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KHJETY THX3D YEAR
Coumty Bond Chpamu
(Goes 6Over the Ton
$102,000
Sold
Total of Over All
Sales $7,250,960;
Drive Continues
, Marion county went $102,
COO over the top in its Second
war loan campaign Tuesday,
night and was called on to make
the overage $500,000 by Friday,
last day of the national cam
paign. . - . :'
i Individual purchases .-of war
bonds during the- drive, which
started April 12, reached $2,602,
000, Victory Chairman Jess J.
The $18.75 with which yon hay
s $25 war bond will pay for:
75 clips of S ballets each, or
3 bayonets or "''-
5 pairs of army shoes.
The treasury says that when
yon boy a $25 war saving bond
for $18.75, $18 roes immediate
ly Into gans, planes and equip
ment. V'-V
Gard reported. To be added to
this for the over-all county total
was $4,648,960 in bank sales, mak
ing an aggregate contribution to
the war effort of . $7,250,960. The
committee goal had been $5,000,-.
00. -' "' "t s
; Chairman Gard, noting - the
: plea of Treasury Secretary Mor
genthau for continuing and still
heavier investments in war se
curities, urged his committee
men and the public on to make
individual purchases teach the
$3,600,000 mark by Friday night.
. : The Salem Eagles lodge, staging
bond drive of its own at its
"meeting Tuesday night, raised
' $12,259 in subscriptions toward
the new goal. The lodgements pur
chases were not included in the
official totals for the day.
Additions to the county totals
Tuesday included, a $100,600 pur
chase by the Coolidge & McClaine
bank, Silverton, $5000 by Mutual
Federal Savings & Loan associa
tion, Salem, and $40,000 by Sa
lem Federal Savings & Loan as
sociation, Salem, The Salem Fed
eral also took $30,000 In govern
ment securities at the start of the
current drive.
: C3uirmaa G a r d commended
Chairman Frederick S. Lamport
and the county, war savings staff
for their cooperation in the Vic
tory campaign, especially for con
tributions i the stiff 3 obtained
through promotion of the payroll
deduction plan of buying bonds.
1 I do want to urge the people
to fullfil their': purchase pledges
before the drive ends in order that
we may reach . $3,000,000 by Fri
day," Gard added. T also want
to congratulate the Victory fund
workers for the noble job they
have done and to thank them for
their thorough sales effort-
BerKn Tells
Of New Loss
In Russia
LONDON. Wednesday," April 28
HTVA 'new spurt of fighting on
the long-idle front south of Len
ingrad was reported by Moscow
today soon after German radio ac
counts : suggested Soviet , capture
of the important pivotal base of
Novogorod.
The Russian midnight commun
ique, recorded here by the Sov
iet Monitor, said Russian gunners
destroyed six German guns, si
lenced two mortar ; batteries and
demolished ten blockhouses and
dugouts Tuesday on the Valkhov
front. Volkhov is midway between
Leningrad and Novogorod.
. In the same general area on
Monday, .numerically superior
German" forces broke through and
captured : a - Russian town, ? but
were thrown back by a Russian
counterattack before j they could
Consolidate their new position. ; r
' The German indication of Rus
sian capture of Novogorod, 100
miles southeast of Leningrad,
came In a Berlin broadcast de
scription of an eastern ; front war
map, which also showed the Rus
sians had driven to the very out
skirts of Taganrog, 42 miles west
cf Rostov on the sea?-of Azov
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LT. CUNNINGHAM
Crash Kills
Salem Flier
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Lt. C C Cunningham
Dies at Army Field
In Louisiana
Second Lt, Charles C. Cunning
ham, ; stationed with the army air
corps at Harding Field, La., was
killed in a plane, crash Monday
according to word received by
his parents Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Cunningham, r 345 East i Miller
street. The telegraph was sent by
CoL Koont2,commande Ward
ing Field, who-gave no.. particu
lars of the crash.
- Cunningham was a graduate of
Salem high school and had at
tended ? Willamette university for
two years when the company of
the national guards, of which he
was a member, was mobilized. He
was stationed first at Fort Ste
vens.' Later he was transferred to
the air corps and took his training
at Sheppard: Field, Texas and at
Greenville, Miss. He received his
wings only a few months ago.
Funeral arrangements a r e
pending shipment of the body to
Salem. Survivors include the par
ents ; 1 a ' brother, Robert, who is
with the navy in ihe south Paci
fic; and a sister Mrs. Clarence
Weatherford,4 at East Bremerton,
Wash.
Davis Urges
Limit Crops
I WASHINGTON, April 27 -VPf-Food
Administrator Chester C. Da
vis, declaring this to be the most
important crop season in American
history, appealed to farmers Tues
day night to plant to the limit of
their 1 acreage even though such
plantings would be in excess of
their indicated ability of harvest.
I Emphasizing the almost bound
less wardemand for food and live
stock feed, Davis assured short
handed farmers that the govern
ment was organizing the country's
labor resources : to help harvest
their crops.
The appeal was made in a for
mal statement as the spring plant
ing season drew near a close. Pre
vious I agriculture department re
ports have indicated that farmers
planned to plant nearly 10,000,000
more acres to food and feed crops
than last year. Indicated acreages
of some crops, however, were
short of government goals.'
Marine Fighter Planes Ready to Go at Guadalcanal
Lined up beside a landing strip at a picturesque field on Guadalcanal
? Island, these Grumman fighter planes of the US marine corps, part
of this country's growing might
At fa t
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Full Strike
Seen in Mines
Lewis Attributes
5vTB With Attitude
Of 'Prejudice'
By The Associated Press
John L. Lewis ; raised the
threat of a full-scale soft, coal
strike Tuesday night after the
United Mine " Workers policy
committee,- attributing "malignant
. SFRINGIELD, HI April 27
(AVIllineis 15,000 Fresressive
Mine Workers, affiliated with
the American Federation of La
bor, joined Tuesday with the
United Mine Workers of Amer
ica in a threat to stop work at
midnight Friday unless a new
working contract is signed by
this time.
LJoyd A. Thrust, PMW presi
dent, said the miners would re
fuse to work "unless I notify
them otherwise that a new eon
tract has been signed.
prejudice" to the war labor board,
demanded withdrawal of their
wage dispute from the" board.
!'As matters stand, the mine
workers chieftain ; told reporters
at New York, "there will be no
contract April 30. The mine work
ers will not trespass on mine
property in the absence of a con
tract. ..
' Sporadic, unauthorized w o rX
stoppages, meantime, continued to
spread. By the day's end,1 over 57
mines were closed and more than
31,500, miners had put down their
tools. : ,
The war labor board Tuesday
Instructed a three-man .panel t
begin hearings in the soft eoal
wage dispute Wednesday and to
proceed until it gets contrary
orders. ' : - i ;f
These instructions had been
given and the board had adjourn
ed for the day when President
John L. Lewis announced the
United Mine Workers would not
work without a contract after Fri
day midnight. Vice Chairman
George W. Taylor said the board
would decide Wednesday ; whether
to recognize this as a defiance or
to proceed pending development
of an actual shutdown.
. Earlier the UMW committee
had virtually closed the door
against consideration of Its wage
dispute by the WLB by the
Igor of its language in a re
quest that the government di
rect continued ' "collective bar-'
gaining without political limita
tion :) ;;"Si m.h:. . '
The committee made its request
to Secretary of Labor Perkins,
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Stassen Resigns
To Join Navy
ST. PAUL, April 27-;Pr-Har-old
E. Stassen, republican, the na
tion's youngest governor, resigned
his office Tuesday and left for the
Great Lakes naval training station
where on Thursday he enters ac
tive duty as a lieutenant comman
der in the navy. ;? ; . . : j ; r
The 35 year old executive turned
the keys of office over to Lt. Gov.
Ed Thye, the first farmer in Min
nesota to occupy the governor's
office. . ' -
in the South Pactfie, are all ready j
Scdem, Oregon. Wednesday Morning, April 23, 1313
3 Ousted
In Society
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Expose
School Board Ruling
Hits Graduate V ,
Students Also "
'A- ghost that has haunted
Salem public school administra
tors and district directors for
18 years walked boldly but
quietly to the board's council
table, Tuesday night and three
senior high school boys were ex-f
pelled for membership in the
Julius Caesars, old and illegal sec
ret society,
v (See Page 2 for additional
school , board news.) k
Across the records of one grad
uate and three others already out
of school the board ordered there
should be written a notation to be
included in every : transcript of
credit and every record of school
attendance sent out to response
from other schools or would-be
employers.
John Johnson, senior and for
mer high school basketball play
er; James Neyes, Junior, and
James Semb, Junior, were ex
pelled by board order.
Notation to the effect that Her
bert Booth, graduate who is now
a student at Oregon State college,
Darry Gemmell, Robert Kroeplin
and Robert Schaeffer held mem
bership in one of the forbidden or
ganizations was ordered placed
on their records.;
Both rulings were in keeping
with the board's action of May 21,1
1942, when a policy was outlined
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Jap Vessels
Are Bombed
v
Raids Favored
iiy Good W eather j
Activity Heavier
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, Wednesday, April
28.-flJ)-An allied Liberator bomb
er attacked two Japanese merch
antmen in the Arafura sea Tues
day, the high command announ
ced. A direct hit was scored on a 4,
000 ton ship and near misses,
which often are damaging, fell
near the other. y
In other raids, a Flying Fortress
destroyed the wireless station at
Gasmata, on the south shore of
New Britain, and a Catalina ex
ploded supply dumps at Finsch
hafen, on the Huon peninsula of
New Guinea. ' " r
The Arafura sea action occur
red 50 miles northwest of Dobo,
in the Aroe group. The direct hit
fell on the bow of the 4,000 ten
ner. ' . , ' ' - ;
Elsewhere in the sector to the
northwest of Australia, a four
engined allied bomber raided the
enemy base at Nabire, Dutch New
Guinea. - : ,
The village of Watdek, on the
Kai islands, was raided by a two
engined bomber. .
s Long range fighters poured can
non and machinegun fire on : the
village of Rebi on the Aroe - is
lands. V '- '?h?: T'i
j Over Timor,: medium bombers
raided an enemy base near Beru
and fought off J apanese planes
which tried to intercept.
The aerial action was heavier
than that earlier in the week, due
to an improvement In weather
conditions. .
to repel any attempt by
Press Telemat.
the Japs
PCUNDSD 1651
Three United States B 24 Liberators, operating from an advanced Aleutian base,' roar toward the Jap
bases en Kiska and Attn, their bomb bays full of "eggs" for the enemy Installations there Associa
ted Press Telemat. , t . '.' --.
Knox Warns Japs May SencL Nu isan ce
Raids Against Northwest Cities
US Liberator and Mitchell Bombers Hit
Kiska After Four Day Weather Tieup;
Fighter Planes Accompany Attack
- By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
. . V WASHINGTON April --("Nuisahce' air raids on the
American coastal areas are a possibility, although a remote one,
Secretary Knox said Tuesday, while; the navy reported 13 new
American aerial attacks on a potential base for such raids, Kiska
island in the Aleutians. .;
After being balked four days
by bad weather, American Libera
tor and Mitchell bombers, accom
panied by Warhawk and Lightning
fighters, blasted at Kiska again
and again Sunday, but poor visi
bility prevented an exact check on
results. Vv
The same day a flight of Lib
erators attacked Attn island,
about 200 miles west of Kiska,
coring hits on the runway and
other installations.
Naval Secretary K n o x w a s
asked at a press conference prior
to issuance of today's communi
que whether the Japs might em-
SEATTLE, April
Senator Men' C Wallgrea of
Washington expressed the be
lief Tuesday that "the Japa
nese win not .overlook north-,
west forests If they attempt an
air raid on our coast.'
ploy their bases in , the western
Aleutians for air raids on the
American west coast. The secre
tary, whose extensive flights over
the Pacific and the-western hemi
sphere have given him a clear
idea of the reach of planes, re
plied i that there is "always a
chance - of . nuisance raids any
where at any time.
Ho minimised the danger of
such raids but said that the .
Germans, for instance,' might
try a raid en the east coast,
which would be a nuisance ac-
tion for us and a suicide opera
: tion for their fliers.
He gave no details about what
the Japanese might be able . to
accomplish by air operations, from
Kiska or Attu. If they operated
directly from Kiska they would
have about a 2500-mile trip one
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te retake the base Associated
Pric to,
Aleutian Bombina Mission
Firm to Build
SHip Fenders
Assembly . Line Planned
For New Wood Use;
Navy Gives Order
Setting up of equipment for a
new war industry, the making of
wooden ship fenders or "bump
ers" in lay language, in the Salem
area was disclosed Tuesday - by
chamber of commerce officials
and Arthur H. Bohren, president
of Plywood Design corporation. .
Jigs and other machinery for
assembly line production of the
fenders, which the navy has or
dered, are being Installed In
buildings that' formerly- housed
the Friesen millwork plant, 300
Willow road. West Salon. Boh
ren said manufacturing operations
would be started with a crew of
40 to 60 men as soon as the com
oanr receives - delivery of mate
rials - ordered. ' Additional
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50 per Cent
Tax Cut Seen
Oregon state Income taxpayers
will receive at least a 50 per cent
reduction in taxes paid on this
year's. income, payable next year,
State Tax Commissioner Earl
Fisher estimated here Tuesday, j
Fisher said he based his esti
mate on collections this year
which are far higher than any
previous year. ":" V" ; : '
Figures released by Fisher show
tha $12,100,000 personal and cor
poration . income taxes already
have been collected this year, as
against $8,200,000 during the cor
responding period- in 1842. Fisher
predicted that total collections for
1943 would be between $18,000,
000 and $21,000,000, compared to
$13,800,000 for all of last year.
The 1943 legislature's formula
for next 'year's' income tax re
duction; is based on collections
this year and next year's estimat
ed collections. . ,
Lightning Hits ;
KSOI Transmitter
. IJghtning . which struck , the
KSLM transmitter at .8:38 pjm.
Tuesday- and burned out several
meters caused the station to go
off the air briefly until the trou
ble ' could be located and repairs
made. "
Contact with - the transmitter
caused a flare of light and sound
as of a large explosion -
No. 27
Ship Losses
Clarified
Wyy 'Report Gives . -Over
Million Tons
In Merchant Ships
WASHINGTON, April 27-ds)
On the basis of only partly com
plete figures on merchant ship
construction, the navy department
reported Tuesday that the allies
last year suffered a net loss of
more than a - million tons of
merchant shipping. ,
This net figure was hot fully
conclusive in that it was arrived
at by counting the- total., allied
losses but not all new construc
tion by all the allied nations.
While the navy did not say so, It
appeared that construction figures
from 'one or more of the allies
were not available.
, The Truman committee said
in a report last Thursday that
.sinkings of allied boats by Ger
man submarines in 1942 totaled
approximately 12,S0.I0 tons
and exceeded the aggregate of -new
British, and American con
struction. Friday, Secretary
Knox said that allied eonstruc
tiea had exceeded allied looses
for 1942. He described the Tru
man committee's conclusion as
an "obvious error arising in
his opinion from the fact that
new merchant ships are ordi
narily figures in deadweight
' tons while sinkings are ordi
narily reported fat gross tons,
which are L5 times larger than
deadweight tons. .
The allied loss figures used as
a basis for Tuesday's announce
ment . included losses from all
causes submarine sinkings,
mines, airplanes, captured or
otherwise. -
Stated in terms of gross tonnage
and Including all losses of allied
ships there is no great difference
in the navy and the committee
figures for 1942, the net loss in
gross , tons being in the neighbor
hood of something over a million
tons. These figures, however, do
not include 'new construction by
all allied nations and do include
all losses not losses from sub
marine operations alone.
4-H Judging
To End To day .
,' Judging of approximately. 10oV
4H club exhibits in ; the . county
spring show st 197 South Com
mercial street was to be complet
ed by early this afternoon, Amos
Bierly, Marion county club agent,
said Tuesday.""?:' -''-'- - '-.:
. The show opens at noon today
to the - public whether or not
Judging -has been completed.
Judges Include Miss Helen Cow
gill, Oregon Slate college; Miss
Frances . Clinton,'- Marion county
home demonstration agent; John
Grimes, Clackamas county club
agent; Lynn Cronemilier, assist
ant state forester, and Mrs. Agnes
C. Booth, Marion . county school
superintendent. . ..
Speeds
French Smash to
Pont Du( Falis;
Nazi Ships Hit !
"ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IK NORTH AFRICA, ApcU 27 --(PJFrench
troops have smash -ed,
to the outskirts of Pont Da
Fans, their high command an
nounced Tuesday night as the)
German defenses on the Tunial
an bridgehead gave way slow-
ly both at that key axis supply Sr
base and in the Medjez-El-Batt
area, and front dispatches Indi
cated that the critical stage of the
great battle was near at hand. " ;
' Advancing in numerous sectors
in the face of fierce opposition,
allied forces pushed the axis line- "
back to within 23 miles of Tunis
and presumably wereeven closer
to Bizerte. , .
--Ten miles west of Mateur, how-
ever, American infantry which atr : i
tacked the Djebel El Azzog were
forced to fall back under heavy
counterattacks. . But even these
troops were able- to occupy the
Djebel El Ajred in the area south i
of Jefna, itself due west of Ma
teur. . . , -v . ;
French ' goumiers, driving into -Pont
dii Fans from the southwest,
Were reported continuing their
pressure on the retreating enemy
in mountain terrain strewn with !
land mines., - '
Other French forces along the. -Mediterranean
in the north, who
had been reported . within six
miles of Lake Achkel and about"
23 miles from Bizerte, advanced
another three miles toward the
great, naval base and captured1 j
prisoners and considerable materl jr
iaL the French command an-
nounced. -
American forces in this area
were advancing in the region west
of Lake Achkel, which at its west
ern shore is only 17 miles from
Bizerte.; V'i-'""-" V:J5 " "
'. . In the sector between Hied Jes-el-Bab
and the Mediterranean,
" the axis rear guard was report-'
ed falling back so rapidly be
fore the thrusts of the American :
corps of Lieut. Gen. George 8.
; Fatten, Jr.; that the enemy had
. no time to bury his dead.
There, Patton's men were storm
ing the strongest axis elevated po
sitions in the northern Tunisian
sector Green hill and Bald MIL
Along the center of the Tunis;
front, British First army infantry
had advanced 11 miles along the
road from Med jez -el-Bab to Te
bourba, reaching the Toum raHl
road station, 23 miles west of Tu
nis itself. - ;
Since Sunday, nasi forces have'
lost 89 tanks and the outcome of
the battle for Africa appeared
tonight to depend en how long
the Germans can withstand the
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Negotiations
In Pole-Russ
Break Start ;
LONDON.; April CT.t&V-Britala
opened negotiations toward patchy
ing up the differences between
soviet Russia and the Polish government-in-exile
Tuesday, and
ihere were strong indications that
the United States was participat
ing in the intensive effort to re
store diplomatic relations between
the two allies, severed last Sun
day by Russia.' M ". :
US Ambassador John G. Winant
was called unexpectedly Tuesday
afternoon to No. 1C Downing
street, official residence of Prime
Minister Churchill. His visit was
followed immediately .by , a con
f e r e n c e attended by Churchill,
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
and Wladyslaw ,Sikorski, the Po
lish premier. '
Official statements which were
expected to be issued by both the
British and Polish governments
were not immediately forthcom
ing. A press conference in which
Premier Sikorski had been sched
uled to explain the position of the'
Polish government in the dispute,
was cancelled after newspapermen'
had assembled. ' j
Neither the- British nor the Am
erican - officials are attempting to"
assess blame for the. rupture, au
thoritative sources said, but are
concerned, only with restoring re-"7
iations between Russia and Po-"
land on the basis that it would be'
mutually , advantageous to them
and to all the United Nations.
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