Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1943)
PAGS TWO Xhm OUZGOII STATESMAN. Salaxa. Oregon, Thursday Morning. Kay 13. 1213 3 ir TB Patients' , . .1 .... ! '. . t Forced Orif' . F (Continued from Pigs 1) T assist as it may to aid in, prevent ng the spread of the disease or in Insuring the' ill persona the pro per care. Dr. Stone had told Miss Bowen prior to the meeting. How ever, it was pointed ' out that at least two of the patients had been removed from the ; private rest homes because they had become too hard to care for. Two of the men are in a Salem hospital, which has notified the commission' that," because of shortage of beds, they must be re moved within week. Bedfast, they provided an extra problem of care.' One now requires both private room and private nurse. Isolation from - other patients at the general hospital has been ne cessary. ' . r One of the men in the state sanitarium has been a patient there for IS years. None ef the five there have been wards of the commission, bat as patients at the hospital unable to pay their own expenses have been ' wards of the state. Expressing her realization of the problem faced by the hospital, Miss Bowen declared that she had been unable to figure how the - commission could secure necessary help and burses ; to provide the care which should be given. ; Murphy suggested j the county might operate its own hospital on the floor closed in the state insti tution or that the Hills who run a rest home at : the old county farm site might be prevailed upon to conduct'a home and hospital for these patients, although they have expressed themselves as not want ing bedridden patients. German Loss In Tunisia Said 600,000 LONDON, May 11 The whole North African campaign was estimated Wednesday night to have cost the Germans anl Ital ians more than - 600,000 men in killed, wounded or captured since the first axis thrust toward the Nile to the final debacle on Cap Bon. " -. " : ' - The losses in "the last stages ' probably will total 1 more than 200,000 j 150,000 captured and at last 50,000 killed and wounded. Previously enemy losses were reported at - 426,000 in killed, wounded and captured. Of these, 284,000 were Italians, including some native troops;. 106,000 Ger mans, end .55,000 unspecified, Prisoners totaled nearly 250,090, thus making Jhe- total killed and wounded about 175,000. Baptists End 3-Day Meet With the three-day convention v of Oregon Baptists winding up today, the most important busi ness on the calendar will be elec tion of officers. The final session will open at 8:30 a. m. in the Cal vary Baptist church with a devo tional service, followed by re- ports and the election, presenta tions, a missionary address and af ter the close of the convention, a meeting of the board of directors. Outstanding speakers at the Wednesday sessions were Dr. Frank. E. Eden of San Francisco, Pacific coast director of evangel ism; Rev. Gustaf A. Sword, mis aionary in Burma, who will speak again today; Dr. Velva Brown, hissibnary from China, and Chap lain1 Lloyd V. Harmon from Camp Adair. Loggers Get Load 5rningi Portland; May i2-(p)-ore- gon logging truck operators re- ' ceived ; warning from the' state highway commission Wednesday to lease overloading. ,:::-'U' "There seems to be a contest among some haulers to see how , many logs they can get on a truck said T. H. Banfield, who formally v was named commission chairman .at the session., They are getting up early to haul their loads be fore the weighers are on duty, but . they're going to find out that the commission can get up early, too. Orville Miller, president of the West Coast Lumbermen's associa tion, pledged the industry's co operation on reducing overload violations. Middle East Reinforced CAIRO, May ll -)- The mid dle east looked like a theater of : possible war action Wednesday with the n arrival of the veteran sixth south . African armored di vision tand; announcement that British military and government leaders of the area are conferring here. - The tough sixth armored 5divl sion played a part in the conquest of Ethiopia and i Italian east Af rica; went into Egypt and helped start the chase of Rommel across the desert, then returned home, but is back now somewhere in the middle east. .-- ' 3BBfl(fe(B Rfl (BOD. j v Where They Are What They Are Doing j , - i i I Vlrril 1 Parker. : seaman first class who has been doing sea duty, has been In Salem for the past two weeks and has return ed to datr. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Parker of rente 7.' His bride, the former Miss Yaadarwarks, will remain here. ' CapL Omer Idso,, US army chaplain who has just completed five weeks' advanced training at Cambridge, Mass, will return to duty today at Payne Field, Mass. Capt Idso has been visiting his wife and two children at 355 North Capitol street since Monday night when he arrived in Salem . A letter received from Pfc. Ice land Greenlee by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.'C1Greenlee, 395 Mon roe street, describes culinary trou bles encountered in New Guilea. The letter, which was mailed from New Guinea on March 31, told of making sourdough yeast from co coanut juice and using all avail able cans for cooking utensils. His platoon salvaged an old stove from a wrecked mission. Pfc. Greenlee and his- brother. Cpl. Vernon Greenlee, have both been serving in the South Pacific area since February. 1942. A third boy of the family is a pharmacist's mate second class, in tne navy. PORTLAND, May 12-P)-Merle Griffin Trembly, West Salem, was among navy recruits an nounced Wednesday. Kent Xocer MeVey, sob of Mr. and Mrs. stager MeVey. West Salem, has been rated aviation radioman third class. This fat bis third advance since be joined the navy last Sep tember. ; CpL Alfred J. Zielinski has been transferred from Camp Hood, Teau, to Louisiana, accord ing to word received by his par ents. Mr. and Mrs. John Zielinski of Hazel Green. George Barns, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Boms. 1985 North Fourth street, Salem, has been promoted to the grade of staff sergeant. His younger brother, Reginald, who is stationed with him in company B, maintenance battalion of the 14th armored division. Camp Chaffle, Ark has been advanced to the grade of sergeant. Mrs. George L. Johnson started for Victoria, Kas., today to visit her husband, Pfc. George L. John son, who is serving with the army air corps there. Pfc. Johnson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Johnson, 355 Church street Carl S. Wilcoxt son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wilcox, 2881 Brooks street, Salem, has arrived at the army air field at Amarillo, Tex, to begin training in aviation me chanics. News of the promotion of their two sons comes to Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Barms. 1985 N. 4th street, Salem, Oregon. George has been stepped p from Ti to Staff Sergeant, while Reginald, the ryennser: brother, has been ad vanced from T to Sergeant's rating, ri The Barns are with a main- Japs Seeking Chinese Rice CHUNKING, May 12-fl-Of-f'cial Chinese observers said Wed nesday that they ; thought the present . Japanese drive around Tungting: lake and aimed at the rich rice producing Valleys of Hu nan Province was launched in the hope of alleviating a food shortage In Japan. They. said, however, that the enemy would realize very little food from his advances, as Chi nese ' troops were destroying the precious rice fields as they fell back. : Committee Urges 'SuperVWLB WASHINGTON, May 12.-(JFr-A war mobilization board, under a new "super czar superior to ec onomic stabilization Director James F. Byrnes and.WPB Chair man Donald. M. Nelson, was de manded Wednesday by a senate military subcommittee. The subcommittee, in a report by Chairman Kilgore (D-WVa) to the full committee, said lack of unified, over-all production con trol was responsible for a reduc tion of more than 25,000 below the president's : production goal of 125.C00 planes inr 1913 ... . V J battalion ? at 1 Camp raffle. Arkansas, composed of Oregon: boys. Sergeant Burns, the younger, expects te visit his parents here on a brief furlough in the near future, accompanied by his wife. Millie. He reports that after being, in Ohio, Mlchir gam and Arkinsis. he la. home vkk for a whiff and glimpse of the streams and . the green of the moon tains el his borne state. ' MILL CITY CpL Vernon Todd i hnmn this week, on a furlough. He has ben stationed with the limal coros t Camp Crowder; Mo. Mrs. Todd, the former Marion Allen, is the assistant principal ax the Mill City high school. Flood Covers 100 Sq. Miles In Arkansas : FORT SMITH, Ark, May 12 (A)-More than 100 square miles of Arkansas river valley land w,ere inundated Wednesday night by flood that broke a 110-year record and burst or overflowed levees. Fort Smith had 600 city blocks under water ranging from a few inches to neck-deep, Mayor Ches ter Holland's office reported. This represented between one- sixth and one-fourth of the city's area. About 18,909 persons between here and Pine Bluff are home less or will bo when the crest hits their communities, army engineers said. All railroad traffic in and out of Fort Smith was suspended and only-, one automobile road was open. Fort Smith suffered a poten tially severe blow today when the huge conduit carry Ins this city's and nearby Camp Chaf fee's water supply broke. Mayor Holland said there were 18,000,000 gallons or a six-day supply in storage here, and it was hoped an emergency conduit could be completed before this was ex hausted. A crest of 41.83.8 feet higher than the previous record set in 1833 was recorded at noon. The river was expected to start falling-possibly tonight. Connally Raps Ruml Measure WASHINGTON, May 12-(ff) The senate heard the "skip a year" plan for current collection of reve nues attacked Wednesday as a possible move to "hop-skip-and jump into the depths of inflation'' and defended as a non-partisan effort to give equal tax abatement to alL In the first of what administra tion leaders hoped would be only two days of debate, Senator Con nally (D-Tex.) denounced a modi fied Ruml plan approved by the senate finance committee. This would abate 1942 or 1943 taxes, whichever is the lesser. , "Skipping a year's taxes may prove to be the 'crucial move of a hop-skip-and-jump into infla tion," Connally shouted. "Santa Claus is here. He is supposed to arrive on December 25 but under this committee bill he would come every day of 1942." ' , i German Catholics Denounce Nazis NEW YORK, May Uiffy-Cer-man Catholic hierarchy has issued one of the strongest of its long series of denunciations against nazi religious policy, the office of war information diclosed Wednes day night. It issued the text of a protest by Catholic bishops in Germany asking relief "against measures of officials of the nazi party and their government which are di rected against the church and against all Christianity. Dynamite Meal Said Not Fatal DALLAS, . May 12iT)-Thxee Dallas youngsters who ate part of a stick of dynamite which they mistook for candy earlier this week suffered no ill effects, at tending physicians said Wednes day. . s . The children were the 4-and 7-year-old daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Moen and the 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. King. Kaiser Launches Escort Carrier ; . VANCOUVER, WashJ May 12. -flVHenry J. Kaiser's shipyard here launched its fourth aircraft escort carrier, the USS VCorregi dor, Wednesday night V j The vessel, which went down the, ways only 137 days after the first carrier, the Alazon Bay, was christened by Mrs. :Johii Hallett, wife of the yard's general super intendent. . . , . . . Dutch Army TTarned LONDON, May 12 The Netherlands Station Orange here repeated instructions Wednesday night to Holland's 400,000 ex-servicemen to defy German order to register for re-imprisonment , and told them to "defend themselves against arrest the Aneta News agency said. Erin Defenders Capitulate B (Continued from Page 1) B 000 or more in the break-through to. Tunis and rounded up tens of thousands in the- swift clean-up of Cap Bon peninsula -where- they encountered Von Arnim and his staff members at an inland camp. Yen Arnim and thousands of' his men had fled te Cap Be apparently Jm the hope ef es caping te SIcfly, bat a deadly a!--lied air-sea blockade prevented that attempt. : - - - . : These once proud forces of Von Arnim's melted rapidly before the surging British first army columns that swept up both sides of the peninsula, i Theyx gave . upU with hardly a struggle, leaving Von Arnim an inevitable prey for the British. , ... ... The British had reached Cap Bon lighthouse at X p. m. Tues day te complete a circuit of the peninsula,! then Wednesday be gan, catting Inland te flush the last I axis remnants. In one ' ef these stabs away from the eeast they suddenly came npon their richest prise ef the dayYen Arnim and his men. " The hook nosed leader with a closely shaved head had entered Tunisia as head of the fifth pan zer army immediately afjter the American landing last November. Of an old Prussian military fam ily, Hitler had chosen- him to take charge of the armored sections of the German army shortly after the nazis assumed power. Von Arnim succeeded Rommel as head of the Africa corps in mid-March; when it retreated In to Tunisia from Libya, and when Rommel returned to Europe. Ber lin had announced that Rommel had been relieved because of ill ness. :i Yen Arnim and the ethers were seised after the Americans already had grabbed a glitter ing collection ef German gener als en the Biserte front. These included a ranking General Boe lovias, Maj. Gen. Frits Krause, MaJ. Gen. WlOibald Borowietx, and General Yen Vaerst, The surrender of all these men and their various groups was made contingent on an immediate stop- nape of destruction of axis eauip- ment. In many cases front reports said this was not necessary since great Quantities of intact arma ment and supplies were found. This equipment was being tamed ever te the French fer the coming : assault ea Europe. The giant allied air force al ready had abandoned its Tunisian offensive almost entirely in order to swing Its weight against riper targets across the Mediterranean and General Giraud, the French leader, told his homeland recently that the day was neaiing when Europe would be attacked. Slate Board Committees Are Named ALBANY, May 12-P)-Dr. R. E. Kleinsorge, Silverton, is chair man of the Oregon state board of higher education's committee on buildings and grounds and capital outlay. Robert W. Ruhl, Medford, and Leif Fihseth, Dallas, were other members of the committee named by President W. L. Marks. Other committee appointments: Finance E. C Sammons, Port land, chairman; Edgar W. Smith, Portland, and Mac Hoke, Pendle ton; curricula R. C Groesbeck, Klamath Falls, chairman, RuhL and Mrs. Beatrice Walton Sackett, Marshfield; insurance Smith, chairman, Ruhl and Groesbeck; public relations Smith, chair man, Hoke and Finseth. Agricultural extension- service and experiment stations: Hoke, chairman. Smith, Ruhl and Klein sorge; rules and by-laws RuhL chairman,! Hoke and Groesbeck; libraries Mrs. Sackett, chair man, Finseth and Kleinsorge.' Salem Firm Gets Contract. PORTLAND, May 12-(a)-The federal housing authority Wed nesday accepted a low bid of $49, 875 by the Halvorson construction company, Salem, for construction of 24 family housing units at Ma dras.: Beckett & Bridges, Portland, submitted a low bid of $71,625 for construction of 144 dormitory un its at Camp Adair. Garden dub to Elect L ' SALEM HEIGHTS New ef fleers wul be Installed when the Salem Heights Garden club . meets at the Myron Van Eaton home, Thursday at 1 o'clock. A dessert luncheon will be served. Continuous Every Day TODA.Y, VW SAT. 7JU7 QTfl .7CJl crccx craps? ess koit T JLUtrs rxsrrrs bz bus '4" f ;s;:; -PLUS : .-. ' Linda Darnell in ' "Lores ef Edgar Allen Fee f i ONtheHOlIEFROIIT By CAZX CTHLD3 There's music in the air, and more of it than ' four years , ago, the report of Vernon Wiscarson, who heads" the teaching of instru mental . music : in Salem public schools,' indicates: - ' V ' Five- hundred fifty-five Salem school pupils, are receiving ' in struction In playing of 'some mu sical ' instrument in some cases these are -provided by the school system. - '-pi? : . J: Of this number, 82 are begin ners and 91 are advanced pupils in the grade schools. , "Results of .the teaching may be seen also - in the bands and . or chestras of the system. In 1939 there were 45 musicians in the high school band; today there; are 90; there war no orchestra but there is one today with a mem bership of 55. ; The Parrish junior high band membership has grown from 35 to 59, while' a new B band with 31 members has been established; the orchestra has increased from eight to 54 players, with the new B orchestra boasting a member ship. of 28. '": .. ; t ' ( Leslie's band members-, num bered 38 in 1939; today there are 47; its orchestra has grown from 20 to 25. " V All together, the number of participants in such activities has increased from 138 to 387 with, no such corresponding increase tn school enrollment. French Sink Sub Tender A (Continued from Page J) A this we could see that her sil houette resembled those of cer tain ships we were hunting. Then she tried to escape ; by turning abruptly and running away. "She laid down a smoke screen, hid behind It, and made a 18e-degree change la eeurse. We had been doing the same thing and wheat she came eat of the screen she was directly in the line of fire. "We were nearly certain the ship was German and felt that if not she deserved to be sunk for such action. The moon was going down so I gave the order to fire. It was my intention to damage the ship only we wanted to capture her if possible but the aim of my gunners was too good and the very first shots hit the target and set her afire. We saw a terrific red explosion and no ticed the ship settling low in the water. We lost sight of her When the moon went down. "We stayed away from the spot for the rest of the night to avoid possible submarine action, but re turned at daybreak. . Moving at high speed we spotted two life boats loaded with seamen. We took them aboard 90 prisoners t and moved ahead hurriedly as soon as the last man put his foot on the ladder. ' Thm prisoners expressed surprise at having been attacked by a French vessel. Commandant Jau- jard reported, but did not appear particularly unhappy over their plight They declined to converse with their captors beyond discus sion of points required by inter national law, he added. Uruguay Breaks With Axis-Vichy ; ' MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May tt-OT-Uruguay suspended rela tions Wednesday with the gov ernment of axis-controlled France, leaving Argentina as the only American country where Vichy diplomatic representatives still are recognized. i r'';:;;: Til i ENDS TONIGHT! 'LIS . S I ; o - i o--- ; " I MacDONALD I ; " : 1 - eosarr I i 1 YOUNG I mm. v I ITHIt WATlKt j j j - r-- And Second - I Festnre y fomdaI y Lyvm f : DABlV (f Construction Is Stopped K (Continued from Page 1) : Murray, that 858,800 war work ers would be out of Jobs la the : next few months because ef . production curtailment. I WPB's . announcement empha sized: that there Jhas been no eas-ing-off in the demand for critical materials; there la on the horizon no indication whatever of a les sening in .the demand f or labor. Tor the first time in its his tory," the WPB said, "the nation now has a physical plant to make the maximum use of its resources in men, skill and materials. House Kills Repeal of Trade Power WASHINGTON, May 12-JP The : house Wednesday battered down by 163 to 110 a republican effort to subject President Roose velt's reciprocal trade pacta to congressional veto powers, which democrats contended would have been a kiss of death on the whole reciprocity program. . The action came during consid eration of a measure extending the trade act, but only after the re publicans tentatively had suc ceeded, 198 to 153, In limiting 4he extension to two years instead of three. ', .. ' ; '- Final house action on the meas ure was delayed untilThursday. In a dramatic moment before voting began. Speaker Rayburn (D-Tex) entered the house well and admonished that failure of America to collaborate with other nations would lead to a third world war. He said: "I do not want us to do any thing in tins house today to make the peoples of the world feel that we are . coming back to America after, the war, stick our heads in the sand, and not do a man's part in the world's great work." As Daughter Leaves; -Both Have Influenza DALLAS' Mrs. Fred Mosier entered the Dallas hospital for treatment- for influenza Monday night. Her daughter, Mrs. Melvin Miller of Tacoma, Wash, who has been in the hospital for the past week, suffering from a severe case of influenra, was . discharged Tuesday. Mrs. Miller and two children have been visiting at the home of her-parents for the past two weeks. Master John Stewart of Dallas underwent a tonsilectomy at . the Dallas hospital . Monday morning as did William Pierce Tuesday morning.:-; Garrison Augmented BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Brit ish West Indies, May 12-P-An official announcement Wednesday night said detachments of troops from Barabados and ' Trinidad have been sent to the British is land of Dominica, lying between Martinique' and Guadeloupe, "in connection with the situation" in the French AntiUes. vEBVOe KNOWS TMOe C'"0 S"OWS SCOOP! CAPTTJDED JflP ran Surrender ef Oarreglder! Beeabing ef ' Pearl Barbert . EPlW THE SEAS! "C -I'-s" (Ml JiMHur I J El Brendel ha "Ham and Yeggs , Latest War News Cartee e that mtts gtra.T" ; Three Ilesquiteers ''Outlaws of . Cherokee Train "Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Xne." 'Arcenic' Set ; Friday Night "Arsenic and Old Lace," farce comedy staged by the Willamette University players last ; Saturday night as a feature of May week end, will be offered again Friday night at 6:15 in the Salem high school auditorium due to numer ous requests:: from persons, who were unable to attend at the first performance. : .( k :,:-:: Troops Guard Porto Rico SAN JUAN, Porto Bico, May 12-(P-United SUtes troops were placed on guard at railroad sta tions, bridges tai other, strategic rail points in Puerto Rico Wednesday- night ' following temporary suspension of' all railroad traffic in the face of a strike threat . A 48-hour suspension began at noon.by order of Governor Rex ford TugwelL A strike had been scheduled to start at the time. , Reds Drive Nazis Back C (Continued from Page 1) C mans have said the Russians have been massing strong reserves. More than 600 Germans were killed in the IJsichansk area fight ing, said the Russian communique, as the red -army drove against nazi tanks ' and motorized enemy and advanced to occupy "advan tageous positions.' Prisoners were taken in the thrust. - -. Another 409 er more Germans died fat the Kaban fighting, the Soviets reported, with one com pany ef the enemy wiped out by soviet tank crew northeast . ef Nevorosslsk. and 209 mere killed in fighting te the north west ef the city, the last big stronghold ! of the nasls In the Caucasus. -Aerial battles continued with the Russians still holding the edge. The communique said IS German planes were destroyed to a" loss of five soviet ships. v ENDS . Russen-MaxMorray, TUght For Freedom" TODAY Plua ScatUrgood Sarrives A BlarderT STA0TS FIUDAY 2 HITS W laird Cregar June Havoc' Ward Bond George Barbier i. COMPANION FEATURE i i L .. m . 4 Is.. i f.V I r "vr? 1 1 - p 1-..-..J IL j U4...I U-. .15 FatllerTaliea- Cliild Deopite Stop Orders D (Continued" from Page 1) D time an order restralaiag Or . chard from molesting er later , f ering with her or their two children, and reqmu-ing'him te surrender certain property she claimed was hers. : Orchard was reported ' to be working at New Era, and an ef fort was made to serve the re straining order upon him there. But before that could be done, Mrs. Orchard said Wednesday he apeared at the home where she ; and the children were staying in j Salem and took Joan away with him. Her affidavit filed with a motion to obtain . the second re straining order alleges that he took the child "by stealth" and that although she "has frantically and with great diligence searched for her said daughter defendant has kept and continues to keep . her said child in hiding." The af fidavit further states that the de fendant la "desperate" and that Mrs. Orchard fears for the child's safety. The second court order, signed by Judge George R. Duncan Wed nesday, requires Orchard to relin quish custody of the child and to refrain from further interference with her or the mother. Group to Aid In Bond Sale The Salem Retail Merchants as sociation met with Elton Thomp son, chairman of the local gov ernment display properties com mittee Tuesday night and went on record to cooperate to a full ex tent with the proper distribution of such properties which are used to further the sales of war bonds and stamps. ' The association will work in conjunction with the Boy Scouts, the latter' having already under taken for the most part the dis ribution of the display properties. One man in each organization af filiated with the association will be designated to utilize, the prop erties in his particular organiza tion, j . :. . " leaner IJ9J SALEM'S LCAD9N3 THSATKS 4 ? t nf fk . . r it.,, Walt Disney Car- i tsca i ' . i Latest j I-larch I . of i Tine I