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PdUNDDO (C3I
IEZTY-THIRD YEAH
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Colazxu Oregon Saturday Morning. January 1, 1944
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No, 243
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Twelve MowilIiid
"Ring out, wild bells, and let
him die." - " . ', '
- I Tennyson wu right a dying"
matter how generous it has been,
no matter -how much a man may
have enjoyed of happiness, pros
perity, good health- during the
year, on December 31 he, gives
It a kick in the rear, throws it on
the rubbish pile along with the
Christmas tinsel, cigarette ashes
and - canceled checks, while he
flirts with aJade called the new
year. Twas eer thus, "The year
Is dying, let him die." t
. The year's beginning is also the
occasion for prognostications : for
the coming 12 months. Almanacs
and patent medicine calendars for
years have made forecasts of
weather : day-by-day, and Since
the printing, has to be done 'in
mid-summer to get distribution of
the printed matter over the coun
try by January 1, that means
; long - range forecasting indeed.
There probably still are folk: who
have faith In the weather predic
tions of , patent medicine adver
tising. But these may be as good
as the medicine's promise of cure.
A new wrinkle in forecasting
Is a 1944 calendar Which predicts.
dav-bv-day. the fishing condi
tions all through the year. It even
tells what time of day the fish-i
' Ing : oh any day will be betterj
- morning or . night There are four
grades; of fishing toobest, good,
fair,-poor. That indeed is a imar-r
veldus discovery, one that ought
to be precious to disciples of Izaak
Walton . i
t with sucn DOianess on. me pari
of i calendar-makersO-prophesy
weather and the fishing for 12
months, a newspaperman should
not 'be less courageous in offer
ing his predictions for the trend
of events in 44. At any rate, this
is what I see in the crystal ball:
WAR: i Heavier war than ; we
bave' yet-experienced. No surren
der of Germany during the! first
balf-year.; German defense in . the
west will prove very strong, -and
progress from beachheads slow.
Russian armies may force the final
itorictnn (Turn in editorial naffe.l
Blame Byrnes
f or Inaction ;
. WASHINGTON", Dec. 31- -leaders
of the non-operating rail
road-unions, after withdrawing
mM J VUM
- WIIC UVUWUU0 uviu uwa.Mw
- Hon by - President J Roosevelt ! toi
jw'ght blamed War Mobilization
pirector James F. Byrnes fo theijr
failure-to get a settlement satis
' factory to .them. ; "i
j The Treal tremble, all through
.' this dispute,' the 15 union execu
tives said in a statement "is that
since early last June, Justice
Byrnes has persisted in his j effort
to thwart : the ' president ox tne
United States in his declared pur-
vose to remove the 'overtime dis
crimination against railway em
ployes. . ,:-- :r: - I - j
At '. the ; same time, ' the I union
leads, leaders of more than a mil-
a. . - 'm - a. 'L ai
Jion woraers, pronuseu meir le
vel best? in helping the army run
ihe nation's rail system, but de
clared against any retreat in their
"wage fights ! ,-
They 4 hinted, , too,: that: they
might turn; to congress,' saying
I Refusal of the non-operating
onions ; to ; arbitrate z raised the
prospect that the army; may have
to run the railroads indefinitely.
They withdrew their '.case .from
the president's hands because he
proposed to arbitrate as one issue
a suggested general increase of 4
to 10 cents an hour and the ques
tion of bonus pay for work over
40 hours a week. . -
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Burma Road :
3g Pounded
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- NEW DELHI, Dec SlHffVJap
encse troops have attacked allied
forces guarding construction of
the new urmaVoad , to j China
through the mountains east! of the
Llayu range in northern Burma,
but have been' thrown back, the
headquarters' of Adm. Lord Louis
IJountbatten announced today. , L;
jThe year also ended in a blaze
of glory f or ; the RAF when ; its
liirmen today caught a flock of
nemy planes off the "Bay of Ben
i;al north coast and sent IS Japa
nese - machines spinning into the
tea.'. " ' - - .'
. The new allied commander for
i outheast Asia. reported Jh e a v y
round fighting in northern Bur-j-a,
, with Jh Japanese, counter
r ttacUng--unsuccessfully . a n d at
; a expense of many casualties. f
Mil ey Reappointed .
a liquor Board
G dv. Earl Snell Friday reap-
' . J George P. Lilley, : Baker,
r rz ember, ofi the state liquor
: ; 1 commission. He will serve
: yezr term, starting January
c i to ccromlsslon. i
Rail Unions
Vatutin's
Forces "
Advance
Near Pre-War
Polish Border;
Nazis Confused
By JAMES M. LONG
LONDON, " Saturday, Jan. 1-(Jpy-The
Russian First Ukrain
ian army, racing toward Poland
and Rumania today as the new
year opened on one of the great
allied victories of the .war, has
captured the fortified rail and
regional center of Zhitomir and
plunged on far beyond through
the rear ; guards of confused,
disorganized Germans who
were abandoning tanks, guns,
supplies and "dead in their rout
. Gen, ! Nikolai Vatutin's forces,
which captured Zhitomir yesterday,-
: were i speeding west and
southwest through a 200-mile
breach' in the nazi east wall, far
beyond ; the , territory lost -to i an
abortive German counter offen
sive in November and December,
muni ties yesterday, advance So
viet units were 35 miles from the
After, capturing 150 more . corn-
pre-war Polish border and less
than 90 miles from" the pre-war
Rumanian frontier.
. "Our tanks and motorized
troops dealt the enemy consider
able blows, breaking through into
his rear to. intercept most Import
ant communication lines . and
smash 1 German reserves which
came up to the front lines," said
the midnight Moscow bulletin re
corded -by the soviet monitor. -vBerlin
reports to Swedish
newspapers said there were -many
indications in ' German military
circles that a . new large acale re
treat would be made on the' east
ern front in order to stabilize a
defensive line."
la simaltaneoas offensives
keeping the nasi strength thin
spread. Gen. It an 8. Bagra
mata's Baltic army smashed
tfcreugh en beth sides of VI
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By ROGER GREENE
1 LONDON, Dec. Zl-iJpy-A de
precating picture of the whole
Yugoslav ; guerrilla campaign of
Marsha U o s i p Broz (Tito) was
painted in a ' statement by the
government in exile of King Pe
ter II today.
The royal government, hostile
toward t Tito, - said at Cairo that
Tito's army had been driven back
from all' major towns and at
some places broken" into disinte
grating; groups.
In - London the - statement was
viewed : as an indirect - plea for
stronger, support bf King Peter's
government. ' '
Tito's supporters, claim he has
liberated more - than one-third of
the country from German rule
and that he has an army of 250,
000. serving under hiiru -
Wendell Barnett
Flays
President Marion Farm Union
Wendell Barnett of Gervaia lo
cal of the Farmers Union was re
elected president of the Marion
county organization at the all-day
annual meeting session at the VFW
hall in I Salem Friday.
Also reelected were, vice presi
dent, Gus Schlicker of Bethel lo
cal! a c r e ta r y -treasurer, Mrs.
Frank Way of Central Howell lo
cal; executive board ; members.
Henry Torvend of Central Howell
and George Potts, JrT of Sidney
Talbot local. New officers -elected
were: Executive : board member.
John H. Dasch of Liberty local;
doorkeeper John i KV"; Crabtree,
Liberty local: conductor, L. F.
Edmundson, Bethel locaL One
hundred Cfr voting delegates and
members were present.
-; A resolution approved by ue
convention concerned the acute
shortage of protein feeds for
poultry, turkeys land various
livestock in j Oregon, ; and re?
uested state officers to contact
national officers with a request
to SZarvia Jones, VTFA, to see
that Oregon gets lts jast share
of these protein feeds.
This is necessary to prevent ut
ter collapse of poultry and turkey
industry, and that WFA immed
iately review the unjust floor
price on egss, which is based on
1342 feed , prices c wtlle present
Srile $?Drier,
a.
.' ..!:,' ......
iVi last minute efforts to
r Cr. itself, the year ef 194 J
than' 1942 baf ZJSi Inches'
tter than the average ever a
, 4t -year '-period. i : v.
j Dnhif 1942 a total of 5JZt
Inches fell in Salen much of It
daring the last ; hoars of the
year making the early part ef
"194S seem very wetj Indeed. Bat
weather bureau records .count
only moisture which falls with-
In the 12 months
to
this late
the rec
precipitation was "off
ord for 1943. . 5
Late m 1943 the1.
Oregon 11-
. ttuor commission made valiant
efforts to remedy the ."dry situ
ation- within , the
state aad
promised better'
Supplies for
1944 but that too la
off the rec-
ord for 1943.
ump
o to
Strike Nazis
By RICHARD MASSOCK
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Al
giers, Dec. Sl--Allied troops,
attacking at the western extremi
ty of the Italian battle i line for
the first time in over a month,
jumped the estuary of the Garigli
ano , river yesterday 'to strike be
hind German - lines in ' the. Mih-
turno area, headquarters announc
ed today. ' p-:.:
(The swoop on German strong
points north of the Garigliahp es
tuary was "a most successful at
tack, and was carried : out by
strong British raiding forces early
Thursday morning, said Haig Ni
cholson, a -Reuters correspondent
with the Fifth army.) v
A broadcast' German j com
jnunlue said' a battalion of seal- '
borne troops landed behind nasi
outposts southeast of MmturnO,
but was dislodged by a eounteij
attack. The nasi anuouneement
did aot say the expedition had
been forced .back Into its boats,
and there was no additional in
fermation hero on the progress
of the fight. Allied spokesmen
described the operation as a
large raid, perhaps Indicating
there was no intention of estab-
lishing
bead.-
permanent - beach-
' - (The German ; international in
formation bureau, semi-official
nazi propaganda1 agency, said in a
broadcast that a German counter-
attack drove!
the ; "invasion forces''
back 'across
the Gariglianor river
defenses had sunk
after coasta
five but of
craft) i
eight allied landing
(The Bar! radio, controlled! by
the Italian government of Mar
shal Badoglid, reported that Amer
ican troops ad captured the de
molished fortress - village of San
vittore, six mues from Cassuio on
the , main inland highway to
Rome.) ; V,; k i;
- Edward Kennedy of the Asso
ciated Press, in a Thursday dis
patch from the front, described
bitter fighting through the rubble-strewn
'streets of Saa Vit-,
tore, which American Infantry
entered the previous : day , after
an artillery - barrage . virtually
had leveled the village. ;
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Is Reelected
prices are 50 per cent higher for
less efficientj feed. ' - j i- i j'-iv: ,
Another resolution stated that
large business interests are to
tempting to have legislation en
acted against federal income tax
exemptions jfor agricultural co
operatives, s$nd aire attempting, to
have discontinued federal produc
tion credit associations that have
rendered great service to the small
farmer! Protest was-made t against
such discriminating action" against
cooperatives
and- credit - associa-
tions.
A third resolution requests OP A
to remove all point values on pork
and lower : grades of beef i until
such time as existing surplus has
been . used up or facilities estab
lished to care for surplus. -: ;.f J Tv
; Guest speaker was Dr. Carl ;
D. Thompson, "associated with
the . administration jat Bonne
ville, whose subject waa'Trhe"
Publle Ownership and Coopera-,
tlve Movement ta Postwar Plan-
nlng. 4 ( - i .!'- x:i i-ti t
! He gave information and exact
figures on savings j. and surpluses
on many public owned projects
throughout ,the nation., A motion
picture, "The Price1 cf .Victory,
was shown in connection wiLh his
talk.- j-.- ..-!
FiJtccn cf i:r::-i ccur.ty's 13
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miies j
banglian
Mariiiesj
Holding
Off Japs
Mac Arthur Says
Counterattack
Unsuccessful
By DEAN SCHEDLER :
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS,, New Guinea, Sat
urday, Jan. l-(ff)-Gen. Doug
las MacArthinr in his New
Year's day communique report
ed today that all Japanese
counter-attacks had been beat
en off against newly; won ma
rine holdings at Cape Glouces
ter, New Britain. , N.
Marines on the east flank, op-
- - ' J' - .
posing enemy forces in the Bor
gen Bay area, held their line while
the elements which won the air
drome Thursday cleared out en
emy remnants and advanced.
Supporting attack planes dealt
heavy blows against the Nippon
ese on both sides of the Cape
Gloucester position. - i
Westward across narrow straits
on New Guinea's Huon peninsula-
Australians driving Along the jun
gle coast some 30 miles north of
with planes softening enemy re-
Finschhafen achieved new ground
sistance ahead of them.
"Our ground troops are consoli
dating their positions,'' today's
communique said concerning the
situation at Cape Gloucester, a
strong position which was over
run less than five, days after sea
borne ; forces from . New ' Guinea
swarmed ashore there Sunday.
"."Abortive enemy attacks on our
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Hitler Brings
Grim Message
To Germans!
By RICHARD KASISCHKE
LONDON, Dec. 31-OPh- Adolph
Hitler, in a grim New Year's mes
sage to the German people; today
offered them only hope of dogged
resistance for their very lives and,
anticipating invasion . from ; the
west, boasted that "wherever
they land the allies will receive
an appropriate welcome., j f v
In a long written message dis
tributed by DNB to German news
papers and recorded from a Ber
lin broadcast by the Associated
Press, Hitler again , sounded the
German propaganda note that "in
this war there will be no victors
and losers, but merely survivors
and annihilated ! . I ;
A separate New Year order of
the day to the army called 1943
a second year of great crisis' ini
tiated by the Russian winter of
fensive of 1941-42. : ! '.'
- Even' as the Russians, in one
of then greatest victories of the
war, were driving toward pre
war Poland's borders and draw
ing near Rumania's frontiers.
Hitler said "A Napoleonic catas
trophe seemed : imminent for the
German front, yet we were able
to master the situation. j
- Germany, he said, was fighting
with "fanatical hatred, and, in
spired by "the - old Biblical say
ing: 'An eye for an eye and a
tooth forja tooth." j ..
For all the continent's ramparts
he promised fortifications which
will "surprise the, enemy" invad
ers. ; h. . I ': '-
To the home front he promised
that "retaliatioa will 'come' for
the allied bombings, .v - ,
t He blamed setbacks on fltal
; Ian treason and Tthe breach of
faith of French admirals ' and
generahi which permitted allied
landings In North Africa," but 1
ne ciaunea uat -me naiancing
of our forces are now achieved."
His dominant -theme in toe Jong
message was that times are. hard
but worse is to come if Germany
loses. i ; ' r !i : ' ; ' ; ,
, The year 1943 fbrought us our
heaviest reverses," Hitler admit
ted, but he also contended that:
"After more than four years of
war the ; German Reich; has cot
lost , one square kilometer of its
soil. But our- opponents can no
longer call large parts of their for
mer possessions their own." - -
Weather , V
- Friday maximum - 45; mini
nam 13; rainfall ,12; river -.L
-;' Intermittent rain ia the low
er levels west of the Cascades
and intermittent snow over and
east cf Cascades rat sr Jay and
Czzliy; net nzzh cJ.irie la
tczi-trature.
Iiifantl944 '
Greeted Quietly
Infant 1944 was greeted in
Salem with more .visible .land
audible "whoopee" than either
of Its wartime predecessors - -but
most of the fun- and noise
making was on the orderly .side.
;- - Theaters, dance halls, skating .
- rinks - and restaurants were
itrowded and despite a i fairly
moist "Oregon mist" which had
brought an ead lo nippy - wea-
, ther,; there were considerable
numbers of peopleon the streets
as the new year. approached.
But the police reported only
,an average Week end number ef
arresU for drunkenness. There
was one Item of damage due to
1 alcohol - inspired vandalism; a
plate glass window In Sears'
-farm store on Liberty street was
smashed when a coffee cup was
thrown through it.
Yank Heavies
French Points
By W. W. HERCHER . .
, LONDON, Saturday, JanJ 1 '-iff)
A' great fleet of American heavy
bombers with a strong fighter es
cort swept over France yesterday;
bombing industrial targets in Paris
and' blasting' a nazi air base, at
Chateau Bernard used by German
planes collaborating with U-boat
attacks against allied shipping, It
was announced early today.
. Two - vital . bail-bearing plants
were struck in the Paris attack
while some of the heavy bombers
penetrated to west-central France
to reach Chateau Bernard. .
' The air operations tor the day
saw more than 1000 allied
planes in' the air over the eon
tlent, bringing the - total tor m
48-bour period to S599. In addi
tion, to the announced operations, "
heavy bombers struck var
ious enemy - eecupied ah- bases
In southern France, the number '
and names of which were net
specified. Ne communique was
issued." - i . j
: Attacks also were made along
the French invasion coast.. The
announcement said that US Ma
rauders in the last five raids of
1943 against this portion of France
closest to England did not lose a
single plane although the concen
tration against the Pas do Calais
area alone totalled 1100 sorties (in-
divadual plane flights). '
The American heavy I bombers
striking at the Paris plants were
escorted : by American and allied
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Morse Seeks
Candidate to
Oppose Holm an
PORTLAND, Dec. SlP)-Dec-
laration of Palmer Hoyt that he
has no Intention of becoming a
candidate in the race for the US
senatorship brought speculation
to bear again on Dean Wayne L.
Morse, previously mentioned. ' .
Morse declared upon" his arriv
al in Eugene today that both Hoyt
and Merle Chessman, publisher of
the Astorian Budget, have been
proposed as . candidates. I "Either
one of ' these men would be ex
cellent," be said. - ' (
The University of Oregon law
school dean declared he' was more
interested in organizing a united
front to ' defeat Sen. Rufus : Hol
man than .in .becoming a candi
date himself. . I
"A great deal of history will
be written in that body In the
coming years," Morse said In re
ferring to the senate, "and I will
be perfectly frank to say that I
would like to be there and have
part in it." . t 2
"However, the problem is, much
bigger than the . desires of an in
dividual v My own interests are
not important compared with
.finding a man who can give Ore-
gon the kind of - biradminded,
forceful . representation to which
this state is entitled.".
Vanderbilt. Estate
Shows $912 Gain
NEW YORK, Dec 31 -(flV- The
estate of Gloria Vanderbilt Di
Cicco increased $312 after expen
ditures of $135,112 during the past
year and. now aggregates K.34S,
040, an annual accounting by her
general ' guardian in - surrogate's
court showed today. V
: .Thomas B. Gilchrist, the Cur
dian, reported a principal c i,
343.C27 wi'Ji capital incrccrrs cf
$13 3.C23 during ihs accOv-r.lr z r 2
riod frca Dec. 13, 1C1Z, ti
Strikes:
Delay, . 'j
War End
Charge Revolts
Axis-Held Lands
Are Deterred
.. ' By PAUL MILLER -WASHINGTON,
Dec. 31-P-A
personage high in the coun
cils of the United States and
United Nations' tonight called
the threats of railway and steel
strikes at f great tragedy,' as
serting they provided fuel for
the axis propaganda mill and
thus may have delayed revolts
in Germany and occupied lands
this; winter-' revolts ' which
could, spell swift collapse for
the nazis.-
Three leaders of railroad labor
immediately replied, that if the
railway labor dispute, had any ef
fect on the war, labor unions were
ministration ' was responsible for
not io blame.. They said the ad
delay Jn settling the dispute.
. .The. high source, withholding
use of his name, told reporters at
a conference that German propa
gandists are telling subject peo- j
pies everywhere in Europe that
chaos reigns in the United States;
that the, army has been forced to
take over the railroads."
As a result, .it was added, the
subjugated countries are reported
hesitating again to start the wild
resistance which was counted on
as a major factor in the overthrow
of German domination outside the
reich. ? -Xf-, ; ; ' X,,ri,
: PhUlp iMutny,VpreMeni of
the CIO raited Steel Workers
union, could not be reached -fort
comment 'Immediately, "buTfra
unleii executive said Hhls h a.
filthy propaganda . story ;'; te
arouse the people against labor
unions." " ' .. "'. " .
; Meantime, chiefs of the 15 non
operating r railroad unions repre
senting more than a million work
ers issued a statement guarantee
ing their "level best! in, helping
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m Milton Bell
Is Missing
After FKght "
STAYTON, Dec. 3 1 First Lt
Milton Bell of the army air corps
is mussing aner a routine zugni
from Wendover Field,! Utah, the
commanding officer has' notified
the young : officer's - parents,'; Mr.
and Mrs. George H. Bell of Stay
ton. His wife and year old daugh
ter,- John!, live In Dallas with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs.A. H." Davis.
Planes are ; still searching f oif
the plane which : went out on a
regula routine flight Wednesday,
officers reported . to the - parents
Friday) night in advising them not
to give up hope that; their- son
might be found.
Milton Bell was a law student
at - Willamette university when he
enlisted two and a half years ago;
Much of the time since he com.
pieted i training ne - nas - been anl
instructor but - his family is not
sure, that he has been recently.
- Georare H. Bell, father J ef the
missing pilot, is chairman of the
Staytoh selective service board.
Marion ; county's ; number : three
board;his brother, Walter H. BeU,
Is Stayton city attorney. A sister.
Rosella Bell, is a Willamette uni
versity student.
rourAitiminum
Plants Close
WASHINGTON, Dec. ! SMflV
The war production board. tonight
ordered tae closure of ; four alum
inum production lines in two fed-
earuy jf owned plants in the ap
parent ' beginning' of a ' sweeping
cutback in aluminum : output.
Thei Aluminum Corporation of
America, it was learned simultan
eously, alreafdy has began curtail
ments which may slash as much
as 40 per cent from' the production
of ALSoa : gowned . , properties,
which produce almost half the
country's Supply. , ' , - - J
- Arthur : II. Bunker," WPB vice
chairman for metals and mfecr-
als, said' last ni -hi WPB
crder-ide "chutdown" cf t -as
15 prcductlcn lines in t
few drs. T'. 3 CTiZTS i
nI;ht,'ac'J 1:.-.:j in
ten, IIJ, ar.i 2:. I
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. JFIood rtp .Drizzle, . Senate
Fight, Navy at Willamettp,
: V Van Winkle's Death Noted
.1 .. The year thai Salem ushered out last night on the wins
of song- pind prayer, and dance, rode in 12 months asro on thi
crest ofia WHIajnette river flood.- ' L '
" Swirlinsr waters of the river washed undercinninss from
beneath 'the old Mellow Moon rink and sent the great frame)
building, crashing against the west approach of the Marion
Polk county bridge, destroyed stock in the lowlands and af
fected 400 homes in the mid-valley area before they reached
their 30.45 foot high mark, y I "L' v - ;
, The now historic battle of the ballots for the presidency;
of the state senate 'opened a legislative session whicn dealt
as usual with taxes and fish and the state milk control board.
A new governor. Earl Snell, sat in the statehouse and a new
mayor took office In Salem. . V : r I !
Ed Rostein was appointed to the city water commission
to; replace I., M. Dongh ton, new mayor. Capt.; Marion Carl
(now Maj. Carl, once again, fighting in the south Pacific)
was married in New York and decorated for bravery in battle.
' .,' . Thirteen Marion county schools did not open their doors
because of lack of teachers, and plans tor n Victory garden com
petition - were announced Salerh city council ordered railroads
to arrange for uncouDlihff of lonW trains in cas of mirffenev and
prepared to 'meet ' dimout requirements by shading city street
lights. -4; - .r -; ' : ' 't - !--- 'xi . ;;.
B. Jr Hendricks, connected with The Statesman for 58 years
and for many of those' years its editon died. ; . 1
Roy Harland was named first junior citizen. Heaviest snow
fall in six years blanketed Salem, and the entire area. was stirred)
by the murder in lower IS. In Salem a 16-year-old boy icon
fessed having stabbed' a nurse 'and the county grand jury freed
from blame in the 'state hospital poisoning case the two cooks
involved. . , ' . '-j;?;4;i-'.:;-t:--..- 't';,''"-V'4
t February brought home to Oregon's capital city Maji Frank
Douglas Sham, air; hero of the Pacific: nine men applied for the
civil service examination for
writing held by Veteran Postmaster Henry Crawford; Salem
registered for fuel oil and for
inside and then outside the "48
In March the Red Cross raised $46,419 in Marion county, although
its goal had been $42,000; "workers "arrived for the city's second USO
center; Irie Leighton came to head Cascade' area Boy Scout council
as executive; Paul Robeson sang generously; Klamath Falls won the
state hoop tournamenlt, and. Willamette university 'juniors won the glee.
.: ' The USO commenced charging tor toodstulis as ra Uomag be
came more stringent; restaurants took a cut ,n meat . supplies; the
Salem war chest sent $1000 to
relietand Willamette university was selected as a navy tranung center.
In April,: Paul Burris .was. named to the -city water commission
to succeed . Dr. Harold dinger, who had (entered the service; j Fred
Finsley decided to stay with the state parole board (resigning again
in December). ,A1 Rosser was released from the state penitentiary.
:- Funds for a second USO cerifer were approved by TDR; Merle
Chessman was named to the state highway commission; the ! state
liquor board was made over;' Salem's ration board; office was moved
from the city hall to the Nelson building; the city council took cogni
zance of the juvenile problem and of the fact that sewers had over
flowed during the previous winter in the north end of Salem. -
' elected president of the Salem high school student body; chamber of
commerce representatives from over the state met with the governor"
to talk of needed farm help and of the part small: factories play in'
war tasks. A negro named Folkes, convicted of the ower 13". murdei,
was brought to the state penitentiary; Marion county went far over
its quota in the second war loan and the mobile unit from Multnomah
county Red Cross chapter collected first blood for the plasma bank-
in Salem. . : f ' :l :"X:.y:-- j ' : '-'j ' -'p' '
' , Champoeg celebrated early in May the 100th anniversary of the
famous Champoeg meeting; Salem was declared first fity among those
of its size' in the United States in traffic safety and the spring flareup
m Salem high school's so-calledsecret society'; scahdal occurred as
Willamette crowned Haipriett Monroe queeix o theay i t V ;
J Charles A. Sprague Was i named state war "chest chairman J Marion
county salvaged 80,000 pounds. of tin;, the state tuberculoses hospital
closed one floor, because of lack of help; the first state defeiise control
center was given a workout here;' Salem high school graduated ' 423
young men and, women in caps and gowns. Polk county wmen com-'
menced mobilization for crop workrthree convicts escaped from the
state penitentiary taking a guard along at hostage; Memorial day in
Salem drew the largest crowd to parade and program of any patri
otic observance in recent years.
During June.the Georges took over at Willamette
where Lt, George C Bliss and Cap George W. Shepard joined Presi
dent G. Herbert Smith in executive capacities to watch over, that naval
training school; the Oregon Federation of Women's clubs met" In Salem
and elected Mrs. George R. K. Moor-head of the capital city as presi
dent; school, city and county budgets
over the state met in Salem to adopt
ules. John Roberts' Sunshine dairy
the herd was sold at Auction; 'the state milk control board ceased to
function and became part of the state department of agriculture; the
Trailblazer division was activated
the state 'met in Salem; Charles
Voorhief award for editorial leadership; the riT strawberry camps
functioned, wnue tne rneignDonr: picxea tne cnemes; tne ooay ox
Ruth Hildebrand, 17, Dallas, was pulled from the Willamette- river. -
Salem celebrated the glorious;
the biggest Independence day: turnout m history; ' the community
cannery was opened under auspices
Roger L. Miller of Salem wrote the first detailed story of the crack
new US A-3.6 dive bomber In action against the axis and The States
man and other AD morning dailies published it; Howard Jenks was
elected . chairman of the Salem water commission, succeeding Chan
dler BrownT who had iresigned to enter the navy; Salem-Marion
county civilian defense offices went
In July also, R. &; "Spec;
letic ; mentor for 15 successful
tTcxm c"t TrrJ ? MniiMHam im ttmrn itinhpfl ana a
UOilA v vJ, 0 m iiubmuai umh, " . .
youthful .convict t was'killed - in an jonsuccessf ul attempt at escape;
lnfantila paralysis made, its appearance In Marion county. ; ,
- Bean, pickers got most of the August headlines, but, W L. Phil
lips was named to-succeed Brown as av member of. the water, com
mission;" Baby Judith Gurney was spirited out of her hospital crib
m'Albany and returned safely and a grand jury charged a young
soldier's wife with the kidnaping; Dr. O. A Olson was named to f.
Marion county welfare commission-and Chris J. Kowitz was. tp-;
pointed jusCce i of the peace, succeeding Joseph Felton,-U3 jrrr.y;
Mexican harvesters arrived to lend a hand with the CTCps; a va. i
club of Coroptimlsts, International service organization for wc... '.
i J. -r m artrtnlnted chief CCPUty: S.C:...
i Alra Jchzca was named as a deputy, first wenu r tvt:n
. . (Turn t rasa 2-Ctcry A)
the postmastership, still at this
food ration, book 2j was declared
- hour area' surrounding Poriland
Mme.. Chiang Kai-shek for Chineso
university,
were drawn; 400 educators from
new curricula and sports sched
barns burned to the ground and
at Camp Adair; postal employes of
A. Sprague received the Amos- E.
Fourth without firecrackers but
of the city schools system; Capt.
on a fulltime basis.
Keene, Willamette university ath
.years, became' Lt, Cmdr. Keene,