PAGE TWO
Inflation Must
Be Beaten,
Pleads Byrnes
(Turn to Page a Story D)
apparently de net realize the
sum-eme Importance of heldinf
' the line aamst Inflation."
j. j Byrne said.
' 'The unity displayed by the four
" great allied nations in their, con
ference just completed should
inspire unity at home, Byrnes as
s serted, and he added:
T' , 1 know the power of the Iead-
ers of labor, agriculture and ' in
dustry. I also know their patri
otism. I appeal to them to exer
cise their great influence in sup
port of the wise restraints we
have imposed upon ourselves. I
appeal to them to help their gov
ernment hold the line so that we
' will not lose the peace while our
' bovs win the war
y " Byrnes said he was happy to
announce for the benefit of Hit
'ler and Hirohito that our "150,
' 000th airolane came off the as
' sembly line today," that results of
full mobilization have been tre-
y-' mendous.
'- "But we cannot afford to rest
" on our oars,1 he warned.
S -"The most critical and theblood-
? p.t hattle of the war are ahead
- f us, he said, and "This is not
the time for us to take our eye oil
?'the target
Byrnes said, that war and
- nary review 'boards, worklnf
':witb his office, have been able
eliminate or reduce certain
I . programs by "the staggering
i-, amount of $16,000,090,000.- bat
'- this, be added should not be
: eonstrned as reason for any let
. down.
'Pearl Harbor
Courts Martial
To Be Delayed
(Turn to Page 2 Story E)
' miral Husband E. Kimmel and
! Major General Walter C. Short.
The commanders were re-
tiered of duty soon after the
' Japanese attack. Their super
iors said a court martial might
bring oat information of value
. to the enemy and should be pat
off to some Indefinite future
date.
Asserting "There is apparently
a new deal conspiracy aimed to
prevent any criticism of our for
. eign policies," Representative Fish
(R-NY) called for an immediate
court martial of Kimmel and
Short. 4
- "Why is the administration
afraid to start ctourt martial pro
ceedings unless higher-ups are
afraid of being involved in the
testimony . . . ?" he asked. "In
the spirit of fair play, ... I urge
that they (Kimmel and Short) be
permitted to appear before a
court martial in open session and
defend their own actions let
the chips fall where they may."
Good Neighbor
Bases Studied
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -P-A
recommendation that the Unit
ed States seek continued use of
Ecuador's Galapagos islands after
the war as a defense outpost for
the Panama canal came today
from a house committee. It also
.urged that understandings be
reached how on postwar commer-
. eial use of other bases this coun
try has built in Latin America.
Back from a flying inspection
j tour of such bases, the group
' headed by Rep. Merritt . (D-NY)
reported the "good neighbor poli
cy has been highly profitable to
our friends and advantageous to
us" but that there had been "poor
planning by some federal agen
cies and "bungling tactics by am
ateur goodwill emissaries.
ji Its findings contrasted with the
complaint of Sen. Butler (R-Neb.)
.also recently returned from South
America, that ' the administration
Is throwing away billions of dol
lars below the border and that
most Latin - Americans regard
this country as a "sucker."
.Toastmosters
Topics Vary
.? Salem Toastmasters ran the
gamut of subjects" Tuesday night
at they talked on subjects ranging
from the humorous experiences of
an Italian immigrant to "What
Makes: the State Great" Deputy
Sheriff Denver .Young expounded
on the latter subject and Stanley
Morris on the former, speaking in
dialect on "Which Side of the
Fence." v" .;-".
- George Moorhead spoke on
"What Makes a Masterpiece; Ed
win EL Thomas on "Democracy
In Marketing." and Robert E. Mor
rison on "Cooperation." ;
- Linn R. McTiSchlan was general
critic, and Charles McElhinny
toastmaster. i
Lewis Arena was table topic
chairman for the meeting, with
.the subject for general discussion
What Can I Personally Do To
ward Postwar Planning?"
It Dood It!
MOSCOW Dee. !-()- The
5 newspaper Bed Fleet reported
today that an airplane given to
-the Soviets by. Red Skelten.
1 Amerieaa movie actor, had
sunk two big German trans
; ' ports. ....
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Down toward the sea with s boat, or at least part of one, went Hubert Hansen (third man from the
left In this picture) Tuesday morning as he delivered the last superstructure manufactured at Oregon
Palp and Paper company's lumber division here en subcontract for C D. Johnson Lumber com
pany, Toledo, to be used on the last of a fleet of fast tag-boats built for the army. Pictured with the
cabin and wheelboose, loaded for the Jaunt toward the coast, and with Hansen, are, left to right,
Robert Thompson, who helped construct the series of superstructures, William Moss and at the ex
treme right, Albert Lidke.
Oregon Pulp, Paper Builds Tugboat Fleet
Cabins in Two Months f or Army Use
Illustrative of the way Oregon
mills and foundries cooperate to
fill war orders and of the varied
tasks to which this mill in par
ticular has turned its equipment
and labor to meet war needs is
the story of Oregon Pulp and Pa
per company lumber division's
part in building of a fleet of fast
tugboats for the US army, says
Edgar A. Linden, division mana
ger.
Called upon two months ago to
build the superstructures for the
fleet of speedy little vessels which
will operate out of an Oregon bay,
mill authorities here walked
through their plant and picked
ten experienced cabinetmakers,
turned a small corner of the fac
tory into a shop dedicated to the
job and the job was under way.
Original contract for the boats
was taken by the C. D. Johnson
Lumber company at Toledo,
which has done a variety of work
since It put out the first prefab
ricated houses on this part of the
coast a few years ago.
The OP and P lumber division
manufactured the s u p e r s t ruc-
tures, which are of Oregon fir,
with eastern ' oak window and
door frames and doors. Brass fit
tings were made to order by an
Oswego foundry so that the task
might be speeded.
PUD Issue
Involves State
F (Continued from page 1) F
car a, terminus of a major highway
to Rome.
Massed German infantry, tanks
and artillery stubbornly held ud
Montgomery's advance around the
inland strongpoint of Orsogna,
which the nazi recaptured two
days ago in an extremely costly
counter attack, and around Guar-
diagnele, three and one-half miles
southwest of Orsogna.
The German command appeared
willing to pay in increasingly high
price to delay the Eighth army's
advance and thus save if only
for a short time the important
town of Chieti, capital of Abruzzio
province, which is 10 airline miles
from Orsogna. The f ightinK on the
Adriatic flank now runs from the
north bank of the Moro river to
a point four miles northeast of
Orsogna, and then south of Casoli.
Doe to the weather, aerial
activity over Italy was slight,
bat Flying Fortresses and Lib
erators of the 15th US air force
struck heavily at the Germans'
Elevsis and Kalamakl airfields
near Athens sad with their
IJghtnlng escort shot down 10
enemy planes In a violent aer
ial battle. The attack on the na
si bases was described as "very
effective."
American fighter - bombers hit
the approaches to a bridge at Ce
prano southeast of Rome, and
P-40 War hawks attacked a bridge
southeast of Cassino. Two allied
planes were lost in all operations.
143 Valley Folk "
Donate Blood
On Anniversary
One hundred forty-three mid
valley residents observed the an
niversary of Pearl Harbor by do
nating blood to the Red Cross
plasma bank through the mobile
unit, which operated in Salem on
Tuesday. 1
Transportation difficulties which
arose too late for substitution ar
rangements held down the num
ber of actual donors. Red Cross
representatives pointed out last
night, although the city's quota
for the day was reached. Regis
trations numbered 17S.
038!
ra
FerQsleU HsKsl
tut
mum
:Thm
'Down to the Sea --
E. F. Ameson was foreman on
the tugboat cabin job, working
with Cliff Robertson, Jos Moori
man, R. E. Thompson, John L.
Wagner, Leo W. Estey, William
B. Anderson, John L. Sours, Ar
thur Hagen and Arthur Zilz.
When the ten cabinetmakers
finished their task this week, and
the last little house had been sent
to Toledo, there to be set by crane
directly on the boat for which it
had been built, they returned to
a navy contract which has occu
pied them much of the year.
Windows for the metal huts set
up by marines from the Arctic
circle to encampments deep in
tropic jungles have been made at
the lumber division plant and
continue to move out as rapidly
as navy contracts require. Ac
cording to Supt Leslie O. Wyman,
they have been shipped from
west coast, from the gulf and from
the Atlantic coast
Approximately three per cent
Soviets Hail
Teheran Meet
MOSCOW. Dec. 7-(P)- The of
ficial satisfaction of the Soviet
government with the Teheran
conference was -expressed today
through its newspaper Izvestia in
a statement that President Roose
velt, Premier Stalin and Prime
Minister Churchill "adopted deci
sions which will have a historical
significance on the fate of the
world."
The emphaticness of the news
paper's editorial, which will be
read by millions of Russians from
the battlefront in the west to the
Pacific ocean, left no doubt that
Premier Stalin and his advisers
were pleased with what they
learned from their allies.
The editorial was spread over
three columns of Izvestia's front
page and the issue contained page
wide photographs of the three al
lied leaders. Since yesterday the
story and decisions of the Teheran
conference have been told over
and over by the Moscow radio. -
Blankenship's Hearing
To Be Held Today
ALBANY Preliminary hearing
for Floyd C Blankenship, held
without ball on a first degree
murder charge, will be held Wed
nesday, December 8. The case
was postponed by Justice of the
Peace Victor Olliver because of
the absence of Blankenship's at
torney, Arthur K. McMahan.
Blankenship is held in connect
tion with the fatal stabbing of
Ralph Buskirk at Sweet Home
Friday night December 8. r
Tonight and Thursday
CIRLS!
GAGS!
ROMANCE
Tera V Dale. Evans
Tagne and -
l uoger vianc
Second Blg.Teatnre
"RIGHT TO THE
HEART"
, With Brenda Joyce,
- Cobtna Wright, Jr.
-SPECIAL
THE MODEST MIRACLE"
H lr SCrSTTT
OREGON STATESMAN. Golem,
of the business done today at the
mill on the Salem waterfront Is
"normal" while the remainder of
the jobs undertaken by the. 140
employes are. related to the war,
Wyman estimated Tuesday.
"The tugboat cabin and wheel
house units are just part of it;
we hadn't planned to build them
but we could and we did," he
added simply.
Allied Bombers
Blast Center
On New Britain
G (Continued from page 1) G
Busching, represented centers
from which the enemy has dis
tributed troops and supplies by
barge or were junction points on
the overwater haul from RabauL
Japan's once-formidable sea and
air base on New Britain.
The bombing was augmented
by fierce strafing and the results
were described as wholly satis
factory. A spokesman said meantime
that a sharp drop In Japanese
naval craft suing the big base
ef Rabanl en New Britain was
noticed. (Rear Admiral Robert
Carney has said that RabanL
which once dominated the south
ern seas, no longer Is tenable
to the enemy and "we have
complete control ef the waters.")
Ground fighting has subsided
in the Empress Augusta bay area
on Bougainville, where the Amer
icans have enlarged their beach
head to seven miles wide and five
miles deep. Here our bombers hit
a Japanese supply line and explod
ed 48 tons of bombs on an am
munition dump.
OuT dive bombing fighters
struck also at Jap communications
south of Bogadjim on New Guinea.
Single enemy planes made in
effectual raids on allied positions
in the Finschhafen and Lae areas
of New Guinea.
Sharp fighting was In pro
gress in . the Australians' tank
sapported drive on Waree, New
Gaines, and the Japanese posi
tions there were thoroughly
bombed and strafed. The Aus
tralians are striving to clear the
enemy from the peninsula '
which overlooks D ampler strait
between New Gainean and New
Britain, a possible invasion
channel.
Lrnrtrirl
)PEN 6:45 P.
Now Playing!
n
Two Big
Features!
Bogart '
At His
Best!
tuu
Co-Hit!
, Jlelodj!
Mirth!
LOUISE -CAMPBELL
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Oregon. Wednesday Homing.
Warden Seelts
egation
For 1st Timers
(Turn to Page 2 Story B)
confronted with the segregation
angle.) Some states are building
new correctional Institutes far re
moved from prison walls. And
most of them are realizing .the
tremendous Influence of higher
education on younger minds."
He pointed ent that he had
recommended the extension of
the prison , wall te the north
property line, thereby enlarging
the yard sixe by nearly eight
acres at a cost of S43.000. If this
is . done, he said, there would
be a possibility ef asing a por
tion ef it for a new building- to
house the first offenders exclu
sively. Turks Pledge
Friendship
At Meeting
H (Continued from page 1) H
ture relations between the four
countries concerned."
Cairo was flooded with rumors
during the conference, including
the prediction that Turkey was
ready to enter the war immedi
ately on the side of the allies.
The sober fact seemed to be,
however, that Turkey is near
sizable German ground forces
and air fields and that she
. would . need allied help If she
should abandon her neutrality.
High British quarters took
cognisance ef a Stockholm re
port that German and Bulgar
ian troops were massing along
the Turkish border, and stated
flatly, there was ne confirma
tion for this report.
The possibility remained that
Turkey, while maintaining her
neutrality, might cede bases te
the allies as neutral Portugal
did in the Asores.
The talks with Inonu were held
at the site of the earlier Roose
velt - Churchill conference with
Chiang Kai-shek t h e heavily
guarded Mena house, surrounded
by barbed wire barricades.
Slavs Report
Fresh Victory
By WILLIAM SMITH WHITE
LONDON, Dec 7-ff)-Yugoslav
partisans, stubbornly holding open
a breach on Hitler's southeastern
Balkan defenses in anticipation of
an allied southern Invasion as
promised at the Teheran confer
ence, tonight reported fresh,
smalUiard-won victories against
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's
nasi invaders.
Meanwhile the political situa
tion in Yugoslavia was agitated
by an order issued In Cairo by
Gen. Draja Mihailovie, command
er of the Yugoslav patriot forces,
for all guerrilla troops in the
country to submit themselves to
his authority.
In the past there have been re
ports of clashes between Mihafl
ovic's patriots and the partisan
forces of Gen. Josip Broz (Tito),
and Mihailovic's order, which
threatened punishment to armed
groups which refused to submit
to his leadership, was expected to
increase the tension.
A war bulletin from Tito's
headquarters reported clear-cut
successes in Slovenia and said his
partisans were engaged in, as yet,
indecisive fighting along the line
of the Sara j evo-Mostar railway
one of the main enemy communi
cations in Yugoslavia. .
OPENS 6:4S P.
ENDS TODAY!
GINGER RAY
ROGERS MILLAND
"MAJOR AND THE
MINOR"
"HENRY ALDRICH
EDITOR-
STARTS TOMORROW!
Orf si Asjerka's Gisriess Past
Cesses As E&atst Sery el
At Sag tvsf fTWl - j
GARY COOPER
GEORGE RAFT
AT SEil4
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HARRY CAREY
A Field Day of Fun!
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OMeHOllEFRONT
By DAE IX
Remember when the word "im
ported" carried with it some sort
of magicT
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For ChrT"". we sisters bought
one another long . necklaces of
glass beads "made in Czechoslo
vakia. and though- they were the
very American thing to. wear that
winter, the mere fact that the
blue, and scarlet strands-had come
from across the sea did wonders
for our" little-girl morale.
Today We as proudly wear the
"made in USA" gadgets, eat from
California pottery and continue
to seek the colorful foreign
touch. , '
So the sdfts made by American
craftsmen, designed by American
artists In Russian peasant color-
infc; and sold for benefit of Russian
War Relief, entrance us.....
The new Russian cook book for
American homes, gay wooden ear
bobs, lapel pins, Christmas cards,
pottery ash trays, calendars and
similar small items will fill many
a "tiny gift" need.
V
And, somehow, we like the idea
of putting some of the Christmas
money into a project which has
so much of the Christmas spirit
in it the year around. We appre
ciate, too, the fact that Marjorie
Church Brewster, chief saleslady
of the Russian-type articles at 270
North Commercial street, receives
nothing for the service except ap
preciation.
Daniels Dies
Of Suffocation
An tone Daniels' death in the
St. Paul jail on the morning of
Sunday, December 3, occurred by
"suffocation from burning mater
ial," coroner's jury concluded
following an Inquest Tuesday.
Evidence produced at the in
quest was not sufficient to deter
mine how the blaze in the jail
cell was caused. Daniels had a'
box of matches on his person but
there were no burned matches in
evidence when his body was
found Sunday morning about 9
o'clock.
Daniels had been placed in the
cell by Marshal Koch about 11
o'clock Saturday night, following
his arrest at the DeJardin store
where, apparently inebriated, he
had caused a disturbance accord
ing to testimony brought before
the coroner's jury. The marshal
had returned about midnight " to
bring the prisoner an extra blan
ket and found him sleeping peace
fully. District Attorney Miller B. Hay
den as well as Coroner L. E. Bar- j
rick were at St Paul for the inquest.
CONTINUOUS SHOWS FROM 1P.M.
LAST TIMES TODAY!
Charles Coburn
"Ily Kingdom
A Gooh
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Extension
Meet Is Held
The Marion County Home E
i.' MmMWMnw( at the home
of Mrs. Grace Cramer in Hubbard
c.trinfav. Vollowina a short bust
nessl session in the morning,
luncheon was served with covers
ni mA tar Miss Frances Clinton,
.nm riomonstration agent. .; and
members of her committee: Mrs.
r a Lvnds. Mrs. Harry Martin,
Mrs. Floyd Fox, Mrs. Verny Scott,
Mrs.1 James Keys, Mrs. H. -Woodburn
and the hostess, Mrs.
Cramer. '
Miss runtiTw reported on the
November extension program of
Women and the Law, conauctea
with the cooperation of the Mar
ton County Bar association. No
unit meetings are scheduled lor
December but are to be resumed
in January with, demonstrations
in II units made by project lead
ers for the first time to the counj
ty. Announcement was made also
of the reeular Tuesday morning
home economics broadcast over
KSLM Farm and Home program
from 17:05 to 7:15.
Plans -were made for the pro
ject leader training meeting to be
held at the YMCA in Salem Mon
day, January 3. Three of the com
mittee members are to attend as
project leaders . from their local
communities, Mrs. Floyd Fox and
Mrs. ! Verny Scott from Union HOI
and Mrs. James Kels from Edirfa
Lane, The other four, of the com
mittee are' to assist with lunch
arrangements' with . Mrs. H. R.
Woodburn chairman. . i I
The training meeting Is to be
on "The Care-and. Repair of Nozi
electiical -Equipment, with Miss
Lois' Lutzj home. furnishing . spec
ialist from Oregoi State college,
conducting. ; . - ; ." ..
The next meeting, of the com
mittee will be at the home of
Mrs.; James Keys of Edina Lane
on the fourth Saturday in January.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 7.
Urged by the democratic and re
publican house leadership to. exj
Dedite action on mustirin mt
pay for the armed forces, the
house military committee an
nounced it would start hearings
on administration-backed legisla
tion tomorrow.
Chairman May (D-Ky) added
that he expected the house to act
Friday. Previously, he had said
there was little likelihood of com
mittee action before the first of
the year because of the absence
of committee members.. I
legislation under consider p
ation provides for' payment of
$100 j upon discharge to men and
women who have been in Uniform
less than three months, $200 for
those with from three to six
months service, and $300 for more
than six months service. : L
Mustering Out
Pay Parley Set
1 EVERY Of E KNOWS THOSE CNQ knQWS F
Chesier
for
e.".r 1 -
Ilorris
Allies Strilte
Heavy Bloivs
Iri MuL-Pacific
(Turn toil Page la-tory C)
I In his office overlooking the
scene ef the wreckage of two
years age. Aim. Chester IV. NI-
r mits awaited! reports of the new
est istrlke 04 the Marshails. an
attack by strong carrier task
forces. They Jsnayj; have lncloded
some of the ships seat to the
bottom of Fearl Ilarbor in the
'a 11 ! l A . li a. t
, sneax anacs snas precipitated
war in the Pacific. Most ef those
Teasels have; since been raised
and repaired and have rejoined
,theffleet.. i, f .
.The atUck; on the Marshails fol
lowed the pattern of those whichf
were the forerunners of the in-
vasion of the i Gilberts, the island;
conquered two weeks ago at suchl
high icost in American lives.
Pierces li
ine
1
(turn to; Page S2 Story A)
the remaining $161,000,000. If he
sold I them all he would' receive!
$1,860,000
!! , III
observed that, the.
It iwill be
more bonds
Isold, the greater Gun
Myers commission and that is!
wnere power
users outside Hood:
River PVtt,
irr ; pernaps more
deeply concerned than those in
aide.
The PUD
I has 'power of con-
demnation"
within its- own area
but cot beyond. It proposes to re
sell the other 'property to districts
which presumably! will be crea-l
ted, fat cost," j But What about thaf
cost The Hood Rjver News putsj
It! this way: I 1 '. li
. j "The real secrei of his Iy- I
. era') success j te date 'appear to
lie in offering such a fat' price
for j vtUity properties that the
owners cannot afford to turn It I
-down.:- -.-j- .: m
: "Since his fees S np with
the price pald Myers has no in-; I
centive te jidrlve s sharp bar4:
gain. In fat, hb I willingness to 1
maae proiitaoie xor private
owners of a juttllty te sell is a
successful method of retting a
bbr deal Inlimotlon. i
"But what happens to electrl-j
city users daring the long period 1
of years during Which bond lS-
sues are to be retired and his per
centages paid: is something
else
again.
Dines With Smuts
CADXO, Dec. 7rW-Ireident ?
Roosevelt dined last night with?
Field Marshal Jan Christian'
Smuts, prime tnlnister of the Un
ion of South j Africa!, and a mem'-
ber of the British! war cabinet!
Marshal Smuts arrived by. plane
from London. ( -
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