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0 U " L - Thorsday maximum tem perature 42, minimum. 23. Elver -. ft. Partly dandy Friday and Saturday; little change ta : temperature. - i - - vw IJUO in PCUNDDD . 1651 rftv A -"fift ( - T H " 5rlr - I k fLi a a vn ( w II llll I II I I II 1151 I I Ok m m m m m m m mm m mr i m . - mi v n mjit mZ2 , I suppose it is idle speculation, but I have wondered what might be the result if, after a second failure to achieve domination in Europe, Germany would take the pledge" and keep it. I mean a cledee against military aggres si on. That would be a reform reaching to the theologian's con Motion of regeneration, in view cf the addiction of the Prussian mind to militarism. But the pos sibility excites one's imagination. ; In the late 1930's when Ger many was getting ready for war it was spending around four bil lion 'dollars a " year on its mili tary establishment. " Hitler early expanded the Reischwehr from the 100.000 men permitted by the treaty of Versailles to a force of around a million men, and by calling ud the -reserves had an army of about three and a half million on the eve of the march Into Poland. Now suppose post war Germany should divert this manpower and money from mil- itary' purposes to economic devel opment. Consider what might be the consequence Millions could be expended In improving the agriculture . econo iny of the country through drain age, reclamation, ; soil conserva tion, . improvement of v. breeding ftock of domestic animals. , The Germans have been preem inent in scientific discovery, no tably in chemistry. Research Could be financed on a more gen erous scale so that Germany once more could be in the lead in in dustries based on chemical and other scientific discoveries. The congestion of population in Germany offers an opportunity for modernization of its transport . system for speed and economy. German capital might again be used in foreign development, es pecially in the neighboring coun tries to the east and southeast. That capital and German techni cal skill might be welcomed if un accompanied by German kultur ideas and ambitions. ' Suppose the German leaders and people would accept as (Continued -on Editorial Page) ect Junking Sought liy senators WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -Pi The senate's war investigating committee, told that three high government officials think the army's $130,000,000 Canadian oil - venture ought to be junked, will bear the other side Monday from IX Gen. Somervell, the man who ordered its construction. Chairman Truman (D-Mo) dis closed today that WPB Chairman Donald M. Nelson, Interior Secre tary Ickes and Navy Secretary Knox jointly opposed completion of the project. "Unless Gen. Somervell can produce greater justification for his extravagant expenditure than has been shown thus far," Truman aid, "I think most of the commit - tee believe we should take our loss and pull out." Nelson told him, Truman de clared, that at a consultation De cember 9 it was "the unanimous opinion of aU except, the war de- partment that despite the expen diture of about $100,000,0000 al ready made, the Canol project was not worth completing." The project, embracing the de velopment of oil fields at Norman wells, construction of an 8-inch pipeline from the field to White . Horse and erection of an aviation gasoline refinery at the latter point drew fire from Ickes and others at recent public hearings of the com mittee. Grain Importation Meets Favor , WASHINGTON, Dec. 16-UP) Senator Butler (R-Neb.) said to day the senate finance commit tee has recommended passaage of a house-approved resolution to permit the importation from for eign countries free of duty for SO daays of grain and other products to be used for livestock and poul try feed. ' "v -1- Most ' of the imports, . he- said. would come from Argentina,' "al though there will also be. some from other South American coun tries and from Canada ' Lanplrro fT GHOPPMG f( DAYS LEFT J I U TO LOOK WTO The.' y ' CMftSTAAAS TREE. J -X SiTUATtQtst Y -r il in:,TTY third yeab 4 . : : ! ' i Establish Base For Coming Blow At Philippines - By Leonard Milliman Associated Pren War Editor - , American. . amphibious forces stormed ashore on New Britain island, crumbling-keystone of Japan's south Pacific defenses, and won their beachhead in a few hours with only light losses, Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur announced today. U Lt. Gen. Walter Kreu ger's ; Sixth army began pouring ashore at Arawe, near the i western end of the is land,' at 7:4 a. m. Wednesday and was still: landing in waves two hours later in a tropical rainstorm. Virtually the only resistance en countered was by shore guns which fired oii advance landing parties. They were promptly si lenced by salvoes from American destroyers: The American war ships stood offshore and bom barded the little port for 20 min utes before the landing without receiving an answering shot. Twenty minutes after the main body of destroyers started for home, a dozen Japanese planes began divebombing the destroyer aboard which Rear Admiral Dan iel Barbey was directing the land ing of the seventh amphibious force. The destroyer was not damaged. , : The landing was the opening .own fa as attempt ta aeeare at " r w " least -the westers 11?: t .New Britain J which the Japanese have held since January 1942, -and apen the war for an Inva sion of the Philippines or an as sault en Trek. Mac Arthur, who directed the Dutch East Indies. Dutch fliers, who made the at (Turn to Page 2 Story B) Washington Pays Liquor Deal Share OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 16-(!P) Evro M. Becket, state liquor board chairman, announced tonight the deal by which Washington and Oregon acquired approximately 35,000 barrels each of bourbon whisky through the purchase and disposal of two Kentucky dis tilleries, had been completed. Becket said announcement of the completion of the transaction had been given him by Jerome Kykendall, assistant state attor ney, and Palmer H. Jordan, liquor board member, who are in Kansas Cityj' Mo., where the negotiations took place. The liquor should start flowing to northwest inbibers shortly af ter the. first of the year, he said , Details of the final transaction, Becket 'said, were not all avail able, but the two states had ar ranged to purchase the distilleries and their stocks and to dispose of the distilleries, keeping the liquor, in the same transaction. Earlier today Becket announced the final payment of Washington's share of the $3,500,000 necessary to swing the deal had been wired to Kansas City. The state expect ed to approximately double its money by the time the stock is liquidated. ; i - The Oregon ' state liquor board announced at Salem yesterday that Oregon's share had been sent east. Montgomery Bets On Sure Thing Wim THE EIGHTH ARMY . IN ITALY. Dee. 14 -(Delayed) (if)- His eyes twinkling. Gen. Sir Bernard I Montgomery told his men today "A lot ef people are taking money betting r when we get to Rome,' and ad ded: ..iV A-'i : 1 made 10 pounds $4f) this morning myself:; ; (He did not specify what he hadr pat his money on, bat the remark raggested he i had net expected to see Rome Just "yet unless he ras wagering on a mile-by-mile basis or making some other side bet.) ' The Eighth army's command- er said It was a general who paid aft -? , Mugs Rail Wage Increase Attacked - Vinson Declares Plan Undermines Whole Program By WILLIAM T. PEACOCK WASHINGTON, Dec. 1MP) Stabilization Director Fred M. Vinson, urging a house commit tee to kill the resolution boost ing wages of non-operating rail road employes by eight cents an hour, contended today that it threatens both the wage stabil ization program and adminis trative government. If the house joins the senate in approving it, he told the interstate commerce committee, it will be difficult if not impossible to deny wage Increases to other groups. Furthermore, he argued that the legislators might bring down on themselves a snowstorm of appeals for special legislation by by-pass administrative agencies. 'Vinson argued that the reso lution sets congress up as an ad ministrative agency against "ev ery consideration of provident statesmanship, of the separation of powers, of general legislative policy, of constitutional propriety. "" The resolution was approved I .w A. t- t.1. Xvm- niy iour tows cast against It. The pay raise originally , was recommended by an emergency board which considered de mands ef the 1,100,000 workers for a tO-eent Increase. Vinson disapproved the recom mendation on the grounds it vio lated wage stabilization policies, and President Roosevelt appointed a second emergency board which recommended a scale of increases ranging from 10 cents an hour for lower-paid workers to 4 cents for those in better-paid brackets. The unions rejected this, asked con gress to approve the 8-cent re commendation, and, meantime, took a strike vote. The vote has been completed but has not been announced. A strike call for December 30 already has been Issued by five operating onions In a separate ware dispute, but the national mediation board has called a meeting in Chicago for Monday in an effort to effect a settle ment. The 350,000 operating employes the engineers, firemen, conduc tors, trainmen and switchmen asked a 30 per cent Increase and an emergency board recommended 4 cents an hour. Mayor Butler 111 INDEPENDENCE, Dec. 18 Dr. M. J. Butler, mayor, was taken to the hospital Thursday. MidWiUmnet Public Works, Juvenile Delinquency, County Zoning Proposal Officials of mld-vUIamett valley cities who met 0 strong. In Salem on Tharsday night to swap ideas on postwar read-. Jnstments and developments' learned something of bow ether municipalities are preparing, to finance public works, how they ! are attempting ta meet the prob lems of juvenile delinquency and how loag-standlna is , the struggle to tnclade within cor porate cityj limits heavily-pop-nlated sab or ban areas." Under auspices of the League of Oregon Cities and ' the Salem city ; . government, . the session, called in the banquet room of the Golden Pheasant restaurant, op ened with orations and closed four hours later In a flood of questions. Mayor- John Houston of Klam ath Falls; league president, key- noted the occasion as he spoke of current battles on the political, industrial and war fronts as pre liminary to that which may be an ticipated on the' war front when 100,000 service-men and women some home and .119,000 war In dustry employes seek normal em ployment within the state. Dean Victor P. -Morris, of the J Salem. Orecjon. Friday Morning, December 17. 1S43 Mark owsid Brazilians Ready For Action l'TjWSl1l-yiVB hi I I f " i I? L Brazilian soldiers In light tanks await word to move during armored foree maneuvers. Gen. Mascarenhas de Morals of the Brazilian general staff said Brazilian ground and air forces are moving to ward action oa the allied side In the Mediterranean theatre. (AP wirephoio.) Attorney General Candidates Blossom for jeitc Choose By RALPH From among the 1559 attorneys in Oregon that 1940 census figure being subject to temporary reduction since a considerable number are in the armed service Gov. Earl Snell should have no difficulty in finding a satisfactory appointee to succeed the late L H. Van Winkle as attorney general. The position carries a salary of $5000 in addition to the pres- Nelson Sells Roberts Apartments Sale of the Roberts apartments, 157 South Winter street, by Carl E. Nelson to H. L DeArmond, R. M. Amrine and L. H. Dalkenberg was revealed Thursday by Charles Hudkins, real estate broker who handled the deal. The 26-apartment building, con structed about 1925 by John J. Roberts, is a modern downtown residential establishment. Nelson bought it eight years ago from Roberts. DeArmond and the two sons-in-law who joined him in the pur chase came to Salem last year from southern Oregon and are holders of considerable hop acre age in the Independence area. They bought the apartment house as an investment, Hudkins said Thurs day. University of Oregon's school of business administration, chairman of Gov. Earl Snell's postwar re adjustment and development com mission, explained how the com mission is attempting to obtain the correct balance between pub lie works and private enterprise. - Public works, be said, should absorb the Immediate shock while private industry is re tooling, bat such works should taper off to allow private en terprise ta lift its burden as soon ..as possible. The plea "of both Houston and Morris was eloquently echoed and enlarged upon by Dr. C. B. Mc Cullough, state highway bridge en gineer who Is a member of the Salem postwar planning commit tee. A community that has not prepared for financing of needed projects and so is not . ready to help absorb its returning service personnel should be ashamed to have the men and women from fighting fronts come home to it, he declared.' '';u.:v-; Planning and willingly financ ing is the least those who-have remained at home can do, accord- Log to McCullough, Houston and .EiuuropeaunL C.CURTIS ; O tige which adheres to its Incum bent. It will not attract every lawyer in the state, but a suffi cient number that the governor may' find the choice a difficult matter, politically s p e a k I n g contrary to the situation which has arisen in connection with some other vacancies occurring in wartime. Ordinarily disucssion of an ap pointment following death of the incumbent is delayed until after the funeral. It may be indicative of the heat of rivalry for the post, that such has not been the case in this instance. Candidacies discussed fall Into three classes; present attaches of the attorney general's office, among whom Rex Kimmell, Lawrence Lister and W. A. Wiest are being mentioned; at torneys who were outstanding ly helpful to Gov. Snell in his campaign. Including Walter Wtnslow ef Salem and J.. W. Mclnturff of ! Marshfleld; and .lawyers whose names have come to attention through their (Turn to Page 2 Story C) Morris. Later speakers suggested, also in keeping with Morris' speech, that men and women in the service should be allowed to help with, the planning; Morris had declared that so far as actual plans are concerned they should be concrete but subject to com plete change at the time the money is spent West Salem will enlarge its standing planning commission to make postwar arrangements which probably will include a sewage disposal or .treatment plant, more reservoir capacity, more sewers and water mains, Mayor Guy New gent ' said.. However, he j added, West Salem may feel assured that the efforts of its populace will be employed should the bauxhite alumina plant be established there. . Possibilities i that ; the . plant may be established at Independ ence were expressed by a repre sentative of that city, who said Independence already ; has ' a sinking fund for a sewage dis posal plant. Silverton's planning commission is enlisting the aid of civic organi zations, churches and schools in preparations for its' plans .4 - Tax Bill Increase Okehed : Senate Group Adds 2 Billion But Delays Vote By FRANCIS J. KELLY WASHINGTON, Dec. 16-(JP) A $2,284,000,000 tax increase bill designed to swell - federal income to more than $43,500, 000,000 annually was approved by the senate finance commit tee late today under a situation which made its enactment be fore January admittedly impossible-Increased a net of $144,000,000 over the form In which it- passed the house, the bill will capture slightly more than one billion dol lars through new and higher ex cise taxes, with the remainder of the money coming from indivi duals, corporations and higher postage rates. About half a bil lion dollars additional was voted by the committee in individuals' income tax bills today. The measure contains a pro vision freezing through 1944 the present social security tax rates at 1 per cent each on employers and employes, but since the sen ators believe the bill cannot be passed before January iVwhen these rates were to automati cally double, aa effort will be made to freeze them for 69 days by separata legislation. Majority Leader Barkley (D Ky.), a member . of the finance committee, forecast that congress will go home for the holidays about next Wednesday, remaining in recess until January 3 or 4. In any case, it was believed the bill woujd be subject to lengthy discussion in conference and there would be no chance to send it to the White house before New Years day. Chairman George (D-Ga.) was beaten 17 to 2 In a last-minute effort to speed the collection of another billion dollars in revenue by cutting from eight to five years the time that whisky may be kept in bonded warehouses without payment of the excise tax of $9 a gallon specified by the bilL Notably absent from the mea sure, too, was any attempt to in augurate a federal sales tax. FDR Taken In LONDON, Friday, Dec. li-(JP) President Roosevelt has been elected honorary master of the bench of Gray's Inn one of Brit aain's most ancient societies of barristers it was anounced to day. '- " Prime Minister Churchill also Is an honorary bencher - . Dallas has established sinking funds for streets and for fire de partment equipment, : S - Woodburn is preparing to es tablish, a planning commission. School districts over Marion county - have ' .been notified by County Supt Agnes C. Booth's of fice of the fact that they may start sinking funds .for improve ments and of what improvements are needed in their - physical plants. Chief weakness of the program, according to Mrs. Booth, is that school boards told of needs are so conscientious that, they are meeting them now and not wait ing for - postwar ' materials and labor to .become available. .. ' ; Eugene and Springfield have combined forces to plan not only for tthe cities proper but for an area six miles around their limits, Herman Kehrli, executive secre tary of the league, with headquar ters in Eugene, explained. "The" question of extending; city limits or of obtaining conn- ty-wlde zoning so that efforts af the zoninx commission would not be fa tile was raised by W. W. Rosebraaxh, veteran mem- - (Turn to Page 2 Story. D) - Fries 5c j I o T o Merlin 7T7 JI . rmv ii i! uviaer i nrusic: Nazis Hit, BaH , Vatutin's Ukrainian j Army Throws! Already partially in ruins, Berlin suffered another thrashing last night when TXAF heavy bombers gave the German capital ita fifth big-scale aerial blow in less than a month shortly after the US Eighth air force's mighty bomber fleet had pounded factories and rail roads in northwest Germany by daylight. I I ; I j ! While the bomb-wrought smoke flame and dev astation continued to spread over Germany, to the east me mignty army of Kussia concentration of the war to long counter offensive westf Kiev, Several squadrons of Senate Group Recommends Subsidy Delay WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -(PJ Dealing at least a temporary set back to the farm bloc in Its cam paign to kill government food price subsidies, the senate banking committee recommended today a , 60-day extension ot- the resent subsidy authority pending further efforts toward compromise. j In a -surprise development the committee voted down, 9 to 8, the Bankhead bill for outright sub sidy repeal and also rejected, II to 9, the compromise plan of Sen. Taft (R-Ohio) to retain part of the administration food price con trol program. The effect was to postpone a showdown until after Christmas. Majority Leader Barkley (Ky) introduced in the senate a resolu tion to carry out the committee recommendation by extending the life of the commodity credit cor poration which pays most of the subsidies from December SI to February 29; it is scheduled for consideration tomorrow. While the door was not closed to a later revival of legislation for outright subsidy repeal, such as the flat January 1 ban voted by the house, the committee re jection of the anti-subsidy bill of Sen. Bankhead (D-Ala.) upset the expectations of farm organization leaders that the senate would rea dily follow the house lead. Roosevelt Back Safely in US, Early Reveals WASHINGTON, Dec. l-tfP) President Roosevelt, completing a precedent-shattering and historic wartime journey, has arrived back in thei United States from the allied military and political con ferences in Cairo and Teheran. . , "Happily, I can tell you now he has returned and is safely back in the United States," Stephen Early, White House secretary, an nounced to reporters late today. I have not been advised when he will reach Washington." At the capitol, meantime, con gress was laying plans to take a Christmas recess beginning next week meaning that any report to the ' legislators on the allied conferences probably will be de layed until after the first of the new year. . ' " Early said earlier-this week he would "naturally anticipate" that Mr. Roosevelt would be invited to make a report to congress on his momentous talks with prem ier Stalin, President Chiang Kai shek and Prime Minister Church ill. Elks to Present Last Show Tonight The Elks' charity show, "Fresh Fields," will be presented for the third and last scheduled time to night at the Elks temple with the curtain rising at 8 o'clock. The Thursday night attendance was slightly In excess of that of Wed nesday night, there being only a few- vacant seats. f t- Back! Enemv massed the greatest artillery shatter, the nazist month- i "' Canadian air force Lanca S-fi wis van m tne new nicht -i attack) on jBerin, which the Ger-: j man radio! nervously described as ; a "te ttadk on a considerable: scale. 1. The American day raiders shot down 18 nazi fighters but lost 11 bombers and one escorting fiehter.1 A great armada of United States heavy! bomberi, tucked ; in between of escorting fighters, roared waves again Ktv Hawliitki 1 .t. . - K Germany and; battered that sub marine and j shipbuilding' area for. the third; time in a week against steadily diminishing enemy oppo- sition, Returning fliers told Jot i towering columns thick black ' the strato- smoke that rce into it i i 11 f. At tth i tama t!mA b1IIsw4 V'arl quarters I at f Algiers j announced more than 8000 ; Flying Fortresses' I and Liberators and : Lightning , fighters had flown from Mediter- : ranean bases to smash enemy com-f munications at Innsbruck, in the Austrian Tyrol and at Bolzano andj Trento, at the Italian end of 1h ) Brenner pass.j j. ! .;; j:,: f j ' ; For the"! second: straight day ;i the Russians reported that GenJ Nikolai Vatutln'a U k ra 1 n 1 a n i ' army had thrown : the nazla oat of several; populated places i'lnl 0 the fierce tank battle raging some ; j 55 miles' west and northwest of J Kiev, indicating the' red !army'5v-'fe''" arain had . wra the i initiative there and the Germans had shot ; " theb bolt) - y - J' : PM:, :f : f'i An earlier Moscow dispatch said Vatutin pad Assembled : a 'record mass of artillery to break the Ger- mans big counteroifenstve, and a Berlin broadcast said 'the battla (Turn to Page 2 Story A) i- -I i sfovo and! vl. -y H-yw The St at es ma n'x ! with material of in I terest to women I 'it -k There's TMbxine ! 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