PAGZ TWO
The CnZCCN CTATZCMA2I. Cclera, Oregon, Cot-ordcry Morning, January 8, ICii
Hed Annies
BreakThrough
Divisions .
A 4 Continued from Pass 1) A
Konev's ' army eastward and
southward of Belaya ' Tserkov.
,: If the two armies had not al
: -tieady Joined hands, it appeared
they would do so shortly for the
Germans seemed unable to stand
gainst the might of the two ram
pant armies.
f' Vatutiijf's forces alone reported
- 5000 Germans killed in the last
1 2t hours, and in the past five days
official Soviet; count has placed
'German dead at 20,000 along the
'entire Russian front. :
' Once Joined, the; two armies
-would not only seek to clear the
4 rich Dnieper bead the Ger--.
mans caste rnmet t : salient la
' tltassla ef perhaps Sao.Mt to
V758,00 ; men, bat : batter the
" ' naxis eat ef all sovthern Kas
p sis into Poland and Rumania.
-i . The late Soviet bulletin ; gave
additional details of Konev's sue-
cessful drive that has surrounded
Kirovograd, an industrial center
between Smela on the north and
Krivoi Rog on the south. The town
was expected to be captured
.shortly as its garrison lost all hope
f ' supply. " "
The Russians forced the Ingul
river, which runs north and south
on the west side of Kirivograd,
and cut the rail line which runs
west to Novo' Ukrainka. f 1
"Developing their! success, our
mobile units captured the railway
station of Lelekovka (nine miles
west of Kirovograd); and south of
this station Joined forces . with
troops advancing southwest of Ki
rovograd. By this maneuver our
-troops completely1 encircled the
town of 'Kirovograd and German
units defending it. The enemy is
sustaining heavy losses. f
In one day alone:' 28 German
tanks were destroyed and the
' Germans lost 13 armored troop
i carriers and more than 40 big
: guns.' V'''
The Russians also captured Ka
j natovo, six miles northeast of Ki
i rovograd, Adzhamka, ,10 miles
I east, and Novgorodka, 18 miles
; southeast.
The first Ukrainian army in the
! north continued its successful ad
1 vance, routing German units de
' fending Yanushpol. 18 miles west
of Berdicbev. Twenty-six German
tanks were destroyed in this area
; alone. In other areas 200 German
; big guns and more than 300 trucks
: were wrecked.- while 92 guns and
34 stores of military supplies
i were captured, the communique
! said. '. -'.
or
Return
Tojob Soon
SEATTLE, Jan. T-GP-The Se
. attle foundry workers' strike
- spread to Port Angeles and Ever
ett today, but union leaders fore
cast the men would return to work
' 100 per cent by Monday morning.
Earlier they had characterized the
; walkouts aa "outlaw move.V ,
j . The men started going out in
'! four plants here yesterday in pro
test over a regional War Labor
.board wage increase recommen-
V' dation, the nature of which -was
ti lt -disclosed officially."
ilGeorge Bernard Noble, WLB
: regional- chairman said the foun
l dry work in this area was basic
I to the construction of flying Fort-
i iM - Donunoi. piaiwi - ana naval
vessels.
! Meanwhile, XAr Sandvigen,
4 business agent -of the Machinists
L union (AFL), - local 7, said he
' 1 had called a meeting of union rep
T resentences of metal trades work
; era for 1 pa. Monday to consoli
. date a united fronts for all metal
; tradesmen lav wage dealings with
the IWLB. : ' '
I POKTLAND, Ore, Jan.
There wia be "no unauthorized
"i strike here If We can help U,"f H.
r Mprague. Business agent of the
f Portland local of the International
Holders' and Foundry , Workers'
-: union saii tonight following j
i sneeting of members. v .. -JZ.
t . Sprague said no action was tak
j en toward a strike, but (hat i
; number of members expressed
epinions the-men should walk off
f from their Jobs. "A few men may
: Quit hers ana there,- he added.
Foundry Lab
May
Xdnil Aids;
Ij-SMpvProlie
JZZAZTIZ. Jan, .7 Rep.
r Warren C. Xlasrmson (D-Wash
; said today that Adm. Emory S.
: Land, chairman of the. maritime
i corrjnissisa, had- in formed him
i that the commission was cooper-
a tin fuy wZ2 the Truman eom
i raittee in the senator's Inquiry in
: Llicrty itZpn wUch hava de-
velcped faults in Alaskan waters.
LC3 J:STTJYT. .Ja3..T HTV
Can. Ilea C Wsrca (D-T7ash)
' ssid iodzj th&t th9 Truman com-r-Jitae
hzs Iz'.z aa: tsvctlsi
ta cf Its r:;rrt;i crac!"3 of
Lll -rtj i' rs li SJLzz'za Ci'ri
Wi.'2-rcn tc!J reporters thtt tie
I x ; 'I r i t :r. I z t
is rscd-.Ir. ISA
Maj Bdker Credits Saving Life
To Pal IS oib Missing in Action i
MARINE CORPS AIR DEPOT,
Miramar, Calif, Jan. -MaJ. Rich
ard M. Baker, 31, of 13iS Saginaw
street, Salem, Ore, may well owe
his life to First Lt Walter T.
Mayberry of Daytona Beach, Fla,
for the tatter's heroic action In an
air battle near KahilL Lt. May
berry is now listed as "missing in
action." ' -
"We were retaining to oar
base at, Maads after escorting
seme , bombers to Vella Lavella."
the sudor recreated on . his ar
rival here after many months ef
combat U the sooth Pacific.
Six Zeros Jumped us. One Jap
got on my tall and was pumping
28 millimeter eanaoa shells at
me when Mayberry
and shot him off, j
"After the Japs bad scattered.
I radioed him a hearty thanks. A
few minutes later he called back
that he would have to make a
water landing."
The area over which they were
flying was south of .Vella Lavella
and i then heavily infested i with
Japanese troops. V
"His plana was lost, from view
in a cloud, and I called him for a
compass position,'' 1 MaJ: Baker
continued, "I heard him call back.
Well, pal, it doesn't make a hell
of a lot of difference right here
anyway." :.'
"This was the last we ever
heard of him."
Mai. Baker's squadron was bas?
ed at Munda on two occasions and'
is officially credited with 28 Ze
ros shot down and 14 probables,
as against two marine planes lost.
He has two. Zeros and one prob
able in his personal tally.
"Our. heaviest action, would
usually come when supply ; ships
were unloading at Munda harbor,'
he said. ."Our outfit would go up to
form an umbrella -vpver them and
drive off Jap dive bombers.
"On one such patrol, we spotted
40 Zeros boring toward the harbor.
2& Cadets
Are Killed
In Bus Crash
KINGMAN. Aria, Jan. 7-(P)
Flying careers of 25 young avi
ation cadets and their tannery
lastraetor ended with their
deaths In the twisted, scattered
wreckage of an army has. The
bos and fast Santa Fe freight
train collided last night.
The death toll la the crash,
worst tn Ariseaa history, stood
at 27, laetadlag the driver, aa
army private, bat Kiagman ar
my air field officers feared more
of the eight cadets lying critical
ly injured m the stattoa hospi
tal might die. j
Not one of the 38 service men
aboard the bus escaped unhurt
when the train and bus collided
at 9 p. m. near the entrance to
the field.; The motor vehicle was
returning the young fliers to the
air . base from a gunnery range
across the railroad tracks. They
had been on a night gunnery mis-
Five minutes after the crash
more than 1000 fellow service
men at the base had volunteered
their blood for the cadets. A mes
sage appealing for donors
flashed on the screen of the base
theatre and the rush to exits was
so. great -military police had to
be summoned to maintain order.
Army autnonttes withheld com
plete information on circumstances
of. the accident, but the public re
a 1' mm' . . . !
uiuons euicer gave . uus version
of ihe - crash as told by C L.
Hickey, Needles, Calif, engineer
oi tne tram; . : .
ine nagman at tne crossuue
waved down the bus. which ap
peared to stop and then plunged
out of control into the oath of
tne xrauf which was sncna- at th
usuaj speed of about 43 miles
hour." . ,s- .s: , . . -
One hundred feet of the nht.
of-way was strewn with the bodies
na tne wreckage of the bus.
Lour Income
PlamFoimh
nr
try. -v. vs'v -c o
WASinNGTON, Jan, T - (a) -
war zooa administration this
week endorsed a food stamp 'plan
to give low-income families ' food
as cneaper prices, but only as a
supplement to President Jtunmi
relfs price stabilization program
emhnaHni subsidies to keep re-
uu zooa costs down. i
'-Assistant war food admlntctnu.
tkm Graver B. Hfll told reporters
today that WFA believed it would
oe oeairable to set tip a stamn
program along : the general lines
wPoed la a bmi by Senator
wn -VlJ. t--y.
Aoopuoa ox such a tjlan." Trm
remarked, fsouJd not be
ta any war as a substitute for Che
mmtstrations prfao stahOizatkm
program, We believe It Is dear
that the program aufhoHmf h
this bin would not prevent in
creases fa food prices. On the other
nana, tt would at least partly com
pensate low-tncome families for
fecest ir prospective price m-
ereases.";- f - ,
K Earlier, the senate agriculture
committee made public a letter
frora,Hia estimating the cost of
tie program was outlined in the
Aihen bin at $3CO.CO0J0a a year
if t U. elilhle families participated.
T;ci cuhsidy prccrams now in
r . --rtloa and other contemplated
v. c:i cost about ioo,oca,cco
Stamp
.. MA. RICHARD BAKER.
Such heavy fighter cover meant
the dive bombers were not far
behind so we peeled off and dove
through their formation.''.
It was ori this pass the major
got two of his three planes.:
- "One of those Zeros nearly fin
ished me when he blew up right
in front of ;my Corsair. I only
had time for a short burst but the
slugs must have hit home. ! '
"The second Jap made his mis
take by winging oyer too soon
and I followed him with a stream
of tracers licking at his back side.
This one flamed all the way to
the ground." 1' 6 :
: The new Japaheses in-line
fighter called "Tony" is really
"hot stuff." he declared.
. fWe ran Into a flight of them
Just before bur outfit left Munda.
These ships looked so much like
our own P-40 that I flew by the
entire group;' without firing a shot.
The Japs had even painted , the
prop spinners .white to resemble
American planes." 1,
Major-Baker was commissioned a
second lieutenant In the Maria
corps reserve in 1937 and appoin
ted to the regulars In 1940. He Is
graduate of the University of
Washington. I
George Strikes
8
Tax Demands
E (Continued from Page 1 K
additional $200,000,000 plus as
it left the finance committee, will
be the No. 1 item of senate bus
iness when congress reconveneti
Monday. George hopes to call it
up by Wednesday and clear it
back to the house within a week
or ten days. -f
"There appears to be general
agreement .in the congress
George continued, fthat raising
more than this amount, without
resort to new methods, would dis
rupt our economy, not only for
the present, but for years to come;
moreover, we might make it ex
tremely difficult fori our returning
soldiers-to find employment."
George said few people realize
that federal tax collections have
risen approximately 600 per cent
since 1940. To illustrate, he cited
the increasing burden on a mar
ried person,; with no dependents,
and a net income of $3000 a year.
In the period 193C-1939, he
said, such a person paid aa an
nual tax of S3, Intl94 It went
up to $3949. In 1941 to $138,
In 1942 to $342, and In 1J43 to
$405JSS "a total Increase of
$397.28. or 4.968 per cent, staee
1939V. : . - - ;'
George made no' direct refer
ence to the proposed amendments
to the war contracts renegotiation
act. which have aroused fire in
the treasury and in other senate
quarters. Toward the end 'of his
address, however, be observed: .
; :"I think J can assure you that
there is . little opportunity for
making inordinate profita out of
war when corporate war profits
are taxed at 83- per cent and in
dividual Incomes are taxed by the
federal government alone as high
as 90 per cent, as will be the case
under the senate finance commit
tee bffl." ,
Congress Asks
Overseas; .
Furloughs S
WASHINGTON; ! Jan.
Amid reports that; the
army : is
moving to relieve troops m iso
lated outposts, senate democrats
end republicans Joined today In
urging the establishment of a
furlough system for battle-weary
men long overseas. . . , .-? ,
Sen. Taft (R-Ohlo) told a re
porter he believed the war de
partment should mike some pro
vision for short furloughs far men
who had seen at least two years
of foreign -service.! He suggested
the possibity of 4 rotation sys
tem which would let one man out
of four in a designated unit
home for a month or more. On his
return, ; another would be given
Sen. Saddiffe .(D-Ui) said he
too, felt that arrangements could
be made far furloughs that would
f not Interfere with the war effort.
Congress heard informally that
the army already tzs aclad to re-
ice many cf 1U rorxLcns la
Alaska, tl.e Caribbean. Iceland
and other outposts in this hemis
Treasury?
Fortress
33
BlastNazi
Fighters
: G (Continued from Page 1) O
American - fleet struck December
30 and which neutral dispatches
then identified as the great chem
ical and poison gas center, Lud
wigshaven.' l:With yesterdays bag the to
tal number "of German fighters
knocked down so far this month
la three major American- raids
stands' at' XI9.;;7
; Ot the" seven fighters lost six
were US long-range escort ships
which covered. the attack the en
tire "-distance . of some E00 miles
round-trip i while the other was
from; RAF Canadian aid allied
supporting formations which cov
ered the 'withdrawal,"":; ?; ...-JL;-rT
Soon after the heavy bombers
of the Eighth air force; had re;
turned ; Vichy -and German long
range radio stations went off the
air, usually -on indication of an
RAF. night attack on the conti
nent.':,: fait ri?i4Z -
I Today's bombers, -with exten
sive fighter escort, described their
raid as "ai good show" and said
fighter -opposition was light and
anti-aircraft moderate. , .
American P - 47 .-Thunderbolts
andP-38 lightnings, making their
13th mission flew- the 800-mile
round-trip with the heavy tamb
ers. Led by MaJ. George Ri Buck
el, former Wall street clerk from
Nutley, NJ, they.' were unchal
lenged by ,the Germans.
On their return the raiders were
supported by RAF, Dominion and
lulled fighter sweeps Intended to
siphon' off German r fighter pur-
suit. Losses were not reported, but
the Swiss said one bomber landed
hear Duebendorf after being chas
ed by Swiss planes and that sev
era! planes flew over Engadin
h The medium bombers, irg
a Strong force of American Ma
rauders, phis many squadrons of
fighters, attacked undisclosed Ger
man targets on the French coast
all day for the 16th day in the
past 18. The Marauders suffered
no losses. They have suffered none
since the I great softening-up of
the "invasion coast began De
cember 20j -, f .'-ii-v.H
I The Swiss radio reported allied
planes were over Hungary during
the day but their pointn of origin
and objective were hot known.
More than 200 Marauders, tak
ing advantage of" better visibility.
participated in the morning - a
sault on northern France, extend
ing their record for - consecutive
sorties : (individual plane flights)
without loss to more than 1700.
It was the eighth Marauder attack
on these targets without loss. '
Typhoon fighter-bombers open
ed the day's offensive with raids
on several targets including the
Maupertus airfield on the Cher
bourg peninsula. Typhoon fighters
later swept the area without in
ddent : t . ; t
After the Marauders came 1
formation of RAF Mitchels and
Bostons, more than 150 strong.
Which crossed the channel under
heavy escort to attack military
objectives. , - . . ,
No enemy fighters were encoun
tered all morning. The Marauder
the mild and bitter," piloted by
Capt Paul Shannon of Attica,
Kan, became the first ! plane of
this type to complete SO combat
missions from Britain. -
Soviets Oppose
By EDDIE GILMORE
MOSCOW. Jan. 7. -MV- The
Soviets do not welcome, any dis
cussions from abroad or from
foreigners .here about: Russia's
borders. ' r .. T ;h; ---f
I The best indication yet of tius
wiae the brush-pf f that . Pravda,
Communist party Daser. im
Wendell Wfllkie two day ago on
tne subject. ; -;).'"
V The Russians consider that' the
borders of the Soviet Union are
jtheir own business, and ; as stated
once before, are no more a sub
feet for discussions by Americans
than are the borders of Califor
nia by the Soviets. 3 ..rf:;
i The Soviets do not consider that
the Red army has .moved across
any, . frontier or border m . ad
vancing toward Sarny or other
points In Rovno Province and
their maps, which ' have . been
hanging oa my wall since I ar
rived in this country In 1841, do
not show any border there. l"have
two large maps, and the Polish
border: does not begin on either
tmtu a considerahle distance west
of where t&e Red army is now
fighting, u s , - .. .
i
Blih Oren Burns
I . City firemen responded to calls
to the Bligh coffee shop -early
Friday morning when Crease in
an oven caught fire and to the
1065 North Fifth street at f o'clock
Friday night whem v at chimney
oiaze was m
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Corner Hood U Church" Cts.
Foreign
T
alemEmpI
Fourtli Tar Loan Campaign
Reminded by Larry HUaire, vice
chairman of the Oregon war i fi
nance committee, that employers
have a duty to lend .sympathetic
encouragement :; to tuch : cam
paigns, Salem merchants went, on
record unanimously in support of
the fourth war loan and laid, plans
for' their firms participation, , at
a meeting Friday called by the
Salem Retaa Trade bureau. :
-Quotas have been established for
every business firm in Salem hav
ing four ,or; more employes, and
within 'each of .these :establish-
ments a committee to carry, on the
campaign will be- created. Attain
ing these quotas will be the con
tribution of, the retail employes
to the fourth war loan. In addi
tion,; each employe will be asked
to-account for $200 in war bond
sales' either through his own pur
chase or. by sale to ; others. 'This
phaser of Ime program duplicates a
program that was carried out in
the third war loan, drive. A
Experience of his own firm in
the third war. loan was outlined
by Mc Hilaire. He said employes
in his. restaurant had assumed a
goal : of .$9000 but because of the
great enthusiasm that was created
the" final total was oyer $70,000.
it shows wnpt can be accom
plished where there is ; the right
spirit,Bilaire said. i '-.
Those accompanying Hilaire to
Salem were Chester Duncan .- of
KOIN; James Richardson, special
events chairman of the Oregon
war; finance committee; At Finke,
EartBuni . and ' Moo y Mosherl of
Allied Fliers
Troop
es
F (Continued from Page 1) F
New Britain, that the
saffered the ltt easaaltles
two barges were blasted.
Fighting in the Borgen bay sec
tor of the Cape Gloucester,. New
Britain, invasion area fell into
a lull, with American marines and
the I Japaneses hitting each other
only intermittently, the communi
que said. The struggle here had
been intense, with the Japaneses
losing 600 men in one day of re
cent action. After a week of sav
age attacks and counterattacks by
both, sides," the marine line re
mained unchanged. It was this line
the marines held against superior
numbers while another force of
leathernecks recently captured the
vital Cape Gloucester airdrome at
the northwest end of the island.
Allied air power continued hit
ting- Japanese shipping at Kavi-
eng, on the northwestern tip of
New Ireland. Royal Australian air
force Catalinas and planes from
the South Pacific command bom
bed? an enemy cargo ship and
destroyer in that area, where al
ready twa Japaneses cruisers and
three destroyers have been heav
ily damaged and probably sunk so
far this month. :
Other Allied fighter planes
straffed gun positions and dock
installations at Rabaul, which has
been visited dally this month by
American . and Australian fliers.
While no enemy planes were re
ported downed in this raid, pre
vious January attacks here have
brought destruction to 47 Jap
anese intercepting planes.
American troops on the north
coast of New, Guinea, have made
patrol contact with the Japanese
near - SeL 10 miles southeast .of
Saidorfhe original invasion land
tag point. ; ; -a. !
Australians advancing up the
Huon peninsula coast toward the
Americans atSaidor have occupied
Kelanoa village and have closed
the gap between them, and their
Allies to 85 miles. 1
Farm Cooperatives
Back Low-Income Plan
CHICAGO, Jan. 7-P)-rhe Na
tional Council of Fanner Cooper
atives today voted to suppott a
stamp plan for persons with low
Incomes, in lieu of consumer sub
sidies on food,, which they termed
'imecooomic.' v , ;
The group also voted to ask
other farm organizations to
operate in the appointment of m
oint committee to study, means
of disposing of surplus war ma
terials. The council asserted far
mers, farmer groups and agricul-I
turai commuruues could use much
of the excess attaterlaLT-;..-
Hit Jap
Bars
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t t, w( Sar J
overs to Supcrw
Evergreen theatres of Portland.
Each member of this group spoke
briefly and outlined' events and
features, planned t for1 the
paign.
cam-1
Ana -scnou M war- program
got - on to ; a good start ..with a
meeting held at, the school admin
istration office with SupL Frank
B. Bennett) presiding. Jesse J.
Card,' Marion county war finance
committee jchairman, explained
the schools role In the campaign.
Quotas are to be established for
eacn; ouem! scnooi ana in many
specific items of army equip -
raent wiu oe purchased with pro -
ceeds of the bonds sold. Quotas
also will be set up . for teachers
ana employes in eacn scnooi. acn oldish side. j- earth-moving equipment to fill
school imrchssing a Jeep, f grass- When the litUe girl with the any anticipated need, have regis
hopper". or fflying jeep will re- big suitcase jgets on- he violates tered. There was a steady stream
ceive
tiauun. mna -
pals will . have general , oversight
of,the campaigns and students will
confine their activities .to the stu
dent body. ; Miss Mathilda Gillis
is Salem school chalrmanu
Quotaa likewise will be estab
lished for all county schools. Mrs.
Carmalite Weddle, county ; school
chairman, reports that Evens Val
ley school is first to reply to the
quota questionnaire. Miss ; Beryl
Fletcher, teacher, said Evens Val
ley school will purchase a para
chute during the fourth war loan
drive. Collectively, Marion county
schools willS attempt to underwrite
3 per cent of the county series E
&- J Al - . -1. , M .
uuna quota, ; wuca wouia aggre-
gate $48,128,
Physical Exams
Are! Revised
To Draft Meh
D (Con tinned from Page 1) D
due for a call to service will be
dispatched to induction stations.
There they! wm be examined by
army and navy physicians. All will
be sent back home as civilians
with ; those I who were found ac
ceptable for: induction for at least
three weeks.
It is intended, as a pool of
physically acceptable men is built
up, to afford an even longer per
iod between examination and in
duction but if a man is hot in
ducted within 90 days a new pre-
induction examination will be re
quired. ;
The army and navy examiners
also will classify acceptable men in
three groups "army general
service,' 'army1 limited service'
and "navy" (including marines
and coast guard) according to
their physical condition. The navy
demands a slightly higher degree
of physical fitness than does the
army. The army accepts fdrllmit
ed service men with physical de
fects barring them from general
service. ;f -;t;-;:-
Thereafter, calls to local boards
will "be for a definite number of
army general service, army limit
ed service, and navy men Instead
of for an over-all ; total' of men.
as at present
The classification by inducti
station doctors, however,', will be
simply a tag of the degree of
physical fitness. As far as prac
ticable, wishes of the drafted men
regarding the branch " of ; service
he enters will be followed.
San Vittore
Falls to Yanks
G (Continued from Page 1) Q
tection by the enemy on the hfll
over the town. j
On the slope of a hill outside
the town doughboys were clean
ing out the last German defenders 1
in machine gun nests and the air
vibrated with the crack of small
and the whack of. enemy
mortar shells. Litter i bearers
trudged down the i cobbled lane
carrying out the wounded, . . -.
Over everything was the sour.
pungent odor of death.; Alongside
the trail lay four dead mules rip-,
ped to pieces by a sheU. r
As we walked toward San Wit
tore our: bombers dived to bomb
and strafe slopes of the mountain
beyond the! town. Here, near the
first line of buildings, our troops
had brought up a 17 millimeter
anti-tank gun to ' blast German I
sniper and 1 machine gunners out
of their nests. .
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ONtlionOMEFROlIT
ThArti'a snmethlns!' about a? uni
form. ; !
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And he wears one. It's slate grey
and' somewhat shiny j;:;
But It lsnt the uniform that
has won him his friends.- .
Nor is it the youthful gleam in
his eyes, because there is no
1 au. - . . 1 -
1 - Time was when the man Behind
1 the wheel of the street bus was
I fairly likely to be very young.
I Today he is almost always on thejber of owner-operators of heavy
1 the comDanv's orders hv
the change and dropping the prop
er; coins - into the glass -receiver
himself because her free hand
would be overtaxed: with such
Job.: - "-I j. . . . , ..
The mother 1 whose ' baby . is
I howling knows that she wont be
summarily tossed off the bus if
she takes a moment to locate the
token in her voluminous handbag.
Men and women on their way
to work are warmed by the smile
of the man in the grey uniform and
the grey hair.- . J J
He jokes with! the housewife re
turning from lier ration point
shopping spree and he knows
which members of which family
are in which branch of the serv
ice, although the number of his
passengers must be more than
tripled in the past two years.
I once lived m a community
where there was only one bus
driver. He used to say that the
ox osner . ; people's troubles
which , threatened to ; bow bis
shoulders was lifted by the Joys
some of his patrons shared with
him. We heard ( of the gay things
in his life; the sorrows he kept
to himself.. -" !
And ; I wonder If, while the
medals are being handed out for
everything from courage to pro
duction and bond purchases, there
shouldn't be a set of epaulets for
the shoulders of many of the grey
j uniforms
awarded to morale
j builders.
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Chinese Clear s
Burma Road
NEW DELHI, Jan. 7 Amer
ican-trained, Chinese troops have
crossed to the i east bank of the
upper Chindwin river in a fresh
offensive to dear the way: for the.
steady advancement of the New
Burma road. It was disclosed to
day. V. I r ;,' , ' ;
The operation was supported by
a four-day attack of fighters and
fighter-bombers of the US armv
air zorce starUng, Januarv - l
communique from I Adm. Lord
Louis Mountbatten's headouar-
ters stated. . i -::'--- 'f:- ,
Exact location of the drive was
not given, but it was announced
that the ChinM hail thmnm th.
Japanese fnimithe jwest bank of!
the river in the Yupbang area and
occupied some j positions on the
east bank. !
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peared that the Issue raised by
the salmon packers was whs!!y
the result ef a misconception.
' Meanwhile, Albert Brant, busi
ness agent for the Salem Building
Trades unions; definitely confirm-
Mmn arn ta w tn
chj.. rtaM - icw
h aniMunrmMnt et th tit
I lection eariv this week, at least
1 ton laborers. SDDroxImately 43
I eamcntjr and a sufficient num.
1 ot registrants . at the building
I trades office -In the Labor temple
on Friday. 1 , -
On the basis of response so far :
I in advance of any definite call
for workers Brant said it would
not be necessary to bring In any
1 workers- from elsewhere in Oregon
or to take them from the war
plants. There are, however, soma
building trades workers whose
I hcanes are in Salem and vicinity.
011 loan- 10 uatsop and uncola
county projects wiin tne under
standing that they ' may be re
called when this project is started.
The employment situation def
initely; has eased in the last two
months. Brant observed, with the
result that there will be no diffi
culty in .. providing construction
workers for mis Job.
! Naturalization
QaS3 to Start
Persons interested in becoming
future citizens of the United States
are invited to attend the first of
series of naturalization classes
which Is ' scheduled for Saturday,
at 8 pjbl, at the YMCA. There Is
no charge. .
Continuous from 1&9 P. SX.
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Mickey Moose Mai. at 1 POX.
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