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nrr... item Dim out ' .i . Tuc. eunsct 8:24 V7ed. sunrise 5:50 (Weather on Page 8) d IXUZSTt ITJXuD YEAIl Calem, Oregon. Tuasdar Morning, May 4, 1S43 rr!cs3 Sc. No. Z2 Falls Tc. If auks ; Nazis Still Flee ; ir Northwest of Tunis Base By WILLIAM SMITH WHITE ' - In- the greatest single victory ; Jret achieved by American arms . In Tunisia, U. S. troops captyr ed Mateur, the key to commun ications to Tunis and Bizerte and next to those cities the most . Important objective in - North Africa. The new allied north ern offensive yesterday (Mon.) carried other American and mixed French forces to within 15 ; miles of Bizerte along ; the Mediterranean sector. t The Americans swept into Ma . teur, which is 48 miles southwest " f Bizerte and .34 miles northwest nf Tunis hhind a German with- - drawal which was general in the . north of Tunisia. They fanned out beyond the town, for an aggre- sate advance of 14 miles, to reach ' the commencement of the plain leading to Tunis, the capital. . Several , hundred, axis prisoners were taken, aside from the heavy casualties inflicted in the- earlier , heavy -fighting. - ; : , ' - The French.; and their Ameri . can comrades took more than 500 .'axis captives in their four-mile " advance on Bizeret, the , big axis " jiaval base, ; . , J ' The -general allied advance - at " late report still was unhalted; axis defenses were collapsing ' over a wide area. The bulk of enemy forces in the north still were . retreating, -r bat It was not known how far ; Bar exactly where they might ; attempt a new stand. ' Seizure of the town definitely threatens both Bizerte and Tunis. In the extreme north before Bi zerte the axis still holds hills for , defense, and the naval base is .fur ther protected by the twin lakes f Bizerte and Garaet Achkel. ' (Th: Algiers ' radio said the US troops were continuing to ad- - vance beyond Mateur, with allied fighter and bomber planes pound- ing at the retreating; axis forces.) - The crash through the craggy hills to Mateur la two weeks of the mt bUter fighting, marked - -by heavy leases on both sides, - wasmainly a feat of Infantry .'supported : by long-range Amer ican 155-mlIllmeter artillery that had shelled the town for five days, j - American, infantry units seized green and bald hills in the heavily-fortified Jefna positions west . of Mateur this morning to clear the way for the striking advance. - Mateur had been held briefly by . British forces between November 27 and December 4 in early stages of the Tunisian fighting. , ' : The American and French ad vances give the allies control of all territory west of a line between Mateur and Bizerte. This line bi- " . .i . 1 i m f . Achkel, and the Only retreat for any enemy troops remaining in the area is through the narrow strips ' of land along the lake. , ' The French command an ' nonnced that a German counter attack supported by tanks south . east of Pont-da Fahs had made alight gain, bat that to the east ; of this : action ' French troops had occupied the Djebel 13 Dib, near Saouf, and thrust . sat to the outskirts of the town Itself. j - Front the British Eighth arny in the - far . south no action had been reported beyond its " earlier repulse of an axis counter attack in the coastal region northeast1 of Enfidaville, In northern Tunisian the Ger .. (Turn to Page 2 Story B) Where American Arms Won llliiliiriniliilliliirniniil:: .BIZERTE CAPt SCRRAT STATUTE M1US o 7 .201 Tev J: TSSiSll The map above shews positions (solid line) 'which TJS forces under 14. Gen. Patton stormed and took Sunday to smash on to the 1m- ' portant ran head at Mateur. It is predicted that new allied attacks (open arrows) will be launched to split axis forces at the Tunfe base. This might indicate that enemy forces would split, one uni; - sUying to defend Bizerte and the other retreating to the moan Uiaacs yeniasBla east of Tuils-Jissociated Press Map. This Animal : Not So Dumb' FOKTLAND, May -JP)- A cow came lowing to the Oregon Hamaao . Society balldlng early Monday. ' Edward B. Silva opened the door to Investigate, then led he to the bans and : bedded down. Soon she gave birth t Z w or NeivAtta In Caucasus Violent Fighting Flared Around Kuban Sector ' LONDON, Tuesday, May 4 -P) -Russian troops have killed 900 more Germans in violent fighting in the Kuban sector of the Cau casus, the Soviets announced early today, bringing the toll of enemy dead within the last week in that area to nearly 80OO. ; . . Actions flared all along the. vast front from the Caucasus north to Leningrad,- with a total of 1286 nazi troops killed Monday in land attacks and by artillery .actions, said the midnight communique, as recorded by the Soviet monitor. Tremendous dog fights swirled in the air over the Caucasian bat tle fields, t the Moscow radio re ported,, with 54 German planes shot down in combats "west of Krasnodar Sunday and Monday against a loss of 21 Russian planes. These aerial battles apparently accompanied the German assaults to broaden their bridgehead around Novogoesisk, attacks which the Russians reported Monday had been beaten back after six days of fighting, in which 7000 German troops perished. Patterson, Jeffers Feud WASHINGTON,May S-i)-The bitter priorities feud between Rubber Administrator William M Jeffers and Undersecretary of War Patterson seemed at an end Mon day as the two men made plans for a joint tour of war plants looking for bottlenecks to break. Patterson, who previously had protested that Jeffers rubber fac tory program was taking vital ma terials away from the aviation gasoline program, disclosed the forthcoming tour at a session of the Truman committee, senatorial group inquiring into the quarrel. Patterson still insisted a short age of high octane gasoline was hampering the war program. He said the" need for gasoline is grow ing, partly because American air men have been so successful in combat that their percentage of plane losses "is considerably less than half of what we expected. FR Approves Astoria Span WASHINGTON, May 3, -(JP) President Roosevelt Monday sign ed a bill under which the Oregon Washington bridge board of trus tees may construct a toll bridge across the Columbia river at As toria. Under terms of the act, con struction must be commenced within two years. TUNISIA . - r:.::n::::t::-.: AOuari Farina M11111I Tax Battle ;i House Clears. "Way For Finish Vote In Session Today By FRANCIS M. LEMAY WASHINGTON, May The finish "battle on pay-as-you-go taxation opened Mon day in the house, with; republi cans again fighting for the mod ified Ruml plan to skip a com plete income tax year, and demo cratic leaders intent upon killing the proposal "so dead that it will never again, be resurrected. The; house cleared the way for a vote Tuesday that may send to the senate a' bill wiping out at least half, if not all, of the 11 0,. 000,000,000 tax assessed agains 1942 individual incomes. The democrats were aligned be hind a pay-as-you-go bill that would abate about SO per cent of 1942 taxes I 4 ' Opening - the debate Monday, Rep. Dough ton (D-NC),- 79-year-old chairman of the ways and means committee, shouted that the Ruml plan was "an iniquitous tax policy. i : ' Republicans replied - that - the democratic-supported bill, was seventh heaven for the loan sharks. -Rep. Knutson (R-Minn) charged that the bill amounted to a capital levy, because of its "doubling-up" of taxes, and he said "heretofore the only people who haye stood for capital levies are the communists, the nazis and the fascists. The bill would apply the lower 1941 rates and exemptions to 1942 income; the taxpayer . then would pay off this obligation over the next three years (or sooner if he desired) while at f the same time paying his current taxes. Rep. Carlson (R-Kas), author of the bill embracing the republican-supported modified Ruml plan, -told the; hous the skip-a-tax-year proposal wasthCiOnly sound and simple method" of plac ing America's - 44,000.000 income taxpayers on a pay-as-you-go ba sis.- ; . Heavy Raids Are Renewed In Aleutians WASHINGTON, May 3-(JP)- A renewed, large-scale aerial drive against the Japanese air and sub marine base on Kiska island in the Aleutians was reported Mon day by .the navy. It said bombers struck at enemy installations 13 times on Saturday.. Fires were started; holes were torn in the runway which the Jap- LOS ANGELES, May Sen. Mon C. Wallgrea (D-Wash) Monday called for more United States -action in the Aleatian is lands, where be said the Japs keep coming la behind the wea ther like ants to Improve their positions on Kiska. anese have laboriously carved out on they mountainous island,' ! and heavy, smoke rose from bombed installations on many parts of Kis ka. Other bombs hit at North Head the northern side of Kiska har bor and a heavy explosion re sulted. At the same time, other heavy bombers attacked Attu, secondary Japanese base in the North Pacific chain. Hits were scored on "en emy target areas' there, the navy reported, but exact results were not disclosed. j The areas hit on Attul 200 miles from the main Japanese position at Kiska, were described merely as in the Holtz bay and Chichagof harbor vicinity. Those sections of the island were" bombarded by United States warships a week ago. i French Admiral Protests Break With Antilles (Copyright; 1943, by the Asso v i v- ciated Press)" NEW YORK, May 3 Admiral Georges Robert, French high com missioner of Martinique, disclosed Monday, night that he hadseen a note to the state department pro testing the united States' action In breaking i off relations with Martinique, and he urged that the department publish the text of this note. ." " Vvt "rV'ir-i t safl . Admiral Robert cabled this in formation to the Associated Press in ? reply to a query asking his vews on the state .department's iction, announced Friday, abro gating informal agreements with Martinique. ' ' ' t-. , Mimes K s :;ijs;f4:;::fi::::;: History Made At Champoeg Celebration Attests Fame of Oregon's 1st Government , By RALPH C. CURTIS At Champoeg on May 2, 1S43, a few more than one hundred Ore gon pkeets -gamero vote -fpr j or in thr case of the minority, against '- creation of a' provision al government. Not all of them were conscious that they" were making history. One hundred years later to the day there - was a gathering of more than two thousand, each one 'by hls pres ence attesting recognition that on the former occasion history had been made. ;w Of the original small band of pioneers none remained to attend but sons and daughters of some of them were present, and their grandchildren and great grand BAKER, Ore., May 3 (P) Walter) Gildersleeve, chairman of the Old Oregon Trail centen nial celebration to be held here July 4 and 5, said Monday Dr. Howard Drifts, president of the American Pioneer Trails asso ciation, would be principal speaker. A pioneer mononaent will be dedicated on Flagstaff hilL A! rodeo also fa schedaled. children and there were more than a score who had been born here, or arrived by covered wagon, within the succeeding 16 'years, before Oregon became a state. Champoeg, like the Old Oregon Trail, belongs not exclusively to (Turn to Page 2 Story D) Schenk to Take New Position Harry ' Schenk Eugene,, arrived in Salem, Monday preparatory to taking over his new duties as dep uty secretary of state. He suc ceeds George Flagg, : who has served in that capacity since the P. J. Stadelman administration. Flagg will remain in the : state department until May 15, so as to familiarize Schenk with its func tions, i For the past several years Schenk has served as secretary- manager of the Oregon Publish ers association. , Perilous Flights Rescue By WILLIAM Y. FRYE " WASHINGTON, May 3 -4P) The grim story of the rescue of seven airmen from the Green land lee cap after five months of persistent attempts In which five men died was told Monday by the war department. 7- . . After the failure of various at tempts to bring the men out, in cluding use of motor sleds, Col. Jernt Balchen, noted flier and Arctic explorer, landed a navy flying boat and took off on three different occasions not on water but on snow. ..Three : of the rescued airmen, accompanied by Gen. II. II. Ar old, air. forces commander, risit sd President Roosevelt Monday US Bombers Blast Nauru Island Naara island, which the Japaaeso seised from the British la August, 1S42, and where they, the Japa nese, constraeted an airfield to guard' the outer approaches to Trek, was blasted by US bombers April tl in what was the longest aerial task f ore mission of the war Smoke billows from the important phosphate works and the airfield, as a US bomber wings over the little coral atoll la the Pacific (Associated Press Telemat from Seventh Ah Force.) Gty Council Meeting Skirts Pinball Question Salem Budget Boosted Tax Levy Is Still . Aj Problem for. "-. ; Otken Group ; - A budget, - which while still incomplete Jtops that of the cur rent fiscal year by $34,7 40.35 for next year's city operating t ex penses, was -delivered in. brief form to members of the citizens' budget committee Monday night as they met in organization ses sion preceding the regular coun cil meeting. . - Operating expenses are estima ted at $330,167.59 m the document, which the committee headed by W. W. Chadwick will consider. Charles Heltzel was elected secre tary. 1 Increased revenues are antici pated, but find no mention in the skeleton budget which was placed in mimeographed form on the desks of the 30 budget com mittee members. 4. Defense council totals were in complete in that form, while no estimates were submitted for maintenance, of parks, for which $5807 was last year, budgeted. Heaviest increases noted in the first budget estimates were under (Turn ito Page 2 Story F) ! Beef Killing Quotas Lifted CORVAIXIS, Ore., May 3 -JP) The Oregon board for the fed era 1 department - of agriculture said Monday an order had been received from Washington, DC, to .suspend v all temporary beef slaughter quotas for May. - Consumer preference for beef under rationing has reached a point where there is not enough to supply military demands un der present quotas, officials said. They said Oregon slaughterers will be allowed to kill as many beef animals as were slaughtered in the 1941 period ending May 10. Those without a 1941 base will be allowed to kill half the amount of the October, 1942; March, 1943 period. " Capt. Armand L. Monteverde, An aheim, 1 Califs Iaent Harry, JS Spencer, Dallas, Tex, and Staff Sgt.VDon T TeUey, Forti Sam Houston, To. , : , i.' Monteverde was pilot and Spen cer co-pilot of a Flying Fortress which ' was being ferried to Great Britain. bu was diverted last No vember to search for another plane that was reported overdue. r The other plane never J was found and while they were en gaged in the ' ensnccessfel search their owa plane crashed near the west coast of Green land. The plane broke in two, and the radio was wrecked. Sergeant Paul jr. Spina, FrackXcrd, liY, wastLe OPA damps Ceilibg oii Wood Prices .WASH IN GTON, May 3-(l Producers of lumber and ; wood products, " seeking higher price ceilings on articles manufactured from logs and bolts, were warned Monday by the office of price ad ministration that no consideration would be given to increased pro duction costs based on above-ceil ing prices paid for raw materials. An order effective Saturday makes: the already established maximum prices for logs and bolts the highest costs that can be con sidered, and will act as "indirect control ' on values for standings trees, the OPA said. Competition for the wood sup ply has encouraged some mills, the OPA explained, to buy and bid up stumpage to speculative levels, consequently, making it un profitable for persons to sell logs and bolts at present ceiling prices and shutting out regular logs and bolt buying plants which were ob serving, the ceilings. ' . r - Alii petitions . in anyway based on the costs of logs and bolts, OPA declared, must show the actual cost to the petitioner of the logs and . bolts received ' during th- three months prior to filing the petition. Free French Heads to Meet :'M " ALGIERS' Mar MPr- Gen. Henri Giraud has, asked Gen. Charles De Gaulle of the Fighting French to meet him in North Af rica as soon after May S as con venient to conclude an agreement between their respective French elements, it was announced Mon day night. Giraud's statement made public Monday said the invitation was to meet in a North African city, and that they would go to Al giers after - an agreement was reached.. 7 Airmen only one seriously injured. He was- thrown clear of .the plane, broke one arm above the wrist, and lost both gloves, so that his hands froze before he could be carried back into the plane. Oth ers of the crew were shaken up. The crew rigged quarters in the tail of the broken fuselage, but there were .only limited rations aboard i and no heat or. lights. High winds and driving snow kept the men inside the crumpled Fortress for 10 days. Their situa tion was made more perilous when a fissure opened, in the ice beneath the tail section, but they fastened their living quarters to the foreward : part of the plane with ropes. (Turn t Tic t-Hisxj C) 4. . i by $54,000 Leisurely Session ' .Takes Up 20 Other . ; 'Bu8lirs,MatterIr.j While the opposition to the so called "pinball ordinance filled the "gallery! seats and the pro ponents stood in the doorway, Sa lem city council moved in leisure ly fashion through 20 other pieces of business Monday night and then proceeded without hearing more than the title of the bill for the two formal required readings to refer it to the police and licenses committee. i The ; measure, f when it finally appeared late in a session at which the question of rentals for a por tion of a street to be devoted to a defense Industry had been dis cussed and a proposal to move bi cycle licensing into the city treas urer's office had been thoroughly argued, bore the names of Alder man L. F. Legarie : and Lloyd Moore as sponsors. - Dan J. Fry, Legarie and Albert H. Gille make up the committee which will consider it before it is allowed to return to the council for si final reading. cTI': Mayor I. M. Doughton prior to the council meeting had promised to veto the ordinance if passed. " . - By petition, members of a wom en's class, of the First Christian church,"-50 strong, : had expressed opposition to the . proposed- ordi-v nance, while a letter from the Ore gon Protective, association ex pressed similar sentiments. Thir ty merchants, largely tavern op erators, sent to the council dheir own petition, declaring there was nothing secret about the sponsors of r the bill or about the measure itself, declaring there would be no attempt to railroad it through the council. ,: The second petition was appar ently in response to the Sunday night radio sermon over KSLM (Turn to Page 2 Story E) City Income ? Upped $10,500 Moving rapidly to assure the in creased revenue sources before the budget meeting which is to pro ceed the May 17 meeting of the council, Salem city fathers Mon-: day night suspended the rules and passed without the usual two-week interlude two ordinances which will up the city's income from utilities fees alone by $10,000. They raised the Portland Gen- eral Electric company's direct pay ment from $2300 to $12,000 an nually, Portland Gas c Coke com pany's from $300 to $1500 annual ly. Neither company had any ob jection, David Ollara, chairman of the council's ways , and means committee declared.. ' . , V Other ' ordinances which would raise telegraph and express com pany . fees and taxicab payments went back to committee for con ference with operators at the re- QMzi cf OTLxra. 15-D ay Truce jnecu . Lewis Sayg No-Strike Pledge Violated by WLB 7age Formula ; ' ' By'The Associated Press WASHINGTON, May 3 While the nation's, mines began slowly to resume p r o d u ction Monday night under the 15-day truce, John L. -Lewis made it clear: that the "armistice meant no retreat; from the miners or iginal demands, and that ' the next step was up to Secretary of the Interior Ickes, boss of the government-controlled coal fields. The United Mine Workers lead- WASHTNGTON, May t(M .The senate embarked Monday osi aa attempt to remodel the CtMttlly plant seizure bill in a teeth-bearing measuro to pre ; vent work stoppages in vital war lndastries. S e a t or- Ceaaally (D-Tex), bringing ap Ids bill authorising government sebmre of struck war plants or j mines, also proposed, an amendment to Invoke crimi nal penalties : against t anyone . . who Interfered with government Deration f plants. ' er, in a statement, reiterated that the miners were no longer bound by the no-strike pledge. He char ged that the war labor' board by formula has "breached tins under standing' labor had entered with the public, employers and the ad ministration regarding strikes in wartime. ; " f- Apparently in answer to Presi dent Roosevelt's statement of last night that the United Mine Work ers had entered the no-striko agreement, Lewis asserted that The war labor board must accept the full responsibility for distress In the ranks of labor created by their controvention of the under standing and commitments ar rived at in the December, 1941, conference. ; ; ' : - Lewis annooneed the eoal mine trace 8 a n d a y night 2$ minutes before President Roose velt called npon the 4Sa,00t miners to go back to work, j He said the coal diggers would stand pat on their original de mands for a $2-a-day increase, underground travel pay and un ionization of minor bosses, j - r ' And he tossed the ball to Sec retary Ickes with the remark he was now "awaiting the Initiative from Mr. Ickes." There was no comment immediately from Ickes. ' Earlier Ickes, while declaring . . . . . . ... . . . . . .. am iituuea wiin resara m ; above-gronnd eoal stocks was "particularly precarloos for steel mills and railroads, said prospects for future production looked good enough to permit (Turn to Page 2 Story A) Thats the tcay they go Menr : unzii yen .; 21E3 1 Ca