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-. T3x 02SG0 STAIECI XAIL fcdeu Oirn. Fjiday Morning. Mord 23. IStt
New Food'
Director
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, production boar
manpower coj
:
the war
V Davis, president of the federal
reserve bank at St. " Louis; will
' take a leave of absence from that
..post and begin his new duties on
s Monday. At St Louis, Davis said
.sjxis new .task is. going to . be
."tough assignment" V
Davis was noncommittal as to
his ' food ; production policies or
.'what he . hoped to do with the
? problem of farm labor supply. He
aid he had not seen the execu
tive order creating the adminis-
tration.
W From 1933 to 193S Davis was
agricultural adjustment admin is
rtrator and previously was a farm
magazine editor and Montana
.-'state ; agricultural .commissioner.
.' He became a governor of the . St.
! Louis' reserve bank when he left
the AAA in 1936.
The White House statement
.was inconclusive as to the exact
'i-status of Davis in relation to
i iSercetary of Agriculture Wickard
j i ,' jwho only last December was ap-
j pointed food administrator and or
f dered to assume "full responsi
i (JfcW"bility for and control over the
. '.nation's food program."
- wickard said he. was "glad to
; ';im forces' with Davis in "our
f vital wartime task" of meeting
i Se food needs.
Persons connected with farm,
i organizations, an willing to be
I quoted by name, said they an
il ;? derstood Davis had agreed to
take the post under these eon-
editions: (1) That he have cora-
plete control over determining
;l farm prices; (2) That he be the
final authority on problems re
' latin to food distribution; (3)
That he be given definite as
fi. surancea that more steel would
be made available for farm ma
chinery; (4) That the war man-
; power commission accept his
j 1 recommendations as to farm
(-manpower.
i ? s
j If these reports are correct, it
'would appear that amendment of
;, the price control act may be ask
j ed. This law vests control of prices
In the OPA with the secretary of
'agriculture having a veto power
Over ceilings on farm products.
- In turn, such a veto can be over-
ridden by the director of economic
stabilization.
. Most legislators applauded the
election of Davis for the food job.
Senator McNary of Oregon, the
republican leader, commented:
He is a good man."
Another Jfeptfwtim of First
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A 4090-ton ship burns fiercely after straff ins: and bombing
In the Bismarck sea battle when the Japanese lost an entire
of 22 ships, Including 10 warships and an estimated 15,000
The ship's camouflage can bo seen along the waterline. Aisoeiat
ed Press Telemat.
troops.
ONtheHOMEFRONT
Br ISABEL CHUDS
"The
Jap Destroyer Stopped by Bombs
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A mesa sergeant of the first world
war was nominated by President
Roosevelt Thursday to become
tenmorary . major general along
with the leader of the famed Fly
ing Tigers, and the man who led
the American fliers in an attack
that smashed a Japanese fleet in
the Bismarck sea.
The cook who turned out chow
for the 18th infantry of the AEF
a quarter, of a century ago lis
Brig. Gen. Clarence R. Huebner,
now director of the training divi
sion at the headquarters of serv
ices of supply. .Huebner, of Bush-
ton, Kas served six years as an
enlisted man before begining his
rise in rank with a second lieu-
Twenty two other, brigadier
generals were nominated by the
president for- promotion to the
temporary rank of major general
and 73 colonels were recommend
ed for promotion to brigadier gen
erals. I
High up on the list is Brig. Gen.
Claire L. Chennault, Waterproof;
La., now commander of the 14th
air force recently organized in
China. He holds theDFC for
II nrlivTnnt am onrrmrtn4A k
we tjnina air task: force, a post
he took over after Pa in in famo
as leader of the Flying Tigers. Mine a nick, a tall, vaunt nun mminv.r. - .v.-
a s x ... . i .I- ' : i - - "
American voiunieer group aming I not unlike the house with the
the Chinese.- - I broken wind r,nt it I ., '
Brig. Gen. Enni, C Whitehead, wear, i blue instead i iSV-Si ?!f. "r
Westphalia, Kas, commander pf works .t something in the soil. C. B and W. Llm
the allied air forces In New Gul- Nowi he stoops to move a few held that offic- in th nCt,
nea, was recommended for. the j rocks and clods. Surely he has tion neriod. Mnihr. f Kn
higher rank "for the qualiUes of conie back again, as he may have ing committee were Dr. H. H.
leadership he displayed in the re- come for several springs, to lo Qlinger, E. W. Hazzard, H. H.
cent destruction of a Japanese cati some choice bulb or root, each Smith, W. D. Evans. Thomas B.
convoy In the Bismarck sea." time leaving the home place a lit- I K7, Max Page and Wrlghtman.
.
tie;) less like home.
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Not at the tail of a caravan, this SaWtlllSt Fllftl Portl
eiaeny; garaener is m the van- n
guards This year they may not 1 O Benefit JVllllS
miss ;the daffodils, the flowering
plum, that really graceful shrub PORTLAND. March 25 -iJPfZ
I in . At I r '
x u macs or syrmga xnat Roscoe Day, state fuel coordinator,
grew near the duung room win-1 . , . '
dow and were scented as it seems T1"3 announced the fonna-
day that the primary purpose of no lilac or syringa has ever been t00 of a sawdust pool to enable
. A . I I Ml. M 1 m .
lis newly created mannower or ever shall be aeain. But come ims irom pomis as distant as
Lebanon and Eugene to ship fuel'
here.
J - m . " '
joue , xroni windows areiw
wup, moo. even cancer xnaa tne struction of the temple 18 years
uwn.pmi peeung prom it lies 1 ago, , as ceremonies J marked the
tbejiold wood of the " tall, gaunt Urrn wm bJi Th,i
structure which must once have I nih. r ' v
beA a; splendid residence. . T---
tTt,ll k. ' '"j ' m nUer Iected in the temple which
Xfnhke other, farmyards of the h m k..,m,-
ntlStbid' alm?st equally ne- North Liberty atreet. presided at
gfete the. earth around the the mortgage -burning ceremony
abandoned house ; lies barren of and arranged for recognition of
bloBSom.. Not far up- the road a the original buildina- committee
weatherbeaten grey house serves and all members of the board of
as background for a shrub of gay trustees who have served since
Scotch broom -and brilliant, rosy that time, directing the lodge's fi-
fronds; of an ornamental fruit tree nances. . There was special jnen-
fhbw well the word "nrn'amMitil" tion of the late Clifford Brown.
fit1 where once we snoke rasiiallvl whi had charge of the bond sale.
of all such lovely dwarf plum and I Congratulations to the lodge up-
cnerry as -Japanese"!). -on attaining xnis goal were ex-
A cream-colored buncalow tended by; Fank J. Lonergan of
boasts j wide stretch of. ground Portland, former chief justice of
which could sthl almost be called e rand lode forum, who point
lawn hordon! tw wa.ilvu, Hoff. ed out that the-lodge would now
dils, shorter-stemmed because of "olL ?"11 ' ereater serv'
tKo. .. v,v v.i ce- Stressing the order's patriotic
gletted beds, but hardy and almost jStfJ JfJl
-J a. sxaj UC aUUKCI
kJ ,?f ht JJL brown the members It was their duty to
hose, evidently deserted long be- an. example by refraining from
Iorl ' an enplint at the minor sacri-
farm families of the fertile, roU- fices of th hnm. fmn
ing valley land, is not quite with- protest any slackening in war pro
out; life. With something resem-1 durtinn w)i(h
. " yw
Salem Elks Burn Mortgage
On Temple Honor Lewierjs 1
Privilege of "burning the mortgage, evidence that the j
bonded debt upon , the Elks temple had been 'eliminated, wis ac-
rorded to Frank Wrightrnan, one of three stnrvivirig'membters oU nowledged of ad
Salem lodee 336 and a member of the buildinir committee Which I vance "protection uniU" in one
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Tunisian sector, but did not name
the 'area.,; ;
-j (The Berlin -radio said -the
Germans, were fighting "superior
allied forces" in southern Tunisia,
and quoted the propaganda agen
cy, International Information bu
reau,; as saying that US troops
hid been "strongly reinforced."
This 1 broadcast recorded . by the
' Associated Press appeared to be
preparing the German-public for
a j possible announcement of Am
erican' break-through to the sea
behind Rommel) i-
, An allied communique announ
ced continuing fighting In the
Mareth line "with! heavy artillery
diiiels on both sides," and said
that US troops had: made "local
sains" in the Maknassr area
where the push to "the sea is be-
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mg aiiempiecu -
The America also have
tea sailea berond El
uetar oa a road south of the
salient. The allied
knassy
Tom C. Clark (abov) of Pallas,
Texw has been; Wuniaated by
President Soooevefit to succeed
Tharmaa Arnold a assistant at
torney general la charge of the
Justice department's anti
activities. Associated
Telemat. -- ! ;
communique RaJdj patrols la the
Et Gaetarl area had carried rat
raceessful offensive operations
jWednesday la this third prong
.being driven Into' Kommel's
sltloasv :
A fourth
Army Shifts
Men to Combat
WASHINGTON, March
-The war department said Thurs-
Bus, Two Autos
Crash; 24 Hirt
PORTLAND, Ore J March1 25.-
(iP)-A three-way collision irivolv
mg a Seattle-boundj:i north
lines bus and twofj automobiles
here Thursday . injured 23 of 37
and
cars.
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22 ships and lS.oM men. Associated Press Telemat.
ement
-A 'm' -mr M'-.
Asked, Trial
ALBANY, March 25.-y?)-In-
definite postponement of the Rob
ert E. Lee Folkes trial was asked
Thursday by Leroy Lemax, Port-
land, defense attorney, on grounds
that the state and the Southern
Pacific railroad conspired to de
prive Folkes of a fair hearing.
The Los Angeles negro, former
dining car cook, is scheduled to
go on trial here AprU 7 on an in
, dictment charging him with first
i degree murder in the-"lower 13"
,ef Norfolk, Va in her berth Jan- WMC could not guarahtee to
nary 23. Her throat was nit
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y, ut.ua mcu a inuuon iur eon
tinuance with Circuit Judge L. G.
Lewelling. He submitted an affi
davit In which he charged that
District Attorney Harlow Wein-
t-rick of. Linn county refused to
Jet him inspect statements attrib-
"tited to Folkes at Los Angeles and
j .later-here.
Lomax also charred -that n-
'Joseph
value in the capacity of special
ists than as combat officers."
Limited service personnel, the
s4ar-v-a-v nr. at. at o 34 wtll Vva HTf9---4 ;
Already trailing a Urre oU slick, this Jaa dHlnr i. h.ii4 only to replace general service
pletely by bomb burst direct against! port side during allied air I men orin whatever newly-created
attiek on enemy convoy fat the Bismarck sea In which the Jans 1m activitites may be authorized.
waauj in turn win oe usea
for replacement of both general
and limited service personnel but
will not replace civilian person
nel.
Civilian women, the depart
ment continued, will be used in
board is to arrange release of anoUler sPrtn8 they'll be back,
aonri cr,-iM -. i a.I01011 treading on mili-
t-- reservation Another .nH f
wiui touio-i uiuis. anrithpr will ' tv,-.
groping in the earth before the
the age group for combat serv- froit is gone.
lcewill be relieved of present as
signments -wnenever pracUca-I -i Ci(I Tk,,,n
hip " thA Homrtmont cM aAAma w v,a-Umc
that some officers in that group layj modeling classes for boys,
doing socialized lobs m ho discontinued recently because of
continued In their assignments ffcot. cl3i7' refune "V"!
because they "may be of greater '"1 fCI" p-m. unaer
passengers aboard he bus
the driver of one of the other!
Police investigatoc$ said
mobiles driven byj Frank Dalton,
50, Sherwood, Orefand Clifford
O. Nelson, Portland, Collided;
cing Nelson's car into thei
The sawdust will be sold at which went out fljcontrolj
C Kf n , it- 1 :jr ...w:. - - I 1 a ? j J . i . .
-w.vw uu, c soiu, w-ucu is i crssnra inw a sieeipoie,
nigner man the i'orUand market
but is expected to help the critical
sawdust shortage.
was treated for
and arrested on ai
ing charge.
knihor In
reckless
the,: direction of Frances Kelts.-
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I! TMg WOUSC THA-f HfTS SUW.f i
trust
threat to Rommel,
who has been, forced to divide his
armored, - strengthi is a British
column operating eight miles be-
1 low EI Hamma, 20 miles west of
-.i . L i-t ..i
uatuci, uie irci niau cvasiai pivot
irittie south.
The communique did not men
tion any further progress 1 by
these" ground' troops ' who had
raced around the southern end of
the Mareth line, but said allied
airmen twice attacked enemy ve
hicles at El Hamma, destroying
several tanks and a number of
vehicles. !
coast
for-
bus :
and
Dalton
uries
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Zasu Pitts
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Year!
i "WHO ISl HOPE
SCHUYLER?"
"UrfsTsurday j
Ajril 1 limit
In Job Qiange
WASHINGTON, March 25-ip)
Fowler V. Harper, deputy chair
man of the war manpower com
mission, reiterated Thursday that
Wife of Former
Secretary Dies i
3 ig IniSs
place in new jobs men! with de
pendents who are still; in non-
deferrable Jobs after Apri 1,
The WMC job-placement unit.
the ls employment service, will
attempt to find jobs which will
retain 3-A classification for these
men, but if it is unable to! do so,
the men will have to obtain; the
jobs through their own! action
or
Beoman, state police
f ; criminologist, refused to let him risk reclassification H.mJr .M
r. TW;iVp Men who "ter with the W-
"and that the railroad would not i , .,." . 4 ! .
Nlet him inspect the death car and 22 .Jffif!
i V . . . stay of Induction, datin from
ft. - II1H I Miplttntf nl I . - ' r i '
r w"'11-7 the day they evidence wch regis-
trauon before their draft board.
j Temporary Meat
! Set, Institutions
for arguments ocr ihe motion.
They will retain their S-A status
if they obtain ' jobs outside the
tion-deferrable list but notion the
list of essential activities, f A Job
in an essential activity (will en
title them ta au.n- r-iifioM-
funiiiiuw, raarcn -n itarner said.
i Oregon restaurants and other in-
atitutional users were " assured
Thursday of their supplies of meat,
; faU and oils for next. week.
il'The district OPA office said a
r temporary system had been set
1 - lmk. I..k.l!.1
may obtain supplies for the first v. k." ?. - l?
week of raUormg to tide theo , wen fhn
auuiaud wiui cveryunnf irom
Wm---.. a L. :
.nm- irn.. "Mv bot .-cages., as . ne van-
s-uu vi me annual smelt run ap
peared in the Sandy river.
finml mM , x I One hundred pounds of
Siiielt Running
In Sandy River
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TROUTDAUC, March
allnxuaul
WAMiini.iiiiu iuiwm rn i
i 7 . ' r-vrt I men
' rnv -L an unTAM iv - w m..ii i
i k j.-.' rua normally lasts ia
t went in the headquarters of Adm. S? Xt Jts look
chief, US fleet, died Wednesday
. in the station hospital at Fort Jay,
Governors Island, NY.
fish Is
non-commercial flsher-
with the necessary license.
week,
like a
EL S PASO, Tex., March- 25.-(P) I preference to civilian men when-
-Mrs. Emma Garland Morgan ever possible and civilian men
Fall, 78-year-old wife of former I who are employed will be those j
Secretary of the Interior A. B. l over draft age or physically un-
Fall, died Thursday of complica- j rit for military service.
tions following a paralytic stroke
suffered last week.
In the same hospital is her hus- Bridget tO Train
woo nas reen an invaUd a AT
cine ni 1oiin i-W. , ., AAJf OH 1-0881
: - "a . koi las
OTovitHon ot accepting a sioo.000 SANTA ANA. Calif.. March 25
bribe, from Edward L. Doheny m (i!P) Appointment of CoL Bernard
connection with the leasing of the a. Bridget as assistant chief of
Elk Hdls, Calif, naval oil reserve. staff m charge of the training and
She was the daughter of Simp- operations section of the army air
son H. Morgan, pioneer Texas at- forcea west coast training center
torney and member of the con- w ,nnni,nPWi Wodndav
tuc-vrr-nuen IWT inei-.4. - a 1..;-. r ';-.
barber comes back from the war I-;j ., i -.,-,-
to take over histoid hotel chair, officer 37th fljing training
he may rate as the only private I .:.. u . . . t .X.
w " TTT " Field, Ariz.
VSVV-Br WitU
Tony also got away with the
lady with whom the general wti Uf-U. -,.
chattfa. The soldier-edHed pa- I -yty COBtf Job
per from a Pacific outpost, sent J WASHINGTON, March 25-P)
by Tony to a friend here, told Arthur S.' tteniminfc civil gervice
th-D!rZ: x tnmissioner, said Thursday 654
. - w ammmw was. uucm. persons in various government 1 1 1? "
ated by one of the ladies at the agencies have been ruled ineUxi- 1
dancel, and she finally promised ble for further service on loyal- llfir'i 1
Tonv h Cftilld hav a Istace Hinn I fvn wmimAm 4t4nr -.f 4h.--lI '
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wheq his number camel around, years
.Private Lembo, who is known as
Tony the barber back
walked up to a man
gay charmer was talkingj
ing the .intruder was trying to II NOW SHOWING
steal jhia partner, Lembo swung I II i 1 ; f,. -
UIIO action. ADB.l.lllUWiinn
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slapping his rival lustily; on . the
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The private suddenly found
himself facing Maj. Gen. Rapp
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warned him: Have a good time
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