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'b'ZEGbXI STATEC2.bt2J? Z&ZOZiqon. SWoglYluarr ft. IS44 I PAGE TWO ,)N the H01.IE FRONT S Bj BASEL CHILD3 ; Not presuznini to ' give advice la the. city fathers, I do believe that if ever time i rolled 'round Vhen the curfew ordinance should ..be relaxed, it is right now while a Frank Sinatra picture is in Sa -lem. fir.-' ' -V- . ,,,, j Not for the kids, you under j stand, but for .the oldsters, ; who Jfill the theatre to hear the young asters squeal. j- V'-:v7 ' Now, I heard about this scream ing, shrieking, moaning reception ftne tnm-raced crooner was re ceiving, so I sneaked out for awhile and into the theatre (for j the late showing). ; Only one small delegation of girls near me put on the Sinatra welcome actl Hollywood version. but the adults in the place roared at the kids and a good time was had by alL . Just wishing you could go to the early . show doesn't get you there, so, on behalf of other like myself I put in this little plea: Doq't let down the curfew just for us, but if you're going to let down the bars at all do it while Sinatra is in town and then we j can thoroughly enjoy the whole ; performance. For, ; I;. tell you, if the sample I got was true, they'll ; hit more notes per minute, change : time oftener than their idol and " they surely wouldn't want to do It at a . time when, they could be seen later in broad daylight leav ing the show! Slav Royalist fParties Unite ; . CAIRO, Feb. 12 -tfV A coali i tion of all royalist parties in Yugo- slavia under the name of the Yu goslav Democratis National Un ion has been announced. The announcement said the group was formed at a meeting of , 173 party representatives some where in the mountain of Yugo slavia last month. None, of the union's resolutions referred; specifically to the parti sans or- their leader. Marshal Jo sip Bras (Tito), but the exiled government statement said the un ion congress had appealed "to the communist party of Yugoslavia to stop its harmful action of disrup tion, both in the military' and po litical fields." Reds Reach Lugi ;a; Smash In Ukraine r ! (Continued from Page 1) P divisions in the Korsun sector, the Russians-said. Soviet forces pressed the hun gry and -exhausted-nazis into an 1 1 -mile-long strip of land from Korsun north along a railroad. ' Golyaki was captured at the up per end of this naxi toehold and Kavashin, less- than three miles southeast of Korsun, was taken-on the southern end.' j" In this fighting 2200 Germans were killed as the Russians drove wedges between the German strongpoints, winning ene forti fied position after another. The retreating Germans abandoned . dugouts, and trenches, throwing away their weapons in their rout. Inside the ring seven tanks, 12 field guns, 55 trucks and other material also were captured by the -Russians. 1 Meanwhile, the r Germans out . side the ring who had been at tacking soviet lines doggedly since February 3 In hopes of breaking through to the survivors of per haps 100,000 men originally trap ped by the Russian coup, failed again to - pierce the encircling lines., i ' j .' I v "' . t Another 2000 Germans fell out side the ring; the bulletin said; as massed Russian artillery fire and swift counterattacks beat back the German plunges with tanks and Infantry.. .- . Two hundred miles west of this position the Russians counted up their gains In the capture of Shep etovka, taken Friday. In the streets of . the town alone 3200 ' enemy bodies were found as well as 47 burnt out tanks and 12 self-propelled guns. Sixty-seven more big guns, 83 mortars and large 'dumps f Var material were captured, the Russians said.? ": :-.: Moscow reports said- the capture f ti t juiKtkioi: J15 - miles norfhv of -the 'Rumanian frontier represented 'the epeningjof a sov iet drfve ouuV toward the Odessa Warsawraflway. major German ssrprtery- into the Ukraine. : 7, i x , v- it f-.t .Enymet T ' J ' " -t . e . U!ird lotteries , - o llellr Tires Tabes ' Ante Safety Glass Uapalated Faraltnre . : RHAI. VALUES AT - - " f Congress Batters FDR Legislation C (Continued from Page 1) O draft civilian men and women for work in essential war industries has been shelved by a house com mute and has a future far from bright in the senate. The senate military affairs committee has been holding hearings on the leg islation, ' but a majority of the committeemen are openly against it, saying it may have been need ed early in the war but is not now. ' Service vote Senate and house conferees will go to work next week in an effort to save part of the federal war ballot bill the nresident J wanted for voters in uniform. The senate squeezed . a semblance; of the original bill through to passage, but the house went overwhelmingly for a pro posal to leave service voting up to the states a plan the presi dent called a fraud. Veterans' rehabilitation Bright est spot on the president's pro gram, congress has passed a mus tering out pay bill for service men and is Working on legislation to guarantee them job preference, schooling, social security and oth er postwar benefits. Stabilization act The law which supports the administra tion's price controls expires June 30. A re-enacting bill to keep it alive hasn't put in an appearance in congress yet, but it will. With out it, the president said, "the country might just as well expect price chaos by September. . Paasildvi Thought to Be Peace Envoy G (Continued from Page 1) G I haven't had any connection with it since 1941. . (In Lenlgrad Maj.Gen. Alex ander Gvozdkov, representative of red army's Lenigrad front staff, told British and American corres pondents that "the hour of settle ment is rapidly approaching" for Finland). Helsinki dispatches said the Finnish capital was bazslng with talk of peace and that there was a general feeliag the Finnish government soon would seek di rect contact with Moscow. The Finnish press warned citi zens to keep cool and wait to see what their jgovrnment was pre paring to do. The press in this neighboring country continued to play on .the theme that the time has tomt for Finland to seek peace," regardless of what Ger many desires. It was suggested here that the Finns might ask Moscow for terms and that if they were ex tremely severe the government could proclaim to the world that it had masked for peace and couldn't get it. , There were many hints, howev er, that a -genuine attempt to quit the war was in the making. (Even German quarters. quoted in Madrid by the Spanish News agency EFE, expressed doubts mat Finland long could op pose "the Influence and pressure of the various allied . nations." A dispatch from Zurich to the Brit ish Reuters agency, said the Finns already had outlined their peace views to Berlin.) Calls for GOP Knockout Win KANSAS CITY, Feb. I2-(flV Gov. D wight Griswold of Ne braska called tonight for a strong, virus repuoiican leadersnip so that the party might win in 1944 "by a knockout, not by default-" "A real victory won't come by sitting tight and waiting for the tide," he - warned in an address prepared for dehVery at a Lincoln day dinner of Missouri repub licans, f : '. . "The; republican party will be doing Just that if it expects adult American voters to support it for the party's sake and for nothing more. The republican party will lose again if its ideas are bound ed x on all - sides by party ortho doxy; if its vision reaches no farther than the end of its nose, and if its leadership is an echo of the , past rather than a voice calling us. to a greater future.' Republican ' success. . he " said. hinged on convincing the voters: "First, that a republican victory wOl : speed the - winning of the A cHDp2p;:a:AP.q:j;jT; ' HO M!MmU CJULAKC3 " UniitID GTATEG Corp oration Tax Lowering Is Prospect F (Continued from Page 1) F; . Dough ton (D-NC) and Rep. Knut- son (R-Mum) of the house ways and means committee which han - dles tax legislation. , v t in view of the heavy tax bur - den now born by . all groups of our citizens," Dough ton and Knut - son said in - a I joint statement, they; are at leat entitled to have their task of eomoutmf their ob - ligation - to tne government made as simple . and understandable as possible and it $s , the purpose of the committee to see that this is done without delay." . Until now. Doughton and Knut- son said, there has been no ade - nuat onnortunitT for the com - mittee to review the tax structure as a whole, and sinwiify and co- ordinate its complex provisions. due to the fact that its time for the last decade Sias been occuoled largely with drafting tax raising measures, i f George said It seemed obvious to him speedyl changes must be made In the business tax strue- mm, war ends, if industry Is to convert to civilian pursuits with out pause."; j J: ; Series E Sale 93PriGent n (Continued from Page 1) H to that series J& quota, and In that mnnin. iHnr. t k- I Salem high school auditorium Tuesday night has already proved a major factor Arthur Smither. Completed Salem chairman, estimates that it "i J,wm "fweu QUI1 organiza has accounted already for $100,000 P" i I , f v ' v .1- -in series E bond sales, for tickets Not because the committee be to the big event, featuring the lieves that a recreational program KOIN Million Dollar club, can be J bought" to no other way. It was announced that prior to! announcement of statewide results by E. C Sammons, state chairman, at the victory rally, the tabulation will be made in the office of Gov. Earl Snell. .1 J Meanwhile plans for the show J nave seen maxing great progress J under the direction of Producer Bill Mean of the KOIN staff. Re hearsals ; will be held early Tues- day night on tiie high school au- ditonum atage.so the show will go c witiwut a Jiitch. Chester Dun- 1 .5? P!! 1." "T,"1 Wf rrnu I I interested in! radio behind the scenes are Invited to attend. The ihow nioht start at 8 . p. ii. Bond booths wil be operated by Mrs. Bessie Kay- ser sad her Committee so last- minute purchases may be made. Salem high school ushers win han- dle; the crowd and students also will have charffe of th xtae nH Lproperties. Appreciation of coop-1 wwn oy uie aaiem scnooi Doard, - Supt, Frank B. Bennett and Prin- I "lt recommended that larger cipal Fred Wolf was expressed froup recreation be accepted sts Saturday by the war finance com- community responsibility for all mittee.- ; age levels. It is further recom- The committee. Incidentally, mended that community recrea was swelled by 600 members Sat- tlonal programs be a cooperative urday when that number of Boy community endeavor between the Scouts and Cub Scouts were sworn school and the city, and that the in while attending a scout show city council pass an enabling act at the Grand theatre. They are order to exercise its legal right to canvass their neighborhoods to levy up to one-half mill tax for for pledges in the last two days purposes, and that the schools of the campaign. provide administrative and sup- Forty six of the 58 state depart- ervisory personnel witii joint use ments were over the top Saturday of facilities and equipment.', on their bon4 purchase quotas for 1 The ; city recreational commit a total of $$94,845, which is in tee is advised to secure tempor excess of the $389.100 ; quota for ary Junds on an emergency ba all state employes. This group has sis to j- permit immediate imple bought the $?00,000 bomber it set mentation of the program they out to sponsor. When all scores feel it advisable to undertake at are in Seari, Roebuck company this . time. wui present vm department lead- er who made the best record with a $50 series bond. Salem schools. Including Sacred Heart academy, have exceeded their $30,000? quota, buying bonds to date valued at $40,142J9. Miss Mathilda Gillis as chairman has made a notable record. Schools outside of Salem had a goal of $25,000, have bested in to the tune of $29,892.35 not including the ML Angel schools which report $12,- oi. saiem teachers with a auota of $12,600 hive invested $2140.- 75. Thus the combined score of All schools in the county is over $100, 000 agaifist a quota , of only war. Seconct that a renublican victory will Insure full employ ment afterward. And third, that republicans jwOl whole-heartedly cooperate with other , nations ta prevent future wars.: lATICr.T.L UrMlV Coordinators f - - - ..... . . Often : Complete YouthProgram j X (Continued from Page 1) J j Agencies, not to be" confused Vith j the aforementioned city council, 1 is a standing' coordinating com- jmittee. or department of the! Sa 1 lem United .War Chest. represent ing in its organization each agen- 1 cy of the chest and of .agencies f with similar activities. The. social agencies council is recommending 1 10 the city f atners .that the cur- l w w wu,-. f " The . committee,, named i n m e I time ; ago by the . council, ..has worked quietly for several months j in tan effort; to determine to what extent there is a problem of Ju- 1 venile delinquency in Salem, "and 1 haying -determined that such ,a problem is genuine, in laying Pl4n ?or solving or, at least, com bating it included g on that temporary I committee, .which -late last week w Iermanentstatus: by w wuuu v&swmu fncies, are: Cart Aschenbrenner. Ppal of rtish iunior nigh .t TX.hH- TTmIHi uA!.Hm- TK. er t Boardman, USO director; C. A.; Kells, executive secretary of the Salem YMCA; Rev. David Neilsen, : representing the Salem Ministerial t association, and Mrs. Esther Little, xeecutive secretary of the cityiYWCA. This group is considered a "nu cleus for the new coordinating committee, according to W. M. Hamilton, chairman of the Salem Council ; of Social Agencies. The committee lias been instructed to enlarge its Own membership as it deemf adviable, by taking in rep- enwves ox ut mieresiea or- f!i0n,4 no? STr d!fa4"sxbr t U' r"? noers today will draw out of the county JH. away from homes and special schools and hospitals theiyoung lives that have moved out of the normal pathway of youth, but! be; cause it thinks; a preventive pro- gram may I keep other boys and girls from! travelings the wrong road, has It offered its program, its members explain. BrJeflv. And In nart th mH- U MmT. tw h .tin aiiy program, the community rec- ognize tha responsibilities stiU lie wjth home, schools, churches and' other agencies, and that it make ort to educate parent, to a"Pt thefr responsibiUtie It suggests that every existing r?th ag inake eW effort to -- Fu4. , iMidwayg In the report but touching every resident of the city il "ends "that a memorial t to pur city recreation com- ttee which Is jointly sponsored by the ;citF and the schools, urg- thcm fo tive seriou consider- ti to the need for additional re- creational facilities for our teen Both the YACC and the coun- dl of social agencies have voted Of I - .-- . ; JuhiorsT7in; FrosE Glee r On Serenade I (Continued - from Page 1)1 a haU-ddzen boys (links hv the chain r swayed. , . v.'.r In music juniors placed first; freshmen 'second; while sophoi mores and seniors tied for third and ifou-thr,placevv Seniors j; were first in 'words;' juniors, second; freshmen? third, and, sophomores, fourth. The Juniors .won their jsec- ond first;-place . in : presentation; sophomores were second; - seniors. third,' and freshmen, fourth. , -. Judging was' close this year, in fact so close -that any class could have won, according to announce ment made by ProL Herman Clark; woo presented the banner. The judges were out for over 40 minutes, 1 the longest - wait for a decision In the last seven years. Students f tried to - pass the - time away by singing class and school sonfc-cl--' ' Judges were Dr. EL C Richards, Mrs. Ellen Fisher, Miss Elizabeth Kenhey, f words; Miss Evangeline Merritt Ralph Dobbs, and Mrs. Josephine Albert Spaulding, mu sic;. Mayor L. M. Doughton, Wil liam ; I Phillips and Lt. George a Bl(ss,USNR, presentation, The seniors who wore their caps and gowns for the first time,' were the winners of last year's" glee. This.'y ear's song .was "Memory Serenade, with musl by Slaix'kiilleorn 'vtA words by Margaret Pemberton" and. Skilli- coTn.rThe sophomores, who' swam the milll race last year will re peat again Tuesday and their song was titled "When You're Near' with words by Charles Strong and music by Faith Idso. The fresh men made their first appearance with the; song "Campus Serenade' with music by Rosalee Smith and words written by the ntire class. President G. Herbert - Smith made an announcement that the annual mill race swim, class pa rodies and bets will have to be postponed ' until Tuesday as the adrnxntstration , received official notice Saturday - that the ( war manpower commission and: navy officials f will "be on' the campus for inspection. v " ; This year's glee was dedicated to Profj Lestle J. Sparks, acting director of athletics, who , has as sisted the students -with many glees and Served as general man- m9r ntlihm mtithnt hrwfv: Alfnxl Tedje, : freshman class ' president, gave thf address of welcome 4nd following the four class songs Prof. Ralph Dobbs played "Scher zo B Minor' Dy Chopin and "La Champanella', by ' Paganini-Liszt. The serenade theme . was used cleverly; In the stage decorations with a j back . drop of dark and light blue with silver stars and a moon against a silhouette of Wal ler halli Also an added feature of the .glee was the first appearance of the navy V-12 men participat ing in their dress uniforms. The glee went off smoothly consider ing, that the navy men were only released from drill' and study hours one week for practice. Pendleton Field to Be Servicing Station PENDLETON, Feb. Pendleton field will be converted into a servicing station for tran sient aircraft about February - 24, Lt. Col James T. B landlord, com manding officer, said today. . The order to reduce the field's status f came from Spokane air service command. headquarters. An air corps officer will be given command of the field. resolutions ot appreciation to the YMCA and YWCA for their new Saturday night cc-ed recreational program.- :t - ' 1 . .crriiw.izivj: h. - ' - V f-v - V iUIiie File For Oregon : May Primary A (Continued from Page 1) A back in humorous vein, too. If occasion:' arises,;-'". !; !. ' Because fee; is relaxed, audien ces geta, clearer and fuller; im pression of the man and apprecia tion of. his capacity and; under standing of national and ,world af-fairs.- - f UiJiLui-.V' ,4;:.- r In Pertland. ClkIe was not 1 xaaipalgnlng; directly ; ferr.WUl-;. kle. His -present thesis, rather.' is In. eppotOtlon 'te the vvtioa that any man Is Indispensable. -He' ventored thai there are at' least 25 men in -Oregsn capable of dlreetlar the naitons affairs, 'given the epportanlty ( audi the detailed and accsrate Informa tion which a president has pro- : vtded for lum, - L ' ' i ' : ' . The American way, he Insisted, develops leaders; and it is a ser ious matter, harmful to that phase of American life, that the notion prevails in many minds; that only one man now living Is capable of serving as chief executive, t Also in Portland for the; first time since announcing that he will seek the republican nomination again, WiHkie aired his views on the labor question. Recognizing that evils have arisen, he blamed them chiefly - on President Roose velt who, he said, "has built up an atmosphere of conflicf." and pitted 'iabbr h leaders one - against the othef.e denied that therdt Js an irreconcilable conflict between labor and -capital, advocated - cul tivation - of- responsibility; "oh :the part oi labor leaders and. said: "I, wouldn't favor, - electing president who lutes business, or hates labor, or hates any -other le gitimate group. ; - . : ' ;' : .He reiterated. ius recent declar ation for higher federal; taxes now; in order that as much as possible of the war's cost may be paid before the men In the armed forces return to take up this add ed burden, and in order Jthat tax may oe lowered alter - tne war whed incentive capital will ; be needed. Wnen a listener asked 'if Millions' could not ,be saved - by economy, in non-war expenditur es, he responded: I a" ul think so; but don't let that be your answer. You .and I cant control what congress and the ad ministration ' do : we can control what we do and think." " ! r . lThe ; republican party. wOl not win, he warned, by equivocating and "out-politicking . the profes sional politicians,M but; by laying its cards on the table, and playing square: with the people In every It vwas reported Saturday that petitions, tot place the name of Thomas E. Dewey of NewtYork on the Oregon primary ballot are in circulation and ..that a move ment is afoot to start petitions for Gen. Douglas MacArthur. i Pacific U Sets Session T FOREST GROVE, Feb. 12 -UP) Pacific ; university today 'scheduled- its 1944 summer 'session for June 12-Julyl4 and July 17-Au-gust 18. Today, U' more intpertsnl then ever before to keep your csrlbi A-l condion c c3 tlrr.zu llzro m tlx C&tz ycu thou!d hsvo Czr.o Unrnediaizfy end rcIrTfy f mcIca youT est rcn bciwlsst Ion-crsrrvo for lh f-rsoa. RAF- Bomben 13 Drone Over Channel E (Continued from. Page 1) E returned "without ineeting serious oDposition. One RAF ; plane, was lost, while the Typhoons .bagged three German craft. . "There was not too much flak.4 said Lt. Howard Holladay ot Somerset, Kyv a co-pilot on ' the Liberator sweep. fThe nazis. must have ueed tn? .their weekly ration hi the "past two days. . - ; : "We really' laid" a good pattern f bombs, be added.-:wWe didn't see ; an' enemy fighter, put , our P-51a (Mustangs) ; were J everjr wherc'.like a swarm of bees." , ; The L 1 berator "Evelyn the Duchess,, with the best record In this' theatre for missions complet ed without mechanical failure or any.difficulty; chalked up her 49th perfect' dayvi r-'-rij.' : Demolition of the Germans' At lantic wall now has been in prog ress ; for 54 . days, with 40 4 attacks directed at the Pas-De-Calais area, many ii) great strength. : .'.RAF-Mosquito bombers, contin uing their tireless series of raids, hit targets in central and western Germany last night, and the Paris radio said several localities around Rouen -were bombed by the Brit ish and Americans yesterday. . "The German broadcast commu nique said that uv addition to Fri day's strong .American daylight raid, on Frankfurt; Ludwigshafen and other' cities also, were hit " Grip Tightens On-Bi3acIiliead; Warships Aid . B (Continued from Page 1) B mained unchanged during the past few days.".; - j : Dispatches from the bridgehead said that the now shattered vil lage of Carroceto (Aprilia) bad changed hands several times. Part of this community is referred- to s e;factoriP a name which traces to the fief that it formerly served as a food processing stor age and- distribution center for tne surrounding farming: region. (The Berlin radio claimed to night that allied reverses at the village had brought about sr move ment of troops inside the beach head in the nasi 24 hours with Americans appearing for the first time In the Carroceto sector). 1 Along the main Fifth army front to the south-the battle also tipped slightly In the allies favor as the Americans scored bloody If limited gains in the key Cassino sector. - - But there still was nothing to Indicate that the fighting In Italy would not be among the costliest and most sanguinary of the- war. The Germans ' were carrying out to the letter Hitler's orders to make a desperate stand, whatever the cost. . In some Instances they were more than matching - allied manpower. ! : ' ; The American's crindintf ttmo- gles in Cassino finally gave them possession of one entire section of .the shattered town. They also V?l knocked out the remnants of the town Jail- to which the nazis had clunj even, after alliM hfh" ex plosives Iiad battered the strc-.g. fortress -like- building to -the ground. " . i,-T . News that the Germans had oc cupied the grounds of. the Pcpe's summer palace at Castel Gaild olfo was regarded as another in stance of nazi determination to re sist to the last at ; whatever cost in men or principles. ' The German communique . de clared! that a sharp allied attack against the German lines at Car roceto Aprilia) had been beaten bacfc 'y--r 7The allied-communique said a German attack on ihe beachhead was beaten back yesterday and the fact thai only one attack was made that day indicated the ter rific effect of allied air attacks of the previous day when four-en-gined bombers were diverted from normal long range targets to team' up with, medium , and fighter bombers in plverizing the gather ing p a n z e r divisions and 'in wrecking communications. , Allied headquarters, announced that during the stiff 'fighting on both fronts during the past seven days more than 3000 xrack Ger man, troops had been, taken pris oner. This 4rought the allied bag to more than 13,000, virtually one division, since the Invasion of itaiv heeanrlast Seotember. This does not include the. heavy losses II i, iiiiim ti i,J iiiffin.il fn 1ril1vi and wounded. - " Gaiidolfo BomBirig Threatened By EDWARD KENNEDY ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Algiers, Feb. 12-. (JP) - The allied high command declared today that the- German - army "was' Installed on the grounds of the papal pal ace at Castel Gandolfo and that if it remained there, allied bombers would not spare the property. even . though It 'belongs to the Vatican.- I lTTTltrl nIVA been under strict instructions to ; avoid damaging church property, particularly foldings of the Vati can;, which in addition to their religious character are territory of a neutral state, as they enjoy ex traterritorial ! rights under the Rome concordat, i Today's statement, however, charged that the; papal estate at Ca s t e 1 Gandolfo contained "a L heavy saturation" of G e r m a n forces and that "whenever vital enemy targets appear they will of necessity be bombed." The headquarters statement ap- , parently was based on the con tention that the Germans first vi olated the estate's neutrality; by occupying its' extensive grounds, which are only ten miles from the perimeter of the Ancio beachhead in an area bristling with German military traffic and supply dumps. Allied headquarters has neither confirmed nor denied the Vatican radio statement that bombs fell on the estate Thursday, causing damage and casualties. It was an nounced, however, that allied heavy bombers attacked German military objectives In that general area that day. -.., ! I : V - MfMBCt rote . ' t V . 3 II. CcrasttrcLJ CL ri:cne 3183 L . '
