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' - - ... ..... ii i) ' . w " "H At Lzh2rly M-f ; I V ! ! 1 r 1 I f . I 'ijQjijTiii; IT SEEMS TO ; ME that this gas,, rationing offers some com pensation. It keeps you home more, for one 'l- thing, f stopping your gadding around all over the country. And It forces 'you to ride the stage (or train) if you need to travel. But what possible sat isfaction can anyone get in riding v a stage these days, the reader may ask. What comfort can there be when stages are so crowded you may not get seat, v and when apeed Is reduced to r a dog trot? Well, there are the people, the good old USA people, tall and short, ' well dressed and shabby, the yous and mes" who make up the so-called masses. And peo ple are always Interesting. V ; There . was the young! chap. X at down beside when the stage reached Canby - discharging its overload so I could get a seat. While the stage. was .standing he noticed the trucks : loaded with logs crossing the highway.-'Pretty small logs," he remarked. I looked out and agreed. They were small; but I told him we had larger logs as a rule. : r:-v;-a ' "We - have much, bigger ones back -home,? he said , ; ,; . 'Where are you from? ' -. . rAstoria, " be replied, - That's a line- townc I've lived th erie all . my life. I like the Columbia rives; .There's just nothing like it, X hope I get. back to Astoria." . ! "Where are you going?". I in quired. j 1 ! Tve enlisted in the navy and am going to Farragut Jfaval Sta tion for. training. "How -does it come you are traveling -this way? ... "Im going to Mt. Angel to say goodbye to a buddy before I re port." ,."'. Here was a young man, his first , day away from . home as an enlistee, facing the uncer tainties of navy service in w a r t i m e. He was suffering - (Continued on Editorial Page) Invasion Fear Rises in Italy r Report Allied Landing ! Barges Bombed ; r No Z - - - . ...V Surrender; Vow ' 1 ' ' LONDON, May 28-(i!p)-RUing T . T M J i I . A UdiiMH xears uuii iuvksiuu is iieur wm nlr-turerf trHa-r In the Italian announcement that allied . land ing' barges were bombed in Bizer te and Sousse and an unconfirmed Morocco report : that Mussolini, at a secret meeting With his party chiefs, : decided further to rein force i Sicily and Sardinia." , Coming on the heels of Prime Minister Churchill's statement' in Washington to the press indirectly Inviting Italy to drop out of the war and seek a separate '.' peace, the Morocco radio - reported in dicated; the answer, so far, was "no." . The report, which had no con , firmaiion, said all " fortifications "on "the 'island approaches would be strengthened immediately, anti-aircraft batteries increased, and . Sicily's airports,' targets for heavy ' allied bombings, . would : be en - larged. v $2"' ''-"' y) i f JT to e i Italian . communique . re ported the ; bombing' "of landing . barges and the .;, Rome . radio, as recorded in - London" 1 d " axis planes haVe'lbeen ' attacking. ; , large : number . of . enemy .. armed landing craft seen lying in Moroc ' can and Algerian ports. In Bizerte harbor particularly a large num ber of these craft were attacked and destroyer was also believed hit" - Italian attention to" these ports was significant 7 since they are nearest to the recent allied bomb targets in Sardinia, Sicily and Pantelleria. - me b a m c tunc ' hue . tirnadcasts. reviewed their reoorts " of troopship and escort maneuvers from Gibraltar saying an "aircraft "carrier " and four destroyers had Just left: the BrJUsh port below , which laden -.troop- .and supply ships ? are reported, massed. ; ; Reportsfrom neutral countries 'strengthened the picture of heigh- Russian dispatch from Bern said all law courts in Rome have been transferred to : Florence a move which, some ; observers predicted would be followed by the Italian government. -, All universities in southern provinces -were reported closed and the students sent to northern Italy. ' ; 1 f'r- : Housewives Rally And Save Spinach - Crop for Canneries PORTLAND, May 28-(.T-Ral-2 jing, housewives have saved the spinach crop ; for Hillsboro can neries. . :, -. - When the ripe crop was threat ened with spoilage for lack of can nery workers, an appeal went out to the housewives to register for work. Today - they were able to out the sirmr "No more can- jctry workers needed today." 10 Enemy'sTkrea Is Penetrated In Attu Drive Fighting I AhoVe Clouds; Slore Raids . I Upon Kiska Repbxted ! By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER v ; j WASHINGTON, May 28-JF- Attacking after preparation by deadly artillery and mortar, fire, US army, troops have penetrat ed deeply into the center of the area ' held by Japanese rem nants on "Attu island, the navy announced tonight. - i' Advances were reported T in the sector between Lake Cories and Lake Canirca on a line rough ly marking , the base of a penin sula at the northeastern tip of the embattled island. Much of the bat tle in this wild,, mountainous ter ritory ' was reported - to be above the -clouds. .; . - - r; C ".; 5 In the same general area, a communique said, troops' attacked a ridge extending to the east of Fish-book ridge "after artillery and mortar prepaation., The ef fect of this 1 advance apparently Was to outflank and thereby neu tralize a Jap strbngpoint on Fish hook ridge itself. " . Meanwhile, said the commun ique, which covered operations : f Thursday, army patrols eon . tinned t probe Jap positions oa j what was described as "the ; lower ridge extending eastward ' from the Chlcagoff valley floor." Moreover, it ; was; announced that army bombers and fighters supported ground . operations ; for the second consecutive day, an ad vantage which authorities believe would hasten the end of the mop-ping-up operations which have been under way for approximately week. , ': : -v r ; . -s. The communique also announc ed a new. raid Thursday on Kiska island, the main Japanese base in the Aleutians area, but due to poor visibility, ' results were not ob served.:. . Generally, it appeared that the (Turn to Page 2 Story B). , Stondley. Till Resign, Rumor NEW YORK, May 28-(V-The New York Times says that Ad miral William H. Standley, dis satisfied with conditions- surround ing his position, - has Informed President Roosevelt of his desire to resign at once as ambassador to Moscow. The paper, in a Washington dis patch quoting "well-informed cir cles," said Admiral Standley had been contemplating resigning in September, but now has advanced the date. , . -. ' The resignation has not yet been accepted, the dispatch said. The ambassador expressed his desire to 'resign," according to the report which the Times said was not denied,, in a telegram on of about the day "Joseph 7Er Davies arrived in ' Moscow o May 19 with President" Roosevelt's letter to Premior Stalin. Ends Long Service TACOMA, May 28 Prof. Walter S. Davis, for 38 years his tory professor at the College of Puget Sound, announced today he would retire at the 'end of this term. He once served hi the state senate. Over the In the face ef enemy fire frer.i the maklnx t&ir first lanllr.x en At'. Tress licla frasa XJZN, inrnrry nrno yeah PAGES Salem, Esieia: Center Ablaze Pilots Report . Pre-Invasibn Targets In Italy Are Handed , Further Punishment - By GAYLE TALBOT ' (Associated Press War. Editor) A new "wave-bombing" pat tern of attack, designed to sys tematically reduce Hitler's- fac tory cities; was i employed by the ; RAP ; for the" first time Thursday night in its .56th as sault of the war bn Essen, home of the Krupp armament works. A great - force of Britain's heavy bombers winged over the Rhineiand -for the third time in five nights to sustain the destruc tion begun with the record 2000 ton raid - on Dortmund . Sunday night and continued ; at Duessel dorf two nights later. Twenty three bombers were lost to Es sen's elaborate ; anti-aircraft de fenses. . This could have been the last great blow needed to knock Essen finally and - completly from the German industrial rscheme.-The Krupp works had been reported at a standstill for at least a month. " 'Waves J -British bombers crossed' the channel agala last night In. a coBtinuatlon of the - assaalt: en Hitler's - continental.'. Fortress. ' :- ': '-S-;f; ' --The RAFV new 1 wave-bombing technique sent the big Xancasters, Stirlings and Halifaxes criss-crossing1 Essen's factories in 10 separ ate sweeps over a period ' of 50 minutes. The bomb loads of the waves -varied according to a scientific plan -designed to cause the maximum of devastation, -' Pilots said the effect was awe some, the fires of Essen appearing to "weld themselves in a solid mass over a wide area, and oc casional blasts shooting flames to a height of 2000 feet The nazis Turn to Page 2 Story A) Rivers ReacK; Record Highs , By. the Associated Preos' ' The 'Mississippi and Arkansas river both reached all-time rec ord heights Friday in theit de structive rampages, with the Mis sissippi circling t Cairo,.' HI., to form a second junction with the Ohio river. . - ' .", J . The flood water poured through : an old creek bed -and swept tothe new confluence, se ven miles above the geographical meeting of the rivers. . ' Cairo itself was in no danger. Two ? villages in the inundated area already had been evacuated. The Mississippi at Cape Girar deau, Mo, soared to 42.4 feet, highest there in history. The Arkansas climbed to ZX.l feet at Pine Bluff, as compared with a previous high- of 33 feet- in 1935. An ' additional,, rise of two tenths of a foot was expected. Industry Top Against Foe on Attu frir.e ef Iow-hariL:j tzj larls, Azztilzzn tJ a L'.ici Fej cbscsirea tLe csocstaLtS ta tl.'j ' 4 ; Oreeon. Saturday I'oming, I-Iay 22. 1C'3 Memorial Day '- Plans-. Ready ; Monday Event;': '. To Draw Huge Crowd . h Weekend Buying Heavy as TwoDay Holiday " ; Faced; Cemetery Services, in Morning, Parade at 1:30 Among Highlights . Salem Federated Patriotic societies and merchants of the ..... -. . . ... ... .. ..... 1 -, ...... ... area complete their preparations today for what is anticipated as the largest observance of Memorial day in Oregon's capital city in Ynany years. - ' jt- With Monday a legal holiday, when banks, stores and offices will be closed, food merchandising establishments had felt the Byrnes Heads Control Setup Ex-Justice Is Director ; Of War Mobilization J With Broad Powers I- '. ; WASHINGTON, May 28 -Wf iesident Kooseveit today cen tered under James F. Byrnes the government's vast wartime con trols over the nation's economic life, and made him the arbiter where civilian and military needs come into conflict - I By executive order, Mr. Roose velt created the post of .Director of War Mobilization and appoint ed to it the 64-year-old former $otithfona jsenator, and su,r; premecourt justice" whd left the highest court last October : to be come director of economic stabil ization. In this -position, - Byrnes who already, had .been dubbed "assis tant ? president" while economic stabilization t director, will- hold greater powers than have ever been wielded by ; any American outside the office of presidency itself. 1 Mr. Roosevelt's order empowr ered him: ; "To develop unified programs and . to establish policies for the maximum use of the nation's nat ural and industrial , resources for military and civilian needs, t for the effective use of the national manpower not in the armed forces, for the maintenance and stabilization of the civilian econ omy, and for the adjustment of r (Turn to Page 2 Story CJ Marlin Workers Vote to Return 4 - ' - JAMESTOWN, NY, May 28-iff5) Striking. employes of the Marlin Rockwell corporation voted to night to retum to work tomorrow, ending.; a t our-day walkout that has paralyzed " p r o d u c 1 1 o n at Jamestown's largest war industry. I At a mass meeting in James town stadium, the strikers, mem bers, of the CIO United Automo bil Workers, Aeard pleas from government and - union officials that they go back to work at once. They declined to do so on the first vote, but later reversed their de- j - cision and voted unanimously to return. s a re.- -Assoc lit el iit) effect of the . double holiday Fri day and were expected to do a land-office business today. t Purchases were not of the pic nic variety, representative grocers declared. Rationed gasoline and the announced intention : of the OPA to continue its check on un necessary : driving among holders of B and C ration books would keep many Marion, county folk at home even if an outstanding pro gram of events had not been planned for Monday, general ob servers believed. . Presence of a number of mili tary units in this area gnaran- . tees the city one of the most colorful parades' In Its history Monday afternoon. Col. Carle Abrams, grand marshal ef the 'day, declared ' Friday. . . The Timber Wolf division at Camp Adair will send one of its bands and reconnaissance troops toarticipate' teth'e parade, effi cers. there have' announced. The band is to bo directed by War rant Officer Joseph N. RobeL A .cavalry band from a unit stationed' in this" vicinity,' widely known for its concert and dance appearances," directed by .-Warrant Officer Marion' Walters, troop units' and mechanized 'military equipment from' that cavalry or ganization are also to participate. In addition to the military, the parade- is to include civilian de fense groups, veterans and other patriotic organizations, school bandavboys and girls'; groups, fraternal . and " civic bodies, ; the Oregon Mounted posses and the Salem Riding club. - , . " First on Monday's program is to be the 10 a. m. service at GAR circle in City View cemetery, to be followed immediately by me morial services at American Le gion circle in the same grounds. However, Ladies of the Grand Army of the : Republic . will hold a Sunday afternoon service at 3:30 o'clock in Lee Mission, cemetery immediately;: following the Boy Scout ' centennial program. Glen Wade is to be speaker and. Rev. H. C Stover will lead in prayer. Sons of Union Veterans will deco rate the graves; The public is invited.- : -. " ' ; At 1 p. m. Monday on the Wil lamette river bridge, - memorial services for members of the na tion's armed forces who have lost (Turn to Page 2 Story D) rts W A S H I NGTON. May 28 The navy announced today 12 casualties, including three dead, two wounded and seven missing. In , addition,, the status of 12 others was changed from miss ing, to dead,-.,' ; f ' "" . This brings to 23,143 the total of navy; marine corps and coast guard casualties reported to next of kin since December V 1941. The grand total includes . 7318 dead,-. 4704 wounded and 11,123 missing. . 1- C The casualties announced today (those listed- are navy and non commissioned , personnel unless otherwise specified) included: ' . Oregonr Leedy, William Clark, lieutenant, - missing. Wife, Mere dith Anne, Brooks. ; Pearson, Dewey Howard, dead. (Reported missing January ; 22, 1343.) Father, Howard IL, Echo. Prof, Horninjr Dies CORVALUS, Ore May 23-vT) Oregon State college faculty mem bers learned today , of the death of William H.: Horning," 5, as sistant professor of industrial arts and a - faculty member fcr -3 years, who collapsed frcm a heart attack at Chicago while en rou'.a Ct Leedy Missing Navy Repo Fries Sc. ITo. 54 Struggle Real'-' US Heritage ' : Grads Advised . . , ' , Diplomas and Awards Arc Given Out at VSHS Exercises v Struggle has been the heri tage of young Americans in the past and it will be the same for the 425 graduating "seniors - of Salem - high - school who -will fight this war on the battle and home fronts President Her bert Smith of Willamette uni versity said in his commence ment address in the high school auditorium Friday, night. . President Smith listed the right to a happy home and a liberal ed ucation - as ' another . heritage of young Americans and contrasted the education of the young Ger man as outlined in "Mein Kampf with the free American system of instruction. . v c , . FoDewing the theme set by President Smith, Carmen Camp bell In the first valedictory ad dress spoke of the ."American Heritage . ef Freedom,.: going back to ' Jefferson to find the first Inkling of the, four free doms which she said were the ideals that would establish free- ' dom for the next generation. - In the second valedictory ad dress, Nancy Brown said that to day's students fighting on the war and home trorilsould'have "to be the twentieth century pioneers who would s back up American leaders for future world coopera tion. u:t'v-' '- The Joseph N. Albert prize was awarded to Janet Lee Rogers who was voted by her class the most distinguished in character and wholesome Influence - on her fel low students. . - w- ' .' Frederick C Deckebach won the Bausch and Lomb prize which is awarded; to the student doing the (Turn .to Page 2 Story E)?.: All Sold Out On First Day The combination of aroused pa triotism, prosperity and the pres ence of many persons . on down town streets rewarded the diligent salesmanship of American Legion auxiliary and Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary- mmebers- on Fri day, to the end that their annual "poppy days" opened with such unprecedented- success that ; the two-day event was virtually tele scoped ; into one.- :'-"-.'! ."c:.: . The : Legion auxiliary , had nQ more poppies Friday, night, and could not continue the sale today, Mrs. Verne Ostrander, - chairman, reported. Volunteer workers were asked not to report at the cham ber of commerce, as had been the plan.' Mrs.' Ostrander .expressed appreciation bf public . patronage and of the volunteers; work. The "buddy poppies of "the VFW groups were scarce by Fri day afternoon, some saleswomen having sold out and a shifting of supplies being found necessary, so it was doubtful that any of these poppies would be purchasable to day. . ' . , - Poppy Supply Sign-iip fqrHarm PartimeW Hours Get Bureau? Sign-up of Salem's regularly employed workers for additional part-time harvest and food-pro-" cessLhg tasks in the labor short age period Just ahead is progres sing rapidly, it was reported at the Salem , Retail , Trade bureau luncheon Friday after the first list of 376 volounteers hsd been turned . over to the Salem Ktilc 3 of the United States employment service by chamber of commerce farm labor' committee members. The nurr.ber reported Frldcy is but a fraction of- the eventual total, Is was explained, for it rep resented the reports f only, 23 cut cf several hundred crr.eyers in kaiem. j-our ou.ers ruLu;;:a their lits Triday too lata, fr t'-' .1 to be included ia tL first rccxt. Engene Clark McCann, top, and Merlyn Gene Kensler, both If. verpewered ; the guards . and took the guns that made possi ble their escape from the state penitentiary here Friday after noon and that ef of George W. Durham,, 38, below, who slipped under the fence and away from the prison 'flax fields, . ' ' Kilbhn Battle , Is I Decisive -r ; f.... i.. . . " . - .V. . Nazis Say No Advance By Reds; 64 German ' Planes SUot Down . LONDON, Saturday, May 29 (Ay-Thousands of Russian troops, often, fighting hand-to-hand, beat indecisively against the" mam Ger man Kuban lines in the swampy Caucasus yesterday, Berlin - an nounced early 'today,' while Mos cow kept silent on the outcome of the struggle to oust the invaders from the narrow bridgehead oppo site the Crimea. - v , - t A Transocean agency "broadcast recorded by the Associated Press said - the - Russians, . estimated ' to number -150,000, were backed by scores of tanks and planes in the swaying struggle, but thus far had failed to - make "any, ; important breaches' in axis lines. .., . A midnight -Jtussian commun ique -for the second day announc ed, merely, that "fighting .contin ued," although Moscow- had re-t ported earlier that -, 64 . German planes, were downed ;in one day over the area at a cost of J3 Soviet (Tyrn' to Page, 2--Story 1 ) Vt Girl Acquitted In Death Case MEDFORD, Ore May 28 VP) A circuit court jury acquitted Miss Tillie Michalak!, 22, Cleveland, of first degree murder charge to night after 7 hours deliberation. Miss Michalskl -was accused of complicity in " smothering her'-10- weeks-old son, for " which her sweetheart, Sgt, Bernard ' Lotka also of Cleveland,' has: been sen tenced to life 1 imprisonment on a second degree murder conviction; " Oregon Pulp and Paper com pany - with 12-- volunteers listed .had .taken the honors away from Ladd and Eush branch of the United State National Bank which had reported 3. Several firms with smaller staffs doubtless had higher percentages; " come 'may have turned ia ICO per cent sign ups though there was no way cf determining this. Wool worth's had S 9, Iloog Brothers 10, Hollywood OK Cleaners 13, ' .Gideon " Stolz ccnipany 8, lismase's'7, Gevurtz Furniture . 8, Elfstrom's f, Morris Optical 5, Union 'Abstract 5, to mention only few which ob viously, had - hih percentage sin-ups. : . Sunday closing of ' grocery (Turn to Paee 2 Story G) " Kensler and ElcCanrx - Take Freeman Alonjj , In Stolen Auto ,Not yet tangled In the state- TT AlV.fr IWi U1CU1 BvaVC police and prison guards, two-19-year-bld . state penitentiary inmates, who took with them as hosta? e at the noint of four- guns an overpowered guard,. T. M., Freeman, shortly after X pjn. Friday, were still' free at an cat i r s x liiis iiiiii iiurp. Free, too, was a third prisoner. who accepted the advice of his , fleeing comrades and escaped from the flax field where ail- had worked as members of two- gun gangs..- . -,'. :.j Merlyn Gene Kensler and Doyle- Clark McCann were last seen in the grey '42 Willys sedan whkit they took in hold-up fashion from ' Lloyd E. '.Francis, Turner service station operator and former penU tentiary guard. Thecar, second secured in that fashion Within a matter of minutes, bore Oregon license plate 388-687, and was seoa -speeding southeast from the peni tentiary annex. H r i -"At 'o'clock reports hai oriii in that the vehicle, bearing three- men, had been seen at Jefferson - and also ' at AumsviUe. Not dis- said, however, that identification. had not ' been , definite, and they; set guards , over the state. v . . George W. Durham, 38, only member of either of the ' twe . ( rangs to follow the twe "youths, " ' did not join them at the blh- . way, it was said, and was be-, lieved to be In the vicinity of the penitentiary last night Army units in ine vicinity plac ed extra - guards over motorized " equipment and food supplies and prison guards beat the brush and ; inspected - ditches near the flsx neias . irom wnicn ,ui escapes were made. - " -: J'; -McCann, who made the first move toward the break for ,fre dom, , waa serving af three year sentence for assault with intent to , rob, sent ts$ Septerr.ber 17, 1941, from Douglas county. When H. E. Corey . (not H. H. "Hy Corey, longtime guard at the peni- M. it i .1 A J . . tenuary eiuier steppeu ciusv w the convict or allowed McCann to work close to him, the five foot iv - mrut - half - franwr mnlellr reached out to grab the "guard'., gun. ' ... :, ";. ;: - : r -jV.-r ; . TKm crvoraLawf anrl ' eTArv ' -. av; w w f Mfnviv ww struck McCann en the head, both, r falling to the ground. - There the prisoner . grabbed Corey's pistol -and tossed it aside, where Ken sler picked it up and leveled it -A .1 t lpk...l..l. vu the man's brains out, he ordered him to give up his rifle also." Kensler, - listed ' in penitentiary; records as a laborer, was . com pletlng a two-year term for which he had been sent up. in Novem- (Turn to Page 2 Story F) Pioneer Mintp : Honored Ship While the -John Minio, Liberty ship named for his grandfather, ' famous as a pioneer Oregon sheep- - man and farmer,. was being -launched Friday at Oregon Ship-, building's-yards; Portland, Salem's;; John D. Minto labored the. farm er's full 12 hours on his Willam ette river Island and rich bottom land farm here. Following in the pathway wont by his widely known grandfather. the younger John Minto left news paper writing and law practice to- head one of the mid-valley's larg er farming operations. Other Salem grandchildren of John Minto, ; sheep breeder and ' wool grower, are Chief of Police Frank A. Minto, Deputy Penitent tiary Warden Eugene C. Halley and Mrs. Floyd Beamish. Cannery . .Cre w List Is Loaned '1 "Crops - first ' and rivalry sec-. ond .was the agreement among heads of canneries this week when the California , Packing corpora tion set tne lead with 100 per. cent cooperation in savin 'the rplnach- crcp. . .-' . .,, ;,...,-. It happened when United Grow ers at Liberty, swamped, with sud- den harvestir brought on by the" waria -weather, cr.t urgent pleas to the Salem office of the US em ployment service for experienced cannery workers. Cal-Pack, bein consulted,' vc'.-r.teered the list of names ' cf workers eff duty that night; the' 17. workers were called; and every one -worked "the extra' shift for the "other company. Dimozzt (Veather on Ttzz )