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PAG2TWO TL CrJZCCri CTATZ::-LJT. Zzlszi. Cron. Ccturdoy lienor.-, I!y i:, 1:13 Arnis Industry Center Ablaze Pilots Report - A (Continued from -Page' 1) A .paused in their frantic transfer of -. war industries to eastern Ger many to concede .that- "consider' l?le damage was done. The Eaaen raid followed by i a few hours dusk attack by . Britain's -Seat- bombers aaaln tat plants . predates- optical, m- ?. sentials at Jena. Three -ef the vfast Msaanlt nlywaad planes were last. ' " " '. ".'!,V The pre-fnvasion pattern of at--,tack on Italy became -plainer for Mussolini to ee as more- Ameri can planes swept across the Medi terranean to wreck airfields at ' .ViUwcldro and Decimomannu on Sardinia and to destroy the thin ning axis air force on- the -ground .and In the air. ; ,: t .,- Thirteen enemy fighters were shot down by American medium .bombers and fighters and many ' .more were. turned iatp wreckage ' by thousands of. pounds of frag . mentation bombs showered on the two strategic airfields near Cag v Ijari. British foreign secretary An thony Eden said in a 'speech at Portsmouth that Italy, "now lies wide openNto air Attack," and the box score bore him out Only one American Warhawk, fighter was downed in the latest assaults, and its pilot was saved. ,t V Eden said: "It is for the Italian people to. decide whether they are to endure this bombardment to the bitter end and when it is to stop. He said the allies anti submarine campaign "continues to be encouraging. Informed sources in London declared the U-boat menace not only was be fog held, but smashed, and point ed out that even the German claims of sinkings had been dras tically reduced from a year ago. TB Tests for New Workers PORTLAND,JSay 2 -&)- Tu berculosis examinations for thou sands of war workers and' farm labor recruits are in. prospect for Oregon this year, delegates to the Oregon Tuberculosis association convention learned today. . Dr. Herman E. Hilleboe of the .federal public health service said X-ray equipment, permitting rap id, inexpensive examination, would be available in the near future and that the portable equipment would be taken into war plants possibly by July. The' examinations are expected to be free.- : In addition, he said Mexicans and other farm workers to be brought into the state probably would be examined.: - - : The tuberculosis association .wouna up- us session witn re election of Lewis Mills, Portland, president Among directors named was O. J. Paulson, Salem. Kuban Battle Is Decisive H (Continued from Page 1) H I ircraft The noon bulletin Tester. day also said the Black Sea fleet aur arm had sunk two enemy mo tor barges, presumably between the Caucasus and the Crimea. s The toll of 4 German planes ever we ftotly- contested area ap parently was achieved in Thurs day's fighting. A, Tass i dispatch from Moscow early today said 68 German planes. , were r destroyed yesieraay at a cost -of .28 planes. This gave- the , Russians -a two-day avantage of 130 to 39, Moscow -aid. J:-:.trr i : ' : Attacking 'Soviet Hnfantry suf- xerea -Irigntful losses," Berlin aaid, but the broadcast again warned that "it is not Jikelv that righting will abate in this sector for tne time beingV ; X s . "Particularly fierc fivhtin ieloped for hilly country south of Mi- ...'".' jne swamps or the lower reaches ef the Kuban river,jMad the Ber- uu oroaacasi, leuing pi the battle wnicn began in earnest early snuxsaay. - au Giving Portland Police Extra Worries ; " Two in Difficulties - x- ' " .v - - PORTLAND. May SSP-Cats have been giving Portland police extra worries: , Wednesday two patrolmen were - xorced to tear down part of a wall to extricate a kitten mat trapped itself between: the lath and'sidin. - Then;s Mi-;Frank''Xaiidsbirys , f"u' nutni its tan in a washing Machine wrmcer. Pol ir vieret called to unwind it. Neither eat suifered -damage.- :'-i3-;;-?i - u ; ;- - - 'J--:-iniDrbnih Feared ;pEW?YORlC Kay 25-P)-Pos-ability, of a milk fhorlae to' New York ild'resrestaurants and ttis, oh Sunday!" loomed as leaders, of the Milk Wagon-Drivers v n lon,'. AtTv, directed, at liJiCO meU rcpoUiaa area jSgieVship - toda not to jparHcat-in .the ikip-a diy - cVliveypiM'olfMthe'". anllk', coropaiiiesV'ji-'n;-? Too'.Lr.Iq to dzssiff Proposed TOR T.ZHT: CoropleUly r - 'he e. 3.00 per mo. i f apiintroeat. ... furnished CsU S20? Eight US Tolzyo Raiders Nov Active in Chinn Eight members ef the US amy abr force great that raided Tokyo uder the direeUen f General Jlaa mj Deeltttle are pietared at the American air base; fa Chins. These, are the only: snembers el the group still la China. Left to tight, they are: Technical Sergeant Peaaias V. Radney, engineer gunner, of Jfflseela, Tex4 Master Sergeant Ed win If. Her tan. engineer gvnner. North East End. Mass.; Cap tain Horace E. Creech, navlxater bombardier, Celambla, SC; First Lieatenant Jack E. Slanch, eo- nilet. Staaoatesw Va.: Major Everett W. Holstreae, pilot, of Tsosma, N. Fltshmgfc, ee-pUot. Galveston, Idaho. All of the men were awarded the Distinrmished Firing Cross and the Calaeoo Order of the Clonds far their part fat the Tokyo raid. (Interna tlonal Soundphote.) Sign-up Heavy Bureau Learns G (Continued from Page 1) G stores, a program designed to in crease ' available ' man-hours for extra work to combat the labor shortage, - was a major topic of discussion at - the Retail Trade bureau luncheon. It was reported that several grocers whose estab lishments are m residential dis tricts and who were not consulted when the plan was first broached. joined in voluntarily though some are waiting : to see : how general the change may be among stores of this class. - The bureau also. Is working on a project to standardize the hours during which stores of various types will be open, and to estab lish a definite schedule of holidays to be observed by closing. Ques tlonnaires bearing on these prob lems have been distributed and returned, and President - Loyal Warner appointed a committee to digest the returns and report back at the next meeting. On this committee were named Carl Hogg, chairman; Burr Miller, Edwin Schroder, B. E. Sisson, Gene Vandeneynde,- Earl Vernon and Ralph Cooley, ; : The , bureau . also heard a re port by Burr "Miller on the status of a fund raised for .the purpose of providing athletic ' equipment for soldiers at the air base. Statistic v Given by OP A PORTLAND, May 28 -ijfy- 61 dealers retail 75 per cent of the wood fuel sold in Oregon, an OPA survey showed today.- - During 1942, the state's total wood sales were divided as fol lows: cordwood, 132,448 cords; slabwood 370308 cords; mill waste 226,878 cords; hog fuel end saw dust, 996,228 cords. Hog fuel and sawdust sales were 57 per cent of all wood sales. . Surveys of fuel oil sales showed there .were '25,808 'private homes in Portland using fuel 6a. , Eugene led the state In the number of farm . and agricultural users of fuel oil, with 4434 private homes registering for oil in that city. . '. French Government Conference Awaits Arrival of DeGaulle ALGIERS, May 28-(rP)-A mo mentous conference looking to or ganization of a French wartime and post-war government awaited only the imminent arrival of Gen. Charles -. DeGaulle, leader of the Fighting French, who will be re ceived by Gen. Henri Giraud, al lied high commissioner in North Africa. Gen. Georges Catroux, - liaison officer in preliminary negotiations between the. two French chiefs. arrived today from London and will help arrange the meeting. Mayor Allen Names Budget Committee, . . SQjVEKTON At a special aeeetinr ef the city eeanea held Thursday nichi. Mayer Keber Allen named the budret eem-' mittee te Inclade K. B. Hun , ean,.L. FTacker, Elmer Johnw sea, Cliff Dlckersea, L L. Stew ard .and C B Anderson. t The .bDdsrtvcommiUee, will meet Jane 7 the reccUr meet-: Izg ct the. city.tattnciL-. i; ... Ensliia Ja jjpnilel " .CHUNGKING," May'ZSHT While Chinese' troops fought grim- ley ; tpimash Japanese advances toward 'this ' capital, , 13 enemy planes today swooped over Enshin, some 203 air miles northeast of here, and dumped loads of delay ed-action bombs, - Chinese dis patches reported. - Tex and Captain CUytea J. Fugitives Are Reported Seen South of Gty F (Continued from Page 1) ber, 1941; from Wasco county on a forgery charge. . Then with Corey la front of them and their weapons point ed at Freeman, - gmarding the nearby gang, the two told Corey te ask Freeman te lay dewa bis arms. Warden George Alexan der said in relating the story Friday night. Grasping Freeman's rifle , and pistol and pushing the two guards ahead of them, McCann and Ken si er headed for 'the highway. They shouted back to the 22 other mem bers of the two gangs, declaring them free and suggesting that they "break down the fence and go. Twenty one convicts walked do cilely back to the prison, but an escape was attempted , by, Dur ham, who this ; month completed the first of two five year terms on charges of having been armed and receiving stolen property for which he had been sent to Salem on May 17, 1938, from Multno mah' county. T', l -.y. At; the highway: the two con victs attempted to halt H. B. Fer ris, route five, Vancouver, Wash, who speeded his big car instead and received for his pains a bullet in the rear left tire. : .; : Sacceediac ta bsldiar i as Claaae Kllxere, M Seat Tamer road; McCann i and Keaser took Freemaa with them and seat Corey back, usfisrmed. te Jela the 21 vrtseaers and te tara in the alarm, Near the prison annex in the hills southeast of :the city they abandoned Kilgore's . Plymouth car, 'used their firearms 'to force Francis to give them his Willys and sped on In a southeasterly direction, with Freeman still their prisoner. , Sentences of both youths , were almost served. Alexander said McCann would have been releas ed in September of this - year. Kensler'a term, even without good behavior decreases, - would have been completed In November. Anderson to Head Silverton System SILVERTON, May 28 - Mem bers of the Silverton school board Friday night selected A. B. An derson of Salmon, Idaho,aj new City superinten'denf "of. schools. Anderson and his family will arrive , before ' July" I, when .he assumes his duties 'hereaHe has been at Salmon foc-the Jast six years, took part of his training in education at the University bf Oregon, and is a former student bf"Woodburn high schooL Bessie Teal, 7idow Of Former Shipping - Board Member, Dies ;? PORTLAND," May 28 UPS Death claimed Mrs. Bessie M. Thomp son TeaL widow . of Joseph N. Teal, ; at iier home here yester- aay. Her husband,- who died in 1929, was once on the "tJS ship ping board The Oregon Ship building, corpftration's Jamous 10 day ship launched' "last fall was named after him. '- l- Mrs. ; Teal'a father, David P. Thompson, was , appointed gover nor of. the .Idaho 'territory by President Grant . Old-Age Assistance. ? " Clieclcs WmjGorOur Firstof Blonth Now. i PORTLAND, Mar 28-5-State did age"pehsion checks will be paid the. first of each month in stead bf -the last, 'the state wel fare commission " decided r today. Loa Howard,- administrator, said this ;would- enable recipients jto inake more economical parchases since"it V,iU put them on Jl cash basis : - Wash.? first Uentenaat , William Campbell, , navigator, or Oreffase, -f v ON the HOHE FROlIT BtBAEELC EIILD3 The face of Mary, the second, at the little coffee shop' is usually filled with laughter, so her seri ous expression Friday night did give us a start, V : Mary, the first, blond beauty, has long since ceased to reign over silex and counter there, but the name went so euphoniously with that of Martha that the shop's habitues were already prejudiced in favor of Mary II when she ar rived on the scene. , And because we. like the sur prised look she gives the saucer when, in her. desire to serve speedily,; she sends sloshing into the saucer the fragrant beverage which is still the the shop's chief stock in trade approve, too, of the . faraway expression on her square little face when she men' tionsthe lad who gave her the locket slie wears daily, we are most interested in any subject that can make her happy or grave. "My-boy friend's going to the army; be leaves Sunday, she aaid simply Friday night in response to our questioning. And when he told me, just walked in here and said he had something io tell me, I said Get it said, 'cause I'm busy. WelL when he did say it, I just simply reached down (here she stooped and touched the floor) and picked up my heart . i -v ... -, Some wise lad at the counter told her that "they" never send a man to the army on Sunday. Another: advised that because-the donor of the locket is employed on a, farm he should be deferred whether or not he wants it And mary, the second, suddenly rep resented her. entire sex. "If he's lyin to me," said she, "IT1 cut his throat, so I will." But there was still a faraway look in her eyes and - nor dagger or even paring knife in her hand. .- v .. Navy Man Dies Of Fire Injury NORTH BEND, Ore., May The death of Robert Kieffer. 23 listed, navy .man, injured during a' fire that threatened the, new haval afrbase here, was iUspIosed by the naVy today. . ' -" . V; Kieffer was hit by a truck re sponding to an alarm, and he died late last night The blaze, which started in debris being handled by J contractors, was Quenchetft by base equipment the Cos county patrol 'and North. Bend ettyap paratus Damage was alight J: Fire Ar&NiM.i-ii;: CaIJANDEr; Ont, Mar2-m Letters of congratulation poured in on the -Dionne quintuplets 40 day as the 'five youngsters cele brated their- ninth birthday anni versary, -j ;v: -c; V,;-4 3 A v Xast Times Tonight "Alan :-r:.-jK:?; r Verohlca ""Tts-GllEoy' r 5 -; I ' , Alo , - . jBobv Steele : News,-"Seriaf. - Carl on f"--'Ui. H 0 sw sVlh Wpaaft iWfe w" sW umwss a v.w x Aicj zzi ris mi ) Lien: oriaL Bay Events to ja ; WeU Attended DContinued frota PaeJ 1) D their lives at sea! will be held. -' Participants in the parade are to be assembled ajt Marion square for the parade, which will move promptly at 1:39 p. m. Monday, CoL Abrams has announced. De tails of the line of March are to be published in Sunday morning's Statesman, 'tr' f 'T-hTj ' ErpedaSy invited te be at the saaaxe te Join the parade are school j children of. the area : - GW Beservesr Junior American ' Legion members. Camp Fire' , girls , and. Bey . - Sceata, Glenn Adams, general chairman, said Friday. Seme members ef these grenps may net have been con tacted because ; school closing ' has interfered, it was explained, bat the tnTitatlea Is general. -Solemnity of the occasion, which calls the populace together in me morial . to its war dead during a period, when, men of the United States are fighting - on' several fronts should mean a large at tendance at the Memorial day ex ercises followinf the " parade, Adams said. v."c ' yrK- To care for such a growd, the program has been planned for the armory instead of the courthouse lawn.4 Charles A. Sprague, pub-. Usher of The Statesman and for mer, governor, is to be speaker. Scheduled at 2:45 p. m, the exercises also Include music by the cavalry, band, a brief speech by Lt CoL John W. Bonner, a reading by Mrs. Addle Curtis, president of American War Moth ers here, a stirring presentation by the Star Spangled Banner flag bearers, Jeraldine , Des ' George, Jean ' Clement and Peggy Myers, with Rev. George H. Swift deliv-i. ering the invocation.' Realty Board Rides Revised . Members of the Salem "Realty board votedln adopt bylaws com plying with those of the national association at their, Friday lunch eon meeting in' the Marine' room of the Marion hotel. - i Members discussed and ' refer red to the committee on bylaws the motion that the name of the organization ' be ohahged from the Salem Realty board to the Salem Board of Realtors and thereby Include' the- copyrighted name "realtor", in the title of the Salem branch. " President F. H. Weir announced that Cyrus Willmore, president of the National Association of Real Estate boards will be at an as sociation luncheon at the Eugene hotel on. June S and another at the Multnomah hotel' in Portland on-June 7. Dairy Buildings Burn - SEATTLE, May 2& -(JP)- Fire today destroyed virtually all the buildings of the Hollywood farms, a 528-acre dairy farm four miles from , Woodinville m rural Kinf county. THC HOOC 12 reus. k . - :.. - j l , t' Vsrasrt aaede It wfx RALPJ4 CEUAyy . ALEXIS SilJTM Bit ktzZncz' fi!sTaemej AHss Jeia f' ' t. I S 1 Vewnk Is Tercet CIPrciXlc RcIJ; . ' Spitfires Suffer : ' ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, Saturday, May 23 -(PJ-Two Spitfires were lost in aerial dog fighting In which three Japanese bombers : were- downed over the Darwin,: Australia, .area, the hlh command announced to day. '-'C:- "V m- --'J.:"W On the allied offensive side, big four-engined bombers dropped nearly 19 tons of bombs on three airdromes at Wewak, New Guin ea, starting big fires. ; Wewak is on the north coast above Lae which on Thursday was plastered' with more than 23 tons of bombs. ; ' ' " " Byrned Heads Gontrpl Setup C (Continued from Page' I) C such economy to war needs and conditdons." " , - t J - He was authorized, too, to "un ify the activities" of federal agen cies concerned I with production and distribution of military and civilian supplies, and to issue di rective order to them.' s Thus Byrnes may issue orders to war manpower commissioner Paul V. McNutf rubber admin istrator William H. Jeff era, sec retary Ickes in Ickes capacity as petroleum administrator, and the other government "czars in lim ited fields. He is empowered , too. to Issue directives to the war and navy departments insofar as their acquisition of supplies is con cerned. ' . ' - 1 , " 5 Struggle Real US Heritage K (Continued from Page 1) K most thorough work in the field of science during- his high school years.''":.-.-;::'!: 1 ;V . To the student who was select ed by the social science teachers as the best both in his class. work and citizenship, the J. C Nelson cup . was given. This year the award was to Virginia Raph. : James Courtney Jones was se lected by the music department as the musician of the year for the band and Wayne Elvin Struble for the orchestra.' , ' James Paul Purdy won the high marks in American history during the year and was awarded the prize given by the American Le gion auxiliary of Salem. , : ; President Smith was introduced by Frank B. Bennett, superinten dent of the. Salem public schools. Vallin Is Paroled -From EUis Island:: " 1 " NEW YORK, May 28 -iAVJan Valtin, who wrote of his intrigues as an agent of the communists and men of the gestapo in his book -'Out of the Night," was released on parole from EUis Island last night, his attorney, Hugo Pollock, said today. Pollock said that the . Justice department in Washington - de cided more than a week ago to parole Valtin. j THAT - HITS fcU4.T ' .,. ,: FRED XiX rL .-.Last Day 1 1 "Eatlls'Cry": m4S.'' ..'A -and A, i : ,- ' Added 1 1 -JIasJc el Nippon I - r j I ! Stert : 4. Tccr. Y Shew West Salem ; WEST SALEM The eighth grade .graduation exercises at the school were witnessed by a capac ity audience!' -v ' . ', - - ' '- " To the impressive march Pon tifcalli,;29 graduates filed 4o their places on the stage. An invocation was offered by Rev. Ridtl Kelsie; salutatory -address, Clara Sexton; American Legion march; piano duet, Carol Ashcraff and Alene Axelson; class will, Donald Kuhn; The Camel Train, piano solo, 1 ar ms. Roblln; class prophesy, Dick Swearingen;' ."" Country ' Gardens, trombone solo. Robert Qof frier; valedictory, Bonnie Tanning; HIa Away '1 Home, ?' boys v chorus; re marks to class, Mrs. 'Emlf VanSan ten; graduation address, ""Miss oy Hills of, the state - department f education; Gypsy Boy, girl chor us; presentation of diplomas, J. S. Friesen of the board of directors; benediction, by Rev. Ridel. Kelsie. Members of each class win hold a picnic in their rooms next Fri day as a final closing event of the schooL . Kaiser Warned Not to Sign y "PORTLAND, May 28Hf1Sdgar Kaiser head of Henry Kaiser's shipbuilding - enterprises here abouts,' was advised in 1941 not to ' sign a - closed shop contract with AFL shipyard unions, Harry Morton, Kaiser labor counsel, tes tified today f ' Appearing: at the hearing Into CIO charges against the yards of unfair labor practices, Morton said he counseled against the contract because "the National Labor Re lations board changes its position so often." -:;r' : :'': Morton' said he advised ' Edgar Kaiser that the Oregon Shipbuild ing corporation yard only Kaiser yard here at mat time was bound by the coastwide AFL agreement and would not be bound by an individual contract, The contract was signed May 127 1941. after 65 of 68 Oregon Shipbuilding corporation workers on, new ships voted for the AFL. Last Day, ; Jc3 E. Drovra ir: Jndy Cczsva amy (P, 0GB Sm A 1 a iTTlTlTTiTrra, rHJlpiMr iliXMufllr: I Myitis if Jonor iingagea SiaCe Gcp3;in';-2-Kouiid Sout Z ncciuna, - tray " 2 3 en - A youth who identified' himself as Cecil Ray Koofard, 21, Los An geled boxer, was in jail here to cay accused of assault with danserous weapon after a two- round fight with state policemen. One policeman. William Betis, said he arrested Iloofard and three companions when they : were un able to show registration papers for the automobile In which thfey were , riding. ' In a Jail . corridor. Be Us- said, - Hoofard grabbed the officer's pistol and struck hlm'ln the face with It. ft) the ensuing fight, said J. V. Long, district attorney, Betis lost his shirt and coat Hoofard fled, but was overtaken by another of ficer, - who grappled with him. Hoofard - again broke loose, but stopped after Betis fired a random shot. . ' Vagrancy : charges - were filed against Hoofard's companions, Fred Worthington, 22, his wife, Dorothea, 19, and Elizabeth Bucy, 20.' Long ' aaid Worthington ad mitted df rHng from the army. Is Penetrated B (Continued from Page 4) B enemy remnants on Attu are be ing slowly annihilated. Organized Jap resistance is gradually break ing down into isolated pockets of opposition, each of which must be cleaned out with bayonets and grenades. ' ' : Many of these miniature strong -points bad been ddg into the peaks te the Fish-hook ridge sector at the base of Attu's northeastern peninsula. To attack them, it was learned, American troops have had to fight their way out of the fog filled valleys, -along the snowy slopes and upward into the sun- Portlandcr Visits SWEGLE J. R. Stuber of Port land was a weekend guest at the, home of his daughter, Mrs. Mar ion West, and family. and i , ft ' ff ourgca -v- m y- " yf . V . ft MV sar casrtl V 0 T7 J I lAg Dajrsl Sanday Monday Tuesday t in tc f a Enemy