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tUTIITY THIRD YEAH
KAlmrr Orgoa Sunday Morning. April 23. 1843
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chedLmled For
Coimty Scliools
Students to Use Garden
Booklets Designed to
Arouse Interest
BY FLORENCE D ANNALS
- (Statesman Valley Editor) v I
Announcement was made Saturday by Mrs.! Agnes C. Booth,
county superintendent of schools, and Frank Bennett, Salem city
superintendent that 5500 farm booklets will be circulated
through the Marion county schools Monday to interest students in
Oregon agricultural problems. ; !
The booklets going to teachers are aids and ideas designed
to help them present the course
cf training to. be given in the
$chools for the next ten days or
two weeks, v The student's - book
lets contain - a . detailed explana-
- iion of the part i Marion county
plays in the production of food,
- and the part the children will
play in the harvesting of the crop,
plus crop statistics, information on
preparation for doing the job,
how to get a job, and other pert-
Jnent material.
The course of , study was de
signed by Walter Snyder, curric
ula director of the Salem schools,
with a group of educators with
whom he worked as chairman.
Through the course, Mrs. Booth
stated, "it is hoped .that we will
build up an interest on the part
of the pupil and a realization of
his part to be played this sum
mer, as well as the problems fac
ing the farmer. --r. -
Working with the - schools on
th'prtgram is the Marion coun
ty .youth coordinating committee,
the executivemembers being Mrs.
Booth; Robert Rieder, county
' agent; William Baillie, manager
'!"- the US employment office;
' Amos'Bierly, 4H club leader, and
the chairman, Ray J. GlatL They
have assisted in an advisory ca
pacity in presenting the course
cf study to the schools. C
. The purpose of the plan, when,
it was originated in the spring of
1942, was to save Oregon's $50,
' 000,000 farm crops.- A brief out
line of the present course of study
was presented to the students last
spring; their response was over-
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Reds Destroy
18 German
a nes
LONDON, Sunday, April 24 -
Russian -. airmen . destroyed 18
,. more German planes in the north
western Caucasus and hit 18 oth
ers in a raid . on the , airdrome at
Stalino in the, Donets basin, Mos
cow reported early today as land
" lighting subsided, on the long
front. The broadcast was heard
. here by the Soviet monitor.
. One company of enemy infantry
was reported . annihilated or dis
persed in the Balakleya sector
. southeast of Kharkov in the Uk
. raine by sporadic : artillery ' duels
raging along the front, ; and the
communique disclosed the red
army still was entrenched in the
Sevsk salient 80 miles below
Byransk.
; . Soviet artillerymen were said to
have destroyed five enemy block
, t houses and dispersed a battalion
i of Germans in the Sevsk -sector.;
t Six. blockhouses, one artillery
rpiece, and two - enemy - batteries
were knocked out on the Volkhov
? front southeast of Leningrad, the
' communique said, and 200 Ger
s mans were killed.
I - Soviet airmen appeared to have
' taken over the ;fcrunt of the fight
i ing. The 118 - planes credited' to
the Caucasian air force were
down in air combat or destroyed
on German s airdromes. At Sta-
lino the communique said -18
successful hits on enemy planes
- were observed." "
OPA Announces ;
; Valid Coupons
WASHINGTON, April 24-P)
; The J OPA announced officially
! Saturday that meat ration cou
i pons will continue on a weekly
accumulative basis at least until
: $he end of May,
This means that all the follow
: Jng stamps are good until May 31:
' The red fT series, usable start-'
" Jng Sunday; F, usable starting
r May 2; "G, valid starting May 9;
'. fH," usable starting May 16, and
J." sZA tlaxting LUr 23.
Airpl
Stadly
County Drive
Nearing Quota
Sidney-Talbot Local
Of Farmers Union
Gives $30,000
Chairman Jesse Gard of the'
Marion county victory loan com
mittee Saturday reported that in
dividual bond sales reached $2,
187,778 with but $312,212 to go
to the goal of $2,500,000 set for
this county. ; At the same time,
Gard 'revealed that he is launch
ing, the slogan, "Another million
by May 1, and . said he feels
confident that quota can be filled.
By DONALD M. NJSON
(Written for the Acsociated Press and
5 The Oregon Statesman)
Manpower, materials and money
are tools of ; war on which our
victory depends.
We are marshalling our man
power to provide fighting forces
and production workers. We must
marshal our dollars and put them
to work.
It is a privilege and duty of
each of us to participate in the
second war loan drive by investing
in war bonds we are not paying
for freedom, we are investing in
jreeaom. , xnere is no - better or
more sound investment on earth,
Sidney-Talbot Farmers- Union,
local 235, Friday night swelled the
bond coffers with a $30,000 sub
scription. Sales averaged $500 per
person at a meeting of the group.
The committee in charge said, in
view; of thei fact ; number of
members - were absent, ' the sum
may be boasted to $50,00.- "
- The committee also said Satur
day that $4000 of the California
Packing corporation subscription
had f been allocated to Marion
county. Percy BlundelL manager
of the firm,
announced the pur-
chase:
Chirmn j Gard
said that the
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TNT Laden
Ship Perils
New York :
NEW YORK, April 24.-)-An
explosive laden ship was sunk in
the Hudson; river off Bayonne,
NJ, Saturday after it had caught
fire and : the police department
broadcast a request that water
front residents of Brooklyn; Sta
ten island and New Jersey- keep
their ' windows open. - '
Acting .Police Commissioner
Louis Cottuni requested the
warnings be given after the ship
had burned for some time and
had been towed from its moor
ings at Jersey City to a point be
tween the - New Jersey and New
York shores. . f ...
. Fireboats and : police launches
meanwhile had been, sent to the
aid of the boat. At I:1S p. nt,
Eastern- Wax' time,- the New York
police department announced the
that the ship had been sunk. .
Later Rear Admiral Stanley V.
Parker, US coast guard captain
of the port of New York, Issued
the following statement: ; -
"A vessel loaded with explos
ives caught fire about 5:30 Sat
urday afternoon. The vessel was
removed to an anchorage and
New ..York municipal fire boats,
coast guard fire boats, and com
mercial and government tugs and
small" craft responded. The vessel
was flooded: and Is now on bot
tom with superstructure 1 above
water and petroleum products
hobbling to ruzface burning. - -;
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Attack
Jap Base
US Airmen Raid Nip
'Convoy Off Wewak;
Liberator Returns
ALLIED i HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, Sunday, April 25
(fl5)- Far-ranging allied bombers,
covering nearly, 1500, miles, gave
the big Japanese airplane assem
bly base of Kendari, in the Cele
bes, its first pounding since Febr
uary 10, yesterday, dropping 21
tons of bombs which destroyed
five planes on. the ; ground and
wrecked repair shops. , ! . .
Five other planes . were , shot
down in the air for; certain, and
a sixth was believed bagged, i
-Meanwhile another bomber
spotted and attacked a. large en
emy convoy of unspecified size
far te the northwest of Wewak, '
New Gaines bat. was not able
te . observe the results. Over
Wewak's harbor a third allied
bomber fought off a swarm of
12 Japanese planes, shooting
down five and getting home,
safely despite some damage
dealt the . bomber. .
General : Douglas MacArthur's
raiders left a trail of flame over
the sector to the northwest of
Australia. In addition to starting
huge fires at Kendari which could
be, seen for 75 miles away, they
also fired the airdrome at Dili on
Timor, causing flames which could
be seen from 25 miles at sea and
staged several other raids.
Big Liberators, flown by
Americans, took part in the
devastating raid on Kendari.
Billy Mitchell medians bomb
ers, with Dutch pilots, delivered
the blows at DHL .
Most of the explosives" and in
cendiaries dumped ton Kendari
fell on the' airdrome and in the
workshop areas.
The Liberators encountered 20
Japanese fighters over the target
None of the allied " planes were
lost as they netted ' five of the
enemy for certain." ' -
. The convoy was spotted 300
miles north of Wewak aboat
' noon Saturday by a single Lib
erator en armed reconnaissance.
Preliminary reports failed to
disclose the convoy's composi
tion. ". .'.r. :
In the Saidor 'sector of New
Guinea, . southeast .of i Madang,
B-24 bombed and strafed the
villages of , Singor, Gumbi and
Biliau, occupied by enemy troops.
. The only Japanese aerial activ
ity reported was an ineffectual
raid by a single plane under cov
er of darkness on ' Dona, 'north
west of Buna, New Guinea.
To the northwest of Australia,
medium allied bombers struck at
two small cargo ships near . the
Kai islands, sinking one and dam
aging, the others" . J,
DAR Plans Fete
At Champoeg .
PORTLAND, 'April i4-P-The
Oregon DAR announced Saturday
that it will hold open house at
the Champoeg centennial celebra
tion 'May 2. -V- I '-
The organization's cabin at
Champoeg, hewn out of -huge
trees, is one of the state's, land
marks. '
Mrs. Seymour Jones, Salem, and
Mrs. E, C. Apperson, McMinnville,
will be among past presidents act
ing as hostesses. f : : i i
Nazi Plane Downed I '
Over West Iceland .. ;;;
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, April 24
(American fighters shot down
a German reconnaissance plane
over western Iceland Saturday, US
army f headquarters announced.
Reykjavik was under an air raid
ajcri i or za minutes.. . i
Army,' Tells-. of Oregon .Ordnance :lIM$c
r By FLOYD LANSDON
(Approved by Army Censor) ':
ORDNANCE, Ore, April 24.-(P-If
the army needs a two-ton
aerial bomb to drop on" Tokyo, or
another box of pistol bullets for
a soldier in the Solomons, like ' as
not - the storekeeper here will get
the order. , . .
The storekeeper is CoL Arch
ie G. Buyers, whe operates the
Umatilla ordnance dti i a
sprawling domain encircled by
sagebrush and sand dunes along
. the Colombia river. It' looks
like a tremendous city built by
tremcndeBS prairie dogs. . .
Refuses
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JOHN L. LEWIS i.
UMW Leader
Ignores WLB J
Board, Undeterred,
Continues Plans
For Arbitration
WASHINGTON, April 24-05)
-Undeterred by John L. Lewis ,
refosal te heed its summons, the
war labor beard went ahead
Saturday with plans for arbi
tration and ordered continued
r operation of the bitominous
mines under ; existing contract
terms. Any Wage adjustments
later ordered wtli be retroactive
te Aprfl 1.
Only the operators responded
to the WLB request to attend .a
preliminary meeting on the soft
; BIRMINGHAM, ; Abu April
24.-yp)-Prodnction of coal at
five major Alabama mines was
halted Sat u r day as miners
failed to report at the four prin
cipal shafts of the ' Tennessee
. Coal, Iron ' and. Railroad '' Co.,
and one mine ef the Woodward
Iron Co." - "
coal wage dispute to" "determine
procedure and timing. The board
said Lewis did not - acknowledge
its calL 'T'"''-- .'
A three-man panel will begin
private hearings on Wednesday,
the day after a scheduled meeting
of the United Mine Workers pol
icy committee in New-York. The
panel personnel, as yet not deaigl
nated, will represent the public,
industry end labor. . The board
notified Lewis of its decision and
invited him to suggest " ''several
names" -by '8:30 ajn. Monday to
help ;int the -selection of the labor
member. The panel will hear the
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Kaiser Attorney 1
Predicts Case K
Headed Higher; : .
PORTLAND, Ore.; Aprif 24.ff
-Harry Morton, chief counsel for
Shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser pre
dicted at the Kaiser shipyard la
bor hearing Saturday that the
case will end up in federal court
" The hearing is on national la
bor relations - board charges that
three Kaiser shipyards of this
area signed illegal closed-shop
contracts with AFL unions. Mor
ton's statement was made after
Trial Examiner Robert N. Den
ham criticized ; defense attorneys
for attempting to offer evidence
of a kind which he previously had
rejected.
Colonel Buyers, hard - bitten
veteran of the. army ordnance
corps, can fill such an order, and
double it or treble it if necessary.
He has two-ton bomU .on his
shelves, along with almost every
thing else that the army uses to
blast the Japanese, Germans and
Italians. His stock is being en
larged by every train that arrives
from the coast and midwest,
now big a stock he carries is
a military secret, but to one ef
' the first civilian groups ever
permitted inside the closely
guarded enclosure it looked like
plenty,. ...
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Sweden
Warns
Nazis
' Reprisals Threatened
If German Attacks
. On Ships Continue
I By JOHN COLBURN
STOCKHOLM, April 24-P)
The , Swedish government, an
nouncing the discovery of German
mines in Sweden s territorial wa
ters, sent a blunt note, to Berlin
Saturday warning Germany about
the mine-laying and expressing
dissatisfaction over the German
answer to a protest against ' the
firing ' upon the Swedish subma
rine Draken by the German mer
chant ship Altkirch. J '
The government announced . the
Swedish navy-will take measures
against ' any German forces lay
ing mines in this nation's terri
torial waters as well as against
ships which fire on Swedish ves
sels. . " v
' While" the formal note to Berlin
mentioned only that "measures"
would be taken, qualified observ
ers viewed the order as meaning
that officers had been instructed
, to open fire to protect the neu-
4 trality that has safeguarded Swe
den from the war.
: The note demanded assurance
of the nazis that steps would be
taken to prevent a repetition of
such incidents as the attacks on
the Draken,
"Swedish naval vessels are or
dered to take measures against
ships belonging to belligerent
powers which, through laying
mines or shooting at other ships
or in other ways, are caught in
the act of breaking the ban against
military action with Swedish ter
ritory," the note said.
It was disclosed that, during the
Sjy&rch , f or . the ; missing Swedish
submarine, submerged German
mines were discovered Inside the
three-mile territorial limit in the
vicinity of Marstrand.
Union Heeds
PR's Orders,
Quits Strike -
NEWARK, NJ, April 24
Howard GilL president of local
12666, United Mine . Workers, an
nounced Saturday "at the presi
dent's request" members of the
union would return to work Mon
day morning at the Celanese cor
poration where they have been on
strike since April 10.
In a telegram to John L. Lewis,
president of UMW, and other of
ficers of the union, President
Roosevelt earlier Saturday order
ed the union to end its strike at
the corporation's plastic division
plant and return to " work - by
Monday noon.
IS GUI said the union, in a meet
ing Saturday afternoon at Polish
Falcon halL "voted unanimously"
to return to work. - ,.4 -;"k, ;
1 The president in his telegram
hae assured us. Gill said, "that
tie will see that the proper agen
cies give the proper hearings that
are necessary. That is all we want
ed in the first place .
The war " labor board Friday
night .announced it had referred
the dispute to the president Mem
bers of the UMW had been . out
for two weeks in jurisdictional
difference between their " union
and the Textile Workers of Amer
ica (CIO), which holds a collec
tive bargaining contract with the
company. - -
::, Gill said picketing of the plant
"stopped as of tonIght.,, ; 4, v
The men will report for l the
Monday morning shift, ready to be
assigned to their posts, he added.
Gill said approximately. 700
members of the union attended
the meeting.
In his telegram to the UMW of
ficials, President Roosevelt had
told them "if you do not comply
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The " ammunition Is stored in
igloos, -or underground magazine
dirt-covered concrete struc
tures that i cover some; 15,000
acres. It Is packaged, inspected
and held until needed at the front
When an ; order arrives, civilian
clerks; under the direction of Col
onel Buyers, fill it and tranship
it to ione port, or camp, as
needed." ''. i:;
The Umatilla - depot, is one of
several located at strategic points
throughout the United States.
Here is a partial inventory of
the stock on hand: rifle and ma
chinegun cartridges, the popular
A
Generals
' X t a-
iMiniimiM i ii in mm inn rr 1 n unit n n
American army, forces under Gen. "Ike" EisenhouwerT (shown above,
left), touring the Tunisian front with Lt Gen. George P. Pattou,
, ir were savagely attacking the axis flank late Saturday nlg-ht at
tempting a "break through ' which would trap axis forces facing
Gen. Montgomery's Eighth army en the eastern anchorsUN Photo.
Valley Churches Observe
Easter Sun rise R ites
':K,i'':'';'- ;ip"-H;'"j'-f''-'-;-,t s.? !-T '-''""-;V:.'?"'
As Easter dawns this year in the Willamette valley, hun
dreds of worshipers will join union sunrise services at each of the
leading cities. -
In Salem, the Ministerial
Hen Lays
Egg 4Bomb'
MEXIA, Tex. (JP) Easter in
wartime
; A hen belonging .te Mrs. E. T.;
Cox of Enterprise jumped the
gun by a day, laid an egg that
was a perfect bomb, complete
te fan-type tail.
IRA Stages
Daring Raid
On Theatre ;
BELFAST,. Northern Ireland,
April 24-JP)-Ari armed group of
the Irish republican army seized
a movie theatre in the'- nationalist
section of the city Saturday night
to conduct an Easter service for
"men .who died for Ireland" and
to protest; the. presence of Ameri
can- troops In Ulster. , . t
Hugh McAteer, IRA chief- of
staff who, with three other IRA
prisoners, escaped from a Belfast
jail in January and for whose
capture a $12,000 reward has been
offered, appeared with the group.
They stopped the show, ordered
the lights turned on and directed
the audience to remain, - -
They clambered to the stage and
read a "proclamation," then fled
back into hiding. .
Japanese Launch
China Offensive
CHUNGKING, April 24.-6fV-
About 40,000 Japanese have laun
ched simultaneous offensives from
northern Honan and southeastern
Shansi 1 in a converging drive
against Chinese holding the ' Tai-
han mountains west Of the Peip-
ing-Hankow railway, - a Chinese
communique disclosed Saturday.
hand grenade, heavier rifle' gren
ades fired with' the service rifle;
mortar shells of : different sizes;
20mm, 37mm, 40mm, 75mm, 105
mm, 155mm, S-inch -and 8-inch
cannon shells, bombs of various
sizes and for. a variety of - pur
poses,, including the two-ton
block busters and incendiaries
-Just in ease the enemy over
looks the rule aralnst use of
poison gas, there are shells In
: s t e k ' to back up President
. Roosevelt's promise, that the
United States army can use gas
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Tour Front
A
T -'i:
r - ;-. . -' ';'
association is sponsoring an hour
of worship at the capitol. Dr. J.
Edgar Purdy is the speaker, with
the army band at the fairgrounds
furnishing music and Prof. R. J.
Lush, Cpl. - Mackey Swan,' . and
Herroon Burke, guest musicians.
Methodist youth at Dallas will
attend, sunrise services at a. m.
on Domaschosky hill. The Trinity
and Christian churches in Silver
ton plan sunrise worship, as do
Turner church-goers, where a un
ion service will be held at 7 a. m.
along Mill creek. Aurora Presby
terians will meet at 7 a. m. on Ir
vinhill. .
LONDON. April 24,-iAVUn-der
the. same sky which two
springs age waa filled with the
German air force's rear of de
strueUon. United State sold
iers at dawn. Sunday will com
memorate ' the resurrection ef
the Prince of Peace. ,
Observins; Its seeond Easter
lav Groat Britain, the; Ameri
can expoditiouanr force will be
te thousands of: British
ar a serrlee ia -Hyde '
park-n' AaaeHouav. euetout new
te the' playground and' forum ef
London's millions.
Four Salemchurches, the Jason
Lee Methodist First Congregation
al, Presbyterian, - and St Paul's
Episcopal, have planned double
services todays to handle the un
usually heavy "attendance.! Early
services are sef about 9 o'clock in
the " various churches, besides the
regular 11 o'clock meetings. Bap
tism, reception of new members,
and communion Willi be features
of almost every service.
Fruitland Evangelicans will re
dedicate their church ending with
a flag service for. those in' the
armed forces. Highlight of valley
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New Tax Bill
Is Approved ,
WASHINGTON,' April 24 -fl
A new' pay-as-you-go., tax bill,
cancelling ' approximately.. 44 per.
cent of J 943 tax obligations,
emerged from the ways and means
committee Saturday as the demo
cratic majority sought to compro-J
mise the weary house deadlock. .
House democratic leader - Mc
Cormack of Massachusetts
promptly bid for republican sup
port, for the plan,' asserting it re
sults in "forgiveness of about 25,
000,000,000" and holding out this
olive branch of conciliation;
"My republican friends need not
fear that such action would be
construed as a defeat for them or
a victory for the democrats, It
would be a powerful message to
our enemies of legislative unity.
ricau
Battle '
Savage
Rommel Deserlo
Armies as Siege
Lines Shrink
By WES GALLAGHER
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, April 24
American troops who sped
secretly to battle from southern
Tunisia and French forces on
the northern 'coast were closing 1
on Bizerte from three direction .
Saturday and the British were
overrunning! strategic r Long
Stop hill "In their push toward!
Tunis against the rapidly shrink
ing axis siege! line.
In the midst of this sudden out
burst of fierce fighting for the)
principal remaining objectives in
Africa the great naval base and
the capital it was disclosed that ;
the German commander. Marshal
Erwin Rommel, had disappeared.
Gen. Sir Harold Alexander's
18th army group headquarters an
nounced the capture of a docu
ment dated March 19 which indl- .
cated that Rommel. . who. led - his
Africa corps into Tunisia after "the
long retreat from" El a Alamein, no
longer Is in Africa. J : 5 i
The document was signed by
Col.-Gen. Jurgen , von Arnim af 1
general officer, commander hi
chief, and not by Rommel.
There have been numerous re
ports recently . that Rommel had
been spirited out of Tunisia to or
ganize axis defenses along the;
southern , European coast Other
reports' have! hinted that he had
fallen into disgrace with Hitler
and been removed, while still oth
ers said he was recovering in Ger
many from an attack of malaria.
Shifted from the south swiftly
and secretly, American troops In
the north have launched a fuiW
scale attack against axis troops, 1
front dispatches said, and after "
six-mile advance are fighting theif ,
way from hill to hill within t9 '
miles of Bizerte.
(A French communique, record
ed in London from north African
broadcasts, said French forces had
advanced more than . 12 miles in
the Cap Serrat area. This would
place them at least within 23 mile
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Tire 1 Ration
Restriction
Is Eased r :
.-r
WASHINGTON, AprU 24 -ifi-The
office of price administration
announced Saturday that motor
ists whose gasoline rations permit
driving more 1 than 240. mile
monthly, will be eligible. May 1 to
buy top grade1 tires, provided their
present casings cannot be re
capped. J
7 Most B ration-book holders will
be qualified to get the grade J
tires under the new ruling. Pre
viously, a motorist liad to have
sufficient rations to drive 580 miles
a month td be eligible. '
At the same time, it was dis
closed that the manufacture of
"victory" tires from reclaimed
rubber waa halted March 31 be
cause performance was not up to
expectations. Reclaimed rubbe
will now be diverted to recaps and
retreads, which motorists driviruf :
less than .240 miles monthly may
purchase. .. : L ' :'
Strike Over
JOHNSTOWN, Pa April 24-yF)
Striking streetcar and "bus opera
tors voted 50-48 Saturday night
to end a one-day walkout which)
threatened to tie up transportation
of a large portion of the city'
25,000 steel workers. .-iX:---.;
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