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. Ten years ago about the last
thing anyone would suggest as a
. possible industry lor Salem would
be an alumina plant. The very
word, was unfamiliar, though , ev
eryone knew, what aluminum was.
Yet here we are with the assur
ance of immediate construction of
a $4,000,000 plant to extract alum
ina (aluminum oxide) from north
west clays.
The story . of how it arrives is
a . long one. It began when - the
Bonneville administration, with
big gobs of power coming on,
sought possible consumers and hit
upon the light metals as the best
bet In 1940 "the Aluminum cor
poration opened an ingot plant in
Vancouver, and later the Reynolds
Metals company put in one ' at
Longview. Demand for more alum
inum for war caused the govern
ment to locate ingot plants at
Troutdale, Tacoma and Spokane.
: But these are intermediate
.plants. They do not start with
the raw material, nor end with
finished products. So northwest
interests have labored hard to ex
" tend in both directions from these
ingot plants A government finish
ing plant, first located at Trout
dale, was switched .' to Spokane.
Private and commercial and pub
' lie - agencies of the northwest co
" operated to locate in the north-
west a plant to. reduce alumina
from native clays. The Columbia
Metals company, whose directorate
. is composed chiefly of Seattle men,
and which is - affiliated ,: with
American Cyanimid company, a
big chemical concern, had a pro
cess. Necessary were financing by
the Defense Plants corporation of
the government, which was ap
proved, '.- and authorization - by
WPB, which objected first because
of alleged lack of manpower and
second because of present abund
ance of aluminum.
From Cottage Grove to Seattle
chambers of commerce united to
reverse this ' adverse decision of
WPB. The congressional delega
tions of the two states named a
special committee headed by Con
gressman Angell of Portland. Con
gressman Ellsworth was particu
larly active; and Congressman
Mott joined in the appeals. The
Bonneville administration through
its connections with the depart
ment of interior also cooperated.
I think however. (Continued on
editorial page) - - , " '
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famos
To Germans
Said Imminent
LONDON, Nov. IS -JF)- The
Allies appeared tonight te be
about to write off a small bat '
costly experimental campaign
aralnst the relatively weak per
imeter of the German Island de
fenses off -Greece, bat ther were
Indications that the next lance
might be against the strong
heart of the enemy's Agean line,
perhaps with the aid of Turkey.
. The fall of Samos, last Agean
Island of consequence still in Allied
hands, was by every sign immin
ent Samos;. was under violent
attack by German bombers spring
ing from Rhodes and from nearby
Cos. Berlin said briefly today that
Nazi dive-bombers dropped bombs
of all calibres on military targets
n the island yesterday. .
The Germans capture of near
by Leros, announced Wednesday;
cost them casualties greater than
the total British force employed,
more than 36,000 tons of shipping
sunk and air losses exceeding those
f the Allies by - three to one,
British officers in Cario said today.
The British Middle East Com
mander, Gen. Sir Henry Maitland
Wilson, told newspapermen in
Cario that "as a diversion the
whole Agean operation has paid
us a dividend. 7
"In casualties alone, he said
"the Germans lost as many as
ear total force employed. And in
breaking up German convoys
we have caused - irreplaceable -losses
because Germany has no
fresh supply of skipping- from
which to draw. .
Salem Police Hunt
For B oise Men,
Murder Charge ?;
Police of this area Thursday
'were asked to notify the public
to aid in apprehension of two
young '-, men, -wanted in 'Boise,
Idaho, to face murder charges.
They are believed fleeing in a
1929 Chevrolet two-door sedan
bearing Idaho" license plate
l-A-7687.
, Albert Vercautereiv 24 to 28
years old, height 5 feet 7 inches,
weight 160 pounds, is described
as of medium build, dark com
plexion, slow of speech, his hand
tattooed with a "Remember Pearl
Harbor" . design and a ring. His
companion, name unknown, is
raid to be 19 to 20 years of age,
C feet 10 inches tall, weight 170
pounds, medium heavy build,
light complexion. The two left
Boise on November 13, according
to Merlin J. Francis, ' sheriff in
Cascade. Idaho.
012
NINETY THIED YEAR
Japan
Fleet
r Ay
Cf-A
Allies Belie
Navy, Air Power
I Held for Lifeline
By C YATES McDANIEL
SOUTHWEST PACI F I C
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Nov. 18 (AP) Japan prob
ably will hold the remaining:
bulk of her battered but still
formidable) navy in reserve
until allied naval formations
venture in force into the 1500
mile 1 wide stretch of the Pa
cific lying ; between her principal
north-south island lifelines.
: Or she may wait until the war
reaches Japan's home waters, f
And there is the possibility, that
an allied seaborne attack In force
in the central Pacific might lure
the Japanese battle fleet into ac
tion, v-; ;.
The vast sea lane between the
two Island lifelines' is considered
the most probable area for a ma
jor sea battle. The .outer line runs
through Honshu, in Japan proper,
Bonin, Marianas, Truk and Ra
bauL The other, also stretching
from Japan proper to the south
west Pacific, passes through Kyu
shu, Ryuku, Formosa, the Philip
pines and Dutch New Guinea.
If the Allied fleets venture with
in these waters they may be liable
to almost continuous attack, or
threat of attack, from Japan's sub
marines and land-based planes.
This air assistance could restore
to some extent Japan's fleet bal
ance which has been knocked out
of; line by repeated Allied naval
and air victories. Allied announce
ments list some 340 Japanese war
ships as sunk or damaged, includ
ing 153 damaged.
- "-.This total represents more than
the 200 ships Japan : was known
f o have in' service or almost ready
for duty at the time of Pearl "Har-
4 Japan's first -class aircraft car
rier strength has almost certainly
been reduced by more than the
three vessels whose outright de
struction has been officially re
ported. Allied reports ; list three
carriers sunk, three probably sunk
and "one possibly sunk.
Official Allied figured avail
able here, includinr all major
actions In the Pacific, Hst 47 or
48 Japanese Cruisers as sank,
three Cruisers or Destroyers, f 0
to 831 Destroyers, and four Sea
plane carriers. In addition to the
(capital ships. These fienres do
not Include submarine actions
and a few more recent central or
north Paeifie actions.
i By VfcRN HAUGLAND
ADM. WILLIAM F. HALSEY'S
SOUTH PACIFIC HEADQUAR
TERS, Friday, Nov. l-)-American
warships, flaunting an im
plied challenge at the naval might
of Rabaul, have ventured less than
200 miles from the Japanese fort
ress 'for the second time this
month to shell enemy air bases on
Buka at the northern tip of Bou
gainville. The warships, warding off dam
aging blows by Japanese planes
which harrassed their movement
along the coast of invaded Bou
gainville, poured their shells on
Buka for 45 minutes, during the
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Wickman Hurt
As Traiii Hits
Automobile
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J.. A Wickman, I960 Center
street, who trainmen said failed
to beat a train to the State and
12th street crossing-yearly Thurs
day night and then made an un
successful attempt, to drive ahead
of and around it; is at Salem Dea
coness hospital
In additidnrfoacut on the head,
Wickman .may have sustained
back or neck injuries, it was said.
The accident occurred I at 721
p. 1 m. Thursday a' short distance
south of the crossing; -r ;v "r s
; . Southern ( Pacific. - train 1-23,
southbound, with A. Coffirv Port
land, as conductor; H. A. Mc
Laughlin and L L. Smith, Port
land, as engineer and fireman,
respectively, struck Wickman's se-
dan and came to a stop 24 paces
south of the south stop sign on
lth street near State street.
Wickman. driving west on State
street, did not reach the crossing
before ; the engine was upon it,
and so turned south and then ap
parently swerved west again in
an attempt to cross in front of the
long passenger , train. The right
side of his car was considerably
damaged, investigating police said.
The motorist was taken to the hos
pital by first aid car.
Reserves
18 PAGES
Postwar Planning
$By: A lumina Plant
By RALPH C. CURTIS V
Assurance that ' extensive industrial development , lies
- ahead for Salem, underscored by Wednesday's announcement
that construction here of an alumina-from-clay plant cost- ,
ing in excess of $4,000,000 has been approved by officials
of the war production board though it was evidenced ear-v
lier by revelation of the American Can company's factory
construction plans and by the known existence of other pro
jects not yet ready for formal announcement, enhances ra
ther than eliminates the community's need for "postwar -
t planning. - : . '
Such is the opinion of some members, if not all, of the
committee already at work on a postwar program following
appointment some weeks ago by Mayor I.' M. Doughton."
; The alumina plant decision, possibly the most momen
tous single item of industrial news affecting Salem in two
decades, is calculated to make clearer to the larger "post
. war projects development committee" which has been sum
moned to meet for the first time next Monday at the Salem
- chamber of commerce, the nature of. the community's post
r war problems; not primarily unemployment relief, but an
ticipation of serious, vital needs related to the expansion
which lies ahead. s '
Daniel J. Fry chairman of the postwar planning com
mittee, declared Thursday that this had been from the be
: ginning his version of the committee's task, but agreed 'that
: the previous day's announcement tended to confirm that
viewpoint and- clarify the job ahead. "City planning" on a
long-range basis rather than stop-gap job-making projects,
Is in his opinion the need.
' ; The meeting of the larger committee, composed of three
. delegates from each of a number of civic and patriotic or
ganizations including the president of each such agency
with the exception that there will be a delegation of five
from the central labor council is expected to be charac
terized by discussion of the task's broader aspects rather than
development of a definite list of projects. Fry indicated.
c One speaker definitely scheduled is William M. Tug
man, Eugene newspaperman who has been active in devel
opment of the ambitious "Lane county plan" which has at
tracted more than statewide attention. Dr. Victor Morris,
chairman of the Oregon postwar readjustment and devel
opment commission, also has been invited, as well as John
Kelly, that agency's executive secretary. '- ' .
! !l ! , i 1 . ! II I II r I . If I I rill I ! '
House Okehs
Pre-War Dads
Last in Draft
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -(JP)
The house voted unanimously to
day to put pre-war fathers at the
bottom of the draft pool.
The legislation, approved after
less than , half an hour of debate
amid predictions that few, if any,
pre-war lathers wW be needed
after, the first of the year, was
sent to a 'recessed senate where
its overwhelming approval is ex
pec ted Monday.
It does not prohibit the induc
tion of pre-war fathers but it does
require that they be called only
after the nationwide pool of avail
able non-fathers has been ex
hausted. Available non-fathers are
those not deferred for occupation
al or other reasons.
By prohibiting the induction of
men because of their occupations,
the legislation in -effect nullifies
a recent war manpower, commis
sion order listing certain occupa
tions as non-deferrable regardless
of the dependency status of the
occupant.
In drafting this specific prohi
bition, the house military commit
tee said the purpose was to pre
vent induction for occupational
reasons of any individual before
the time he normally would have
been called. : j
The measure also would strip
the WMC of all authority in ad
ministering the selective "service
act by giving the president the
choice of administering the act
himself or delegating authority to
the director of selective service.
It would not prevent the draft
director- from redelegating such
authority. . ;r f "
The bill puts draft Quotas on a
nationwide basis.. " f '
To be considered a' father un
der . the . legislation, 'a' man must
have been married prior to De
cember 8, 1941, and have a child
or children, born before Septem
ber 15, '1942. - v 41; r;
Brown Stamp Dates ; : -1
Announced hj OPA ; , ? v
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -OP)
The dates five more sets of brown
stamps in ration book three will
become valid for meats-fats pur
chases were announced today by
the office of price administration
as follows: ' t ? -:-; iM -
Stamp Q will be good Decem
ber 19, R December 28, S January
2, T January 9, and U January
18. Q expires January 1, the oth
ers January 29
Salem, Oregon. "Friday
Enhanced
Lt. Grenfell
' DALLAS, Nev. 18 A tele
gram frem the war departaaent
was received by Theene Foster
Grenfell . Thursday informing
ber that her husband. First Lt.
Wilfred GrenfelL was missing
in action.
Lt Grenfell Is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Stuart Grenfell f Me
Mlnnville and his wife has been
making her home with her par
ents. Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Foster
in Dallas. Be was one ef a fly
ins; fortress crew opera tins in
the south Pacific About 1S
months age he was forced down
and lost for some time . in a
South American Junfle. ;
Germans Block
Italian-Slav
Guerrillas
LONDON, Nov. 18.-P)-Gct-many
has closed the Italian-Yugoslav
frontier : in - .what appeared
to be a move to block any possi
ble merger of guerrilla " factions,
it was reported today.
This report, broadcast by radio
France at Algiers, was accom
panied by a flood of unconfirmed
and conflicting rumors that left
nothing clear except the fact that
the little countries under Hitler's
heel are fishing frantically: for a
way out when Germany, falls.
Peace demonstrations were said
to be flaring up frequently in Bul
garia, and the Swiss reported that
Foreign Minister M. Shishmanov
of Bulgaria was in Budapest to
discuss : Joint peace- action with
Hungary.'
Another . report had Hungary
missing troops, along the' Ruman
ian frontier as a threat to invade
If "repressive.' action" against
Hungarian, f- minorities . did . not
stop. But Hungary has made this
threat before, when the going be
came rough, and it seemed likely
to be a gesture for bargaining pur
posea. ' . :
Senate Croup Okehs
Rail Employes Raise
WASHINGTON, Nov. lSFJ-A
senate sub-committee formally ap
proved today the Truman resolu
tion proposing that congress over
ride Economic Stabilization Di
rector Fred M. Vinson and go on
record in favor of an 8-cents-an-
htmr wage Increase for 1,100,00
non-operating railroad employs.
This formula, - adopted by the
war labor, board," forbids a gen
eral wage increase in excess of
15 per cent above the .level of i
January 1, 1941,- except in spe-j
cial cases..; . i
Missing
Morning. NoVambar 19. 1943
British
Bomb
Berlin '
: US FUers Raid -J
Maintenance
Depot Near Oslo
By GLADWIN HILL : -LONDON,
Friday, Not. 19
(AP) Britain's heaVy bomb-
era were reported in at DNB
broadcast today to have at
tacked i Berlin ? with f ire and
explosive bombs last night as
the climax- of three days; of
massive operations by RAF
and American squadrons con
centrating, on vital ' compo
nents of the ! nasi war machine.
The night assault followed up
a smashing daylight raid by unes
corted US Liberators on the Ger
mans biggest Norwegian airplane
repair and maintenance depot at
KJeller, outside Oslo.
The nazl broadcast, recorded by
the ministry of information,' sug
gested that the attack on Berlin
was made in force.
"British bomber formations flew
in over northwestern Germany
under cover jof .unfavorable weath
er, conditions and attacked Berlin
as well as a few other localities
with high explosives and incend-
diary bombs, it said.
jMazi nigni. ugnters were re
ported to- have taken off immedi
ately and with the aid of ground
defenses, "prevented the British
Terror Bombers" from concen
trating on the heart of the capital.
A majority of the bombs. were
declared dropped on densley pop
ulated: suburbs and it was said
that "reports "already have come
In that several British bombers
were shot down.' . .
The Transocean News Agency,
in a" later broadcast, said the. op
eration was "on a broad front'
extending from the Baltic to cen
tral Germany. ' .'- -
In. the last heavy RAF jraid on
Berlin, . August 23, 58 British
bombers were lost. RAF Mosquitos
have attacked the capital numer
ous times since then. ,
The US daylight blew was
another precision attack, meant
to wipe eat sv vital component ef
the Nasi war machine.
Nine of the heavy bomber
failed te complete the arduous
1,200-mile round trip, bat Swe
den announced that three had
landed en her neutral sell, with
crews uninjured.
Returning flyers reported that
the long row of buildings compris
ing -the repair depot, only 11
miles northeast of the Norwegian
capital, erupted in giant explos
ions.
The bomber gunners shot down
eight German fighters.
The daylight British-based op
eration spread the weight of Allied
air Dower in the short space of
12 hours across more than 1,000
miles of enemy territory, from the
cold Scandinavian Fjords to
Greece.' 4 -r . i;
Last night, the RAF sent cas
cades of high explosives down on
the German Inland port of Lud-
wigshafen, the site of the . world's
largest; chemical works,, while
Mosquitos, for the third time in
a week, hit Berlin and other west
ern Germany targets. Far to the
south, northwest African army air
f orce Flying Fortresses and Mitch
ell's raided the ' Athens airfield
for the third consecutive day.
Stockholm dispatches said Olso
was kept under an air raid alarm
for 90 minutes during- today's op
erations, although no aircraft were
seen there. . '
There was an indication to
night that the KAF - was eut
again te pommel European tar
rets. Many Nasl-dominated ra
dios went silent, inclodina- Den-
tschlandsender, the main Berlin
area radio; the Jrarae radio In
Csecho-Slovakia, and- stations
In Luxembourg, Bremenjries
land, BUversnm, and Calais.
Meantime, German early night
raiders gave London its first alarm
since November 8 tonight when
they bombed on inland southeast
era town, causing property dam
age. - Some persons were rescued
from debris.
Oregon Bleat Packers
Get Manpower Priority
PORTLAND, Nov. 18"- UP) -
Oregon's short-handed meat pack
ers ; were promised ' relief today
with a Federal delegation's an
nouncement they , would have top
manpower priority. ' -
The delegation, headed by Mur
ray Thompson, returned from a
tour of Washington cities to aid
Oregon packers in locating skill
ed workers. Both stockmen -and
packers have complained , that
the labor shortage is forcing mar
ketable' cattle to be held on the
ranges.... ,' . .;. . .
Resigning?
i i
1-
:l
tslVsfSssva
Marshal Henri Petain Is, rumored
to have written hi, resignation
-. as chief of state to become, ef -
- fectlve unless . his wish to sum
mon "democratic" parliament
Is granted, accord Ins : to high
Vichy sources. The report had
"s not been confirmed Thursday
m hlfh ' French circles bat ; It
wasHsald negotiations still were
under way In an effort to pre
vail upon the aged marshal te
change his mind. ;
Eighth Artilery
Smashes Nazi
0
By NOLAND NORGAARD
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al
giers, Nov. lZ.-ifPy-German prep
arations for a counterattack along
the middle sector of the' Sangro
river front iwere smashed yester
day by the concentrated fire of
Eighth army artillery, while con
tinued heavy. rains converted
many rivers and creeks "along the
Italian battle line into raging tor
rents.
Diverted front -Italian targets
by the unfavorable weather,
American Flying,Tortresses and
B-25 -MltcheUs a gain' turned
; their - wrath against important
' enemy airdromes m the Athens
' area. " - y- -'
Two allied ; craft were : lost
durina the day aralnst the cer
tain destruction . of five Ger
man planes.
' The only! important ground ac
tion along the rain-soaked and
cold Italian front came east of the
Sangro river " in the vicinity of
the village of Archi and Perano,
which are a mile apart and three
miles northwest of Atessa. Here
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Fence
Set on Docket
December 3
The case of Earl C Bushnell,
building inspector for the city of
Salem, versus Philip Steinbock,
salvage depot ' operator, comes to
trial before a jury in municipal
court at 1:38 p.m. Friday, Decern-
ber 3. Announcement' of the date
was made Thursday by Municipal
Judge Alfred Mundt.
Involving right of Steinbock to
construct and maintain a 10-foot
board fence in a restricted build
ing i zone, '- Bushnell, now plaintiff
in the action, granted Steinbock
the permit to construct the fence
after the council had " authorized
the action. -' --
Two v-weeks later a ; letter " of
complaint from residents - of the
district was brought before . the
council- and - that - body acted to
cancel the permit, with the stipu
lation that construction could con
tinue only if the emergency para
graph of the building code could
be construed in such a way as to
legalize the maintenance of the
fence-r "f ."
The city attorney: declared no
portion of the code could be1 so
construed and Steinbock said that
the "right once granted could not
be so summarily, withdrawn.' r
Chinesie 1 Pusliv f
Across Burma -:
NEW DELHI, India, Nov. 18-
American-trained and equip
ped Chinese " troops have ,' pene
trated 20 to 30 miles deeper Into
extreme northern Burma ' across
mountain chasms and Jungle since
October 28, a communique from
Lt Gen. Joseph "W. . Stflwell's
headquarters .announced today, r;
Advancing in front of Ameri
can, units building a supply road
from ; India to . China's Burma
road, the Chinese pushed ' south
into the Hukwang - valley.- They
now hold the north banks of the
Chindwia river and the Taraung,
northern tributary. . , . -
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aansT
Price- 5e
4
' Narrovs Enemy's
- Route From Gdmely Tbpples
Rechitsa, Stalm Reveals
By JUDSON O'QUINN
..LONDON. Nov. 18
German forces in white Russia' and the northern Ukrair?
today by captarino; the important rail junction of Korost
and also narrowed the enemy's escape corridor from imper
illed Gomel to less than 25 jmilea by toppling the protective
stronghold of Rechitsa after a furiouythre-day battle, it
" - Two orders of the day by
iutnouneed the twin Tictories
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marshes. They: were broadcast
the soriet monitors 5
The last north-south railway
available to the Germans, the Len
ingrad-Odessa railway - 60 miles
shcrt of the pre-war Polish bor
der,' was cut at Korosten late yes
terday after a two-day struggle y
Gen. Nikolai Vatutin's forces
which already had effectively split
the enemy's forces in the southern
and northern Ukraine by taking
Zhitomir; 49 miles below Korosten.
Recovering' from Wednesday's
slight retreat in the Zhitomir sec
tor, the Russians also beat down
heavy German counterattacks
between there and Korostyshev,
inflicting huge losses ' on Field
Marshal Gen. Erich t Von Mann
stein's tank and infantry forces,
the daily communique, said. I :
A night attack routed the ene
my from , Recmtsa,- 100 miles
across the Pripet marshes, north
east of .Korosten, and only J25
miles west of Gomel on the rail
way . to " Warsaw, The Russians
also moved westward 25 miles ! to
take Vasilevichi, 1
Vasilevichi is only ; 22 ; miles
northeast . of Kalinkovichi, anoth
er j u n c ti o n on the Leningrad-
Odessa railway 90 miles north of
fallen Korosten. 7,
Moscow, dispatches told of ;
new oddity in the Rechitsa af-tack-German
troops ' retreating
in the . opposite" direction from
Berlin.
;The Rechitsa v garrison . was
hurled, eastward across the Dum
per river by troops under G?n.
Con s t a n t i n -Rokossovsky, who
stopped cold ' the -trief German
summer offensive, last July near
Belgorod in a prelude to the masT
sive red army counter-offensive
which, has not yet halted. - f '
The enemy units were thrown
into the arms of their , own Go
mel troops . between the Dnieper
and Sozh rivers for either a last
ditch fight or a retreat north
westward along the railway run
ning to . Zhlobin. . ; -'t -
German- radio ; broadcasts re
corded by The Associated Press
declared - additional ' ground was
regained by the axis in the Zhi
tomir area where several Russian
localities were, recaptured by. the
Germans Wednesday. The fall lot
Korosten, however, should enable
the Russians to divert more pow
er to its forces holding that area.
Berlin to 1 d of "embittered
hand-to-hand fighting, in pouring
rain" near Orsha in upper, Whte
Russia, and said the red army also
was attacking southwest of Nevel
in its outflanking move in Vi
tebsk. The Russians last were re
ported within 15 miles of both
Orsha and Vitebsk. j
New Subsidy ;
Plan Launched
WASHINGTON, T. Nov.- 18 - P)
The Government launched a new-
subsidy program tonight to hold
bread prices down .to present ley
els while permitting millers to pay
higher prices for wheat.' .
Stabilization director Fred . M.
Vinson announced the program, to
cpst..;Mno more than - $9,000,000 a
month,- while at ' the ; .capitol a
coalition of democrats and repub
licans in' the house pushed ahead
with a campaign to kill all sup;
si dies after-January, r. . .1-
V Under , the - Vinson - approved
plan, wheat' flour millers would
pay as high as parity prices for
wheat, should the market reach
that level, - and at the same time
continue to sell flour for no more
than the ceiling prices now, in ef
fect. .-" I
The date on which payments
will become effective will be an
nounced, later,; Vinson said. I
The reconstruction finance cor
poration has been asked to pro
vide funds for the subsidy and fto
administer the program. I
With two days of general de
bate to be followed by discussion
of several prospective amend
ments, a final vote is not expect-.
ed before Monday. - - ' is
jr.-: ; i ' ; 0. i
Escape
split I lit
AP) - TKe red army
MarshaliPremler: Joseph .
below' nd above the Privet
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by
Moscow and recorded by
O
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I i
Turkey
Allied Nations
Kosa Aid 3
By WILLIAM B. KING j f
ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 17-
(Delayed) -Turkey is giving sub
rosa assistance Ito the allied armed
forces wlfich closely approximates
that which the United States gave
Britain in the months before Peart
Harbor, and is moving toward i ar
with thej axis. ;');. p ,
j The secret aid, details of wich
cannot be: disclofed, is rapidly
carrying Ithe' nation toward a yr
footing, j ; ' 1 I
There lis little doubt that r
course has been set and that Tur
key ! will become a full-fledged
fighting j member of the -United
Nations, torobably by spring. 4
'I'Continfed '-"'TMrkfish aid to tm
allies might lead to a token at
tack1 by khe! nazis on Turkish isftil
and f bring the whole" gathering
storm injto the! opten.
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The iloscow ejonferehee wS
so obviously a taming point '14 '
the war! that Turkey. I belle?e
feels it is poUUeally necessary
that she turn! from her roler
neutrality, even thomh tLat rl
has been ef tremendous beneii
te tbei ailieaJ .. ;' - p ;
If Turiey grants air and nival
bases to the allies it will be tanta
mount tp openl warfare, r roa
doubtless! will pot be done vui
Turkey's f coast ; ard large drt
cities" arf full ' protected agam$
aerial assault. I '"'; ,
; Turkey alreadyj has develop?!
elaborate airports and landiag.
fields which hardly need .mot
than the arrival of allied bomb-.
Ing places i and iheir crews 'U'
be transformed fAto bases tpr
far-reaching operations acaut
axis-held territory. Turkey's -mr
my, made up j of some of the
bravest (soldiers in the worli:
probably could not go into ae
tion before! spring in any event.
Since the winter; in Thrace aw
pot fighiing weather. l: J
1 ! r - -. in
i S.
ans
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Seek National
Post fori
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Fifteen! delegates named Thigri-
day night from Marion couny
Young Republicaii club will at
tend the State YR meeting in Port
land ! on J December 4 primed-j to
elect: from their club's member
ship a national committeeman, -tr.o
assistant j state chairman and; at
least on otheir member of
state executive j board. : .:' u.'
Adam Lefor, who is a past st4e
dbairmari a post he filled ftctn.
Lane County, is their - candidate
fdr. the ixational committeemen's
post, whue George Neuner, ; assist
ant state attorney general, wilr. ! e
backed for the assistant cbairmifw
ship. Doijglas Yeater, Salem busi
nessman iwliomi fellow club mem
bers woiildj like j to see elecjt? d
treasurer! of j theistate organization,
last night modestly consented !o
be a candidate for board memtji
ship.' Sani Speerstra, retiring st:e
chairmani is from the salem ciL"3.
Delegates j electeid to represr;t
the organization at the one-!.:y
session ire Marguerite Shelley,
Douglas Veater, Marjorie Pric?,
Georgiana Clark, Adam Lef or,
Paul Heath, George' Neuc?,
Charles jHellzel, iFrancis Smj..i,
Ralph I Jphnson, timer Churi h,
Jack Spohg,! C. S. romonsCoT: s
Marstersiand Isabel. Childs.
By, pane-. discussion meth-: !,
with twoor three; leaders repre
senting varying lines of thou t,
the organization will consider, i t
its Decernber 7, meeUng taxes? s
a curb fdr inflation. That scss: n
will be dpen to the public, it n
now -planned.' I -! ' i:A
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