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New Point
Values To
Be Told
Sunday Table Slated;
Changes Expected to
4 Be Generally Lower
WASHINGTON, March 25
(Jfy-The of fice of price adminis
tration announced Thursday
.night that a new table of point
' values for processed fruits and
vegetables believed substan
tially lower than present cou
pon costs will be announced in
Sunday morning newspapers.
'The disclosure was made in a
statement advising storekeepers,
wholesalers and others in the food
business to apply at their post
offices Monday morning for copies
of the new chart, which will go
Into effect April I.
While OP A officials declined
to discuss Just what chances'
.have been made, they Indicated
that numerous redactions will
fee- made in the 'point values of
rations kinds of cans, bottles
and. packages especially fruits
and large sixes of other products.
These changes have been based
on the first few week's experi
ence with actual consumer pur
chases of rationed fruits and vege
tables. Canners and store keepers
have complained generally that
the public has not been buying
canned goods since the rationing
began because the point values
re -too high. -
However, it is ' likely that in a
law cases, - point values may be
increased because some items are
selling faster, than they can be
replaced on store shelves.
OPA officials said the adjust
ment of point values is a normal
thing, which may be repeated
from time to time as conditions
change. The first adjustment,
however, may be more general
than later ones because the ori
ginal . point values, . which went
into effect March 1, were based
ooly on statistics and "estimates,
whereas now OP AUxas actual ex
perience to guide it
Because of these imminent
rhangesT most housewives may
refrain from using any of their
April fruit or vegetables coupons
until the new, points become, ef
fective. The April stamps the
blue stamps lettered D, E and F
to ration book two became valid
'Wednesday, but 1 do not have to
be spent until the end of April.
For the next six days, con
. Burners are permitted if they
wish, to use some of their April
stamps along : with the rest of
their March stamps to buy fruits
and vegetables. The March
stamps must be used by the'end
of this month or they become
worthless.
. The new point value chart be
ing prepared for stores will have
printed on the back the new point
values for meat, cheese, and fats
and oils, rationing of which be
gins next Monday.
I Meat rationing starts with the
red A stamps in the same coupon
book, but the first four weekly
allotments of meat stamps will
remain available until April 30.
Thus, in the second week of meat
rationing, leftover A stamps can
be i used along ' with J3 stamps,
with f similar carryovers in the
- third and fourth weeks. No expi
ration date has been set yet for
the stamps of the fifth .week,
which will start a few days be
fore the stamps; of the first four
weeks expire. j '
Duchess Visits '
Oregon Today
-' PORTLAND, ' Ore., March 25
(iPy-Grand Duchess Charlotte of
Luxembourg arrived here Thurs
day night on her Pacific coast tour
- eager to witness her, : first; ship
launching Friday, i
- "I never, saw a. ship launched,"
she told a, interviewer: "I will be
thrilled tomorrow. , , f- -'
i The , grand duchess was wel-
4 coined by Oregon Gov. Earl Snell
. and Mayor Earl Riley of Portland.
Later she went to a reception in
her honor.
Her schedule Friday includes an
address before a civilian defense
group.
The grand duchess is not ex
pected to stop in Salem, Oregon's
capital, attaches of the governor's
office said Thursday.
McNary Slayer Free -.
SAN QUENTIN, Calif; March
SS-W-Bark glasses covering his
sightless eyes, ; John M. - Holmes
was released from ; San- Quentin
prison Thursday after serving 19
months of a 10-year manslaughter
sentence for killing Wilson Davis
McNary of Portland and Pendie-'
'ton, Ore. . . - - - v -..- - - m
Japanese Fishing iri Rm
Again Agreed; Soviets Raise Price
LONDON, Friday March 26. -
(P Japan and Russia, not at war
against each ; other but fighting
on opposite sides , in the world
struggle, have iigned an agree
ment extending Japanese . fishing
privileges in soviet far . eastern
waters, it was announced Friday.
A Moscow s broadcast recorded
by the Soviet Monitor said, how
ever,' that Japanese fishing com
panies must pay; between 4 and 5
per cent more jthan during last
year. The payments are to be in
gold as before, j . i ; :J - j'
Under the : 1942 agreement
which ended last December 31 the
Russians had exacted a 20 per
cent, increase in rentals over the
price paid by the Japanese the
previous yearv I: , . . :
s. A. Lozovsky,"; vice commis
sar for soviet f preign affairs, and
Naotake Sato, 'Japanese ambas4
sador to Russia, signed the 1943
protocol: in Kuibyshev Thursdayj
the Moscow broadcast said. j
olor parade
Fetes Madame
Chinese 'Thousands
In San Francisco
"Welcome
Heroine
SAN FRANCllSCO, March 25
(jP) Vivid, sunlit colors of flags
and costumes flashed against the
lush green of Sain Francisco's civic
center as thousands of Chinese
paraded for more than an hour
Thursday past j a jflower-banked
cjty hall balcony j to welcome
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek.
j The wife of the Chinese general
issimo told them and additional
thousands in the square that the
welcome 'h a s j literally left me
speechless and breathless.
Led by units of the army,
navy, marines j and! ROTC, and
trailed by Red Cross nurses
units. Chinese of all ages march
ed with eyes up on their here-'
- M" i s-i.i? v 4si Ct.
For weeks they had"drrlled. for
this event. Bands drew applause
from Madame Chiang when they
played Chee Lai, the guerilla song.
She smiled at the hundreds of
children, some io small they tod
dled and had ti be led.
j A representative unit of (British
naval officers and men took part.
j Gov. E a r 1 Wafren wished
Madame Chiang "success for you
and yours." j
Mayor Angelo J. Rossi said that
San Franciscoans wanted more
help sent to Generalissimo, Chiang
and to Genera MajrArthiir and
they "want it done it once.".
In a brief talk accepting the
key to the city, she said the Gol
den Gate, whose 'ftwo bridges
looked from west jto east and
spanned from north to south, was
a symbol of eternal friendship and
understanding between our two
peoples."
i Madame Chiang added that
China, like a phoenix, would al
ways arise anew from its ashes
and tha$ the new-China for which
they : were fighting and building
would be a friend of America.
iSolo
Would
IIS
Debt Ceilings
WASHINGTON, March 2i-(JP)
Congress figured Thursday to
swap ceilings .with j Franklin D.
Roosevelt. 1 ! - "
: In effect, it told the president
It would lift the national debt
ceiling if he wiuld forget his ex-;
ecutive order for a $25,000 net
kalary ceiling, j. ; ,) .. .i-
! The deal was up jto the presi-S
dent after the senate passed a tan
dem measure lifting i the national
d e b t ceiling to $21 0,000,000,000
from 1123,000,000,000 and repeal
ing the president's limitation on
salaries-. , '"Vvj--- :. t
: . The house Wednesday approved
the measure overwhelmingly.
; It was a take - it -j or - leave - it
proposition, because if the presi
dent ; vetoes the measure, it will
be in the face of the treasury's
warning that the present statutory
debt ; limit is :being . approached
rapidly and that . i second war
loon 1 drive is set for April. ,
If he accepts! it in its entirety,
jit will be in spite of his assertion
to the house ;wayt - and means
committee several weeks ago that
the salary ceiling - should be re-t
tained. j : I . ' I
Western Drive Seen ' , -
LONDON,; Friday, March: 26-P
The German radio j sak Friday
that' nazi circles . think that, the
Nnited Nations! will ; try to in4
vade Europe's Atlantic coast des-l
pite i rumors which it said were
"launched from Washington and
London that invasion would be
through the Balkans. ; ' ;
Swap
Salary
1 Renewal of the Japanese-soviet
agreement generally jis regarded
as a gauge of relations between
the two countries who have a
neutrality agreement! despite the
fact that Japan is j allied with
Germany, and Russia1 is a mem
ber of the United Nations group.
Last year's agreement! was
signed after Germany had j at
tacked Russia, and Japan had at
tacked the United States. At the
time British and American bffi-
Area shown in above map In
eludes the soviet waters where
Japanese may continue to-' fish,
according to agreement signed
Thursday. The Aleutian Islands,
including Jap-held Kiska, Jut
lute the eastern edge of the re
gion, j.
Restaurants
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Plan Cut In
Meat Plates
The department of agriculture
won't have to limit the size Of in
dividual servings of! meat so far
as one Salem restauranteur is! con
cerned, for when thie new three-
fourths ration; based on December
use of meat, goes into effect this
next weekend, at least thai one
concern is prepared to cut the size
of servings- if necessary. j
However, the operator of the
restaurant pointed nit, the price
differential may lead many per
sons to select, macaroni and aim
Oar meat-saving dishes much of
the time' if they eat out regularly,
leaving the choice cuts and. larger
servings of meat for "occasions."
I -
Substitute dishes may loom
large on Salem restaurant men
us, with eggs, first ieholee in re
placing meat, on thie downswing
in price, and the lenten season
already here, restaurant operat
ors contacted by representatives
of The: Statesman said Thurs
day, ;
And if the meat portions are cut,
they will be the first such no
ticeable cut to be taken by the res
taurant diner, although : has
paid a higher price for his pneals
during war monthsj it was said.
When coffee andj sugar ration
ing were adopted,; desserts and
coffee were still served, although
one. cup of the beverage became
the rule, and some patrons thought
the piece of pie a sliver smaller.
Restaurants merely added! more
fresh vegetables to the menu jwhen
processed foods joined the ration
list Butter has been; doled out in
single pats with full dinners in
most Salem restaurants forj sev
eral weeks, not in preparation for
the ration but because butter has
been scarce. There, will probably
be little or no difference in the
amount of butter served on the
restaurant table with rationing,
some restauranteurs believe.;
These establishments which,
since last December, have cut
meat menus won't be as
ly affected as others, tt
pointed out.
If persons who usually eat at
home now commence to take an
extra dinner downtown, always
ordering steaks, they! may expect
them to be about the' size of those
on the home dinner plate, one
waitress suggested Thursday night
as she served on a dollar dinner
a steak the size- of a; child's; hand.
Rationing, unofficial but effective,
had already hit the meat business,
she opined. . " i ; . i
Pope's Health ; !
Said Improving
By The Assoeiatod PTessi
The Rome radio Thursday night
quoted the Vatican city newspa
per Osservatore Romano as an
nouncing that the health of Pope
Pius was improving. ;-u-:f rl-'f
. The pontiff, who was stricken
with influenza several days ago,
"despite; his illness continued ' to
look after his affairs Thursday
morning, and received ; Cardinal
Maglione, the papal secretary of
state," ; Said the broadcast, re
corded by the Associated Press.
""All other audiences have been
postponed until the pope has com
pletely recovered, the radio said.
lb)
PAN
cials termed the renewal a pure
ly routine matter," and' did not! at
tach any international - signifi
cance to it. A failure jto renew,
however, would have j bedb "re
garded as indicating soviet-Jap
anese tension. - T ' I
The lateness of the signing this
year is not significant) sine jthe!
same tardiness occurred; last year,
In 1942 the terms restricted j the
Japanese to bidding for conces
sions in only seven of the 12 fish
ing grounds, most of them off the
Kamchatka peninsula, j ' r
A soviet refusal to grant fisb
ing rights would be a severe blow
to Japan, whose food supply de
pends to a large extent on her
catch In Russian waters. .
Japan received the basic right
in the Portsmouth treaty of 1905
ending the Russo-Japanese War,
Later a long-term convention was
agreed upon, but it expired! in
1936. Since then the negotiations!
have been on a yearly: basis, i
Reds Capturje
Strongpoint
Axis Effort Repulsed
On Sectors Below,:
Above Kharkov j
By The Associated Press j j
LONDON, Friday, March 26 j
Russian troops have overpowered
another German strongpoint and
captured additional villages in the
central front drive toward ; Smo
lensk while repulsing axis efforts:
to crack their defensive line east
of Kharkov in the Ukraine,! Mos
cow announced early Friday, j
One soviet column pushing! on
Smolensk was near Dukhovschino,
32 miles northeast of the central
front anchor, and another was op
erating near Dorogobuzh, 50 miles
east of the big base. 1
The bulletin, recorded by ; the
soviet monitor, said one soviet unit
outflanked a n a z i strongpoint.
knocking out ita- garrison in a
short skkirmish which j ended in
the ' capture of an undisclosed
number of prisoners, an ammuni
tion dump, three guns, and " a
quantity of rifles and hand! gre
nades. j
In the Belgorod-Chuguev ; sec
tors above and below j nazi4held
Kharkov, the Russians said Ger
man attacks had collapsed. i
Around Belgorod, ft miles
north of - Kharkov, the j commu
nique said, more than 100 Ger
man automatic riflemen were
killed when a company of them
attempted to cross a water bar
rier. Soviet artillery also dis
abled five tanks; five anti-tank -guns,
and dispersed and anni
hilated part of an enemy infan
try battalion. I
North of Chuguev, 22 miles
southeast of Kharkov along ;the
Russian-held Donets river defense
line, the" Russians said their mor
tars disabled or set afire seven!
nazi tanks and five self-propelled
guns when the Germans; threw 201
tanks and a regiment of infantry!
into an attack.
Youth Group
To Head Gty
Salem city officials will take a
back seat today and see how youth
can administer municipal affairs;
Today has been proclaimed by
Molay Local Government day, 'and
in accordance with past custom.
members of Hhat order will j as
nunc the positions of the regular
ly 'elected or appointed city; of
ficials, with the latter watching
over their shoulders in case their
need assistance. Mayor for
the
day is Bill Habernicht
Presentation of a key to
the
city to Pat Fish, DeMolay sweet
heart, at the city hall at :30
this morning will open! the day's
program, which, according to the
real mayor's proclamation, is in
tended to "familiarize the junior
citizenry of this . city with local
government.''
Cuffs Star Off; t
More CutiSeen,
WASHINGTON, March 2Vjf)
A proposal to put the cuffs back
on men's, trousers, has;
beeni re-
jected aftc discussion
clothing industry, the-
withthe
war pri-
duction board reported
Thursday,
and instead of lifting restrictions jit
is likely that all frills Sand "Use
less, trimming . on women's j and
men's sweaters and other knitted
apparel will: be eliminated. ' l L
Thecimen s and boys" ciouung
industry advisory committe, con
cluded at "; a meeting With WPB
officials - that the wool " situation
did not warrant relaxation of any
present restrictions "; on - men's
clothing. - , ; ,- ; j. r n
New
Food
Pirector
Selected
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Davis Duties Many;
Brown Flays Pace,
Banklieacl Bills
By WILLIAM T. PEACOCK
WASHINGTON, March 25
(iflP-President Roosevelt Thurs
day drafted Chester C. Davis,
55-year-old Federal Reserve
banker with an agricultural
background, to head a new food
production and distribution set
Up in what was widely inter
preted as a reply to charges of
confusion in the .wartime food
program.
! In another farm move, Price
Administrator Prentiss ML Brown
undertood to halt the movement
in congress for higher farm prices,
declaring that enactment of the
Bankhead and Pace bills would
Send food prices up 17 to 18 per
Cent,' cost consumers $3,570,000,
000 and destroy the anti-inflation
program by compelling relaxation
01 wage controls. Both measures
are aimed at increasing far
prices.
I The measure by Rep. Pace
jD-Ga) to include labor costs
When figuring parity prices for
farm crops came up for debate
Thursday in the senate, where
Senator Lucas (D-Ill) read
Brown's declaration, made in a
letter to congressional leaders.
Lucas moved to send the measure
back to the agriculture commit
tee for hearings, and after lengthy
debate a vote on this motion was
deferred until Friday.
The president established the
new farm agency within the
agriculture department as the
"administration of food produc
tion and distribution." The
White House announced that all
food production and distribution
activities would be centered In
It, Including the agricultural ad
justment administration . . and
food distribution powers and
farm labor - recruitment , activi
ties transferred from 'the war
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Willkie Plans
To Arouse US
To Leadership
i NEW YORK, March 25-(F)
Wendell L. Willkie said here
Thursday night he is dedicating
his life "to arousing the American
people so that the senate cannot
prevent the United States from
taking its place in world leader
ship."
j The 1940 republican presiden
tial nominee, addressing a Greek
Independence day ' dinner of the
American ' friends of Greece, said
that "failure of the United States
senate to set up a peace recovery
program 23 years ago is the cause
of today's chaos.
( After the present war, he said,
the senate and the American peo
ple must initiate a post-war re
covery program.
"Every place you go in all the
world," Willkie stated, "millions
are looking to America. They
hope and pray that America will
lead them to freedom. What is
going to be the American people's
answer? I have no sympathy for
persons who say domestic 'issues
come first and-that, we must have
ho foreign "entanglements. . ; .
"America must see the light "this
tune,' and lead the world to it."
Judge Learned Hand of the
United States circuit court of ap
peals, another speaker, said that
the Greeks, whe have, "given a
gallantry unexcelled by their an
cestors," have not lost and will
not lose. , : I , :
"It. is upon us behind and front
on whom it depends, Judge Hand
said. ; "We , can depend on our
young men who die and -suffer
mutilation. The -only question
here is whether we shall fail them.
Do we know that half a victory
is no victory?- - . -
Unstirred Sugar
Brings Penalties
FOKT DCC. NJ. March 5-(r)
When Staff Rgt. John : Bocbo,
headquarters company mess ser
geant, found unstirred sugar la
the bottoms of 17 eeffee cups fa
the five mess halls he super
vises ne reported It to a 1 eons
pany ef fleer 7 r..;. ' 'i
Thursday the officer told the
17 soldiers, five of them j non
commissioned, officers, that the
nexi offense would btingj con
finement to the company area.
, They can have all they 'want
te eat, Bee be said, "but they
hav te eat IUn
Bishop Toura
r
'X
ADNA WRIGHT LEONARD
Visit Slated
To Chaplains
Roosevelt Suggests
Bour-Continent '
Protestant Tour "
WASHINGTON, March 25-;p)
Bishop Adna Wright Leonard, 68-
year-old resident bishop of the
Methodist church, announced
Thursday he would leave within
three weeks to visit the Protestant
chaplains and service men of the
United States on four continents.
Bishop Leonard said that while
he had been commissioned to
make the trip by the general com
mission on army- and navy chap
lains, President Roosevelt
broached the idea Informally dur
ing a recent courtesy call at the
White House by the Methodist
council of bishops and suggested
that Bishop Leonard undertake
the mission.
The chief executive, the
churchman told a press confer
ence, expressed great Interest fat
the welfare of the chaplains and
service men of all denomina
tions and said he wanted all the
churches te "onderglrd the mor
al and spiritual . life" of the
fighting men and their spiritual
leaders wherever they may be.
Theresideht," he added told
the, bishops- that the time had
come for the Protestant churches
to send a representative abroad te
render a service for the Protes
tants as Archbishop Francis J.
Spellman of New York had done
for the Catholic church.
- Bishop Leonard said he will be
gone about ten weeks and would
go first to Iceland, Ireland, Scot
land, and England. He will also
visit north Africa and "if possible"
India and China.
The return route has not been
definitely determined, but he will
try to visit American forces in
Liberia and South America.
The high Methodist leader said
he will also represent the Federal
Council of the Churches of Christ
in America and the national coun
cil of the Service Men's Christian
league on the trip. He is presi
dent of the latter.
Silverton
Flier Killed
TAMPA, Fla March 25-VPh-
Two army lieutenants from Drew
Field, Fla were killed in an air
plane-crash last Wednesday near
Venice, Fla., the field public re
lations officer announced Thurs
day. , - .
The dead were:-
Second Lt Myron T. Dirickson,
22, of Silverton, Ore.
Second LL Joseph V. MichL Jr,
25, of Bettendorf, Iowa. ;
The 'bomber crashed while on
training flight- ;
. SILVERTON,- March 25 The
war department Thursday notified
Mr. and Mrs.- Troy E. . Dirickson
of Silverton that- their son- Lt
Myron Dirickson, : was- killed in
an airplane crash at Drew Field,
Tampa, C Fla, where- Lt 'A; H
Wrightman died; in a crash last
December. Funeral arrangements
await further, wordv - '
Lt Dirickson ws n graduate of
Silverton high school and attended
Oregon .State college before en-.
listing in ' the air corps. He won
his wings " last February " 6 at
Luke Field, Arix and visited here
briefly before - going : to Florida.
He was 21 years eld last Decem
ber. C--r'7; V
Montgomery Says
This Final Battle
LONDON, Friday, March 26
On the . eve of the battle now
sruging along the Mareth line.
Gen. Bernard Lv Montgomery sent
a message "to .hie Eighth' ermy
troops declaring that the action
about to begin . would "mark ' the
dose '. of the. . campaign in north
Africa," Reuters reported Friday.
"We will not . stop nor let up
until Tunis has been captured and
the enemy either has given up
the struggle or been pushed into
the sea," Montgomery was quoted
agsayics. -
EightJi Army in Stalemate;
Berlin Admits Troops Fall
Back on $ Tunisian Sectors
By EDWARD
. ALLIED
UARTER$
2MP)-Arherican troops throwing
mel besieged Mareth line forces;
won control ;of the last mountain barrier overlooking the axis
coastal lifelio only 28 miles away.! j
- Field ilispatches said the troops of Lt.-Geri. George S. Patton,
jr were ranning out on ootn siaes
of the. highway a few rules short
of . Mezzouna, whose a rf ield al
ready has been pounded by : Amer
ican "Long ! Toms,", the 155-milli-meterrTiflesf
j . i--;'
14 Seventy five miles to the south
east in the iMaVeth line, axis ar
tillery was dueling wth British
Eightk army gune in a6 apparent
stalemate :. after German troops
had wiped out 'i large part of ear
ly British penetrations j of an of
fensive begun last Saturday night
On Monday German tanks and
mf an trymenj. launched a powerful
counter-attack fWhich by Tuesday
1
LONDOV, March 2f(jP)-The
Morocco radie reported Friday
that rteree fightins- 4 fat pro
gress ea the! Maretlr line In
seathera TnnlsU witlf "bloedy
engagements knd hand-to-hand
fighting atl several plaees.
At almost the samel time the
Vichy radio said that attack
and counter-attacks were fol
lowing each other on the Mareth
line and : southeast jof Gafsa,
where American ' forces are
driving v toward Gabei In the
' Maknassy . region to the north
where . another Ansortean eol-
sur'i i .Is euitip,K across - central
Tunisia' "allied pressure is be-
coming stranger,1 the Vichy
radio said. tf. - 't:,.?:
The Algiers radio said Vatt
ed States forces hadadTanced
to 4 point about seven- miles
east of Blaknassy.
had erased ,ar 100-yard British
roadway thrown across the Wadi
Zigzaou at the eastern
end of
Mareth line; f A delayed dispatch
from Don Whitehead, Associated
Press .correspondent with the
British, disclosed that this setl
back hd prevented the EighUji
army from f eiploitind its earlt
breach Into Ithe Mareth fortifka
tions. t;fj .
' (The Vichy iradie quoted Ber
lin reports! late Thursday night
admitting an kxis retreat at an
unspecified jpoint saying r the)
Germans were then attacked by
British forces "coming frou
the desert. " This kunounee
ment may refer to the EI Ham
of the Wadi Eigsaou, Where one
British eeinntn has outflanked
the lower eid of the Mareth
This brof deist recolded by trie
Associated jPress- said American
troops also had . penetrated naii
posiuons in tne? Maxnassy region,
but claimed; axis counter-attacks
rewon the lost tgroundt
(Direct German broadcasts ack-
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ii. Bend
WASHINGTON, March 25-$f)
A new engineer replacement cen-
Uer Camp Abbot will be opened
May 1 near "Bend, OreV Secretary
or War Stimson;: announced Thurs
day.. . -
It will consist of 15e officers
and men in; the original -' trainuig
unit They wil move to the camp
rrom rort Xbaoaara wooa,, o.
rBcer will be CoL Frank S. Bee-
son, now at Foft Wood. "' '
- The 'first canp of trainees "at
CampL Abbot fwiU be the Slst
training.' battalion, , Vhich wU
start a 12week basic 'course May
31 Thereafterhe said, new train
ing battalions kill revert at two
week Intervalsi ' "" -j - :
The new camp wag named lor
Brig. Gen. H f n r y jL Abbot, j a
topographical engineer who help
ed survey the route 4f the Paci
fic railroad in pie vicinity of Bend.
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Eden Speech Aired
WASHINGPN; Mrch
The address pf Anthony Eden,
British foreign affairs secretary.
before the 2arylrd legislature
at Annapolis Friday hixht will be
broadcast by the ColurnbU Broad-
casung System, CBS : announced
Thursday night Eden'a speech
TdOte
will begin at 9 pxj.'""1
tain ;v
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KENNEDY
IN NORTH ; AFRICA, March
a cordon around Marshal Rom
were reported Thursday 4o have
Airmen Pound
Two Jap Bases
- Rabaul Fires Large;
Two Cargo Ships '
Bomb-Damaged j
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IH
AUSTRALIA Friday March 28.
(JP-Allied airmen attacking two
of the strongest Japanese bases in',
the southwest Pacific scored, hits ;
on two enemy cargo ships at Am- -boina,
and dumped a great weight
of explosives!, including one-' on
bombs, on; Rabaul where six
hours later 'smoke plume's still .
were rising 3.000 feet above the
burning wreckage, the allied
command announced Friday. -
Liberators j were used in both ,
attacks, and jthe smash at Rabaul ,
found the four-motored bombers
raining explosives on the base
for two hours without encounter
Ing: any ' fighter Interception .al
though anti-aircraft fire was in
tense. - - - ; ;- ' ; . ii . ."
"Large fires and heavy: explo
slons were"seehJ' along - the 'north
ern chore of jthe harbor," the com
munique said of this raid.
- "She hours later one of our
-' reconnaissance planes over the
' area observed smoke and
flames from waterfront fires
rising te SOOv feet"
Amboina island is in the Bane
da sea some! 600 miles north of
Australia and its principal har
bor once was a big Dutch naval
basel,.-.;,;; ' : - ' 4.
: "Our heayy bombers attacked
the " enemy -j occupied town : and
shipping jn the harbor," reported
the noon communique from Gen.
Douglas MacArthur.
-"Direct hits with 500 - pound
bombs were scored on two enemy
cargo vessels of 8000 and 000 ,
tons and large fires were started
in the wharf building area."
itumi tr r
Debate Uses
Vocabularies
WASHINGTON, March 25-T)
The battle on the- Ruml plan.
opened on the house floor Thurs
day In a storm of adjectives and
invective, with ,the skip-a-tax-
year proposal alternately praised
as the only "fair and practicable" '
pay-as-you-go plan and con
demned as T an Immoral "tax
heresy." -- : : '
Rep.- Doughton (D-NC),' ?-
year-old chairman of the ways .
and, means committee, lambasted
the! Ruml proposal for two hours
with all the I words and wit at his'
command, af one time calling it a
'super-super monstrous moostros- .-.
ity." It bears the same relation
te sound tax policy he said, as .
"infidelity does to true Bible re- .
iigion."r :. .- :,..v: " "
Rep. Knutson (R-Minn), lead- .
Ing-the republican fight for the
plan, countered by describing the
no abatement"., tax collection bill .
drawn by the committee as "a
wondcrous concoction of guile, bile
and rile." - . . :.
While the speakers exhausted;
their- vocabulary, ' cloakrooms
buzzed with; talk of possible com
promises. BJonde Rep. Clare
Boo the Luce! (R-Conn), came for
ward; with ;a plan under which
taxes for 1942 would be canceled
on income up to 125,000 but not
above that figure. .
"Tier Till Tilers Rephanls."
Curiosity arcctlg title for a
story. Isn't It?
Even more so when yen know
' that . Frederick Ilaxlitt Crennan
Is tbe author. 1 .;
. This nw serial tliry t'.r'.j
oposai
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