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The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon. Wednesday Morning, December 13, 1943
Van Wirilde
Dies Tuesday
i -B: (Continued from page 1) B
a tot long separated from official
l' connection with Willamette uni
versity, lor ne became an msiruc-
, tor in the law college in 1905 and
V a trustee of the university in 1900
. He, became dean of the law col
jlege in 1913 and dean emeritus in'
',"127., He had been prominent as
football player and track ath
lete .In nis undergraciuaie aavs.
Active in the Methodist church
L as a trustee, he also held mem
bership in the Salem Kiwanis
club and in the Woodman and
Maccabee fraternal orders. He
was a lifelong republican.
On September 2. 1902, he was
Carried to Miss Leila V. Parnsh
;;iof Monmouth, who died in 1918
'-'Their daughter, Mrs. Edward R.
'-Melton, is living at Manhattan,
TTCas:, where her husband is in
-'army service. He is survived also
by two brothers, Dr. J. O. Van
ft;Wfnkle who is physician at the
Vktafe hospital farm, and Frank
Van Winkle of Portland, and one
'ifiker. Mrs. Carrie Patterson f
P6rtland.
Funeral arrangements had not
been completed Tuesday night.
The Clough-Barrick company will
be in charge.
Directors Okeh
Hiring Army -Wife
to Teach
Bringing an army camp into a
community not only adds to the
number of children in school, but
it may help provide a staff, Supt.
Frank B. Bennett and school di-
rectors agreed Tuesday night as
approval for hiring of one officer's
wife and instructions to check in
to qualifications of the. wife of
another were given.-
. Mrs. Evelyn Landis, who holds
bachelor's degree and has in ad
dition teacher college training and
f(ther graduate work and who for
j$pur years taught in Chicago pub
lic schools will December 27 r
f&jf Mrs. Lila Waters, first grade
' teacher at Washington school who
3Tas" been granted leave -of ab
sence. ''The resignation of Miss Lucille
Acant, first grade teacher at High
land who would like to take a po
sition so that she may be with
her mother, who has been left
alone, was accepted tentatively.
If qualifications of the second pos
sible substitute meet state require
ments, she will be -allowed to re
sign. t s " ;
BoUVWrs. Landis and the other
young womaXnnder consideration
liave-pcamiised to Temainfthrough
xne scnooi year, Bennett said.
Draftee Cases to
Be Reopened
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14-(TP)
The cases of thousands of draft
registrants who have been de
ferred because of their jobs were
ordered reopened today.
In accordance '' with recent
amendments to the draft law, se
lective service issued instructions
for reviewing the occupational de
ferments of all registrants whose
principal places of emDloyment
and local boards are in different
apoeal board areas. The reviews
will be made by appeal boards
having jurisdiction over the regis
trant's place of employment.
The regulation does not require
review when the principal place
f employment and the local
board are in the same appeal
area.
Selective service officials em
phasize that appeals are still to
be filed through the local board
with which a man Is registered.
The board will forward the de
ferment plea to the proper appeal
body.
Salem-Bourul Bus
Collides With Trolley
PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 14-(P)
-f Thirteen passengers were taken to
: a hospital tonight after a Salem
bound Pacific Greyhound bus and
Portland Traction company
tcackless trolley collided at an
intersection here.
Hospital attendants described
the injuries as not serious. Police
Traffic Patrolman Vernon Tilden
said the bus was driven by Jesse
J. Carley, 29, Salem, and the trol
ley by Walter Thompson, 43,
Portland.
Cesner 111 "
Capt Ralph Gesner of the Sa
lem fire department was taken to
Salem. General - hospital Tuesday
night, reported seriously ill.
Today. Thar, and FrL
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Marshall Atolls
Feel (Weight of
Allied Bombs
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Tarawa, the main Gilbert base
where United States marines last
month wiped out a force of 4,000
Japanese and won possession aft
er suffering heavy losses. Head
quarters said the raiders caused
no casualties and no damage to
installations, which include the
fine Tarawa airfield, now used
by American planes.
By ASAHEL BUSH
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AL
LIED HEADQUARTERS, Wed
nesday, Dee. 15.-(fly-The ris
ing strength silled sir power
In the southwest Pacific has
-struck again at New Britain,
this time with a new record
weight of bombs.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's com
munique today said the full fury
of the blows landed Sunday on
both shores of the huge island,
and to the tons of bombs were
added thousands of machinegun
bullets.
The Gasmata area, on the south
central coast, bore the brunt of
an assault by more than 100 Lib
erator heavy and Mitchell medi
um bombers -which, under cover
of lightning fighters, dropped 248
tons of bombs in wave after wave
oi a miaaay aiiagit.
Of all the enemy centers on the
island, only Rabaul. oft-smacked
Japanese base on the northeast
tip, has received a greater pound
ing in a single raid.
For nearly three hours, Ihe
bombers poured it on from a min
imum altitude, strafing with ma
chinegun) as well as blasting with
bombs. Previous raids had been
notable for the absence of enemy
fighter interception, but in this
one, 19 Japanese planes rose to
dispute the air. Two of them were
shot down. All our planes re
turned.
Simultaneous aerial blows also
were dealt Cape Has kins on the
north coast of the island, and at
Wide bay on the southeast coast.
Australian Beaufort medium
bombers, Beaufighters and Doug
las attack planes carried the brunt
of these attacks. " .
Air patrols also raided the Cape
Gloucester area, on the western
tip of New Britain, hitting large
ly the airdromes which have been
struck with varying force daily
for two weeks.
Three strong p re-dawn counter
attacks against Australian troops
in the Ramu valley, above the
Huon peninsula. New Guinea,
were repulsed with heavy loss to
the enemy, the communique said.
The Australians .here are. aiming
at the enemy supply, base at-Ma-
ttbwigpnthe coast
Another Australian force was
reported closing in on the ene
my's supply base at Lakona, on
the Huon peninsula coast, 12 miles
north of Finschhafen.
Along the Huon coast allied air
patrols wrecked 10 enemy barges
and allied light haval units in a
night attack ' sank ' three -barges
near Sanga river, And nine off
Reiss Point.
! The' sweep of the allied air
strokes included blows at Koe
pang,' Timor island northwest of
Australia, where large fires were
started in the town and the wharf
area.
Adm. William F. Halsey's head
quarters reported that the Solo
mons airforce, in 200 more sorties
over invaded Bougainville island,
has dropped 150 tons of explos
ives, chiefly on supply bases.
Reconnaissance fliers over Jap
an's Ballale fighteF strip in the
Shortlands off the south coast of
Bougainville reported that enemy
engineers had done some prelim
inary work toward restoring the
field during recent bad weather,
which halted American air at
tacks. The fliers said, however,
the Japanese apparently lacked
heavy machinery for grading and
surfacing, probably because such
available equipment had been
smashed by recent bombings.
Police Apprehend
13-Year-OId Lad
A l$-year-old Portland lad, who
has led police officers of this area
a rnerrjt..' fchase since he arrived
here the" -middle of last week in a
ear he later admitted having stol
en in 'Portland And who escaped
from' juvenile detention rooms
here lesr than 24 hours after his
arrest, was apprehended In Day
ton on' Tuesday night by state
police. :
MMS
The Farce
Plus Special Musical 'Features I
; Tcnigfcl - Thursday Friday
Elks' Temple
ONtheHOME FRONT
By ISABEL CH7TJXI J
So sure are some of us that
shipyard salaries are being paid to
all the persons who a few. years
ago were the unemployed that
one whole side of Christmas
seems likely to be lost to us.
V
Headquarters of a Santa Claus
party have been established at 482
Park avenue in New York City
simply because Mrs. Browning
Smith seven years ago saw a doll
protruding from an ash can.
She pulled the one item out,
dressed it up and with it as nuc
leus started a collection of gifts
for children in the mountains of
her native Tennessee and neigh
boring states.
Last year, with help from almost
every state in the union, the Santa
Claus party reached its, 50,000
presents goal, and this year again
50,000 children will be made hap
py through its efforts.
V . .
Perhaps the sight of a tossed-
away toy, the vision oi plenty
and the memories of youngsters
who had had very little may com
bine to keep for us, too, even in
this year of the shipyards, a very
important part of Christmas.
Knox Confident
Navy Is Master
Iii Pacific
E (Continued from page 1) E
nese fleet would "come out and
fight" Instead, the enemy has
used only comparatively small
units in support of outposts
throughout the Pacific
Those little fleets have been
smashed systematically' sent' to
the bottom or forced to. turn back
to their bases badly crippled in
engagements which Kriox said are
clear part of "the whole stra
tegy."
"One of the most striking
things" in the entire picture, the
navy secretary believes, is that
the Japanese are relying more and
more on self-propelled barges for
transport.
He reported that transports' and
cargo ships are seen rarely at
Japanese-held bases, probably be
cause of severe losses inflicted by
American submarine, air and sur
face forces. "
Torpedo boats are taking a heavy
toll: of the barges, Knox said.
Cramer Named
Director
PORTLAND, Dec. 14-&P)-Ore-
gon's board of higher education
rescued the state's war - threat
ened teacher, training program
today and appointed Dr. .John
Francis Cramer dean and director
of general extension.
Oregon, Southern Oregon and
Eastern Oregon Colleres of Ed
ucation will not close their doors
for the duration despite a war
caused drop In enrollment to
317 student teachers, the board
decided.
The three schools will continue
on much the same basis as now,
the board said, voting $1800- to
bolster in-service training of ele
mentary teachers.
School District Hunts
Bids on Oil Tank
Having called for bids, adver
tised for bids and asked for bids,
the building and grounds commit
tee of the Salem school district
will now go out and attempt to
negotiate for bids so that a new
fuel oil tank may be installed at
the senior high school "building.
No bids were entered by the ap
pointed Hour last night, District
Business Manager Connell Ward
told directors at their meeting.
Blankenship Faces
Manslaughter Charge
ALBANY, Dee. 14 -P- A
charge of manslaughter faces
Lloyd Blankenship In connec
tion with the fatal . knifing of
Ralph Busklrk at Sweet Home
December 3, Victor Olliver, Jus
tice of the peace, disclosed to
day. The charge was reduced
from first degree murder.
IB
Comedy
!
Curtain at 8:00
Eden Reports
Teheran Meet
To Commons
D (Continued from page 1) D
bitter end, whatever the cost.
however long it takes."
The confidential discussions
with Turkey at Cairo raised "good
hopes that they will be found to
have established a sound basis
for future cooperation" between
Turkey, Britain, the United States
and Russia, he said.
Eden told commons that con
tinuous rain, swollen rivers and
mud had slowed the advance of
allied armies in Italy, where Am
ericao casualties up to November
25 totaled 10,649 and British cas
ualties 16,074.
He said that the British govern
ment looks for France to i
again. '
After having seen Prime Min
ister Churchill and President Chi
ang Kai-shek in a map room for
hours "diving deep into war
plans" with Mrs. Chiang Kai-shek
and Admiral Lord Louis Mount
batten, allied commander-in-chief
in the Asiatic theater, Eden said
he felt that they' "speak the same
language of determination."
He renewed Britain's pledge to
fight as a principal in the far east
because, he said, "To destroy Ger
many ana men make a compro
mise peace with Japan would only
sow the seeds of a third world
war."
The British, he said, would help
deprive Japan of "Opportunity
for further mischief," because
Japan, is "just as great a menace
to the security of the British com
monwealth as to the security of
either the United States or China."
Eden said that postwar collab
oration between Britain and Chi
na "both in policy and commerce
were discussed at Cairo, and he
expressed confidence that steady
progress would be made in both
spheres.
As to the Teheran meeting, he
said that "Any and every topic'
discussed by Roosevelt, Churchill
and Stalin in four days and nights
of informal talks that were car
ried on even during the lunch'
eans and dinners.
"More than once before the al
lies have stood together in war
and fallen apart in peace," Eden
said, adding that now he had
hopes they could maintain "In the
world orderly progress and con
tlnuing peace."
Cherkasy Falls
To Russians
A (Continued from page 1) A
Despite local Russian successes.
Field Marshal Gen. Fritz Von
Mannstein's concentrations of al
most 2000 tanks and many divi
sions of infantry have rolled the
Russians back 30 miles from the
rail junctions of Korosten and
Zhitomir.
But southeast of Kiev in the
Dnieper bend a -big and import
ant Russian offensive was on the
march. By taking Cherkasy Gen.
van S. Konev's second Ukrainian
army rolled the Germans back to
the Tasmin river line guarding
the rail junction of Smela and be
gan to swing shut the nazis es
cape door.
Russian columns captured sev
eral populated places as they ad
vanced on Kirovograd south of
Cherkasy; others captured five
more populated places as they
worked northward to link the
Cherkasy and Kirovograd areas.
Haytcard on Furlough
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 14 VPh-
Capt. Louis Hayward, former ac
tor who was in the thick of the
fight on Tarawa as a marine corps
photographer, arrived home to
night. Marine authorities, who an
nounced his arrival, said Hayward
would spend a brief leave here
with his wife, actress Ida Lupino.
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Gleri Seeley
PGE Employe,
Dies Here
Arrangements had not been
completed Tuesday night for the
funeral of Glen H. Seeley, for 24
years an : employe here of Port
land General " iJectnc . company
and long an active member of
Capital post of the American Le
gion, who died at his home Mon
day.
Mis. Seeley was confined to
her bed with illness at the time of
Mr. Seeley's death and their only
son, Donald, now in the US army,
was expected to arrive in Salem
last night to arrange details of
the service.
Returning from naval service
at, the ' close , of the first World
war, Mr. Seeley entered the em
ploy of the PGE in 1919. It was
from his work as station operator
that he had gone to his home, 944
North Winter street, only a few
hours before his death. He had
not- been ill, friends said.
Survivors include the widow.
Clara M. Seeley; the one son, who
has been stationed at Madison,
Wis.; the mother, Mrs. Mae See
ley of Portland; one brother, Ray
Seeley, Portland; sisters, Mrs
Margaret Finch, Portland, and
Mrs. Helena McDonough, Seattle.
2 Die in Fire at
Grand Ronde
WILLAM IN A, Dec 14H5V A
man and his son died today in the
collapse of a burning house at Old
Grand Ronde, nine miles west of
here, and two other children were
burned in escaping from a second
story bedroom.
Lauran Dunigan, 37, who helped
his wife and two children escape
from the second floor by sliding
down an awning, was killed when
he re-entered the blazing struc
ture in an attempt to remove his
13-year-old son, Jean. Both were
caught by falling timbers.
The injured are Beverley Jane,
10, who was taken to a McMinn-
ville hospital, and Jimmie, 3. Mrs.
Dunigan was not injured. The
family moved here from Salina,
Kan., last July.
Tsk, Grouclio,
Rib's on You
LOS ANGELES, Dee. 14 -A)
The new acquaintance he made
today, says Comedian Groscte
Marx, was tall, tough and par
ticularly wooden in personality.
"I got personally introduced
to a telephone pole," he explain
ed to emergency hospital sur
geons who treated him for an
abrasion en the forehead and a
possible fractured rib.
Groncho said Doris Smith, a
friend, had Just alighted from
his car "and I was looking at
her in the rear-view mirror, or
rolling P the .windows, or
something" when the ante
struck the pole.
"Are yea f eeling well, 'Groo
cho?" he asked himself at the
hospital. "No, rm not feeling
well, .Greucbo. Is this a gag,
Groucho? .No, Grevcho, it's
rib on me."
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Marion County
Assistance
Grants Gain
The average monthly old age
assistance allowance in " Marion
county has increased from ap
proximately 324.60 a year ago to
$28.50 for October of this year,
most recent month for which the
state public welfare commission
report is available.
Due to this increase in average
payments, though the number of
recipients .has declined - 6.7 per
cent in a year, .the total, obliga
tion from federal, state and coun
ty funds for old age assistance has
increased 7.2 per cent to $45,857,
the . report shows.
Recipients numbered 1609, as
compared to 1735 last March. .The
principal shrinkage in numbers
occurred in April and May.
Marion county's average pay
ment of $28.50 a month is 70 cents
below the state average, $29.20.
Multnomah's high average of
$32.73 applied to more than one-
third of all the recipients in Ore
gon raises , the state average ab
normally; actually only seven
counties averages are above Mar
lon's, the others being Baker,
Clackamas, Coos, Lake, Lincoln
and Polk. Polk county's average
is $30.34. Wheeler county is low
at $18.11.
Though Marion county is below
the state average in amount of al
lowances, it is above the average
in ratio of recipients to number
of residents over age 65. The state
average is 211 per 1000; in Mar
ion county the average is 228 per
1000. This figure is exceeded only
by Baker, Clackamas, Columbia,
Douglas, Harney, Josephine, Polk,
Union and Washington counties,
Polk is near the top with 321 per
1000.
In the matter of general assist
ance Marion county has enjoyed a
drop of 40.7 per cent in number of
cases since October, 1942; but
since the average grant has in
creased, the monthly obligation
has declined only 16 J3 per cent.
General assistance grants in the
county average $39.39 per month
for family cases, $13.09 per per
son in family cases, $28.97 per
single case. These are also close
to the statewide averages.
WU Recognized
For History
Willamette university was one
of a selected list of colleges and
universities mentioned zor spe
cial recognition on the basis- of
outstanding educational contribu
tions. The special 'contribution
made by Willamette meriting this
recognition was the Institute of
American History and Civilization
conducted on the Campus from
September 20 to October 23, 1943
The article stressed the leader
ship taken by a far western uni
versity in developing a new ap
proach to the study of American
history and irr developing an ap
preciation for our American heri
tage. In the same article North
western university was featured
for the new methods adopted in
teaching- foreign language in the
use of mechanical devices and
learning by the hearing method.
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Montague
Lord, Jap
Captive, Writes
A typewritten letter from her
brother Montague Lord, prisoner
of Japan, : was received by Miss
Elizabeth Lord this week, the first
direct communication from ' him
since the fall of Manila two years
ago. Although the letter was type
written,! the signature was the
writer's own. The letter was da
ted in August at Santo Tom as in
ternment camp, Manila, Philip
pines. , . , - - : .
Montague Lord, son of the for
mer governor, W. P. Lord, first
visited the Philippine islands
when t young man, and in 1913,
becoming connected with the Ha
waiian " Sugar- company, took up
residence there- He has since
gained extensive mining interests
and has been active in assisting
in the development of native arts
and industries in the islands. His
last trip: here was made in 1938.
Lord's former secretary, a Fil
ipino, has been released by the
Japanese and it is believed that he
has been able - to take food and
clothing; to Lord, during the lat
ter's internment.'
Lord's adopted son, Mel vin Lord
and his. Spanish wife were en
route to the 'Philippines when the
war with Japan broke. The
younger; man returned to his po
sition in Spain, while Carmen
Dord, the wife, remained in Sa
lem until late summer when she
returned to her home at Barce
lona.
The letter received by Miss Lord
reads: j
"Am well, health is good, have
gained 20 pounds and now weigh
166. Friends are well . too and
good spirits. You do not need to
worry for any of us as we are all
In good shape. We have some ex
tra food, I being the cook. We
manage all right and some people
say I have learned to be a fair
cook. I hope you. Miss Schryver,
Miss Bush and , others are in the
best of health. Give my love and
best wishes to all of them and my
respects to any who may enquire
for me.
"My love to you, keep yourself
well and remember I am safe and
well here. Your brother."
Valley Transfer
Gets $1500 Fine
PORTLAND, Dec. 14-flP)- Ro
bert R. Bailey, operator of the
Willamette Valley Transfer com
pany, was fined $1500 "by Federal
Judge James A. Fee today for vi
olation of three interstate com
merce commission regulations go
verning common carriers.
A 50-count indictment charged
that the company falsified drivers
logs, extended credit beyond .the
ICCs seven-day limit and com
mitted other irregularities . con
cerning drivers. The offenses oc
curred in 1941.
The company operates between
Portland and Salem.
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GEORGE ANNE
MURPHY SHIRLEY
"MAYOR OF 44fh ST.
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MARSHFIELD, j Ore , bed. 14
(AMarshfield, whose attempt to
consolidate with (its twin jcity,
North; Bend, was defeated lat the
polls, ; took steps today to j merge
the two-communities in a district
water; system. -!;(,' ,; '
The proposed Joint i lystem, ap
proved by the city council here.
will go before North Bend's coun
cil December 28.
Oregon Ships Eight
Carload of Tin jCans
PORTLAND, Dec 4-P)-Ore-
gon shipped eight
cans to a South
carljoads of tin
Saij Francisco
November, the
detinning plant in
state salvage committee reported
today. ; -I I !' I .
The 141-ton shipment was from
collections' made in Multnomah,
Benton, Linn. Marion! and tPolk
counties, said Chairman Claude
L Sersanous. )
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