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Center Ablaze
Pilots Report
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.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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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 .
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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
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Events to ja ;
WeU Attended
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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, ;
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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
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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.
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