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PAGE TWO ..rh V. Thm CHTGOII STATEC2 lAII, Satan. Oregon, Tuesday Morning, Dacamber 2I 1S13 Yank Bombers Stage-Heaviest Pacific Raid F (Continued from page 1) F supply, line between New Guinea and RabauL has been nit by 1500 - tons of explosives since December 1, a total equal to some ot the big bomb loads which have shat tered Berlin. ;.- The bombardment may be an indication of a contemplated land ing on northwestern New. Britain to sever the northern supply . route. The southern route was cut ? by the landing last Wednesday on Cape Merkus in the Arawe sec ? tor. Twenty five, barges, on which ; Japan relies for supplies, were de stroyed in .all sectors. Seizure of Cape Gloucester, if that is what . Gen. Douglas RfacArthur. contem ... plates, would give the allies con trol of . both ends of the straits lying between New Guinea and ' New. Britain, essential for further operations in the southwest Pa cific. In the central Pacific, A dm. Chester W. Nlmitx announced, US Seventh air force bombers , raided Mill aUU twice Saturday . and twice Sunday, destroying 11 planes, against a less of two of their own. Fifty tons of bombs were dropped on the second raid Sunday which carried the : raids -on the Maghalls Into the iwuiin success aay. - Tokyo radio reported that 4500 . Japanese, including Rear Admiral Kenji Shibazalci, "died heroically on Tarawa and Makin in the Gil berts ' before the "overwhelming . superiority in numbers" of Amer icans who invaded the Islands last month. ' .Japanese ambitions in central China were being liquidated by Chinese ground troops, with the aid of the 14th US air force. B25s bombed Nanhsien, Tungting lake town of the edge of the rice bowl which the Chinese are trying to recapture, while ground troops in flicted considerable casualties on the invaders south of the Li river. The Japanese made ineffective raids on Tarawa in the Gilberts and on the main base of the 14th air force. Four of the 56 Japanese planes attacking the 14th air base were shot down. A spokesman for Admiral Wil liara F. Halsey reported a great increase in barge, and foot traffic from Japan's heavily defended southern sectorof Bougainville in the Solomons, an indication that the Japanese may be- evacuating their forces. Invasion Signs Mount; Chief Still Undecided ' By .WILLIAM SMITH WHITE LONDON, Dec. 20-JP) By ev ery sign, a series of interallied ' military conferences was in pre paration tonight concurrent with a silence which fell on the question of who would be the commander-in-chief when the western front is thrown into action. Censorship permitted the disclo sure that Admiral Harold R. Stark, American navy commander for this theater, had returned to Washington-rbviously for inva i sion discussions and there was - reason to expect new and signifi cant talks among Russian, British and American officers to be con nected with meetings to go on in Washington. But there was nothing to suggest here that the grand action may be expected for some months and there was much to suggest the re verse. Reports from the United States that the American chief of staff, Gen. George. C. Marshall.' would not assume command of the al lied invasion forces got a reaction among American officers here which was totally uniform an air of complete lack of information i so strong as to suggest it was gen- ' uine in every sense, , , The same was true regarding all discussions as to whether Gen. niroiu Alexander, deputy commander under Gert Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Mediterranean. might be the supreme commander of the invasion. ! j This question of "who?" was one of the best kept secrets of the war. : I Sub V 1 Below NEW ORLEANS, Dee. 20 An enemy suomarme which tor pedoed a merchant vessel in the Gulf of ' Mexico in a resumption of undersea , warfare there early this month carefully stayed below surface until the ship's gun crew was in the water, the navy dis closed today. . Lt.'. tif) .-Gray, 25, of Martinez, l. am., in charge of the naval arm ed guard, on the medium sized United States vessel, said the sub marine waited until it was safe from being made a target When the torpedoed ship was i almost submerged, he said, the submarine surfaced . and - fanned . the water with a searchlight : L T " Ten men from the guard crew, which stuck; ;to : its "gun "praying for a shot At a: sub they couldn't see, are trussing and. the navy aaid 4here' was . little hope they had survived, ' "';v- rry- v 1 gulf since early Jn ApriL when a small Norwegian vessel was sunk. Enemy Stays Rail Workers Contemplate Strike Date C (Continued from page 1) C had the legal right to strike but "in my opinion they could not exhausting all appeal remedies, strike and remain good citizens.' A strike, he said at a press conference, "might even cost some lives." j Eastman's warning came as the house interstate committee moved today to take all jurisdiction over railway ; wage controversies from Economic Stabilization Director Vinson, '.key figure in both dis putes. ; - Postponing action until January 10 on a senate-approved resolu tion to force an eight-cents-on hour pay increase for the non-operating ; employes over" Vinson's protests, the committee authorized a subcommittee to draft an am endment to the railway labor act exempting railway controversies from the stabilization act. Simultaneously, it was learned that chiefs of the operating bro- therhoods had. visited the White house foe another conference with President Roosevelt and War Mo bilization Director James Byrnes concerning issues involved in the tLi a i a : v... conference at the White house of the labor chiefs and management representatives with the president and other government leaders yes terday failed to achieve a settle ment of the controversy. The. .nature of today's discus sions at the White house was not disclosed. The labor and manage ment 'groups, ' at the president's behest,' will get together tomorrow for further; talks, ' Eastman declared that even if the railroad workers "grievances are genuine, they would not war rant such abandonment of duty. as a strike, in time of war." He said, however, that he had "a great deal of faith in the rail road workers and expressed belief they will not "ruin" their record of helping to speed victory be cause they don't like wage deci sions. British Force Blasts South German Cities I (Continued from page 1) I dio stations late tonight also indicated that RAF nifht raid ers again were smashing at Ger many, which the US air com mander In chief. Gen. H. II. Ar nold, said would be "bomb groggy" before the allied land invasion begins. Flying more than four miles above the earth through temper atures 50 degrees below zero, the American airmen found vis ibility excellent over Brennen de- spit German attempts to shroud the , big port behind a smoke screen. Returning airmen said the city was battered both with ex plosives and fire bombs. One en tire squadron carried nothing but incendiaries to Bremen. The bag of 42 German fight ers, two or which were downed by RAF and Dominion airmen carrying out diversionary sweeps. was the largest since the 138 toll taken during the raid on Emden December 11. Gunners on the heavy bombers accounted for 21 enemv fiehters and American fighter pilots got 19 more. i But the American bomber loss es pf 25 were the heaviest since 27 failed to return from the at tack on Soungen, December 1. Albinas Trip Oregon, 36-31 PORTllAND, Ore., Dec. 20 -(JP) Portland's sky - scraping Albina Hellships rang up their 20th straight hoop victory in trimming the University of Oregon Web foots tonight, 36-31. I Both teams had such tight sone defenses in the first period that the score at the end of nine . minutes of play for only 2-0 in Oregon's favor. The Webfoots led. 11-10. at half time, i The Shipmen outran the Col legians in the final period. Cav iness. Oregon forward, set - the scoring pace with 10 tallies. Stre mich looped 9 for Albina, and Wintermute 8. " Earl Harding r Dies at Oak Grove PORTLAND, Ore, "Dec. 20 -P) Earl P. .W. Harding. 63, Portland chemist and former chemistry In structor. : and football coach 'at Oregon ' Stat college, dropped dead today near his Oak Grove home, "t Death came at the home of a neighbor upon whom, he had call ed to inquire as to his friend's health. X- .Born at Amity, in" .1880, Harding Is survived by his widow; a broth er, Ralph Harding, Roseburg, and two -sisters, Mrs. Grace Bates, Gaston, and Mrs. Blanche Brown, Portland.. Too Late to CLb&if f ' WANTED: ilaU kitten. S wks. old r older ,JTx..S5lt ; - . .... US Heavies Lroemng Fighters I O (Continued from page 1) O I heavily engaged by Liberator gun- I ners and, escorting fighters. , - Tha Fortresses whlrh nam. meled Innsbrack for : the see-' j ond time within a week left the big rail Junction above Brenner I pass a mass of smoke and flame. despite ! the ' attentions of be tween 10 and 90 German' Focke Wulf 10s and Messerachmitt 109s. The nazls spun Into tha Fortress formations threat abreast and head-on, bat all at. tempts failed. to disrupt the attack Thirty-seven ; enemy fighters were destroyed for certain! ables. with another 22 prob- An alied communique said the assaun on mnsDrucK, xamous ski la i . m resort, ras "great and accurate." j or venaIro on itaiy ountauious backbone, Li. Gen. Mark Vf. Clark s fifth army troops continued to fight their way for- ward aiid to force the nazis Into what a military commentator de scribed as a "hurried departure." They found many enemy dead that had been mown down by I a : ' Other fifth army assault troops who on Saturday gouged the Ger mans out of the village of San Pi- erto, Just northwest of Mlgnano, after three days of hard fighting hammered on up a small, defens ively fortified plain toward San Vittore, next enemy strongpoint defending Cassino. As Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont- g ornery a artillerymen knocked out five more German Mark IV tanks, eighth army infantry seiz- ed. the village of Consalyi, be- tween Orsogna and the Adriatic coast, and overran another enemy position, inflicting severe losses. The eighth army had knocked out 43 nazi tanks since the start of the Sangro river battle. All allied spokesmen declared that losses inflicted by the eighth army on wie uennany vvui ugm armorea envision xnreaxenea max unit with extinction. The spokesman said 2400 men ! regiments had been killed, wounded or taken prisoner. Mc Arthur Says Wheat Deal Misinterpreted WASHINGTON. Dec. 20 -4JPi- William McArthur, director of the I Eraintfivision of the war food ad- ministration, said today a "wrong impression" had been given in his focfimnnv rswAnt1v KfArA f Ha ion. I ate committee investigating the liquor shortage, regarding ship- ment of wheat from Canada. McArthur said his testimony had given the impression the Can- adian grain board was holding j up shipment of wheat to the I United States for higher prices and was waiting to see what con-1 gress did about removal of the tariff on wheat. He asserted that what he had meant to say was tnat me Cana dian grain- board permitted the Join re8t Team guvcniuimi iu lunu v,uw,uuv i i , . i . i a uusueu, ui wneai on ua wiips xn EUGENE, Dec. 20-(-Dick Canadian ports, instead of storing Aschom, and Bill Mayther, ex it temporarily in elevators, with Oregon gridders tapped for the me unaersanamg me ua govern- ment would be given first oppor- luniv 10 ouy uie wneau I ine government, ne said, evi. permiion to ouy uie uuu.uuo ousneis aneaa 01 actual MupmeiiH "le , . board said "no and would seU it only when ready to move out of Canadian ports into this country. ' ' ; - - " -1 01 w iiea 1 aireaay nave Deen mov ed from Canada to this country, but Canada was unwilling to sell additional wheat - until arrange ments were made to move it to this country. Morse Mulls Senate Post PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 20 -iff) Wayne L. Morse, dean of the Uni versity of Oregon law school, is giving "serious, consideration' to resigning his post on the war la bor board to run for the US sen ate. Morse told the Oregonian by telephone from Washington he could not make a final statement regarding the prediction of Drew Pearson, Washington radio com mentator, that he would oppose Rufus Holman in the coming elec tion. ' ; : "I-have not resigned, he de clared. "I can say that a large number of my friends in Oregon have urged me to run for the TT S3. a uwiea oiaies senate, and X am giving it serious consideration.'' Last Times Today tiCUKt v Susan :'r- f PraackKTsM - - . AaM tartar r HkiTssff ONtheMIEFRONT By ISABEL CHILD3 Was It Christmas! spirit, or just the cooperation of America at war? '-H' V .. When' a- soldier In a shooDer- fiiled " bookstore boueht . a nrttv card for his sweetheart and: asked in ; a hopeless voice about where he could get it wranned alonff wiin gins purcnasea elsewhere, , a smiling clerk whispered to him not to tell and then did the -whole ? A 9 ma. a - collection up in a lovely gift wrap. ' - Two sailor boys outside The Statesman office ; Monday night stuck out their thumbs and pulled in not a plum but an army officer, who opened the door, of his coupe and said "I'm ffoinff onlv 28 miTo I w outh to Albany" in a most hos- ratable voice. So thev stowed thtfr duffel in the rear compartment I nt m iihu . r i.... Un three of them chuckling as they squeezed together for the 28- mile ride. ers End Strike In Capitol H (Continued from page 1) H for a recess to confer with the union officials. At the end of the conference Manbeck announced that the printers would go DacK I to work immediately '."without any commitments The union has stated "there is no strike," but the organization I voted last night to remain in con I tinupus meeting and its members remained away from shops of the Washington Post (morning), the Times Herald (morning and alter- noon), the Evening Star and the Washington News , (afternoon), papers wvui8 i ers. The war labor board has order- ed the printers to return to work the cause and effect of the dis pute. ' The 610 members of the Co lumbia Typographical union are contesting pay scale revision of the continuing arbitration con tract and other contractual provisions. The publishers issued a state ment through Reyton R. Evans, counsel, declaring that "a continu in contract providing for arbi tration has been in effect " since j lose . . . ana me present contract continues to provide for arbitra tion in case the parties cannot SUrfX W I J. - ManDecK, president oi me i union, said the men were asking a wage increase amounting to $1.33 a day, with a minimum ". ly-wage of $1.65. The minimum is $1.47. The publishers have offered $1.57 or Vi'ofi for a 7-hour day and 7-hour night. Ex-IJll ek (VrlfltTietl westem all-star squad, were due to arrive in San 0 today for the Shrine's annual East-West contest Aschom, who played on the college All-Star team that de feated Washington Redskins earlier . Vear wiU ?o on to Detroit after the New Year's tilt to continue medical training with ine navy Lastr'Trmes" Today Lena Bill Cab Home . Robinson Calloway, in- 'Siomy Ucalher' l-FEATTJR Fall Length Feature Cartoon : . in Technicolor Walt Disney's Vidory Throcgh Air Power' WED. AND THURS. aatf MOSS KAtT t fm,u4 . 1 a CO -FEATURE It's Aav Oat-and-Oat Blotl ' Typo 1 stnart Enria , ,. Evelyn Tenable HE HIREp THE BOSS 71u- 1?rti1itMiA i Causes WTI To Close Early v.. . B (Continued from page 1) B county and state health of fice rec ords are said to indicate. " Statehouse - and downtown of- 1 flces stores and banks operated short-handed Monday-; as a cum I ber' although not a large per- centage, of employes remained in : bed in , keeping with doctors, or ders. ; ' Y A ' A: Over Oregon,' attacks of the : disease' the past, weekend began to assume epidemic ; proportions, according to the Associated Press. By the Associated Press v ij Marshfield schools closed Mon I day and the chamber of commerce I cancelled a meeting and banquet I in an effort to halt the sm-ead.nf " . " influenza which continued un slackened throuehout th state. The Portland school system, 1 i vnt i. aK.M home with flu, ran out of substi- tutes and had to-double up stu- dents in about . 100 classrooms. From 35 to 40 per cent of all Portland elementary school pu pils were absent. Attendance dropped in Clack amas county schools but they re- . mained open. Oregon City senior high vschool reported 20 per cent absenteeism among students, and West Linn high 25 per cent. A number of substitute teachers were called to replace missing faculty members. ' Water Group To Pay Back Tax Bills E (Continued from page 1) K ago ordered down without avail. fans Qn the shoulders of the high- way office. The councu approved a report rprommedinff installation of street light at Spruce and Laurel arwntAH .ntw i-. mending that no action be taken to improve Howard street between 16th and 19th, since the street has never been dedicated and the pro perty is privately owned. The question of financing Sa lem's sewage disposal plant will be one of the first considered by the city's postwar planning com mittee. Fry assured Alderman C. F. French, chairman of the com mittee on sewerage. "Unfortunate ly this is the only project for which we have even the beginning of a and means of getting the rest of iVa nW0 41. postwar group, declared. Army Plane Missing J (Continued from page 1) J said Maj. Arthur F. Spaeth, pub lic relations officer of the Spo kane air service command. The major explained that names of passengers, on army planes were not logged at. Felts field, where the plane took off at 423 p.m. He added that the names of the pilot and passenger could not be reported, even after indentifi- cation, until next of ' kin were notified. ' . . If STARTS TODAY Icriridd Ycuth Bolivians Take Mines InSiciftCoup D (Continued from page- 1) D corted immediately by train to. Ariea, Chile, it was. disclosed ; to night. This indicated that the two would live in exile.) . Fernando Iturralde, Information chief of the - revolutionary junta, announced that lQ persons- had been wounded in the early , mor ning - fighting. , He ; said . police would patrol the' streets tonight to discourage any disorders. , ; : Dispatches from Buenos Aires said the Movimlento Nacional Ista Revolucionario MNE has often , been accused of affilia tion with Germanic elements in land-locked Bolivia, the strate gic center of South America. One of its ;; chief'- programs Is "geographic reconstruction" a phase meaning an aggressive demand for an' outlet to the - sea, possibly at the expense of Chile or Pern. ' : Paz Estenssoro was accused In 1941 of complicity in a plot to establish a 1 Bolivian bridgehead for the nazis, but was absolved when the charges, which he .de nied, could not be substantiated. Because of his immunity as de puty In parliament, he was not arrested, but some of his follow ers were, . and later were released. (Dispatches from Santiago, Chile, said the extreme national ism of Paz Estenssoro's move ment could hardly fall to affect the war production of tin, upon which Britain , and the United States are largely dependent.) Almost at once the chief of the revolutionists, Paz Estenssoro, told an interviewer the new gov ernment would realize a policy of full cooperation with the Unit ed Nations and would fulfill Bo livia's International obligations. The legislature affirmed on De cember 4 an executive decree of last April declaring war on Ger many, Italy and Japan. "The Atlantic charter and oth er obligations of Bolivia will be respected and maintained,' he said.- "The new government in no case will alter the international situation at the side of the United Nations. Villarroel took the oath of of fice at 3 pJn. and vowed to per form the task loyally. Later, he told the Associated .Press that "the international policy of the gov ernment will not change, and the 41 nm.4 4 Kijn.o T 7 Aacm,v v ays waauou. w tuuut will be fulfilled with entire faith. - , "Regarding our internal pol icy, he went on, "we will try to establish an effective democracy. Internal policy will be directed; as rapidly as possible, to improve the welfare of the working class.' It was announced, meantime, that Major Felix Tavera had been appointed chief of the general staff. The revolutionary movement obtained control of the capital this morning when the Calama re giment of federal police ceased resistance after a brisk fight with rifles and machineguns. Radio announcements said number of persons were killed and wounded. President Penaranda, a military hero of the Chaco war with Par aguay of 1933-36, was a pris oner in his residence. The revolu tionists said he had resigned. Some of the chief members of his government were being held in La Paz jail.. SALEM'S LEADING THEATRE I Two Top Features That Tell the Truth in a Rciot of Terror! IE tELEASEO BECAUSE TXETKE SO TIMEtYl . 3 G. Neuner, Sr.," To Fill Post Of Van Winkle A (Continued from page ' X) A ette university law school in 11903. Locating in Roseburg In 1909 he practiced his profession and was activo In politics there until ! 1925 when he was appointed US district attorney for Oregon, serving in that capacity in - Portland until 1933. In 1938 he removed to Mc- Minnyille where- he has been as sociated with James Burdett in private practice. ,- . -'- Neuner served as clerk of the 1909 session of the state house, and came back in 1911 as repre sentative from Douglas county. He was member of the state senate from that county in 1913."For two years . he was city attorney of Roseburg. He also became inter ested ; in prune orchards during his residence in Roseburg. ; Gov. Meier appointed him as a member of the Knox commission to recommend' a plan of liquor control in Oregon. Neuner served as attorney for the liquor control commission for a time after its creation, Neuner Is. a native of Bavaria, and is 65 years of age. He was mar ried to Myrtle Campbell in Grants Pass ; in 1912. Besides the, son, George W., there are two other children, Betty and Carol Mae. Always active in republican politics Neuner was a strong sup porter of Gov. Snell during his primary and general election cam paigns in 1942. Allies Agree On War Plan With Tito By JOHN F. CHESTER CAIRO, Dec. 20 -(JP) High United States and British staff officers have reached "full agree ment" -with ; officers of Marshal Josip Broz on plans for a military compaign in Yugoslavia, it was "announced tonight. . The American - British staff talks with representatives of Tito's partisan fighters were held sec cretly . in Alexandria. AiT undis closed number of partisans pos sibly six made the dangerous trip from their homeland in an effort to gain more supplies and actual military help from the al Iies for their war upon the Ger I mans The rival patriot forces of Gen. Draja MiHailovic, who have the support of the government-in-ex ile of King Peter,- were not . rep resented at the -'conferences. s ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, ALGIERS, Dec. 20 -(P)- Dozens of Yugoslav partisan caiques and schooners, carrying supplies from the ; allies across the Adriatic to the forces of Marshal Josip Broz, are returning with Refugees and wounded. Allied military hospitals in eastern Italy have cared for scores of partisan wounded, both men and women, who were- ferried ov er from Yugoslavia by their com rades. 'Canned foods and', medicines Opens :45 P. M. Thrill with the Wreck ers of the Florida Keys! -.Lnns Cffrcsa CJJsiat rtnt8i CO-FEATURE 1 R1CHAK0 " UAH A RL EN and PARICEH ME UN MACK inm im ' ' DOM CASTll "-A V S War A. y form the bulk of shipments, so far but the men of Tito also have received some small arms and they hope heavier military equip ment soon will be! delivered. The partisans are volubly grateful. Somervell Defends Canol WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -SV In a bristling retort to govern mental demands for abandonment of the army's $130,000,000 ! oil venture In Canada, Lt Gen. Bre hon Somervell proclaimed it to day as an essential link in allied invasion strategy which "should be expanded. ' , . '.. WPB chairman Donald M. Nel son has reported to the committee that he, Interior Secretary Ickes, and ' Kavy Secretary Knox ! are agreed that the project should be junked. .' . -; - ? " '!'. Somervell declared the nations joint chiefs of staff have made the project an essential part of their grand strategy for a global offensive, ' and with its prospec tive' production beyond early dreams, "it is not a question of completing it I have no. doubt funds will bo sought for its; ex pansion soon." : tTWC HOurf lxf HITS Buitf ' Opens 6:45 P. M. . Now PlayicgL Adventure and v Ro mance in the Perots of the Savage Jungle! Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Madeleine Carroll SAFAQI! Xynne Overman BUly GUbert CO-FEATURE! GAUCHO SERENADE- Smiley Bnrnette 7: Twrr r&aur c x Cont. Shows From 1 F. M. How Showing! I Two Sriash Ilils! ' AN EPIC IT OF THE 1 1 t ORAVLIHG OLD WEST! ) RICHARO DI2I "' JANf . VJYATT in Victor Aibert CEXXd tages ini airais IT0T NET3 o I' ! 1 j r . ; -. . 1 k ... - r(J. SssBBHKaMV 4 i mx 1 -yi, CO - FEATURE "T fW twl Mis t V. x " a at r I j 37