. O SEATTLE, Feb. 23-4?P)-A shakeup brought a new high com mand for -the war production board - in the Pacific northwest Tuesday. Milton H. Luce resigned as dep uty regional director at the re quest of Harry B. Fair. of San Francisco, the Pacific coast - re gional director. William D. Shan' non stepped out as district man ager of the office of priorities. Luce has been in charge of the Seattle office. . Joseph E. Gandy, Seattle attor ney, became head man for the WPB here, with the title of dis trict manager. No successor vwas named for Shannon's post. The office will continue. Fair said, under the San Francisco re gional headquarters, a situation which has aroused the -ire -and opposition of Seattle civic and business leaders. Fair's only explanation of the shakeup was that Luce and Shan non's resignations were asked "for the good of the war production board's service in this commun ity.-., . -,, : .:. pemor Hlgn lirlS a Ba:atanM Vol..wl Girls of the Salem senior hiffh school Secretarial club have oro- vided valuable assistance in the current war ration book No. 2 registration program, Supt. Frank B. Bennett of Salem -schools said Tuesday. Delegations of the girls daily stamp several thousand of the. books with information re I said. Tvuritln a nut thst th mkIm reauires several hours of volun I teer labor. Renewals Slated ,.P.?TLAND Te- 23-iP)-Ap- "c" t!: " , nw" ahould be made only by holders of B and C boolcs which are about to expire, the district OPA said Tuesday. LIjgkriI!-HpSE-WrrM finrsy dared uiiflT drcxuasdlos? ' .... , aM5 i an s -v-' jf - jshbw n m . . m rwrJiSeSsu Aft r- Itr rxrrrranD 1 IKrS ilAJJUUlJ -fA0il I E2V T-T ' l i T T f i t SIB k-W V II niy r ii w OOE Evens : Hoop Score EUREKA, 'Calif Feb. U-(JP Oregon - College of Edncatlon evened Its two-game basketball' series with "Humboldt State Tuesday nifht by defeating the Lumberjacks 52 to 4L- JIUb visitors led 27-lt t half time. '; ' - Grant : Ferrusoa, - Tlamboldt guard, led the scoring with IS points. Holt, a guard, topped the Oregon scorers with 13. -- 31. J. McKenna Dies MARSHFIELD, Feb. 23r)-M. J. McKenna, 78, former president and treasurer , of the - McKenna Lumber company, of Coos county, died here' Tuesday. K CVfBVONe K!OwS TMOC f.RANO sos n I hn, , On :, The Screen J ASit the bq hits you've ntvmys i doi:ici "1 -4 I 5 fm rum ?lSSC f r:::u?5 .snow - 7:15 i Only