The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, November 27, 1943, Image 1

The Oregon statesman., November 27, 1943, Page 1, Image 1

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 1943)

Page of 8 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (6.2 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 8 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextYTeallicr V-W LODia I see that the Lions club is go ing to hold another dog show. Ecclesiastes say "A living dog is better than a dead lion, but the ancient writer didn't know how -much alive the Salem Lions are. And he didn't know Hairy Willett who heads the dog show commit tee and sort of lives from one dog chow until the next. . People still use, but nowlnap- '. propriately, the phrase "a dog's life. . That was supposed to be the lowest in degradation - but Ho. longer is it true. A dog, your . town dog, that is, lives a pamp ered existence, i . He gets special dog . food and ,some owners even tried to register their dogs for ra tion books. A dog even can live in n apartment house where chil dren . are barred, which seems . a grotesque standard of values. But . we shouldn't blame the dog be cause he gets this consideration. And think how popular the St. Bernards of the Alps would be here now, with their tittle bar " rels tied to their necks! - . Most people love'dogs, but there re some who don't' Every' little " while there is a report of a dog poisoning, but probably deaths from this cause are less often pur posed than is commonly supposed. But a few days ago the Eugene papers -did tell , of how some per son, had shot a dog which was chained in,the yard of its owner. . The dog. belonged to the wife of a aoldier and gave her. company and protection. The persona who would shoot a dog in such circumstances, or, a dog poisoner, must be a low specimen of the human biped. Dogs have stimulated emotions . and imagination.- Sen. West's plea for a dog still bobs up in print occasionally, like the New York Sun's letter to, Virginia, "Yes, there is a Santa Claus." Booth Tarkington includes it along with come other "d.og" literature in a . recent compilation. It really is surprising how many writers have taken a turn at dog stories.. Jack London's "Call 5 of . the .Wild" set the pace. There was ' the famous trial scene In-.J ames Fox "Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come" where the dog was accused ot killing sheep. . O. Henry, Don Marquis, Arthur Train, Tarking ton, Samuel Hopkins, Hugh Wal pole and many others have tried their hand at dog stories. McKin ley Kan tor made ' himself famous with "The Voice of Bugle Ann. Albert Payson TeVhune specializes- edt in stories- about -dogsr J'r - -- I suppose there are a good ' many, who like myself, have to go to the dog show to keep up ac quaintance with dogs. 'Ever since " the boy grew up and left home well, just what is the apparent affinity between a boy and a dog. nyhow? But it's "no more dogs,' cays MehitabeJ, ; who doesn't like to see me tarry in front of a ken nel of puppies. "Who would have to take care of a .puppy? she in quires, already knowing " the an- ewer. I know it too, so we change the subject. But there's still the dog show, Regulation Of Public Meets Is Su Regulation of public gatherings in Oregon, in effect since shortly after the Pearl- Harbor" attack, has been suspended ; by Gov. Earl Snell in a proclamation requested by : Lt. Gen. Delos C Emmons, commander of the western defense command, revoking the regulatory proclamation which was issued June 2 of this year. Prior to that date the regulations had been a matter , of voluntary compliance. The restriction in force since last June controlled - the holding of football . and basketball .games, carnivals and, in fact, . every sort of public assemblage ; aY whicn large cYbwds were expected. In cases where public -. gatherings were requested the sponsors were compelled to file , with the state applications, together with maps and other data,' requesting, per mission to stage events, and such applications were passed upon by the military, ! All such restrictions are now lifted. Leo Spitzbart, state fair man ager, has represented the Oregon state, defense council as liaison of ficer between the applicants for public gatherings ' and military authorities. ; - - - is."; ; )Jl SHOPPIUG rs vp l rrr TEDDY BEAR. xy ChrisfiTissS&Is spended t NINETY THIRD YEAH Aiussies i . . t ' ,.":!-'" .-" ' - t if i -tit mA -ttiri ' ti Two columns of smoke are all that remain of two Japanese dive bomb ers which tried to attack US navy task force In the sooth Pacific - early this month. The planes were part of a force which struck at the task force while the carrier-based planes were hitting the Japs at RabaoL The curve of the carrier's wake shows how the ship swung to avoid the attackers. Below, an Australian transport stacks stores dropped durinr the night at a spot In the fflnschhafen area of New Guinea In preparation for the drive which resulted In capture of Sattelberg. (AP Wirephotos). Marines at Tarawa Fight i Oti rBlood, Guts9 1 By CHARLES McMTJRTRY : j PEARL HARBOR, Nov. 26-(JPy-The position of United States marines of the second division who captured Tarawa was so critical on the first night that a determined Japanese counter attack "might have exterminated them, but the boys were so determined they never could have been driven off, Lt- CoL Evans' F. Carlson said today. : The I famed three times winner O of the; Navy Cross said in an in terview, "It. was really a blood and-guts battle just blood and guts." r . . . - - . (Navy Secretary Frank Knox sajd in Washington that the ma rines on Tarawa sustained heavy The 47-year-old colonel . from Plymouth, Conn., made the initial landing on Betio island in the Ta rawa atolls as an observer ' and also made daily trips between the beachhead and flagship offshore in a small boat through Jap gun fire. I- : : - V, He said that by the end of the first day the marines had ce- cured three narrow beachheads only let to 150 yards deep. . . The Japs virtually surrounded : Enemy troops were 1st strong positions ahead and between the , beachheads. Some infiltrated In to the lagoon where they snip ed at marines from the rear while crouched la" abandoned landing boats. . " ' " Lt i CoL James Roosevelt, ' 58, of marine raider fame, who ac companied the 185th regiment (old fighting 69th) ashore on Makin, said its commanding officer, CoL Gardiner Conroy, of New York City, was killed because he forgot (Turn to Page 2 Story D) 8 PAGES Take 4 aaataMaaaTatvAM 4 ' Says Carlson Churchill Said Meeting Stalin . BERN, Nov. IS 'HPh- Foreign : diplomatic circles : who . should know j reported Unlzht that Prime Minister Churchill la conferring with Premier Stalin, either as a prelude to a tri partite meeting Including Pres ident Roosevelt or as a substi tute for It.: . c f British Foreign Secretary An thony Eden was said to be with ChurchllL I No confirmation here Is 'pos sible, : but Informants believed the talks had been la progress for at least two days. - . Plenty of Yule Trees Seen jf or, Portland ; j PORTLAND, Nov, 28 Pf- A Christmas tree dealer predicted to day that Portland will have plenty of holiday evergreens this year. First-of-the-season prices will range from $1 to $5, J. D. vm, who has cut 35,000 trees and ship ped 30,000 of them, estimated. 'Farmers from 200 miles around have been saving their trees for the Portland market, Ellis said. Salem, Orecjon, Saturday SaUelberg Mac Arthur Men Ready to Invade New Britain Isle By Murlin Spencer SOUT1TOEST ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Satin day, Nov. 27 (AP)- Sattelberg village on a 2y 400 foot spur overlooking New Guinea's H u o n gulf from whose coast Gen. MacArthur is in position to invade - New Britain- was stormed and captured Friday by-Australians who strewed the high ground with dead Japanese and seized much war. equipment, including field artillery. The Japanese survivors beat a retreat north along the Wared trail after yielding their first ma jor point in the area since the fall of Finschhafen, 8 miles to the southeast, on October 2. The victory, achieved by Au ctralians who had to overcome the most difficult type of mountain and dense jungle in addition to fierce enemy resistance, brought to a close military operations which started Sept 21 with a landing on the coast north of Finschhafen. The series of assaults culminat ing in Sattelberg's capture started November 17 when medium tanks were thrown into action. A double envelopment, plus a direct frontal assault, was the strategy used. The Aussies closed in until the Japanese defenses virtually were surrounded with the northern jungle trail the only possible means of escape. The three Aussie forces, sup plied throughout the campaign by American amphibious engineers, moved on the village from Ku mawa, to the south. Jlyivaning, to the southeast, and Palanko to the northeast ' , - The almost precipitous cliff s -oo which Sattelberg stands were' well adapted to Japanese defense stra tegy. The Aussies were forced to overcome fixed defenses and dug outs. Tanks were able to follow the main trail almost to the village itself and played an important part in clearing the way for the Infantry. (Turn to Page 2 Story B) Senate Repeals Exclusion Law WASHINGTON, Nov. 26-(P)-Spurred by a plea from President Roosevelt for correction of "a his toric mistake," the senate approv ed overwhelmingly and sent to the White House today a bill re pealing I the 61-year-old Chinese exclusion laws. Protests from Sen. Reynolds (D, NC) that the action meant "stick ing a big toe in the door which radical internationalists : want to open" to immigration were swept aside by a resounding chorus of "ayes. . "This is a military action, just as surely as is winning a battle in Italy," said Sen Thomas (D, Utah). . .; . V , .' ; I V Sen. Andrews' (D, Fla termed it a "partial ' recognition of the bravery of a people who for many years have been fighting Ameri ca's most dangerous enemies. ' The president recommended the legislation as "additional proof that we regard China not only, as a partner in waging war, but that we regard her as a partner in the days of "peace." . Coal Industry Okelis Lewis Plan - WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -P) Virtually the entire soft coal in dustry,:; except for southern oper ators, was reported to be agreed tonight to negotiate for a wage contract on the basis of the agree ment worked out by John I Lew Is," United Mine "Workers presi dent nd Secretary of Interior Ickes. - - - r Harry M. Moses, spokesman for the "captive" mines owned by steel companies, entered the talks between Lewis and mine operat ors for the first time today at the urging of Ickes. After the af ternoon session. Informed sour ces said he bad lined up with the majority In favor of basing a con tract on the Ickes-Lewis formula. -i TB Clinic to Open 5 A PORTLAND, Nov. 26 HP new city-county tuberculosis clinic for the examination of industrial workers will be opened here early next month, Fred L. Peterson, city commissioner, announced today. ; 1 Pcunddd' 165! Morning, November 27. 1943 Soviets Take Storm Eight Miles After Retreating Nazis to Minsk By JAMES M. LONG LONDON, Saturday, Nov. 27 -P-Russian armies captured the nazi stronghold of Gomel yesterday and stormed on eight mfles beyond0 the city in pursuit of hundreds of thousands of Germans retreating through a 5 0-mile-wide corridor . toward Minsk. "Large enemy forces were rout ed" from the last nazi bastion east of the Dnieper river when the Russians first disorganized Ger man defenses and then charged in with a "daring outflanking ma neu ver," Moscow' announced. Great quantities of war materials were left behind In the withdraw al. Sweeping- in pursuit the Rus sians roach ed the railway station of Kostyukovka on the line the Germans were following back to Zhlobin, Bobrutsk and Minsk in western White Russia. The Russians announced that more than 7,000 . Germans were killed in the widespread fighting that stretched from the Gomel area south to the Dnieper bend. The fall of Gomel, guardian of the road to Poland, .was announced in a special order of the day by Premier Marshal Joseph Stalin a few hours after the Germans de clared they had destroyed the town and fallen back. Later the Moscow midnight (Turn to Page 2 Story E) Neiglibor US for Says Butler WASHINGTON, Nov. 26- UP)- Sen. Butler (R. Neb) pictured 'good neighbor", spending by the United States today as a wild ex travagance in which Uncle Sam is played for ' a "sucker." Vice-president Wallace replied with an apol ogy to Latin America "for the shocking slur." Butler called the expenditures sooth of the border "a rambling form of dollar diplomacy" which Is winning us, at the best, the "sucker" label and, at the worst, a suspicious mistrust of motive. The midwest republican had hardly finished reading sections of a bristling report in which he told the senate also of stories of rampant graft by Latin American officials handling US funds when Wallace issued this statement: "As vice-president of the United States,-1 feel compelled to express my deep regret to our Latin Am erican -, allies in the war for ; the (Turn to Page 2 Story H) i Halsey Force Shells Japs SOUTH : . PACIFIC - ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Saturday, Nov. 27-iP)-Adm. William F. Halsey's destroyers steamed up to tiny Magine Island near, the Ameri can beachhead of Empress Augus ta bay on Bougainville early Tues day and shelled Japanese -gun In stallations there while tanks and additional troops were landed three miles distant near the Piva river mouth. Jap 75 mm. guns opened up as the landings i started, . damaging some ships in the operations and inflicting a few casualties. ; The destroyers Quickly returned to the scene and blasted the is land which is a mile off shore be tween the Torokina and Saua riv ers. The ships shells silenced the guns, t 4 ' . Postwar Ration Of Sucar Foreseen PORTLAND. Ore Nov. 28-ff A prediction that sugar rationing will continue for a year " or. two after the war was made here to day by Ronald B. Hayes, merchan dising manager of the Western Sugar Refinery and the Spreckles Sugar company. .: - - : Sugar Is one of the first things the starving peoples ; of Europe will ask for, he told office of price administration (OPA) representatives. G6me Play Sucker Allied Air ArnrHits Nazi Line Montgomery; Men : Improve, Position; . Yanks Aid Qark By NOLAND NORQAARD -ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Algiers, Nov. 26-(P-Hammered by daylong relays of American and , British fighter-bombers. nazi troops have been sharply repulsed in every onslaught against Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's Eighth army. which improved its f ive-mile- long bridgehead across the Sangro river near Italy's Adriatic coast. The enemy's fierce counter-attacks from high ground overlook ing the Eighth's hard-won .posi uons siacKenea considerably, an official announcement said today, due largely to the demoralizing effect of thousands of anti-per sonnel fragmentation bombs flung from the air on German troop con centrations and trenches. v . Shaken nasi prisoners blamed the ceaseless aerial pounding for the fact that Montgomery's veterans were able to consoli date and enlarge their bridge head and pour "reinforcements : and essential supplies across the flooded : Sangro. Enemy .. guns, emplaced In the hills northwest of the stream continued to shell the Eighth's trenches and supply lines, however, despite the hea vy bombing they had andergene since the battle began last Sat urday. ' -f i- Continued brisk ground fight ing was reported near the moun tainous middle of " the Italian front, where eighth army - units won new heights northwest of Castel dl Sangro. Activity of the fifth army front on tne western naif of tne line was limited to two violent 15-min-ute artillery duels as rain and mist reduced visibility ' virtually to zero. : . It ; was disclosed that the ' (Turn to Page 2-Story F) Navy Turns tut, Vahdegrift GUADALCANAL. Nov. 27 (JP) , Robert Vandegrlft, a young yeo man attached to the sooth Paci fic press relations office, went to the landing today to board a flying boat on an assigned trip. To' hit surprise he was met by a launch and crew reserved for admirals and generals. -; The crew thonght they, were picking . ap a . more prominent Vandegrlft Lt. Gen. Alexan der Vandegrlft, the marine com- , Teoman Vaadegrlft. dad la dangarees, got the ride anyway Allied Planes '-.Blast Formosa; QrineiieT Stratec Toms . CHUNGKING, Satarday, Nov. 27-CTt-AllIed planes blasted the port city of Shlnchiku oa the , northwest coast of Formosa on Thanksgiving day and destroy ed 47 Japanese planes, a record Bomber In this theater. It was announced here today. Of the Japanese planes destroy ed, at least 12 were declared to have been shot down in aerial dog fights, while all the allied planes returned safely. The announcer ment said that all the bombs fell in the target areas and smoke en veloped the ground when the at tackers departed. : r ' ; t (First announcement of the For mosa raid was made yesterday by the Tokyo radio. Formosa, 90 miles . off China t and some 200 miles north of the Philippines, was one of the Japanese bases, for 'air attacks during: the Invasion of the Philippines.) , - CHUNGKING, Nor.1 -2M4-Chmese troops In a big envelop ing movement have poised a" trap around 100,089 Japanese invaders of : Hunan province's rice bowl, and recaptured two strategic towns Txell and Shlh menabove Changteh, a Chi nese spokesman declared today Prfca 5c Mosquitoes Stab City, One Fourth Reels Under 3 Attacks, 5 Nights LONDON, Saturday, N o v. I 2(AP)- HAF bombers blasted smoldering iBerlin last night in the third heavy aerial blow' on the German j capital in five nights, after' the greatest armada of US heavies ever to take the air pounded the German North! Sea port of Bremen and northern France targets ! in "daylight yes- r It was the fifth successive night blow on the fire- gutted capital, swift M osquitos getting in their ! telling stings when the RAF heavies ed the several squadrons joined the RAF last night -"- " : r ess Demobilization Plan, 7 Billion ...... :v . . k By WILLIAM T. PEACOCK WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 -P) Congress got a $7,000,000,000 program today for financial aid to demobilized service men and wom en.' Introduced after" President Roosevelt urged such action, it calls for: t: Up to $300 mastering oat pay on leaving the service. , :. $15 to $25 a week unemploy ment J compensation, depending ok tne Bomber of dependents, U without a civilian Job at any time during the first 15 months after leaving the service. Social security credits, based on pay of $160 a month, for time spent in tho service, " ( The program was introduced in four separate bills, identical meas ures covering unemployment com pensation nad social security, cred its were introduced in the senate by Sens. Wagner (D-NY), "George (D-Ga), and Clark. (D-Mo), act ing jointly, and in the house by Chairman Doughton (D-NC), of the ways and means committee. ' Senate Majority Leader Bark- ley of Kentcuky and Chairman May (D-Ky), gt the bouse military committee introduced bills pro viding for mustering out pay. May said the plan had the backing of the White House. President Roosevelt urged in a message earlier ' this week that congress provide now for financial aid to those leaving the armed ser vices. ?: He said such action would (Turn to Pago 2 Story I) CHallenger Cars Derailed, Devore SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Nov. 26-P)-Several cars of . the Union Pacific Challenger were de railed .tonight near Devore, about six miles east .of here. There ,was no Immediate report of deaths or injuries.1:;. . " " , "--f- C Deputy : Sheriff H. : C. English said he had been told the Chal lenger, east-bound from Los An geles, had collided with a loco motive. .The . accident - occurred about 9:55 pjn. .. : A' Chungking communique de clared 8400 Japanese ; had been killed in battles, mainly in the Tzeli ' and Changteh areas, in six days - from November 19, against Chinese losses of 3000 men. . The spokesman described the present battle in Huan province as the most important in China since the start of the Pacific war, eclipsing in significance the third battle of Changsha in December, 1941, and January, 1942. " . Changteh its e,l f northwest gateway to Changsha was held for five days against fierce Japa nese attacks, including bombard ments of heavy shells, ..incendia ries and gas shells, and incessant bombing, he declared. - ( A ; broadcast recorded by US government .monitors quoted an army spokesman as saying that the Chinese- had blunted the en emy offensive against Changteh, and that "a big victory could be expected within the next few days even? greater than the victory of last summer in western Hupheh province.) ;r' '"-;'x-f-" " ' ' Chinese counter-attacks recap tured Tzeli, 45 miles northwest of Changteh, and Shihmen, some SO miles north of Changteh, the offi cer declared. : iongr Friday msxlmnm temper ature 58, minimum 2S. El ver -l. f.V ' Fair , Saturday and Sun day; early morn in r valley foes: slow upward trend la daytime temperatures In terior portion, i j - ' Jj No.. 210 n mm Berlin as Destroyed, stayed home. It was learn of RCAF heavy bombers to ( heap more loads of big bombs on the world's most-bomb ed, city, now; reported more than " one-fourth destroy eLj , First word; ojfj last bight's oper ation, which ; c4me i in; the face of repeated nazi fcries that j revenge -owuld be taken i on Britain in the form of secret Ivvcapons, came via 'thte Berlin radfi-. I . f ' . - 1 The RCAF announced ( that the , first Canadian-built Lancaster "tie Ruhr Exress''-4went on the night mission a!iid returning crew men reported the sortie jwas suc cefesful. i p Ml-'-t - '-. ; - ! No details of the raid came from official : sources immediately, ' but crjewmen said be German capital, had been givn a new dose of blazing destruction, f: '- I With their escort, the United: States bombers, from the Eighth i sir force, formed an aerial urn-1 brella of almost 1000 planes for the attack oaf Bremen. I j Heavy opposition Was en countered Ibyf i the American bombing force, , which included both Flying Fortresses and U berators, and: the attackers lost; 59 planes, 1 19 of them heavy! bombers. A! total of It German planes were thot down! Amerl- Can and RAFj fighters I escorted the US bomber force. The official' announcement of the operationsM-which followed a (Turn to Page 2--Story G) Service Men9 8 j;:- -ri.nil II-- il 7j Is Dismissed S IP) WASHINGTON; Nov. 28 -iff) An attempt ; to junk a proposed federal war ; ballot for men and women in the ervice and let them designate a back home proxy for nSsxt year's :i presidential election was launched h the 'senate today. It was the newest attack against the battered 1 1 Green-Lucas bill which provides for ballots to be cast at the wr fronts under the general supervision ,of a federal ballot commission. (I J ' , The new plan, sponsored by Sen. Danaherjl' (R-Conh.) would permit military personnel to mark their , choices :-for president vice president, senator and congress man on a special blank and send it sealed to a JTriend or relative at home who would cast the ballot oh election day. jj ; i ' ' j I Advocates said the proposal as sured : that the war; time ballotj would be cast; in the home district I i ii w. i! Newberg Soldier Wins Honors Or- j NEWBERG, OreJ Nov. Z&-(JP) jllarold E. Sannders. gonner and radio : technician, iha arrived home on furlough; wearing two' bronze oak i leaf, clusters on an air m e d a fori ontstanding achievements In the south Pa cific lie has been recommend ed for the -distinguished flying cross. He U the son of Sir. and Mrs. W. JSaonders. j Qregon Teaelifcrs Salaries Avcrafre I- WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 - (ay Salaries of Oregon teachers were described ail 'average today by Sen. Lister Hill (D, Ala) In an appeal for a; senate; bill authoriz ing federal grants for ; education. Figures given by Hill placed Oregon's i average weekly pay inent at $2543, as against the top Of $50.08 paid in New York, and the low of. $10.75 In Mississippi. . GO. 16 Meet" - j ROSEBUI?G. Kov. ZMThe ; CIO will held its" slxt'i annual ; state convention in Tloseburg Jan- iuary 7-9, Stanley Earl, secretary-- treasurer, anncuacci toJay. About; 2C3 delegates are crccici. j -. .-I ' '- --. i 5 ? 5 IS -all '3.? i I'l 41 4 1 I f ri ii -ii il 11 If M t'i II if IS i-l s 4 ftj 1 I! v i I J, v: