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s f i! i! 1 . eecttom ons pags two Shanks Push Solomons 'Foothold C (Continued from page DC : Oa the Hnoa peelnsnla . of - northeastern New Guinea, Jan-gle-flrh ting Australians,' who wrested the plateau stronghold ef Sattelberg from the Japan ese, moved along the enemy's t liae of retreat jmd eat the Bon- t ra-Wareo trail en the north. The Aussies also captored rine hQl, a large irregular height' ,1 dominating the northeastern half - of the important Jansle traiL k Above the peninsula, the next Important Japanese base is Ma dang on which other Australian forces have been moving along the ; Ramu valley. The spokesman said there had been no advance in the valley the past few days but that 'Aussie patrols still operated on the lower part of a good road which leads to Bogadjim, Ma dang's defense outpost. . .-j North if :Finschhaf en, Mitchell end Marauder medium bombers, escorted by lightnings, dropped :4i tons of bombs on supply dumps . in the Sio area and attacked a J Japanese barge base Friday. P-47s and P-40s strafed trucks ynd other targets in the Madang 4 vicinity. ) Two waves of Liberators, ! with Australian fliers manning L the escorting F-40s, delivered ' the fifth bombing atUck within a week oa Gasmata, .New Brit ain. In the latest attack Friday, ' 28 tons of explosives were drop ed on defenses : at ' a' coastal plantation, -Gasmata is on the south-central coast of . New . ' Brttian, . about 13a mues away - from ground forces of General t MaeArthur on New Guinea's ; Huon gulf coast. In support of the Solomons op erations, Liberators on Wednes day dropped 500 light bombs on the Chabai area on the northern tip of Bougainville and 200 on an airdrome across a narrow pass age of water on Buka island. " In a limited operation notable for its pioneering nature, a recon naissance plane struck 500 miles north of Bougainville, about half way to Japan's naval stronghold of Truk, at Kapingamaraogi is land. Montgomery Promises Colossal Crack F (Continued from page 1) F structive fire into the Eighth ar my's hard-won bridgehead across the river. Flooded by more than a two-foot rise, the river now1 is -1000 feet wide in some places, f On the ether end of - the Ger ; mans' winter line across, Italy, f the American Fifth army 1. smashed two counter attacks against their footholds In the ; mountains west of Venafro, from which it threatens a broad val A ley leading toward Cassino and '$ Rome. - The American forces were fa vored by somewhat better wea ther, but the Eighth's operations were carried out in continued ains which made the going aground extremely difficult and "aerial attacks unusually hazard ous. 1 The .Eighth army's attacks fol lowed the technique of remarkably close coordination of air and ground forces developed in the Tunisian and Sicilian campaigns. Waves of medium and light bomb ers as well as fighter - bombers Swept over the German trenches, tnachinegun posts and artillery po sitions, scattering hundreds of bombs. 1 While the bombs were explod- - ing, driving the enemy troops to cover, the British troops moved forward behind an- aerial version of the "creeping barrage" of ar tillery fire. . The Eighth army's, bridgehead, which extended for more than five miles along the lower Sangro. or iginally was reported to be nearly - mile and a half deep, with ad vances of another mile or two .miles necessary in some places to reach the lulls where the Germans have established more formidable defenses. Obviously alarmed over the j fact that the troops of Gen. 8ir . ; Bernard I Montgomery have ' been able to crack the eater I- crust af their winter defense v line along the Sangro, the naais . are , feverishly baildln-strong j new gun positions and ether de- v fense works around Mignaoe to X the west key point on the ' Fifth army front guarding the 2 main road to Kama and crec- I ting -other strong points along f the 10-nule route from Mlgnano .! to Casstna. These German preparations were disturbed yesterday by Am erican Warhawk fighter - bombers ' which threw , their full weight against the - trench systems and Igunpcsts in the vicinity of Rocea d'Evandro, fou miles west and south of MlgnanoV r 3 " " - v The Italian Badoglio govern f dent Issued a special communis J 4uo thronrh allied headquarters'' r charrlrg the Germans had shot ; Italian :r.-'a captured on bat 1 KtRtlZj tt Albania, Montenegro and tla Ar-zra j-Tangs. Premier. rieiro E-J-'IIsV government' crdereJ IUIliiiJ embassy to trttzzl i3 Csrrsay trosga lio 'Ti C;asLh cavtrrjaaeaU Salem Hi-Y Members to Tour Schools for Conference Data ; , " , .... ' r . , , - ) . - ' " '. ' - , : ' - . , : -1 To build interest and ascertain what attendance may be an ticipated for the coming weekend's Older Boys conference- in Salem, teams of Salem pi-Y members are to tour high schools of the mid-valley region Monday and Tuesday. " T Traveling out to speak to stu dent ' groups Monday will be Bob SkopiL-Duke Mankertz, Don Yo- com,: Stuart Compton, Conference President Travis Cross and Boys Work Secretary Harold Davis of the Salem YMCA. Ori Tuesday, Richard Taw, Eu- ffene Lowe. Laviu vetzenaaner and Richard Page also will be ac companied by Davis on a similar tour.1 ; . Dean U. G. Dubach of Oregon State college, who has attended all but one of the conferences since they were Instituted here 24 years ago and who always has been! popular as a speaker at those meetings, Is again to be featured conference speaker and adviser. He wfll address the con ference group Saturday morning at the YMCA and will conduct the discussion forum that follows. The conference opens with a banquet Friday night in the high school cafeteria, with Dr. Victor P. Morris, head of the school of business administration at Uni versity of Oregon, as speaker and G. F. Ted" Chambers as toast- master. Theme of all the meetings will be "Today's Uncertainties Tomorrow's Security." s IA. George C Bliss, commander of the naval training unit at Wil lamette university, and an officer from ' Camp Adair ' are to be speakers Saturday afternoon. Supt. Frank B. Bennett of Sa lem ' public schools is to be speaker at Saturday night's ban quet at the "Y. Berlin Reels Under RAF's Last Attack B (Continued from page 1) B their movements with the police. The Germans failure to break up the attack was a "signal vic tory for the US air force, which knocked down. 56 nasi fighters Friday over Bremen and did "much to take the edge off the enemy's counterattack': at Berlin, the air ministry said. The Americans' ' whittling of nazi strength was especially appre ciated because, due to clear weath er, the RAF bombers were open to attack by German fighters all the way across Gemany. Allied losses Friday, howev er, indicated that the Germans were stiffening their defenses. Berlin claimed 39 British planes had been downed, and that the . allies had lost 93 planes, mostly i f our-engined - bombers. In the " last 24 hours over Germany and west Europe.. ' Swedish dispatches already had reported one-quarter of Berlin was destroyed. Latest reports from the German frontier told of Berliners walking in a daze as big steamrollers tried to open lanes through the debris in the streets thinking mainly of escaping to places like Holland and Bavaria where re ception centers are being pre pared. From Switzerland came word, possibly exaggerated, that Ber lin's dead totalled 13.000 more than a quarter of Britain's air raid toll in the entire war. But there was anly a smattering of j such reports today. A tight German censorship clamped down upon neutral correspondents and even upon home circulation re flected the serious impact of last night's assault, which the conser vative RAF described as "most effective. ; . lvHiignia At Camp Adair CAMP ADAIR, Ore, Nov. 27 A ' new insignia , appearing on the sleeve -of some of, the soldiers at Camp Adair, and nearby cities and towns is the white four-leaf clover On a diamond-shaped background. It ; represents the Fourth : army. Lt Gen. William H. Simpson, com manding, with headquarters at the Presidio at Monterey, Calif. Camp Adair units formerly at tached to the Fourth corps are now officially attached to the new headquarters on the post which has been re-designated as the Seventh headquarters special, troops Fourth army. Attached to this headquarters for , traiiiing and administration are non-divisional units of the Fourth army. Ordnance, anti-aircraft, military police, evacuation hospital and quartermaster troops are typical of the units represent ed. v t? .'v.:. , .;. Commanding officer of ih Fourth army's Seventh headquarw cr w wa. uvud C. Snow while Lt. CoL Elmer T. Henry is execu tive officer. - . We're taking them up now for transplanting Good se lections still available. t 200 VARIETIES Quality stock at a reason able price! : . -fW.' a'Q)oi mt0mmmm L 4 KSes North om Wallace Eaad The Featured Speaker Dean U. G. Dubach, Oregon State college, : attends his 22nd Older Boys' conference in Salem as a featured speaker this coming . weekend. The conferences, be- ' gun here 24 years ago and held annually, with the exception of last year when . cancelled as a wartime- exigency, are YMCA sponsored. ', i . Vinson Okehs Coal Increase WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -UP) Stabilization Director Fred Vin son today authorized the office of price administration to - increase soft coal prices an average of 47 cents a ton as a result of the wage increase granted to the miners. Detailed prices by districts will be formulated by the OPA. The miners received $1.50 a day additional pay in the agreement negotiated November 3 by Inter ior Secretary Ickes and the Unit ed Mine Workers. Previously the OPA had boosted price ceiling, on anthracite an av erage of 62 cents a ton to com pensate for a wage increase of ap proximately 70 cents a day to hard coal miners. ' - German Peace Rumors Floating ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. 27-6F) Rumors that the Germans were seeking a negotiated peace met with incredulity tonight -' among officials from Europe, the Unit ed States and Latin America here to attend the United Nations re lief conference. ; , H L " A story ; emanating; from .Lon don said that "credence was be ing given here to a report that the - Germans have taken or are about to take preliminary steps for an armistice. if TO siPEED YOOli j Ghristmas Shoppi SHOP WITH COUPONS . . . they znake it easy" for you to buy your Christmas gifts and holiday needs on credit. You can buy a book of coupons on ' Montgomery Ward's convenient monthly payment. plan ... and then spend the coupons, just like cash'- -In any .department of our store. You can spend youf coupons all in one lay, if you wish, and pay for them later on monthly terms. r, GIYI OUPONS AS GIFTS ... a coupon book i perfect gift for anyone1 on your Christmas list. You can tare a $5. $ipr$15 or $20 coupon book, in a tpadalChristn , exacUy what he wants from the sjreat variety of,' quality tnerchandise we carry. You can buy coupon books for cash or on lontsjomery Ward conven ient monthly payment plan. "7 V IV; M JL VJIontgomeir lird 155 N. Liberty OltEGOir STATESMAN. Salens. Gilbert Losses Heavy; Drive To Be Costly D (Continued from page 1) D raid shelters built from coconut logs filled with coral sand, and pillboxes and block houses made : of concrete. The 'Shelters were conrpartmented . and extended underground. They went, inside and were perfectly safe during bombings unless It was a direct wt ' The situation was so confused when the first wave of, marines reached theheach that they min gled with the Japs. .?; . "They suffered heavy casualties and were rather disorganized in some places," Carlson said. "They'd get a toehold and just hang on . . . ' Tt was a twritiriria sfcrVtt nnsf faised my admiration of. those boys to a peak. They deployed in the water. They were under heavy mortar fire. Yet they mov ed right on. . . . . "At the end of the first day we had a l small beachhead at three points of a depth of not more than 250 yards.,, . . .. m Less opposition was encounter ed on Makin and Abemama atolls, whoso -conquest gave the marines control of the Gilberts. ' State Deal For Distilleries Is ? On Again? A (Continued from page 1) A questioned his authority to issue a warrant . in payment for Ore gon's share in the capital ' stock of the two distilleries. Subsequently, Attorney Gen eraly L. H. Van Winkle supplied an opinion that the liquor con trol commission could partici pate In such a transaction since the stock purchase .would only bo Incidental and the state would not "be Interested In" the distilleries capital stock. Relying upon that opinion. Treasurer Scott said Saturday he would cash a warrant -for the pur chase if one was presented F and if the ' funds were available. It was understood here that liquor commission officials were at tempting to arrange a loan of 13,000,000 or more to finance the deal. Treasurer Scott previously had explained that his only concern, officially, involved his liability and. that of his bondsmen in con nection with the cashing, of the proposed warrant. Incidentally, the deal this time does Toot re quire approval of the state board of control. , There remain unanswered the question as to whether the two states may bo liable for the distilling companies' profits tax es. In Portland It was contended MONTGOMERY WARD ng . .;. Pfcca 3134 Oregon. Sunday Morning, llovember 23. 1913 that a standard eons traction of the law by the Internal revenue . department had been that no federal tax would lie against a state or state agency. Nor was there fresh informa tion on Saturday of the attitude of organized dries,' who previously had 'indicated intention to seek a court injunction against such a transaction. -.-.-- " , r . No statement as to the liquor commission's purpose or Justifi cation of the deal - was available Saturday. Ralph Watson, politi cal writer of the Oregon Journal, earlier had "analyzed the commis sion's position chiefly as unhap piness ever "inability to supply the. quality 'kof liquor desired : by Oregon's thirsty; not primarily concern over quantity or over the prospect of reduced revenue "for the old folks." Watson hinted that one or more of the liquor commis sioners might resign, or had " al ready offered resignations. Gov. Earl SnelL questioned last week on this point, said no resig nation had been received. Records of the liquor commis sion show that the net profit for the year ending June 30, 1943, was in round numbers $7,300,000 as compared to $5,100,000 for the previous fiscal year and $2,500, 000 in 1937, the lowest year since institution of the liquor control system.; Prpfit for the quarter ending in September was about $1,500,000, the same as in the same quarter of the previous year. The latest report shows an in ventory' in wines and liquors, un classified as to type, valued at 13,578,197. The inventory June 30, 1941 was $1,068,188. However, turnover is greater , now. . For. the two states the car-, rently proposed transaction In clocung taxes, ' bottling and handling In addition to the com plicated purchase deal will In volve about $3,000,000. Com- ' missioner Crooks .was quoted as saying. If it goes throvgh Ore gen's "thirsty" for their part are assured of approximately eight Bullion "fifths' of whiskey and presumably the price will bo $3.15 a bottle vntll Uncle Sam's gallonage tax Is Increased from $f to $9. H. O. Rosebrangli Dies Saturday H. O. Rosebraugh of Portland, father of Mrs. Bruce A. Cooley and Mrs. Helen Crawford and brother of W. W. Rosebraugh of Salem, died Saturday at a Salem hospital, where he had been re moved from Portland late in the week. ' Survivors include also one son. Fred Rosebrough of Portland, and another brother, B. Rosebraugh of Charleston, 111. 1 , Funeral announcements are to be made later by Clough - Bar rick company. 4 3 1 " In Parliament The voies Chorea iii is s TaSkTewe acbe IT ninmJ mnd the t rrr -Xbe " . , ; J- - . . . . " iumu-Li ai ' . Cijau tuaV J hitm at gl Alasaaaa. The Sha. wwwi irtrtanan hiia - 'r ' y t .' -i " " 1 In AfriCt-Thalr teaAU ef awacfc ee tfae ' ' Oa tig ItxIllJ CgatbgThaVVeesU A.friaBsal sftassWrtaV Mssal tesaVia CiBtftsW o VaaWTT las v &irFWiYtkfWB9tk lSBawrSBSSHBas! ifoss)sstSBBMaw QHtheHOMEFROlIT By BABZL CCTLD3 ', (With apologies to Mr. Finney and both my readers) SgL Cutler had a turnip ' T ' (Didn't grow behind the barn" . But it did come up from no where ) . And as for doln harm . No one's yet et that turnip, ' For it weighs nigh on five pound; And Cutler's like to put it back T fill th hole n th' ground! When Police Officer Buck Main boasted to Sgt. Jack Cutler last summer about the size of the car rots in his victory garden, he did n't guess the number of prize vegetables Cutler would drag In for display purposes. ' At police headquarters yester day, it was quite frankly admitted that both Main and Cutler .had patronized the city's finest mar kets at times In order to secure the "biggest" potato, onion, etc, but Cutler's turnip is bis own product. And, like that made fam ous In the pome about Mr. Finney, it was not in a row with other turnips. The gardener had merely brushed off the palm of his hand the few seeds that remained after he had sowed the turnip patch. The turnip exhibited Saturdav weighs four pounds and 14 oun ces, would cost; 40 cents if our. chased in a store, but the Missouri-born police sergeant still has to be shown. The merchant ; who quoted him the price refused to buy the purple and white fruit said he couldn t invest so much in an article that might be 'pithy at the center. (Grocer's name on re quest). .'-- KEOKUI, la. (ff)-Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey had just heard a jury acquit a former bank teller in an embezzlement case when he squirmed in his chair and jerked suddenly with a muf fled outcry. As spectators stared in amaze ment, the judge explained he had become "so excited a match caught afire in my pocket." He extinguished the blaze with a couple of slaps from the hand. (Obituary Farnham Allie Gray Farnham at the home of her cousin, Mrs. I. M. Howe, on route 4, Saturday, November 27, at the age of 88 years. An nouncement of services will be made later by Walker - Howell funeral home. r " - v vs -rsK y riVfel Do Yw f.cn Why, It's the Detroit Arsenal where U. S. Some have called It jthe world. -. Started and finished on farmland In the. fall and winter of 194S.'4L. It was coins; strong many months before wo got into the war. - . ... .., . . . of as he says oi Lc aad tbe . a vt . . .V ji li 1 11 iiiimi 1 r 1 1 j :l. - - .... j ; . . . ' !..' . 1 in 1 1 ' 4 1 jMMrata firww HwulnfM ohm aa vtctory ;TtakT9wa,U.A,. WU Students To Vote Again On Officers Willamette students will vote again Monday on candidates for first vice president of the student body and to choose officers fpr three classes. In an earlier eleci tion Ed Ferguson was named sec ond vice- president of the associ ated students but neither Marge Moulding nor Jack Christerson, nominees for the first vice presi dent post, received the required majority to win the election. Nominated for senior class pres ident are Hollis Huston and Ray Short. '-John Beeble, now holding the office, was nominated but dej clined. Other students nominated are Susanna Schramm: and Doro thy Eates, class representative; Betty Anne ; Swanson and Pat Tracy, vice president; Mary Lou Moore and Lucille Barnhart, sec retary ; Nancy Strlcklin and , cille Piers torff, treasurer. ' - Juniors failed to nominate anyj one for class representative so will be allowed to write In names of. candidates at the - election. Running ; for offices are v Dick Maxwell, president; - Betty Pwf vost, Gordon Kunke- and Mabil Fpx, vice president; Betty Burkj hart, Betty Andrews and Janet Blake, secretary; Louise Wrisley, Lpule Fortino and Bill Glover, treasurer; Jack Hannam, Doug Heath and Jack WItliffe, sergeant at arms. ... Sophomore candidates are Ber nard Director, .Lloyd. ' Griffiths, Phil Sorenson and Gerald Wolf sehr, president; William" Blade, Roger Hancock and Pat Lamb, vice president; Stan Boyd, Wauy Brownlee, Jane Findley and xou pay clothes ' plejs . -v-V H --( Open Satnraay : - : - - - - - ( Joe's Upslairs Cloihcs Shop Entrance ' iMext r i.4 r -TcnXTown?H X Its mala street is all Indoors a mnld- lane manufacturing highway, down through the vast arsenal building. - ' . ! - ' i I j; J. '. Its freight depot sees the big boys loaded on their fla tears en route eventually to ' worldwide battlefronta, ! .. .. ;, j . Its schools, hospital, restaurants, police force, testing tracts all serve Tank Town and Its hustling- army end civilian , population as lt works night and day. (Chrysler) Tank' Army tanks are the tank capital of ' : The TANK t. -A,m . ' j .i soia lOAcoon, vww.uvw v vrvBucuoa uu miimn . .tAOC TMt ATIACK-SVY wABi SONDS i -. - Taae fca Hale Bewas ovary TaetsdaK ola Jacobsen, secretary-treasuiSr; Bob Dondvan, Norman WiUbn, sergeant at arms';' Helen VCra'vjm, Wilma ! Froman, Vicky Jones fcnd Charles Strong, representative,! ; Named by fresbmen as class of ficers are Al Fedje, president; Ted Corns tock, vice! ! president; Sat Otis, secretary; June MacMiUan, treasurer; j John Stockman, reprc sentativev s ' Russians Lay Mines fbr Nazis On! Escape lane E (Continued from page 1) :S about 100;j miles with movement of front, seethed as the Germans fell back ijand rushed reserves ; to plug gaps in their j crumbling lines. The Russians sent at least three columns wheeluigj in various di rections from various areas. One , Russian j movement j ws bollding j a bilge along to Berezina jjrlver between ICalink vichl j ajnd . Zhlobin. pushing northwestward toward BobrnL k. It was flanking; the last German nataral defense; line short of tie pre-war 'Polish frontier br cct- ting In iiback ef the German Orshs-Mpgilev Uhe on the Diui- i I! . Another soviet spearhead was less than 5 miles (south of Zhlofin as It moved I north between the Dnieper agid Sozh fivers. Stm oth er Russian forces moving north through the Pripet marshes Cap tured jYelsk, 1 13 miles souths of Mozyr, This also j was an exten sion of ihe Kiev' salient to jhe south i and 1 gave Jthe Russians a line west jbf Kiev from Chernyik hov 95" miles i north to Yelsk.ll t ' I- n more to have your tailored to imeasnre. You'll get longer wear perfect fit complete aatisf action. ! Select from ROYAL' 200 smart new fabrics ehooee! from 47 styles. 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