PAGE TWO The CHTGON STATTTMAII, Coles. Oregon. Tuesday Manila?, February & IZU Reds Crash Nikopol; Wipe Out O (Continued from Paga 1) Q 5' continuing attempt by the Gerr , man troop attacking . outside the - ring' in an effort to rescue them had been smashed west of Zveni- gorodka. 55 miles southwest of Cherkasy. -The Germans lost BOO killed, 32 tanks, 22 anti-tank guns, and oth er equipment yesterday in one such action, the bulletin said, while north of Zvenigorodka, in side the ting, one soviet formation 'killed 600 Germans as It method ically hacked its way into the ' circle." ; At Vyazovok It miles northeast of Shpola, an entire German gar i rison was wiped out and 200 sur vivors taken prisoners, the bul- letin said. The Russians converging on Ni kopol pushed oh south of Aposto- lovo yesterday to seal the. trap on the Germans there, the midnight communique disclosed." Apostolo- vo. 34 miles west of Nikopol, had been seized Sunday to cut the railway leading out of NikopoL With , the Germans' rail escape route severed and the highway leading out of the city raked by soviet artillery, the Russians were on the verge of reconquering one of the biggest military prizes still held by the Germans along a tur bulent 1000-mile front Nikopol's mines are said to be - the source of half of all the man ganese the nazis now-are getting. The Germans must keep producing steel. have it to Solons Send Tax Increase Bill to FDR E (Continued from Page 1) K tiation statutes would permit some contractors to make exces sive profits. ' Rep. Knuteon (R-Minn), said the tax laws must be simplified before any more revenue meas ures are passed. Piled on top of existing revenue laws, the new bill will increase the- government's annual income to an estimated $42,239,200,000, without' taking into -account such non-recurring receipts as pay ments of the unforgiven portions of 1942 income taxes. With the government planning to spend approximately $100,000, 000,000 in the ' year ahead pro vided , the war continues this means that somewhat less than half the expenditures will be met . out of current income. . - ' Three OWI Chiefs Offer Resignations F (Continued from Page 1) F -The announcement came in a statement issued in Davis' name here, although Davis himself was In New York. Davis said the three resigning .officials had "loyally and effec tively served the United States and are now leaving the services on account of an administrative realignment," They are James P. Warburg, deputy director for propaganda policy; Joseph Barnes, deputy di rector for Atlantic operations, andl : Ed Johnson, chief of the editorial . board. Edward W. Barrett, former as - aociate editor of Newsweek mag . azine, was named executive di rector of the overseas branch, di r rectly under Sherwood and with headquarters in Washington. ; Congress Okehs ' Farm Labor Recruitment WASHINGTON, Feb, . Congress gave final approval to- ' day to a $30,000,000 appropriation to - xinance an expended govern- , ment program of farm labor re- cruitment in 1944. ' By voice vote, the senate ad opted a conference report on the bill and sent It to the White House, after: the house gave , its okay. They compromised between - the . $27,000,000 f u n d originally voted by the house and a $35, 000,000 rum the senate had auth- orized. The appropritaion Is $4,000,000 higher than last year's sum. It Is v to pay for Importation of approx- lmately 120,000 farm workers. mostly from Mexico, Jamaica and the ; Bahamas, for seasonal rl em - pioymeni on American lanns. - There were 70,000 imported last ' year. , , Salem Police Book Zigzagging Soldier , Questioning whether the charge , should be drunken driving or rid- ; the state police sergeant who went , off Mfcrty Salem at, midnight I Monday . arrested the soldier wbo I swayed and zigzagged across the j Street ahead c him. ' -' At the city; police 'station the , t:!'':r;.r;i booked oa an intoxi cation t' : .rs'andthe" owner who 'I 3 r ; the bicycle stolen a r :rt.vLIl2 c :rl!rr was notified 1 -i Ui :rt7 Ui t?ea loc&t- Cherkasy Ward's Employes Far, Over War Employes ef the Montgomery Waid store In Salem had a eaota f hare pai-chased $4235 worth ef ! also has made a subsUntlal rew, freaa the left, are Bruce man e the bend drive among employes; Gerdea Herring, department slstant manager. ' '" ;-H ;4 ;.J - '.::.;v:. Fry Urges Better. City Government B (Continued from Page 1) B street improvement and street re pair tax funds were tabled until the next meeting. The money was received from rental of city street equipment. Br resolution, the council au thorized creation of a special li brary fund from book rentals and payments for lost books, the mo ney to be used in replacing books lost and worn out. An ordinance by Alderman Al bert H. Gille for reduction of the fee charged the Railway Express company; to $150, still more than four times the annual license fee charged against it a year" ago, was given first and second readings. Both Southern Pacific and Ore gon Electric railways will be in structed, on order of the council, to repair roadbeds on Front street Installation-of a streetlight at the intersection of Pine and Ma ple streets, for which residents of that area recently petitioned, was recommended by the lights com mittee with the provision that the work should ' be done when, ma terials become available. Of the 88 cases handled in Jan uary by the city Juvenile officer, two - involved . larceny of cars; eight, other carieties of larceny; one, check forgery; four, fire arms regulations violations; ten boys and ten girls were reported as runaways or as missing during the month and the police depart ment was instrumental in the re turn of seven boys and seven girls, Chief of Police Frank Minto re ported. Gen. Kenney Awarded DSM SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH WEST PACIFIC, Tuesday, Feb. 8 iiP High praise from Gen. Dou glas MacArthur and the disting uished service medal "for merito rious and distinguished service" were given 1A. Gen. George C Kenney, commander of allied air forces in the southwest Pacific, at an airfield today. MacArthur termed Kenney "one of the world's outstanding air leaders." Seldom, if ever, has Gen. Mac Arthur spoken o highly of one of his generals. In concluding the presentation, he said, "no living man will contribute more to the air age which is now upon us." , The citation said: "As com mander of allied . airf orces, Ken ney revitalized the air arm In the southwest Pacific" Initially his-dynamic leadership made inadequate resources . effec tive out. of all proportion to their sue, and, as the force was built up, his constant bold extension of activity kept all the elements of his command at a high pitch of aggressive effort Gen. Kenney also holds the dis tinguished service cross and clus ter, the silver star, purple heart, and Knight of the British Em pire Military Division. Montgomery Ward Buys 50 Million in Bonds ' CHICAGO. Feb. 7 -iff)- Mont gomery Ward and company an nounced today the purchase by the company of $50,000,000 worth or government securities in the fourth war loan drive. Sewell, A very, Aboard chairman, said the purchase will be prorated and credit allowed to the cities In which the : company's 650 : retail stores and nine mail order houses are looted. The company invest ed $32,000,000. in US securities In the third war loan, drive.' US Nurses Arrive LONDON, Feb, 7 -Wl- One hundred United States army nur ses, the first to serve in Britain. have arrived" here."' r ; -'; The unit isv commanded ly Lt Ccm. Ilary Ilartha Heck of Cum- terlond, ; a . veteran' ct "5 years ia the navy nurses corps, u, IH fl-i bonds. te date, far exceeding that allocation te JIarton county out of Its purchase W bonds. In the front Dixon, assistant manager;: F. G. Leserer, maaarer; James Beaxd, chair 1 OMeHOMEFRONT By X3ASSL CHILD3 r ! i Their faces were rosy; their eyes sparkled, and the . baby's plump little hands clutched at the neck of thj man while the infant voice cooed -and the older one boomed out iu hearty laugh. The proudest man in Salem he And why shouldn't he be? he might well have asked me. Wasn't the state going, to let him sign the papers? i And then, wouldn't ; th little girl he held in his arms be his and his wife's? Theirs to teach to walk and to talk, theirs to send to school and to college theirs to "give away" some day in white satin under a shower of rice. , 1 1 -v- :-:,v She will cost more than a new car, he i agreed. But new cars aren't to be had at the moment . . . . and besides she should last longer, j 1 Million Dollar Club to End Bond Drive A (Continued from Page 1) A bonds will give out tickets. The reserved i seats as far as they "last will go to buyers of $100, $500 and $1000 bonds.. . This will be the Million Dollar club's first program ; outside of Portland, and the committee made known that XOIN wiU defray 'the substantial tost of transportation and setting ;up for the broadcast. Meanwhile an earlier special event, Wednesday night's war bond premiere at the Elsinore theatre featuring "The Desert Song" in technicolor, continues to stimulate bond purchases; a full house is : assured ; and the county total in bond sales Monday reach ed $3,348,000, leaving the present deficit at six figures instead of seven; $798,900. :; However, the committee won't be satisfied with less than $5,000,000, and that is still quite' a stretch. j ' It was announced Monday that in the "Schools at War, program the rural schools are over the top with $25,053.25 against a $25,000 quota. This hews was supplied by Mrs. Carmalite Weddle, 1 chairman for the. rural : schools. Pupus ' In the Aumsville school, i Principal Roy E. Hough reported, had bought over $1200. worth of bonds and stamps against at "jeep" pledge of $n65.r-v;:i - Ewing Foresees FDR:Land9Ude : i PORTLAND, Feb. 7 Oscar Ross Ewing, vice chairman of the democratic f naUonal committee, predicted today that the recently realized possibility of a long war will sweep I President Rooseyelt on to a fourth term. - ? i "In the middle of a storm you don't discharge the pilot and fire the crew because some passengers would- like to run the boat," he said. The (New York man will speak at .the democrats Jackson day dinner here tomorrow. . - Union HOI School Closed for Year union tnr.1. . ' union ma popus started U school at sa ver Cliff Monday. , The Ualea mil school has been discontinu ed for. this;: year.-j;-UUf: v! .' i -urn Last Times Today . - - ... f .-A Loan Quota $2708 In the fourth war loan. They quota. The company's home office manarer, and Dana Henry, r'VV-e-V'.V' Strike Blows At Lakunai K (Continued from Page 1) K shot down and four more probably destroyed. The allies lost four air crafLx'4-'--1'"--- ' At the other end of New Bri tain, American : marine ,: patrols ranged east of Borgen bay to the vicinity of Cape Gauffre, expand ing their; activities in the Cape Gloucester sector where the leath ernecks won outstanding victories last, month in driving ' the Japan ese, veterans of Bataan, from the Cape Gloucester airdrome and Hill 660.; . Australians pushing up the Hu- on peninsula coast, northeast New Guinea, are only 18 airline miles from outposts of American inva sion troops below Saidor. The Australians reported little opposi tion to their ; advance, " but said abandoned enemy dead littered the trails. '.'" - i" Heavy bombers dropped SI tons of explosives on Momote airdrome and supply areas in the Admiralty islands, and Boston medium bomb ers with fighter escort struck an other blow at the enemy base at Wewak, this time destroying over 30 barges and a 2000-ton freighter believed carrying troops. This was the fourth consecutive, day of at tacks on Wewak. ; ' Mitchell medium bombers pilot ed by Dutchmen struck at Tanim bar island 300 miles north of Dar win, Australia, Sunday ' morning, and Australians flying a Catalina bomber hit the airdrome at Ka vieng, New Ireland. Boilermakers . . , ,K Name Candidates PORTLAND, Feb. 7 Ajpi-A. E. Jordan and Chester R. - McAllister became candidates -for the presi dency " of r the AFL. Boilermakers' Portland union ,today t" V;? Jordan, who claimed to. have been elected last yearr but never was installed and McAllister were nominated yesterday at ' the first of two meetings ordered by the court-appointed receiver who is supervising the election. , Additional nominations can be made Feb. 20, and the election will follow March 5-8.' . Find Army Overcoat ', City police Monday turned over to military police a soldier's over coat found in the First Methodist church where entry. ; had - been made . some . time r. Saturday . night through an east. window. No mon ey was left in ' ibe .church! ahoj apparently nothing:. ;was missing. Dr.. J. Q. Harrison, 'minister, said: The. overcoat, carries, ideotiflca" tion," ' ",. , . KOUI Cent. From 1 P. klV 'f r-X ZT I TWO BIG FEATURES! 'X 1 rvl IrSJ on due Fun 2UID .yisiLL pzcsmra The Great Glldy had a way with weoien . . , until that fascinating wi dow came along! HAROLD PEARY n Curke . - Claire - tunica . O Latest Ilct News o ". ' ' -Cartcca - . Predict Port, Betif Famine I lii 60 Days J H (Continued from Page 1) FJ ment predicted,. will ' run 'about 25,000,000,000 pounds In 1944, or eight per cent more than 1943, but non-civilian I requirements will take the larger chunk of it f ; - On a per, capita basis, the de partment estimated the supply for each person will be 123. pounds against 131 pounds in, 1943. I v J The department aaid military food purchases last year increas ed about 75 per '.cent ; over; 1942 and accounted for about 13.3 per cent of the total production.' Lend- lease and other exports showed jn 57 per, cent increase over 1942 and amounted ' to ' about 12 - pen cent of the total. I Civilians last year consumed a record: amount : of , chicken j eggs, fluid milk,; margarine, potatoes and dried peas, the survey chow led, while consumption of j fish, butter, . cheese, . deciduous 1 fresh and ; canned: fruits ' and fresh and canned vegetables were ';. substan tially below the 1942 level. From a s nutritional point of ' vieniv: the department declared, the civilian diet in 1943 was superior to the prewar diet in 1935-39. - t . A table showing estimated ap parent civilian consumption in pounds this year as compared to last year. . ;" ; , 1 Eggs, 44 and 43.2 or 3491 -eggs, 345 eggs; chickens, dressed 26 and 28.4; dressed turkeys, 3.1 and SJS; cheese, 4.02 and 5.1; ? condensed and evaporated milk, 13 and 19.7; fluid . milk and cream, 401 and 405;. butter (farm- and factory), 12 and 12.4; lard, 14 and 14J; shortening (fat content), 7 J9 and 9.1; margarine, 3.6 and 3.3;! other fat and oil products, 6.5 and 7.3 : Fresh citrus fruits, 63 and 57; other-fresh fruits including apples but excluding melons, 75 and 37.4; canned fruits, 7.4 and 10.6; can ned jukes, 7 and 7.4; frozen fruits, 1.9 and 1.4; fresh vegetables, 228 and 229; canned vegetables 30 and .33.4.:.r: ,.',:vi-,-,;,''--?.j : ' Frozen vegetables, 1.4 and 1.1; potatoes, 131 and 141.6 (the de partment said consumption of po tatoes on the calendar basis were expected to be as large as last year); sweet potatoes 30 and 23.6; dry edible beans, the same as last year or , 8.7 lbs.; sugar, 7? ' and 79.6; . wheat, 229 and 224 J; rye, 44) and 5; rice, 5.9 and 5;! corn, 74 and 72.1; oats, 8 and 8J; bar ley, 26 and 25JS; coffee, 16 . and JUS; tea, .6 and ; cocoa beans, more than Z. . The department said food prices had increased 43 per cent above the 1935-39.. avarege : of January to May, 1943, and that u 'January pf, this year . were ; 27i Perj cent abeve the prewar average. Prices pf fresh fruit and vegetables have lumped more than any other! food. with the ' 1943 average - 78.76 i per cent above the ; 1935-39 average. Meat - prices in 1943, the depart hient said, averaged 35 pert cent above the 1935-39 average. ! Convicted At Oregon City OREGON: CITY, FeW 7- Henry W. Merten and Walter L. Wilson,' convicts serving life' sen tences under the habitual criminal act today were sentenced to die in . the state's lethal chamber on March -10. ' f They, were convicted recently of first degree murder in :the shoot ing of Ralph Dahleit during a hold-up of an Oak Grove ' tavern last July. They were convicted of the robbery last fall, and charged with murder after Dahlen t suc cumbed to bullet wounds.'; ' I .-.V . I. - '? Smokes-for-Soldiers 1 Funds Snowballs NIAGARA FALLS, NY Feb. 7 tf) "Just to see. what would hap pen," women workers on the as sembly line at Bell Aircraft; cor poration pasted $ 18 on the skele ton fuselage of an Airaeebr P-39, for smokes-lorrsoldiers; fundi Six-days later .when the plane tolled - off.-the jissembly - line :it bore? contributions - ranging .from pennies to a $100 tO, and totalling over WOC:0:y-7- COT AN EXTSL4 TV Alt BOND! 4" - Adventure! V BACK ALMVZt ' u " rt ( -t V ' si" : V rime t ' M ! .' if t I ... US Naval ? Force Shells Paramushiro D (Continued from Page 1) D the attackers. Seven of them were the "Tokyo short line express' did hit Paramushiro and Shimushu tonight, striking in two sections shortly after ' the- naval' bombard ment." All planes returned .'safely. Cmdr. Harry Smithy veteran of Coral sea and Midway ., battles, skippered the destroyer: on. which I rode as the only; war correspon dent accompanying the task force. A destroyer division under Cmdr. Hunter Wood led: heavier ships of the task' force shelling poison along the eastern side; of Kurabu point The remainder of the force, led by Capt H. L. Gearing, swung westward toward the Sea of Oh kotsk and struck from!, the south ern side. .-.,-,".! . I stood on this destroyer's di rector platform, above! the bridge with Lt. (jg) U Hill of Dawson, Gl, communications and. assistant gunnery officer. At 230 ajn.'(90 pjn." Japan time) Dawson said fHere we go." ! : " ' t Instantly star shells illuminated the snow-covered shore; The Jap anese, obviously i befuddled, began firing skyward. Our bombardment quickly began in earnest, center ing, on. buildings ashore and on a j merchant ship which , star shells silhouetted against the : white shore.; ... ; The vessel; got under way and dodged . desperately but : suffered several hits and, was left appar ently; beached and badly crippled. The;, wind, blew choking smoke into our faces as ships guns roar ed and spurted flames Red and yellow, - tracers seemed - to drift gently; shoreward, and; the flashes of enemy guns and tracer streams added) to the fireworks.. After the first confused firing into the' air,! the Japanese j began shooting wildly along their own beaches - perhaps at! Shadows of Imaginary landing barges and toward the sea. As our, task force moved . away , fires - blazed behind us, one appearing to explode per iodically as if from gasoline or ammunition. ' 1 ; The:- invasion-conscious. Japa nese wouldn't have been any hap pier had they known that aboard Adm. Baker's flagship : as observ ers were Maj. Gen. I Davenport Johnson, commander ( f 11th air force, and Brig. Gen. E. D. Post, chief of staff to Lt. Gen. Simon D. Buckner of the Alaskan depart ment, whose troops just now are engaged in assault maneuvers.' lliWard Reatignment Forerunner of the realignment of the hew Marion county precinct no. 27, a resolution adopted Mon day night by the Salem city coun cil asks ' the county court to ar range It so that only one city, ward is included - in the : precinct and henceforth to stay -'within ' one ward when creating new voting areas. : Sections of both ward six and ward two are included in new 27, which : was trimmed away from precincts, two and 19. j The court is cognizant of the fact but needs the city action for the; record. It plans to do the slight tailoring Job necessary. Alderman' David O Tiara told the counciL T Bay an Extra Bond! OPENS 6:45 P. M. How Shstf&j! Tar pie- tare that 1 made- taeaa both stars! t Alfred Hitch- i Greatest net ore! if... Dorm? . MADELEINE CADDOLL r:rr:-'ifl ' o Co-feature o ! " "" "' 1111 "- t , . i t i , Nazis Recoil, Prepare Next Onslaught C (Continued from Page 1) C head, though they: have brought in almost continual reinfospe ments and the 8-by-14 mile area now bristles with men and guns. The American and British infan try that have borne the brunt of the German . counterattacks dur ing the past week are tired, ;De Luce wrote, and -The strain of combat shows in their clipped speech and taut glances. He said, however, that - their morale re mained high. J '"; ",: U American a n d British troops threw back - two minor German sorties early today as the rein forced 1 enemy - constanlty tested the strength' of the allied defenses, a DeLuce dispatch said. . ' The ; tightly - ringed ; beachhead defenders were again subjected to bombing, strafing and ' heavy ar tilley fire while long-iange Ger man guns probed for ships off shore and for motor convoys in an effort to disrupt the constant stream. of allied supplies.. Grim house-to-house fighting still was la progress at Cassia a the main Fifth army front - 5 aalles east of the beachhead. - The nasls after six: days- eentlx- aed te fight flereelgv from trea . mad concrete pillboxes, foxheles and machinegun bankers. ' Allied artillery pounded enemy positions all along, the Monte Car lo heights and - in ' Cassino in a daylong gun duet The' allied guns concentrated ' terrific ' fire on an ancient, turreted castle situated on a hillock just behind the center of Cassino, from which American troops were forced to withdraw Saturday; night The nazis still are reinforcing their last-ditch "fighters "around Cassino. Almost every day a new enemy unit is 'identified. Some German engineering unit s are fighting as infantry. The leaders of the tenacious defense are par achute troops. American troops battled up the slopes of ML Cassino, which over looks highway and. railway routes into Cassino from the north along which supplies must pass to the last-ditch nazi fighters in the town. . Allied infantry also was pushing up a steep 1600-foot crag a mile west of the town, on which is situated the centuries-old Ben' edictine monastery. I - . British Eight army troops near the Adriatic sea -drove Into the villages of Pizzoferrato, two and one-half miles northwest of San ta Angelo, ; and Montenerodomo, four miles . south of .Torricella. ' Medium and fighter bombers of the allied 12th air forcer ham- merednazi transpartation fines In the RonW area while' allied tight- j ers i four "times ripped into Ger- j man planes which were interven- i ing in the fighUng about cassino. Important highways converging at Frascatf on the Appian Way nine miles southeast of Rome were heavily bombed by American Mitchells and invaders. ; Thirteen allied planes were missing for the dav. aeainst 10 nazi . craft . de stroyed. ' l- - v Bay an Extra Bond! rrnnd OPENS 6:45 1. M. How Showfcu SEIOCEIEIG! JAP ATROCrnES COM MITTED BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES! j BBUTM! Torture of helpless captires! Women and ' children ravished . murdered! i NOT A STORY! But Stark . Truth! "Eavc;:d Eaii' Filmed on the spot ... cen aors would not release- it before!- - Co-reairrc!. TTUIIxrj--, Jse - Tr; :y ;. Ci-sryt? 4 ml Tc!ic3 TTrcnj Turn 1 t::i:. nrni Anr,ix czAcn- miADl Feb. 7 -W) The most " forces here to-fiy ' was a Ger i man Uentenant ef a smoke -I mortar company who drove la- to cx;Uv!!y !a a Telkswagea j before daybreak. The officer failed te make a i tnrnoff from the mala highway - and motored Into aa American Infantry position. Three nasi laea - commissioned ef fleers la. ;the ear also were taken prisoner. Miller Kite Set PORTLAND, Feb. 7-ff)- Fun eral services for John W. Mfllery Portland lumberman who died suddenly yesterday, will be held here Thursday. He is survived by me wiaow ana zour cnuaren. Last Times Tonight! TT3 ' ' VsK&i'oto alt her. wwa 9 IUOBl PAUITTI NPWAIO lYEttTT NOtJOl 2nd Hit ' TOwroiMAaco .:;:-'Ti-diih3j;:.:i" Bkcinailcr" , With Faye Enersoa, Jerome , - . - Cewaa . WAR BOND PREMIERE WEDNESDAY, 8:30 P. M. v t tCMis atiiiif. lam mm,, 'I - Buy Your - Hcteot Bond Now! . Doors Open at 7:45 P. JL; Ctirtain at 8:3D P. M. Edw. G. Catinson in "D::!rcycr" -and HEAVEN CAN VAIT THth Don Ameche, Gene Tlerney The rictore That Hakes Tea Tecrr! f " ; Li IW4.-J In Technicolor LUCILL2 CALL IIAHr.Y JA!IE3 An J Hi - IZzzls ". ": . tlilcrs ,. L U U I - A CaTey Tcu've ' I.ever fjeja Eefsre! niE onLAKoriA Wi..l i:crr:.ry Lr J rxL"! i:;v;" PJlkmcaiy mm s-r-s : "... . w asiirsi - " I'm .i