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The OREGON STATESMAN, Ccdexaw Oregon. Friday Morning, December 3. 1S13
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Lunger Hoard
Eyes Uniform t
Wage Chore -
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 2-
A reorganized west coast lumber
commission with four new ap
pointees was ready, today to tackle
the job c establishing uniform
- wages for fir and. pine workers.
Thomas H. Tongue, executive
secretary, said, the .commission
would probably convene this
weekend to clean up odds and
ends before opening industry
wide hearings on- pine pay scales.
Hearisgs on fir wages were
completed before the war labor
board (TTLB) reorganized the
five-man commission, expanding
ft to six members, and upheld its
jurisdiction in industry controver
sies in Oregon, Washington, Ida
ho, California and, Montana.
New members of the -commission
are- Richard R. Morris. Port
land, and Walter Leuthold, Spo
. kane, employers representatives;
John Galey, Portland, public rep
resentative and r vice-chairman,
and Leslie B. Sulgrove, Tacoma,
labor representative,
' Ben H. K3zerK Spokane, public
representative and chairman, and
William T. Geurts, Portland, la-r
bor representative, remain on the
commission.
Charles W. For. Portland. J. B.
Fitzgerald, Seattle.. H. B. Weaver,
Spokane,, and A. H. Gordon, San
Francisco, were named alternate
employer representatives.
Transports
To Be Built,
Kaiser Yards
PORTLAND, Dec. 2-.V) Con
struction cf more than 50 heavily
armed transports will be started
at two Henry J. Kaiser shipyards
in this area next year. It was dis
closed today. 1
Edgar F. Kaiser, general man
ager of Kaiser yards hereabouts
. said Oregon Shipbuilding corpora
tion at Portland, and Kaiser yards
at Vancouver, Wash., will start
work, on the transports spe
cially outfitted victory ships
as soon as present facilities are
converted. ',:
Oregon i shipbuilding, already
changing over from liberty freigh
ters to larger, speedier victories,
will launch its first victory in mid
January. The first twenty vessels
probably will go to the merchant
fleet. . -
The Vancouver yard,; still sev
eral months short of completing
its present contract for vest-pocket
aircraft carriers, will go to work
on the transports later.
Practical Santas,
200 Service Men
PORTLAND. Dec 2-flVChrist-
mas mail will be delivered with
the help of 200 soldiers and sail
ors, E. T. Hedlund, Portland post
master, announced today.
The men. stationed at nearbv
bases, will receive no additional
pay for the- work. " :
Wilson Heads
Sheriff Group
Lodge Holds
Initiation
INDEPENDENCE .Initiation
ceremonies for Mrs. Lloyd Ober
son and Mrs. John Holechek were
held Thursday night at the regu
lar meeting of Willamette temple
of Pythian Sisters. "
Capt. and Mrs. J5. J. -Rose and
daughter have moved to the new;
house at 589 Fourth street ' Miss
Claire Rubin, - a "sister of Mrs.
Rose, will be with them until
spring. . "V: -y
The new house at 560 Fourth
street has been occupied by Col.
and Mrs. : Richard Reynolds. Col.
Reynolds is a medical man at
Camp Adair.
Lt. and Mrs. Joe P. Mc Andrew
and daughter have moved to the
Herley borne on Sixth street, pur
chased recently by, Mr. .and Mrs.
Cleve Robinson.
Kenneth E. Johnson was the
honored guest at a. dinner Friday
evening! at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Beck en. Others present
were Mr. and Mrs. Et T. Johnson
of Salem,. Mr. and Mrs. Herb
Burch and Terrie of Salem, and
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Beckeri.
Miss Veva Couey; spent the
' weekend at the home of Mr. and
.Mrs. Francis Eddy at Hoskins.
Dr. and Mrs. George Knott have
- received word from their daugh
ter, Mrs. John Irving, that her
husband has been advanced to
the ' rank." of - signalman, second
class. Mrs. Irving is employed at
the government placement bureau
In San Francisco.
Signals Paralyzed
PORTLAND, Dec. "t i-GF) A
power wire, blown down by hea
vy winds, blacked out all traffic
signals on, Portland east side for
three hours this afternoon.
f I iio fir
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The Supermeat
Dog Food, made
with plenty of
fresh raw meat;
solves your' dog's
war-time food
nroblem. We
fnarantee h w i 1 1 like - HOME
LATE, and you .will appreciate
the handy, economical 10-lb. bag
NO FUSS FT33 DAILY
KO MTJS3 FEED D&Y .
Bay frest Tour Retailer '
r T7s Ili;a rdils Necessary
f - 11,1 3
For Next Year
PORTLAND, Dec 2.-y High
ways and motor vehicles are The
two most important factors in our
war effort," W. W. Stiffler, a state
highway engineer, told Oregon
district attorneys today.
Stiffler, speaking at the two-day
annual convention, declared that
motorized : transports, now carry
ing the stiff est burden ever exper
ienced could deliver a far greater
daily tonnage to ports of embar
cation than could railroads.
Circuit Judge James W.-Crawford,
speaking before Oregon
sheriffs, who also opened their
annual convention today, warned
against federal encroachment on
local authorities. He urged the
sheriffs not to permit emergency
administrative orders to be con
tinued into postwar days under
guise of "fictitious emergency.
C. C Wilson, Moro, was elected
president of the Sheriffs associa
tion; Paul Kearney, Astoria, vice
president, and Allen E. Birch, Til
lamook, secretary-treasurer.
The sheriffs and attorneys will
meet jointly tomorrow.
US Casualty: -Toll
to Date
Is 126,969
WASHINGTON, Dee, 1 : -iff)
The war to date has cost the
United States 128,569 military cas
ualties, 27,481 of them killed In
action.
Secretary of War Stimson an
nounced today that army casual
ties from the start of the war to
November 15 totaled 94,913, while
figures compiled by the navy re
ported 32,051 casualties for the
navy, marine corps and coast
guard through last week.
The navy figures did not In
clude losses in the Gilbert islands
where 1092 men were killed and
26S0 wounded, all but a few being
marines shot down on Tarawa.
The army total apparently 1 in
cluded only part of the casualties
suffered by American units of the
Fifth army in Italy Stimson
said these units from the begin
ning of operations on the Italian
mainland have lost 1811 killed,
7091 wounded and 2670 missing.
Stimson also reported that 1610
American soldiers taken prisoner
have died in enemy prison camps,
most of them In Japanese - occu
pied territory. So far, the war de
partment has published the names
of 1555 who died in Japanese
prison camps.
Postmasters Named
WASHINGTON, Dec 2 -JP-Two
postmasters in Oregon Clare
M. Sawyer at Drain, and Mildred
B. Croner at Oakridge were
confirmed by the senate. ;
Board Oiairman
Gets Invitation
To Attend Meets
; PORTLAND, Dec 3-ff)-When
Paul A. Sayre became Portland
school board chairman he sug
gested the board hold semi-month
ly panels. )
It did. But Sayre wasn't sure it
was Emily Post to attend. The
panels, he said, were really com
mittee meetings, and since the
chairman wasn't officially a com
mittee member, he didn't want to
intrude and he hadn't been in
vited. ; " .
So today the school board sent
Sayre a formal invitation. '
Robertson Mate
Of Seascout Ship
A naval veteran of World War
II, Carrol Robertson, will be mate
of sea scout ship No. 1 when it
gets under way at the first meet
ing next Monday in the Rotary
cabin at Leslie school. Mate Rob
ertson was given a medical dis
charge from the navy recently.
The skipper of the ship Is L. V.
Reed.
The program win be a senior
scout sound movie. Following the
movie, refreshments will be
served. The arrangements for the
meeting are being made by Carl
Gunther of the charter club.
Membership in the sea scout
ship is open to former Boy Scouts
and any other boys over the age
of 15. Any boys interested are In
vited to attend the meeting.
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