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Sat, " sunset
Sun. sunrise 5:30
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IT SEEMS TO. ME that those
people who charged off the coast
as a war-time : loss? registered a
bad miss. A recent weekend trip
to the coast showed me that that
' section, if-not flourishing as us
ual, ii by no means dead.
t In fact the adjustment to war
conditions has been pretty well
completed. Numerous eating places
are closed, and shops. But the
same thing '-. is true here and in
many other cities. The . closure
.wasn't always due to lack of pa
tronage. Many times the proprie
tors were attracted by wages in
,waf Industries, and realized that
there would; be considerable ; re-
cession in business. So they closed
.tip and have gone to war or to
Industry, When ' the shooting is
over, or when the gas and rubber
rationing ends, they'll u be back
with new stocks and refurbished
'tores." ,
" , But there is -'.a very consider
able volume' of business along the
coast, despite the war and falling
off of tourist travel. The places
that : remain open ; are -1 enjoying
good patronage, Alfred Walker at
Dorchester house reported he was
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Fo
rough
To Bomb
Tfa
12 US Planes Fail to Return From
Emclen Mission; Enemy Throws Up
' ; Strong Air Protective Screen
LONDON, MayliVAmerican Flying Fortresses smashed
their way unescorted through
fighters and anti-aircraft fire
yards at Emden and Wilhelmshaven, Germany'! North Sea naval
, bases, in separate daylight raids.
? "Despite very strong enemy
flak," an 8th US air force, com
munique said, the- assaults "were
pressed home and a Jar ge weight
- ox bombs was dropped."- - - . 1
Twelve of the big four-engined
bombers failed to come back from
the dual operation to smash the
vital German U-boat construction
yards at the two port cities. Em
: den is about 330 airline miles
from London, and Wilhelmshaven
la -about 40 miles farther.
Many of the enemy fighters
which challenged t he: well
' arsaed Amesieaa beavywelsbts
' were destroyed in the aumeroas
( combats which - ensued, : the
eommaniqae said.
Fliers returning from the Wil
helmshaven raid said they fought
a terrific battle with 100 to 150
- enemy planes. ; - v - 1-
At one base the Fortress crews
declared the Wilhelmshaven at
tack was "the toughest yet-next
AT A US BOMBER STA
TION TS BRITAIN, May tlf)
American Flying Fortress crews
rhe raided Wilhelmshaven to
day fought a terrific battle ever
Germany with let to 15S enemy
fighters.
. (12t words censored . here.)
The fliers reported that the
sky seemed fall of Focke-YValf
lM'i and Measerschmitt 109s.
which stormed recklessly
through the tight-flying bomber
formations as they made the
bomb run ever the target.
They agreed that the Wil
helmshaven raid was "the
toughest yet- next to Bremen,
tn which the Americans lost IS
bombers on April 17.
to Bremen, which was raided
April 17 at a cost of 16 bombers.
t The sky over .Wilhelmshaven
seemed full of Focke-Wulf 190s
and Bfessersehmldt l9s which
fie w recklessly through the
tight formations of Flying For
tresses, the airmen reported. .
wnue ? me n ortresses were
pounding northwestern : Germany
for the second time in three days,
P-47 Thunderbolts again patrolled
the v coast of nazi-occupied Hol
land in force. The fighters also
bumped into enemy planes which
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Income Tax
Drop Seen
puktlajnd, ore- May zi-yty-
JSarl Fisher, member; of the Ore
gon tax commission, said Friday
the state income tax wUl .be re
duced at least 70 ter cent next
'Tfcar.
This was a revision of an earlier
estimate by the commission that
1944 payments would be approxi
mately 50 per cent under this
year's. - .
Fisher said it was possible, the
reduction might be even more
han 70 per cent, since 1943 pay
ments were proving higher than
anticipated.
IIEJETY TIII2D TEAR
'Floods
.rf- By the Associated Press- - f.
A dozen breaks in levees
along 1 the Mississippi, Illinois
and Wabash rivers spewed
flood waters over thousands of
acres of fertile midwestern farm
land r yesterday (Friday) but
saved s everal cities from the
threat of immediate Inundation.
' With more than 100,000 persons
homeless and losses running into
many millions and mounting
hourly, refugees left danger zones
by car and boat, -while-soldiers
and -civilians . bulwarked ' dikes
Fighters
Sub Base
heavy ; concentrations of enemy
.Friday' to attack the submarine
fighter, opposition. and intense
OGE Facilities
For Training
MONMOUTH, May 21 Army
authorities inspected campus
facilities at the Oregon College
of Education this week upon the
invitation of Dr C. A. Howard,
president, following a telephone
call he received asking if the col
lege wouki accept a 500 man
unit of soldiers to attend school
-i The third. floor of the adminis
tration building, ' n e v e r used,
probably ) would . be finished . to
provide extra class rooms. A re
port of the findings goes to army
authorities at Fort Douglas, Utah,
for consideration. The college will
be notified soon as to whether or
not the set-up is acceptable. -
The students would be those
assigned to take special training
courses in military line s who
would be sent for "refresher'
courses in academic work before
going to army schools.
to Probe
Living Costs
PORTLAND, May 21-UP)-How
much does it cost to live in Ore
gon?, That's what the regional
northwest war labor board : will
attempt to determine here Satur
day, i
The public hearing, the first of
its kind in the state, will be con
cerned with sub-standard pay.
Dr. . G. Bernard Noble, board
chairman, said pay . increases
would ? be ordered for workers
found to be in the sub-standard
leveL The level is to be set after
board members go over informa
tion i already gathered In similar
hearings in Spokane and Seattle.
Hearing Mulls!
Discrimination
Against Negroes -
PORTLAND, May 21H)-The
question of labor discrimination
against negroes came up Friday
for the first time in the national
labor relations board hearing of
unfair labor charges against Kai
ser shipyards.
John Gillard, secretary of the
AFL Steamfitters union, said the
steamfitters had sent several ne
groes to local yards and that none
of them bad been rejected. s
AFL attorneys objected that the
testimony was : immaterial but
Trial Examiner Robert N. Den-
ham ruled otherwise.
The CIO charges the Kaisers
made illegal closed shop contracts
with AFL shipyard unions. " '
" i . : : " ' : ; " - ' : - '
o Miasm
Army
surveyB
wm
10 PAGL3
Mi
Vumble Levees
against the onruJi - of cresting
currents. k
The Illinois river was on, the
rise along' a 200 mile stretch from
Peru to Grafton, 111.; the Mississ
ippi was inching up along a' simi
lar length from Grafton to Cape
Girardeau, Mo.; the Missouri was
expanding on the home stretch
of its sweep to the Mississippi.-.
; : More than 40v families and
t00 head ef livestock ' were
evacuated - setae by boat and
barge from the Illinois side
f th. Mississippi between St.
Levis,. .M, and Cairo, HI. Ia
that secter, 40 treops labored
Solution Seen
For Chrysler
Plant Strikes
DETROIT, May 21 JP) Hopes
for quick resumption of war pro
duction in six strike-affected
Chrysler -corporation plants here
rested Friday night on response
by United Automobile -Workers
(CIO) members to .orders from
their local and international un
ion officers and from the regional
war labor board. V, f,
strikes, which union leaders
said were .. unauthorised and
which corporation : spokesmen
said were organised, deliberate
stoppages, had made an esti
mated 27,5t war workers Idle.
uaw-ciu officials . emerged
from a three-hour conference with
regional WLBepresentaUveK
corpora Uori executives -and armv
and navy officials late mis after
noon to order the. strikers back
to their jobs. They said they hoped
for restoration of production to
morrow morning. ' ' ; ;?
Edwin E. Witte, regional WLB
director, tonight issued a directive
ordering officers and members of
the local unions involved to "ef
fect an immediate return to work.'
ordering the ? international union
to see to it that the locals comnlv
with the directives, and directing
me corporation "to live up to the
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Pen Inmates
To Address
Ration Books
Prisoners in the state peniten
uary4 nave volunteered for the
work of addressing 400,000 ques
tionnaires and ration, books neces
sary to cover the state, Warden
George Alexander announced Fri
day..;... .: . . .( ...
The ration books arrived at the
prison from Los Angeles several
days ago under police euard. The
job or filling in the names and
addresses on , the questionnaires
and ration books will be super-
Tsea by representatives of the
Office of Price Administration.
' remtentiaries in ; other states
have taken over similar lobs.
oiuciais saia. i
PoKce Hire "
New Matron-
Mrs. B. W. Macy, widow" of a
prominent 5alem attorney and
one-time dormitory matron at the
state blind school here, and more
recently; employed as a i practical
nurse, Friday was sworn In as
city police matron. She succeeds
Mrs. ! Bessie Armour, who resign
ed a week ago V -:. j V
Mrs. Macy is the mother of Lt.
Charles Roland - Campbell, now
stationed at ' Leesville, La.; Miss
Virginia Campbell of Salem and
Miss Marian Macy, who graduates
Friday , night from Salem - high
schooL " -.. .j..---
Falling-Tree
ICills Woman
OREGON CITY, May 21-MV
Mrs. Marian 1 Miller, ! 31, was
crushed to death under a 90-foot
alder tree' she was helping , her
husband fell near here Thursday.
The husband, John E." Miller,
Oswego, said his wife became con
fused when the tree began to fall
and ran under it. She was the
daughter of Mr. and , Mrs. J. 1L
Neff, Calem
Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, May 22Y1S43
to protect settlements and rail
lines. Levees I were breached at
String-town, Fort Chartres, De
gonla, - Fountain , Bluff .and
Grand Tower.
.Two ;. thousand 4 soldiers from
Fort Sheridan, Dl, were assigned
to service in the Illinois river
valley below Beards town today.
That will raise the total of regular
army personnel on flood duty in
the state to 5400. In addition. Gov.
Dwight H. Green ordered 500 Illi
nois state militia men mobilized
in their home armories to stand
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Is fRosie
TheJRiveter
In Salem?
Eead ' the second article - tn
the "Winning the. War In Sa
lem"? aeries in the Sunday
Statesman. Many residents of
this city are making direct con
tribution in their dally toll to
victory ,.- over ; the a axis, s They '
can't ) all ; receive - due credit.
Providing opportunity for pub
lie recognition of as many of
these ; workers as possible, is
the purpose behind the ."Win
ning the War tn Salem" series.'
Don't miss it.
nsion
Of Gas Books
IssIiedJE
t WASHINGTON. May 21 -
High officials were sharply at odds
Friday night on the best way to
cope with a c gasoline i lamine
threatening food production in a
large eastern area. The agricul
ture department, called for tem
porary cancellation of A, B and C
books along part of the Atlantic
seaboard, but OPA rejected the
plan. -
The latter agency expects to
cope . with the emergency, " a
spokesman for the OPA said, by
rigorous enforcement of the ban
on pleasure driving fa the east
ern territory, and some eurtaH
snent of 1 fuel for; T" rationed
taxis, trucks and other commer
cial vehicle users of streets' and
highways.
The proposal to put non-com
mercial holders of A, B, and C
books on shank's mare was based
on alarming reports of the strand
ing of farm tractors and other ma
chinery essential to food crop pro
duction due to lack of fuel, par
ticularly in the northeastern
states. 1 - -
I.
Bishop Baxter
To Talk Here
Bishop Bruce Baxter, former
president of Willamette - univer
sity. Is f Salem : chamber of com
merce speaker Monday. While a
resident: of Salem, Bishop Baxter
was 'active fTh the work of the
chamber and so is to be pre
sented rather than introduced by
President G. Herbert Smith . of
Willamette.
Another attraction for the noon
luncheon program is to be music
by the university's acapella choir
of 45 members, directed by Dean
Melvin H. Geist
Army Establishes
Northwest Base -
O T T A W A, .May 21-(AVThe
Canada Gazette disclosed , Friday
night that the United States army
has established a base at Porpoise
harbor; close to Prince Rupert
harbor on the British Columbia
coast. '
No details of . the development
were given. The only reference to
the base was contained In the pre
amble to an order-in -council dat
ed May 4, setting pilotage rates
from Georgia Rock to Prince Ru
pert or Porpoise harbor. :
urcnase AnnroTCd
TILLAMOOK, Ore Msy 21-iJPi
Tillamook People's UtHity district
directors said Friday their offer
of $625,000 for the Mountain
States Power company system In
Tillamook county has been accept'
puspe
A
Russian;.'
Artillery
Menders
? Barrages Open ' Up
; Along 100 Miles
Of East From j
By JAMES M. LONG
LONDON, Saturday, May 22
- Heavy Russian artillery
barrages along hundreds of
mile, of the eastern front were
announced early today in a
Moscow communique which ig
nored German reports that the red
army already had lashed out in-a
prelude to offensives in the Cauf11 41 h general dellv-
casus and Orel sectors. t."
The midnight bulletin recorded
by the .soviet monitor said merely
that Russian troops ."consolidated
MOSCOW, May . tl-OJTho-
uaalaa news agency Taso : re
ported Friday that snaajF -signs
of activity had been observed
lately on the German-Italian
border, with large numbers of
German workers arriving J at
Laabeck, Liens, Splttal and
ether towns near the border.
Many strongpolnts were re-.
ported completed , In the Bren
ner pass area.
their lines and exchanged artillery
fire, wih the enemy? northeast of
Novorossisk in the Caucasus."
' Berlin broadcasts recorded by
The -: Associated Press said the
red army had f e n e e n t rated
strong offensive fevtes en the
whole Kuban ' front . in order to
capture the German-Kumanlan
bridgehead. -The German radio
commentator added "It is be
lieved here the, soviet attack
against the Knban . bridgehead
wia -start ar the same time as
the expected. soviet effenstve
south of shMSwJ'iv
Another Berlm broadcast heard
by Reuters last night said the Rus
sians already had launched at
tacks in the Lisichansk and Slav
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15-16
lining
ar Needs
WASHINGTON, May 2 1 - (JP-
Housewi ves will be able to get
sugar for home canning by using
stamps IS and 18 in ration book 1,
the office of price administration
announced Friday.- '
The1 revised ; program wipes
out a plan of applying to local
ration beards for coupons, as
previously announced.
Each stamp becomes valid next
Monday and is good for five
pounds each for canning sugar
until October 31.
Families who require
than IS pounds of sugar a per-
son for home canning will an- J
ply to rationing boards, the OPA
explained.
This allotment of sugar does not
interfere with the regular sugar
allowances, and an OPA spokes-
man said stamp 13 would become
valid June 1 to August 15 for five
pounds. ;
Snell Chooses
. . ... . .." .
5 Newsmen for -State
Committee
SALEM, May 21 -4tPi- The ap
pointment of five newspapermen
as a newspaper policy; committee
to work with the Keep Oregon
Green committee was announced
Friday by Governor Snell.
They are: Tom Humphrey of I
Portland, associate editor of the I
Oregon Journal - editorial page;
Robert W. Sawyer, publisher of
the , Bend Bulletin: Lamar New-
kirk, editor of the Toledo Leader; j
Robert Notson, managing editor I
ox the Portland Oregonian, "and I
Malcolm K Epley, editor of the i
Klamath Falls Herald and News. I
PnrtlnnJ Ctlml
"A laallU O Cil O 0 1
Can Drive
PORTLAND, May 21--Ala-1
mw Ul ruiUilUU WOH Uie I
state tin can collection contest
Friday.
The state salvage committee an
nounced the s c h o o 1 collected
233.9 cans per pupa
. Bolton school of West Linn was
high ' among city schools outside
Portland with 159 cans per pupil
and Waterville school of Lane
county was high among, rural
Stamps
Sim
schools with 127 cans per pupiLl
TT7--- 71 n . (O
Postmen to
Bring Ration
Applications
When the postman's whistle
'blows Monday: morning, or
Tuesday or -Wednesday, hell be
delivering the new -application
. blank which, are replacing reg
istration for war ration - book
three.". . Postmaster . Henry 1
, Crawford . announced Friday.
Carriers win deliver the ration
applications to 2M0t famCles
la : Salem and along the rural
routes,; hoping to . complete the
deliveries fas the first three days.
I TtTonT'on how to'T
tion book application.)
Only .ouo application blank
wUlhsu allowed each - family.;
Ziore Uanks If needed will be
, cry window In the postefflee
from Monday until the closing
date for their return to the war
ratlosdng: boArd.' Jun It;
AppUcatioa at a later dates-
must be made directly: to the
'war ration board. These-war ra
taw books uvt witt fswlsav
stamps about used up tu ther eM:
books, coffee, shoes, etc.
Miners Return
As WLB Gives
Wage Report
riTTSBUKGH. May 21 -OPi
The back-to-work mevement ef
Pennsylvania .soft . coal miners
gained momentum Friday, but
was , somewhat offset by new
walkouts Which left a total of -WM
ti strike and U mines
closed In three states Ohio.
Pennsylvania and Kentucky, 'J
, - two ujuuHua . onn Ruunea
to. the pits Friday morning and
1,500 voted to go back Monday,
They were In United Mine Work-
Three thousand men returned I
I era district 2, whose president,
James Mark, predicted all the
central Pennsylvania mines would
be operating by Monday.
WASHINGTON. May Xt-P
The - war ' labor board's panel'
tn the soft coal dispute sub-'
mitted a report Friday sdght
which Indicated that any'
straight baste .wage Increase
under the little Steel formula
was Improbable, but left ' the
. way open fori adjustments ef
other kinds, which ; could be
minor-or substantial as the full
board .' determines. - "
The principal ? demand upon
which a compromise decision ap
peared possible is the portal-to-
portal method of compesation
which would include payment for
underground travel time. At pre
sent the miners seven-hour work-
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Ceiling Price
aPlL' 1 Cll
VillClyiv OldlCU
PORTLAND, May 21 Ph- The
CIO state industrial union coun-
cil Friday announced a campaign
to check ceiling prices of stores
in Oregon.
Stanley EarL secretary, told the
I district OPA office that union
members have been asked to re-
port any violations. - ' .. -
Nation's
Center Is
.While the chief of civilian pro-
tection from the northwest office
of civilian defense, , the head : of
the Washington state guard and
a representative of the fourth
fighter command looked on, the
first state control center in the
nation went through the motions
f meeting emergency needs In a
simulated air raid Friday night
in Salem.
Representatives of county civil
jian- defense organizations,' the
I lelenhone svstem which had aided
in installations for the center, the
state legislature ' and the Oregon
official - family took the dozen
J u wvojjvu.
"You're on the right track and
are to be congratulated for hav
ing set up what to my knowl
edge is the first state control
center in .the state,", declared
KaJ. Joseph W. HenseL chief
ef " civilian , protection, north
west sector office of civilian de-.
fense, here from Fort Lewis for
the two-honr "trial run.
Earlier in the day, State Civil
rivjiaraeoE -ii
llllfll TT FT fl II
a.
its 1
&trategis
et r ... : m -
To South Pacific as New -Blow
Awaits Zero Hour -
"A By JOHN. M.' HIGHTOWER V
WASHINGTON, May 21-(iP-With victory in the bag. United
States troops fought Friday to mop up the remnants of Japanese
forces which, for almost a year, occupied the American island el
Attu at the western tip of the
iiThe ; first stage of the campaign to throw the enemy out ef
the western Aleutian officially
On the basia of scanty information here it appeared that the
Japanese remaining on Attu were a relatively small force of the
2000 to 3500 men stationed
Uonary force- began )ts conquest of the-island 11 days ago.
Remnants Dig In :
The remnants, according
on the rocky headland immediately east of Chicagof harbor
A "small band" of Japanese fishters under "tre
mendous odds" have abandoned their advance positions
on Attn island in the Aleutians and are now counter
attacking; United States troops from permanent posi
tions in the eastern coastal sector, Maj. Gen. Nakao
Yahagi announced today (Saturday) in Tokyo.
and it was considered to be only a question of time until they
would be forced o surrender or die In their foxholes and machine
gun nests. f. r''-' : ' r: ' - '
Secretary of the Navy Knox, at a press conference late Fri
day afternoon, declared emphatically . that the campaign was a
:successful operj4ion, adding
that". ; V. . V .
' Knox scoffed at axis rpnorts that the Jaranu xrr ovum.
j. . , ; . , r
atuig tbir.Temajnin troops from Attu. "I don't think they are,"
he said with grin. -"We control the sea approaches to that island
; He declined to say what the- next step in the Aleutians of
I fensive might be with regard
island 172. nautical miles southeast of Attu. Kiska has been all
along the main Japanese base in
said that to discuss Kiska now
plans. . " . .
Mighty Attack Expected-
PEARL HARBOR, May. 21 (AP) The United
States appears to be preparing for a mighty blow against
the Japanese in the Pacific. .
" Attu, Amchitka, and Adak in the Aleutians, Russell island
and repeated aerial blows in
Nauru, Tarawa and other islands in the central Pacific, were
warm-up attacks. "
To keep the Japanese annoyed in widely separated places-
then to strike where it will hurt
rent strategy. 1 ; ;
When and where the big
to muck conjecture, but a good guess might be: Rabaul this.
The Rabaul fortress on New
est outpost south of the Truk island base and far better defended
than! Guadalcanal, which held out for seven months.
Rabaul Well fortified
The Japanese have had much longer to fortify Rabaul than
they had to build up their Guadalcanal defenses. It is closer to
the Truk base and not so hard to supply. Its defense will have.
the leadership of generals who
that bloody island in submarines
I Ths ffnil nn4 nther
Tl "Z
mZAtU ' "-f, " Iin9
or doughboy who-helr to drive them out will testify,
- Major General Millard F. Harmon, commander of US army
ground forces in the south Pacific, estimated the Japanese evacu
ated at least 2000 troops from
j That is not a great force, but those 2000 mostly officers have
. (Turn to Page 2 Story B) , .
First Defense Control
Previewed
ian Defense Coordinator Jerrold
Owen had been' assured by an
army representative from the' east
coast 'fighter command that such
organizations are still in the plan
ning stage in that territory.'
Lt Cot. . Clarence B. Shain of
the Washington state ' guard, rep
resentative of the Washington
state defense council; sent to Sa
lem to inspect the operations here
with a view to similar-establishment
In the northern state, sat
with : Hensel near participants
while Deputy Coordinator Jack
Hayes presented the. purpose and
outlined the organization- of the
center and while the drill, wfuch
centered around a hypothetical air
raid ; over northwestern Oregon,
was carried to completion. : - ,
Rensel suggested a series of
more than 19 ' problems arising
frem such an eperstlsd at the
close of tie "exercise" wlJch
Included such excl.l.: iaclJcnls
as that wL'vh rlltl.t J the room
L;lo tlacLrr ;i
xro.
Giceesc
ime
urn Attention
Aleutian chain. . f
was described as successfuL 1
there when the American expedi
' !
to a war bulletin, were entrapped
there could be "no question about
' - v..' T :
to -the Japanese forces on Kiska
that sector of the Pacific. Knox
would be to talk about future
.
the Solomons and the bombing of
...
mostappeared to be the cur
"'
offensive will be made is subject
Britain island is Japan's strong
.
fought at Guadalcanal and fled:
just before it fell to the AmerU
KicrW Timkou nffo.. -11 l.
"Z'-uT 7" ""r
Guadalcanal early in Februarv.
in Salem
workers to prove their speed at -providing
ether lights.
Around the long row of tables
equipped with telephones, sat the
heads or deputy heads of state de
partments and offices whose ser
vices would be required immedi
ately should any county CD set
up prove insufficient in an emer
gency. Calls, ostensibly from the army
fighter command offices (but ac
tually from Russell Met ford of
the Salem defense council control
center) brought word f "bomb
ings" from the Astoria waterfront
to Bonneville over an army-installed
line. A few minutes later
the same master telephone serv
ices "were employed over the
state's line to tell cf needs not
met by county defense councils in
the affected communities.
When fire e--;'?raent was
nttiti. Elate Ti t I'arshal frth
D. Thompson sr J 1.1$ depslks
determined what nearby sr?
were unafrecied fcr the rati i
(Turn ta 1TC2 2 Ctory A)