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1 . IT SEEMS TO ME a word needs
to be aid in "behalf of public bor-
1 rowing of money, -including the
paying of interest. For many years
- the state and counties Have oper
ated on the theory that owing
money was some sort of a sin,
which should be expiated as
quickly as possible by paying off
the debt , and stopping the Inter-
est outgo. Sometimes there is the
Inference that the generation
which incurred the debt was un
wise or spendthrift. Raxely do
people stop to realize that they
lave been enjoying all the time
he use and benefit of the facili
ties which the borrowing provided.
? This thought is stimulated by
recent comments in papers over
the state on the subject of munici
pal indebtedness and the burden
Of interest, along with urging . to
accumulate capital funds now ; $0
x they can be spent after the war
without the need for borrowing.
It is quite sensible to accrue cur
rent building funds, now unspend
able, for use when priorities are
relaxed. In the case of counties,
whose borrowing powers : are
r- tightly ; limited, it is proper to
" levy for such funds as for con
structing a new'-courthouse in
; - Marion county. But the policy of
'' : piling up , surpluses .for future
spending is not always the better
policy, nor easier on- the com
. Inunity. h'-i -;. ': . -. 'J'.'.v
, took atj the matter from both
aides. Where funds are to be piled
up, taxes : must be levied. - The
:- .money then comes from thepeo
- pie, most of whom are either bor
rowers or lenders, to whom money
in -ordinary times -may be worth
on the average of four per cent.
TThen the city or county , gets it,
the money draws little or no in
terest. If invested, it must be in
short-time paper or government
bonds bearing a low rate. Banks
arc not permitted to pay interest
co demand deposits. The -net re
' suit is that the public has deprived
itself of funds, losing whatever
Interest the citizens might have
earned or saved for the period,
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Mantle Club
Chief Guilty
; But Portland Man Is
Innocent of Fraud;
' Eleven Convicted , , '
WILMINGTON", tel. May 27 (JF)
Jlush B. -ilonjar X rdmore, Pa,
. president and founder of the Man
tle club, was found guilty tonight
on charges of mail fraud and vio
lating the 1933 securities act. The
verdict was returned at 10:10 p.
. m.,-nearly II hours after the Jury
- began deliberations. 4
Three of the principal ; co-de-
, - dendants with Monjar also were
' found guilty on the same charges.
They were Abraham J. Cooke and
Clement 'O. Drew;: both of Wfl
- xnington, and John Fenton Jones,
: all of Wilmington. Monjar's sec
. ond wife was found innocent of
the mail fraud and securities act
Charges, but guilty of conspiracy.
' Of the reniaining 10 co-defend-'
ants, all officers of the self-styled
national fraternal and social so
ciety, which claimed more than
60,000 members from coast to
coast, seven were convicted and
three found innocent of conspir
. acy charges. Those convicted were
Donald F. Moore, John E. Lindh,
: James J. Fitepa trick; Clarence W.
; Canldin, Leonard B. Cruser and
Walter. Maddama, all of WiU
mington. Land Ernest F. Willard,
Brooklyn.- The jury added a rec
ommendation ; for ; clemency.
Those found innocent r were;
' Charles N. Gentry, Portland, Ore.J
Ephraim B. Clark, Seattle, and
, Leo F. Jones, Los Angeles.
'. " The government charged that
Monjar, since the founding of the
' club in 1928, had received more
than $1,300,000 in unsecured, non
interest bearing personal loans
". from club members. 1 Charging
. violation of the securities act, the
. government contended that Mon
jar obtained the loans through
agents and converted most of the
r money to his own use. . . .
Dairy Ceiling
Parley Held
; SAN FRANCISCO, May 27-(ff)
Members of the committee -. ap
pointed by Gov Earl Snell to as
semble data relating to milk pro
duction In Oregon conferred today
with Regional Administrator
Frank E. Marsh and other, repre
sentatives of the OPA , in, San
Francisco.
The Oregon group urged aa in
. crease in the producers' prices so
that not less than $1.10 pound but
terfat, , FOB '. distributor's plant,
would be the maximum ceiling for
producers in Portland and vicin
ity, and other areas is production
costs warrant. Not less than $1.C0
a pound butterfat was asked for
ether areas of Oreson.-::r -
The highest ceilin to dairy
farmers. In Oregon at present is
.15 a pound butterfat.
Cr.ns Set Record
rOHTLAND, May 27-(-The
t l;t ralva committee- taid to
c'ay that a record 21 carloads cf
t i cans have been shipped from
Bearings
Workers
WalkOut
1 t
! Rubber Plants Get :
; j Going, Ffew Labor j
, Row Is Scanned t
? .By The Associated Press v
The- strike in major Akron
rubber factories ended Thurs
day, but at Jamestown," N. Yn
war plant work was halted' by
a 'walkout, directed, as was the
rubber strike, at the' war labor
board. v . - .
. .Production stopped at the Mar
lin Rockwell corporation, James
town, makers ef ball and roller
bearings, : when members- of the
CIO United Automobile Workers
quit work. - r . ' '. ' .
, Union officials estimated 1,900
participated in the demonstration
which they said was unauthor
ized. Company officials estimated
the number at 1300.:
; I Edward F. Gray,' union official,
said the ; walkout protested the
Delay of the war labor board in
announcing a wage : decision ' In
the unoin's caseJ - The case,1 he
added, has been before the board
since December.- The union asks
a general 10 cents an hour pay
Increase. Gray said' the present
average wage did not exceed 80
cents an" hour1. - - -5
Mast of Akron's rubber -workers
retaraed te their Jobs ea the'
t morning shift after -.a five-day;
holiday. - noever, ;me gronp
waited ' until :eoB--the',dead-l,
line President KooseVtiset fr
av resamatiea ef work er aeUoa
- by him te ge late the,B. F.
Goodrich company plants. t
I The Goodrich workers demand
ed that the war labor board re
consider by June 16 the wage de
cision which touched off the work
stoppage This gave the workers
3 cents an hour wage-increase in
stead of the 8 cents recommended
by a'WLB paneL, The WLB said
wages now averaged $1.15 to $15
an hour. r y
t At Buffalo, NY, striking em
ployes at the US rubber reclaim
ing company's plant voted to re
turn to i their jobs after a navy
spokesman had cautioned that un
less they did the army or navy
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More Grocers
Scan Closing
1 Grocery stores in Salem's resi
dential districts may join in the
Sunday closing program initiated
by downtown grocers, Salem
chamber of commerce . officials
learned on Thursday. A number
of store - proprietors who employ
clerks announced their approval,
in principle, of the program de
signed to make more ' manpower
available for part time work dur
ing the season - of extreme - labor
shortage which is foreseen in the
hear future. ,
I ; Whether certain : of the stores
will - close on Sundays depends
however upon whether others in
their general ; vicinity will agree
to do the same.- Meetings at which
these matters will be discussed
probably will be scheduled for
early next week. The Sunday
closing on the part of downtown
grocery ' stores is ' scheduled for
June 8. : '..
425 to Receive Salem High
Diplomas Exercises ohight
i Four hundred twenty five grad
uating seniors will be awarded di
plomas at the thirty-seventh an
nual commencement of Salem sen
ior high school in the auditorioum
at 8 o'clock tonight, t ;j
War' work and military, services
have drawn students from the high
school this year to make the pres
ent graduating class smaller than
the class of last, year by 37.
After the processional played by
the high school orchestra and the
invocation by Piev. J. Edgar Pur
dy, the school chorus will sing
three selections. ;
President G Herbert Smith of
Willamette university will deliv
er tne a caress u we ciass, ine
Heritage of a Young American.
Carmen Canipbtll and Nancy
Crown, itucenis xyins ior lirsi
honor in scholarship, will deliver
e vfl rectory G-re. Ii-U cl
Career Ends
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J. C AINSWORTH
Noted Banker
Dies, Aged 73
Headed Bank Which
Father Founded, -"Other
Firms ?
PORTLAND, Ore May 27-
John': Churchill Ainsworth, 73,
chairman of the board of the
United States National .bank, died
at his ; home here tonight after
a long -illness. ::"': 'Y'-f' i lH'
V Prominent in northwest finan
cial , circles, i he was a director" of
the Pacific Telephone 5c Tele
graph company, Portland General
Electric "companyl Pacific Power
tXWi canpany;thjpoTilahd,
branch of the federal reservejank
of San .Francisco- and the Hawley.
Pulp' & Paper company. . , , .
He. formerly was president of
the - States ' . Steamship - company
and the Fidelity; Trust company,
Tacoma, and a regent of the Uni
versity of Oregon and Whitman
college. - . . '
He began his- banking career
with the Central bank of Oakland,
Calif. A : year . later, in 1894, he
became president of the Ainsworth
National bank of Portland, found
ed by his father, Capt. John C
Ainsworth, pioneer Oregon steam
ship operator. ; The 4 Ainsworth
bank and the United States Na
tional bank were merged in 1902
and he continued as president for
years. - , . ... ' f . '
i His widow, Alice, and a daugh
ter, Mrs. A. L. Mills, Portland, and
three sisters, Mrs. R. H. Jenkins,
Beaverton, Mrs. E. D. Babitt, San
ta Barbara, and Mrs. Percy T.
Morgan, Beverly Hills, survive.
Hedy LaMarr
Wed to Actor
BEVERLEY HILLS, Calif, May
27-(ff)-Hedy- LaMarr became Mrs.
John Loder tonight in a wedding
ceremony performed by Judge Ce
cil D. Holland and witnessed by
only, five other persons.,.
The Vienna-born Hedy and Lo
der, a screen actor whose father
was a British army officer, want
ed privacy. They invited no guests.
Tomorrow morning she returns to
work at her studio, so there will
be no honeymoon until the cou
ple finds a hill in shooting sched
ules. - . " . - .
Tonight's double ring ceremony
was performed in the home of
Hedy's friend, Mrs. Lily Veidt.
Miss Campbell is entitled "Amer
ican Heritage of Freedom : and
that of Miss Brown, "Sharing Our
Heritage." . . . --f
Awards, most of which have not
been armctineed, Include this year
the Jose: h N. Albert prize award
ed to the graduating senior "who
is selected by faculty and class
members as having been most dis
tinguished the past year by whole
some influence and character.
" Offered for many ? years, the
prize, discontinued four years ago,
has been reinstated a's one of the
most sought-for honors. It is giv
en under the Salem foundation,
established under the will of the
late Joseph N. Albert, which came
into actual being last winter at
the time of the death of Mrs. Albert.'-
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Main; Jap:
Position :
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Pressed.
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Ridge Defenses Are
Cracked; Warship -Uses
Heavy 'Guns
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, M a y 27-(P)
After two days of violent, hand-to-hand
fighting United States
troops on Attu island have
cracked- the ridge .defenses
guarding the main Japanese po
sition at Chichagof harbor, the
navy reported today. .
- As small area at the head of
the harbor is one of two main po
sitions still held by enemy forces
on .the westernmost: Aleutian Is
land. When it falls the Japanese
will hold only a ridge line about
three miles to the south between
Lake Cories and Lake Nicholas.
The ; ridge line already is under
American pressure.
An American foothold on the
high ground dominating the Chi
chagof position of the Japanese
was won Wednesday. A United
States warship h a d turned : its
heavy guns on enemy shore in
stallations the day before' and
started numerous fires. . v ' -(The
"type of American war
ships war not stated in the navy
communique. However, a dispatch
from Eugene Burns, ' Associated
Press war correspondent, disclos
ed that at least one battle ship is
among "Ji -AericAh7tiavalsforce
derating in those waters. A dis
patch from Bums dated May 12
also spoke "of 5Mc a r ti e r-borne
planes supporting -American
ground forces. '
' (Burns related the story ef
the ; sinking of an enemy sab
marine. Its presence was first
noted ' by observation ' p lanes
winch' sighted the wake ef a
torpedo. ' Destroyers damaged
the snb marine with" depth
bombs, followed : a tell-tale
slick ef leaking oil as the enemy
- craft menanvered Trader water,
and finally finished It off with
ganflre when It csme to the
surface.) ' - v
This was followed up yesterday
by powerful army air attacks pre
sumably from advance American
base on Amchitka 'Island 233
miles to the southeast. Liberator
heavy bombers, Mitchell medium
bombers and 'Lighting fighters,
which strafed Japanese Installa
tions and personnel,4 carried . out
the attacks. ' -r. ' ,:
. Prior to issuance of the navy
communique, Secretary of War
Stimson discussed the Attu sit
uation at a press conference and
reported that American casual
ties had been, "relatively light"
127 killed, 399 wounded and 118
missing. ;.N"-.L.'- - , . :-
We have reason to believe that
Japanese losses have been much
heavier," Stimson added.
Sion Missing;
Is Dayton Man
WASHINGTON, May - 27.-ff-Names
of 130 US soldiers missing
in action of various fronts were
announced today by the war de
partment. .
The list included: '.
Missing in action in European
area: . - .: ... -
Oregon: Tech. Sgt, Fair en R.
Sion; mother, Mrs. Anna M. Sion,
Box 494, Dayton.
WASHINGTON, May. 28.-Pr-An
additional list of 20, United
States soldiers held as prisoners
of war by Germany.; and of 123
held by Japan was announced by
the war. department today. : a
The list Included: ,
-: Interned 'by Japan, , camp unstated:.-
: - , . .
jOregon: s l'u-:., ''-k,:
- Pvt Loren It. Ingram; mother,
Mri Virgle Insram, Eandon.
Defense Rests
MEDFORD, Ore, May 87
The, defense rested late today In
the first degree murder trial of
TiUie I.Iichabiki, 22, . Cleveland,
after failing 'in lengthy cross-ex-aminatiorr:to"slike
. the surprise
testimony cf a state rc utll wit
ness, U Bernard Lot. a, 3, a'sd
cf Clevtland." "
Is to Move
' ' GEN. D. C. EMMONS
Hawaii Forces
Chief Leaving
Emmons Disclosure Is
r Scanned, Relation - V
To DeWitt Report'
; HONOLULU, TBV May 27-P)
Lt. Gen. Delos C Emmons, who
helped bring order out of chaos
by taking over the Hawaiian de
partment of the US army 10 days
after the Japanese sneak attack
oh .Pearl Harbor, Is to leave the
well-defended islands for a new
assignment - - t;r;:-
s t General Emmons, w h o s e 17
months here have witnessed the
throwing up of defenses costing
hundreds of millions of dollars,
will be replctM June 1 by Mai.
Gen,' Robert- C. Richardson, and
speculation Immediate! y, was
raised that he might go" to San
Francisco as ' commander ot the
Western defense cmomand and the
Fourth ' army. : "I - r -i
- Asked concerning that possibili
ty, General Emmons, who received
the distinguished . service ; medal
today - for his outstanding work
here, said ' he was unable to an?
nounce hjs new , post ; but "there
wouldn't be a more pleasant place
to serve "than San Francisco. That
post is now held by Lt. Gen. John
L. De Witt, who recently observed
the American landings on Attu
island. -..V ---
(In San.' Francisco, Rep.' Rich
ard J. Welch (R-Calif.) said In an
interview this week that differ
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Same Officers
Elected Again
An all -Sal em slate of officers
was reelected Thursday at the an
nual conference of the Oregon Li
censed Business Schools associ
ation held in chamber of com
merce rooms here.
Mrs. Ore Mclntyre was named
president again, with Calver B.
Glover as vice president and Mer
ritt Davis, secretary-treasurer.
Executives' of 18 businesa col-
leges, largely from western- Ore
gon, attended the streamlined ses
sion for which Dr. J. F.' Noffsing-
er, of the war emergency, council
from private business schools,
Washington, DC, was the princi
pal speaker. The wartime prob
lems facing such institutions were
subjects of his discussion. Clem
Boling of" Cincinnati, O repre
senting , the , Southwestern Pub
lishing company, was also : a
speaker. r.rr:-"- f- - '
Members Of the association s ex
ecutive board met with Dr. "and
Mrs. Noffsinger tor luncheon,
only social event of the confer
ence. Meeting on a school day
and faced with wartime trans
portation difficulties, the confer
ence was unusually small, Mrs.
Mclntyre said.
Ship Named for Son,
Rlrs. Jessie Wcrren
To 'Attend Launching -
Mrs.' Jessie M.. Warren. of 33
North Commercial -street, . a gold
star mother, has been invited ty
Secretary cf the ITavy Frank Kncx
to attend the launching of a ship
named in honor of her son,' En
sign Eutne Thcsias Sanders, who
was killed whUa cn r.svnl duty, tl
Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1541.
Mrs. warren will arrive in Cos-
ton June 3 to be cn hand fcr the
launching at the Boston navy
yard. Her son, born in Ilulbard,
enlisted in thecavy es an e-ren-tice
seaman ia 1-13. 'advc-ctJ
steadily until he became an en
sign." .. . ." .
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End -Meet
'Full Agreement' Is ,
. Only "Word; Tunisia
' Casualties Light : :
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON '
WASHINGTON, M a y 27P)
Momentous - B r i tish-American
I strategy ; conference in v Wash
ington came ' ib an end today
with Z f onnal . one-sentence an
nouncement ; by p resident
Roosevelt that complete agree
ment" had been reached "on fu
ture operations in all theaters of
the war."; ,. ' ; , - ;,y -
No hint-wag. given as to the
nature or scope of decisions
reached . by r the . president - and
Prime Mmlster Churchill as a
result of, joint staff deliberations
since May 11. Washington ' had
little doubt, however, that the
call, for aggressive action against
the enemy in the months ahead
to round out the ever growing
allied offensive. - " - v
"The conference of . the com
bined (British -American) staffs
has ended in complete agreement
on future operations ' in all the
theatres of war,", the ' president's
terse announcement said.
It was Issued in lieu of a pre
viously Indicated Joint Roosevelt
Churchill announcement " of - re
sults of the parley, but there was
nothing to explain the change in
plan. v-
- WASHINGTON, May ' 27 Hip)
The; cost ot victory In Tunisia
was less than 70,000 allied casual
ties. Secretary -Stimson' reported
today, while the axis lost 323,000
killed, wounded' and ' captured.-'
.- f In the entire : North African
campaign, frem the initial land
"tng -eperations k t e h began
November S to the -collapse ef
axis resistance en May 15 the i
secretary ef war told his press
eonference, the army suffered
only 18,553 casualties 2184
437 wounded and 937 missing.
Including prisoners taken by the
axis. vv ; .
Despite such small losses, attri
buted In large part to the success
of coordinated ground-air opera
tions worked out by allied com
manders, Stimson said the Tuni
s 1 a n- campaign had developed
nothing to cause the high com
mand to reduce its - total man
power estimates, under which the
army ia expected to total 8,200,
000 men. ;
"In determining our manpower
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Center Show j
Talent Sought!
For Saturday
Preparing to inaugurate . this
weekend regular. Saturday night
outdoor entertainment at the city's
bond-sales Victory center, a rep
resentative of the Salem junior
chamber of commerce is" to be at
Camp Adair today conferring with
soldier entertainers.;: :h -
A full program of civilian talent
has been arranged for tomorrow's
"opeher'V officers of the young
men's service club said, and what
uniformed men - will particpiate
in the show is to depend on "who
has passes when." - : ; v. v
pmmouw
For Bigger 1943 Marvesi
DALLAS, May 27 Urging
women's organizations both with
in and outside the city to organ
ize for mobilization of a womens
" Eerorts that heavy losses
would be sustained In the Pclk
county hop ereps because ef
Jack ef ; early ; sessoa-:- labor t
repair ravzjes ef tl.a v. Iier
tih water and riia Lies
were .en',& Im t alias "ZhnrsZiT
n!il.t by D. F. Kennedy, cf tJie
i::nt rasch. ; '
rclk coinity growers will have
a better crop thaa last year, he
pre-i"tte.i, ;. deelartag tint, they
Lavs tf?a- fcrt-aa'.s
I.-T irrrkisst It! jr. -
ij i::r-
ztt:.j to til with IV.'.; c:ur
t 's LicreiEEd i;i3 hsrvj-t, V,T. II.
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rid
In: Bin -
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geini
Swedish Source ;Hints No '
i Hitler Of ferisive likely
f As Forces Are Crippled
.'-"- 'By GAYLE TALBOT
. s. : ' -ru.; Associated Press War Editor
T, The Russian front," stalemated since rpring thaws Inundated
its battlefields, flared into large scale action again Thursday ti
an estimated 150,000 Red army infatry and tank men by Ger
man accounts charged behind a thunderous artillery barraj
against German positions in the Kuban bridgehead.
A Berlin radio dispatch conceded that th initial Soviet
thrust had thrown the Germans back more than a mile on a front ,
d ..'.. .-. ..... -1 -..-. - i -1
several miles long and said nazi defenses were taking a terrifia
battering everywhere along their last remaining foothold in the
Caucasus. "
Flax, Linen
Board Named
: Laws and Other Are
J Reappointed; New
: Body Is Created r-
Reappointment of . all members
Of the state flax and linen board
waaianaounced Thursday by Govj
art aneu. xney ere -A'roi,-Hyslop,
Gorvallis; L. I- Laws, Sa
lem; Sen. Howard C Belton, Can
by; Fred J; .Schwab, Mt AngeL
and Frank I Chambers, Eugene.
I Capt. Clyde C. Raabe of Port
land was appointed a member of
the Port of Portland commission
succeeding' S. W. Lawrence who
has resigned.'; ' -,:" -t '
.Members " of. ; the forestry re
search., advisory board were re
appointed except that Paul M.
Dunn, now dean of the school of
forestry at Oregon State college.
succeeds Earl G. Mason, who for
merly held the same position at
the college. Other members are
Stephen N. Wyckoff of Portland,
director of the Pacific Northwest
forest and range experiment sta
tion; H. J. Cox of Eugene, West
Coast Lumbermen's association;
Albert Herman, Portland, Western
pine association; Ray Jeub, Co
quille, Oregon" Plywood associa
tion. Gov. Snell serves as chair
man of this committee and Nels
Rogers, state forester, is secretery.
Purpose of the committee is to
conduct research - work for the
utilization of waste1 resulting from
the harvesting of forest crops, use
of forest crops and products and
to encourage ' establishment of
new Industries. '
Eugene K. Oppenheimer, Port
land; Ben Dorris, Eugene, and
Dow Walker, Newport, were ap
pointed members of the war. vet
erans service committee.
This committee was created by
the 1943 legislature to assist war
veterans in securing state and
federal benefits. -'. "
: ' Miss Velma Sauer, Grants Pass;
Mrs. Gladys E. Innes, Portland,
and Miss Carrie Slate, Bend, were
named members of the state board
of cosmetic therapy examiners.
, Russell Wade, Wallowa, was ap
pointed justice of the peace of the
Wallowa district.
Polk office of the US Employment
service met ' with, - the , -county
agent's advisory . committee - here
Thursday night. .
Early shortases of pickers will
be noted In loganberries and cher
ries, the committee decided, while
a heavy crop will require 20,000
harvesters at its peak; beans will
call for 2:C0; prunes, for 13.CC3,
end the pek cf cxr.e fruits, craLn
and hay between C3.CC3 and 4D,-CC-0
hands. . ,
-Ten thcvssnd . cherry .pickers'
will te required b Tc'k ccur.ty,
according to tl'.e. committee's crop
estimates.-, :'
ircttlrT with the rcup, with
Eryar.t V.Uiarr.s. rrer! JL-., - were
ice 7iIson cf the err.rlcyr.: r.nt'r ?r
vl:?, n!;h Ccck cf C1C, ttcle tu
: .rv:?cr cf tl err.:r-'-cy farm
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AsssiiuiI'l:
Whether this signalled the start
of. a general Russian Summer of
fensive was open to conjecture.
For several days both sides have
reported intensified fighting in the
Kuban delta, but nothing to ap-r
proach the size of the present Rus
sian drive had been indicated. ;
-. The Russians themselves never
announce their big operations un
til they are well under way.
." The Germans, reported from
neutral sources to be hopeful of
avoiding-major labor-action Just
al time, fcr-erted
that--1'- J.
main Russian attack was a unci
"against German positions be
tween Moldavanskoje and Kijevs
koje, In the area of Krymskaya,
some 20 miles above , the port of
Novorossisk, other attacks were
reported In the Novorossisk sec
tor and along the banks of the
Kuban river. ( j ;
" Earlier advices frpm neutral
Stockholm had represented nazl "
Military circles as arknowled- "
sing that the German military '
' machine has been badly crip- '
pled by Its losses at Stalingrad, .
In the Dtsttf tasin and la
North Africa and as hoping
- there weald be me big offensive
an to they could replace their
' losses In men and material.
These r e p e r I s said Germans "
' agreed that for the first time la ;
ihree nuuncn FllUer was la im
'shape te launch aa offensive la - -
the east.
By contrast, Joseph E. Davies,
President Roosevelt's special en
voy, gave a picture of optimism
in the kremlin. Before leaving?
Moscow with a sealed letter from
Joseph Stalin to Roosevelt he told
reporters that "Stalin spoke with
great satisfaction about the wy,
Churchill and Roosevelt are
working in such close contact.7
He added that "In my opinion
there Is every evidence that these
three men know all ; about each
other's plans." ... . - .
Britain's great fleet of night
bombers paused In its ruinous as
saults on Germany's factory clt
les long enough to assess the de
struction done to Duesseldorf ea
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Sarali Broyles
Dies, Aged 99
Sarah Elizabeth Broyles, who
would , have been 100 years old
had she lived until November 30,
died Thursday afternoon at the
home she shared with two daugh
ters at 780 Stewart street, Salem.
Born in Kansas City. Kan., she
had spent most of her life in Mis
souri prior to coming west in 1820.
She had been left a widow with
five children when she was ap-j
proximately . 25 years old, and
when, she was , 76, with several
members of the family, she came.
west makir.2 her home first at
Walla Walla, Wash., then in Port
land, until she came to Calem in
W2-..r : 1 h . I
Survivors Include tl.-i two
daughters with whc i tl s I' I
resided here, I.Irs. De: i .' hrru.it
and Miss I.tary J. r;rt.les, on
ether drjhtcr, I-Trs. Letha mn
cis of Euffalo, Wyo.J a ten, Jch.i
G. Broyles cf Ceatlle, V.'ti.h.; 12
grandchildren, 15 g r e a t crand
children -3 tlx rtzt trt : t.
grandchildren. - "
. Funeral efrvices are to be hel l
st 5:23 p.m. Cciurd'y frcn n
Ccih-r-rric'c chr;il,
fr f t.
Whit