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The OSLCON CTATZTI-IAIli Cclea. Oregon. Canday Mcrtlag. Tebrocry 3. ISil P AGS TWO Allied Ships ; Shell RabaiiV Kavieng Base B (Continued from Page 1) B ? ' . with bombers bit "tinf and damaging two destroy .' era and a tanker. , The Japanese sent up 50 inter v ceptori against the Solomons air ' raiders and eight were shot down. t We lost four. ' The shelling of Simpson har- bor at Rabaul meant the destroy : ers got their guns within range of the inner region oi me "v - naval' base there, xw harbor is tar inside Blanche bay. The shelling of Kavieng. how v ever, constituted an even deeper . penetration srf hitherto enemy controlled water, than . the bom- - bardment at Kaoam. VTT , is on the tip of New Ireland which : looks like a protecting arm over ; New Britain, extending into the Bismarck sea. (Warships have shelled Ma ' dang and Alexlshafen on New V Guinea which face on the BIs- marck sea but never before have " allied warships ranged boldly in j to that sea as they must have ' done to hit Kavieng.) Kavieng is Rabaul's supply base and only a day prior to the shellr In of those two bases allied bombers wiped out 12 merchant men rushing supplies to those two strongpoints, also sinking three escorting warships. Labor Charges Cost of Living Facts Distorted y (Continued from Page 1) F T The committee also is composed of public and employer members. Further commenting on the re port. Early said: "The labor department index has been given the stamp of ap proval by a committee of non partisan experts appointed by the American statistical association" after several months of hearings and the calling of witnesses f rom "all groups." ... ; i.5l.faGoA,. M&.r.inean J- vriv.Tferred to a;re5nadthat ;r L - r publics JDbhjdingj, the.L BLStaie a, essentia, accurate butmitedr usefulness This gro ,red y rofi4?rick r islilatofCciumtTlunlyergty;' said ilbaraoerWCfaideg; tionarSeragVoyi relaie4aiW cities nry,T Whereas tnergf Tconn ideral&.-vaxition hi theiww the country, fthd in Vthaegree5. of; change Wltoi&g costs outgrow IxmdoriRuin Wides By AUSTIN BEALMEAR LONDON, Feb. 19-(P-Wide-spread damage was found in half a dozen districts of London to day after waves of German heavy and fighter-bombers, facing a deadly anti-aircraft fire, dropped tons of explosives and incendiaries intheir strongest bid to set the capital abfcze since the all-out at tacks of 1940-41. Several dozen persons were counted dead as a result of last night's raid, in which the Germans may have used as many as 150 planes. There was no official an nouncement either of the total in volved, the number which reached London, or the number shot down over Britain. " I With, the dawn London began to assess its damage. The bombs hit at least .three churches, two hospitals, a convent, an old folks' home, school buildings, stores, dwellings and other buildings. Fires ringed the city, lighting the horizon, but all were under con trol by morning. ... Dozens of injured were taken to hospitals, and rescuers dug in the debris throughout the day seeking many believed to be still trapped. , Useful Office Supplies pread M- sC Resolra now to keep better records so next year's income ; tax figures will be accurate and handy when it comes time to make out your return. Special Books for FARMERS 1 SERVICE STATIONS i BEAUTY PARLORS RESTAURANTS s GENERAL BUSINESS Ask to See the Ideal System : , Shaws All-Facts Complete Book At Chamber Edgar w. .smith, memoer ax we gUte board of higher education and former chairman af the milk control board, will be the speak er at the Salem chamber af commerce luncheon Monday. He will speak on a sabject related ta Geo e Washington's birth day. A! resident af Portland, Smith is devoting most of his time ta . management af exten sive train and livestock inter ests in eastern Oreon and Washington. He is widely known as a speaker and has addressed chamber of commerce meetings hera in the past. Cassino Abbey Used by Huns For Observing C (Continued from Page 1) C said, "that the Huns were using the Abbey De Monte Cassino as an observation post where they had an absolutely unimpeded view of the entire battleground.' Gervasi, who was overseas 10 months, and was- at the Cassino front from January 13 until Feb ruary 9, said the only day he was not at that bloody line was when he visietd the behind-the-line beachhead with LI Gen. Mark W. Clark. "We had a rough time on the beachhead." he said. "A burst oiH shrapnel killed, one of our party and wounded ' several. (General) MarVCiark and t ftreilive by the Aaiece of shrapnel jprfc- the front;of: me, tearing my- coai ana making. asUght wouncL my ab- l-ark&jis-a ljadTalIt !cf jbe i a3- .ua i front .with- hi troops. : I says!balutb)kWe k . if. Igeneral s4.4a always getting shot taf.;- If ttry; fbd. laSS11 fhas -the respect of li"hi irt?opa"i i l . :j-rn..L. '..J U i. F wereiic nearly so; optiinistic. most of the correspondents;-Clark knew., behad a .tough job on hik nands.'V-i. V3".- v - ' ... ........ Salem Delegate "Wim Contest " ."r JUNCTION c. CTTYi Feb. -19 Leonard JPealick of SalejfA.won the firt- placV; far! thd :qnual. public speakings e n t e s t of tne-Fjjture Farmers of America held here' Friday Slight. 'James Magnuson 'of Albany received ' second nrfze; Johracklandbf EugOTVaricrAj lan Aey of fCottageOrovvtied for thftdifcct I -'t- ;trf Judges rwera'W." A.t Dahlberg p( university -of , Oregon, K.en. wood and P. X.rjtnoil of Oreg5n State CoUege. 1 " -r - ,1 Holman Nante 5 V' ar WASHINGTON FebJfl Sen. . Rufus : C HolmanB-6re.) who recently : resigned," Xrom te Senate cximmitteahahdliilig I Dir trict pf Columbii jrffiirilft63ay was "named to the' comntteV oii rules and the conututtea rrianu facturers. ' v' PORTLAND, Feb. 19j&r tailment ; of travel amotigtftaie employes has saved 781,075 miles in Oregon over a two-year period; the district office - of ; price. vad ministration (OPA) said todays Deccrd Syslens For Inccao Tax Complata Acccmnlncj Eacords ! ' to . All &nda of Buslnaaaaa Reds Knock Out 73200 Germans E (Continued from Page 1) E T which esotared Staraya Basse tore a great semi-circle of terri tory out of Gf nnaa hands ta the west and southwest of Staraya Knasa. The r4il station of Tale-; blya 11 mUep west af Staraya Rassa on thef railroad ta Pskov, was ' capture! and Kharino. 21 miles soothwjtst of the ancient city, also fellij the Bossians said. Moscow also announced t h a t Russian plants : bombed ! Pskov Friday night as dozens of German army trains were being I loaded. I ITiohtv firea ttfrilr nut and the en unptidn I WM wraoDed in tire junction 1 was wrapped flames, the report said. In a statement broadcast imme diately af ter: fbe short daily com munique. Moscow said' that the German general, , Wilhelm Stem mermann, commander of the en circled nazl iighth army troops. was among the dead. The Russia have never given a figure for I wounded but in Lon don it was unofficially estimated at 30.000 which would make total German losses 93.000. The Rus sians also ibid announced that Germans outside the ring had lost 20,000 men! in trying to break through to the encircled groups. It was never inade clear, howev er, -whether! these were i included in the announced totals. The Moscow statement, sum marizing the I German losses in material in tha 14 day battle, said 430 German planes, 150 tanks, 376 guns, 59 self-propelled guns, 269 mortars and 900 machlneguns were destroyed. ' Material declared captured in cluded 41 planes, 116 tanks, 32 ar mored cars, .618 guns, 51 self-propelled guns, 267 mortars, 789 ma- chinezuns, 85 armored tans; trans ports, 10,000 trucks, seven loco motives, 415 railway fuel cars, 050 carts loaded with war mater ial, more than 6000 horses and 64 food dumps! J , Over 301 iowns . and hamlets were taken Iby the Russians com ing down thejrail line from Luga on the way to Pskov, the com muniqueSaidjJEas.tward, south of Lake.Ilmenh the Russians captured OTerX40ft15,Iteprplaces as they cleaAecTewestem. shore of the .aekebetweehShimsk and Staraya Rulsa 'i"-; w' I Evans pytiOLr .3.?.-- iv. a it kMjrs.ci;: fyans, 68, of route! 4 SWierecy severe. saceruuu w ih:h;sbot;9i3 jociock &a iirdiy niibf when- shevas su-uck 'eaTew "driveni by pirs. T. Aj htaW ' $ls3alNdrttr - Capitol McCieod; : mm street while walking, across South Commercial MtreeV-near OwenJ Mrs. McCleodfwas traveling north bpCommercial at moderate speed; and complained fthat - she was! bUnded by the bright flights of another cariwien she" hit the other woman. She was cited by Teity po4 lice, for having no driver's licensej tThe injured woinan 'was -treated by"f irst aidalid taken tflf DeaconJ ess2 hospital where her conditiori t was -termed satisfactory late Sat- tlu;nigtJ;.,.t : : .! .a. V.t, 1? SiiyndcrAcoi ' - ' ' -' ' ,- - : r Poles Await s Stidirfs Reply LONDON, Feb. 19 '-GpV- Mar shal Stalin's reply to Prime Min ister jChurchJH on "the latest Po lish proposals for settling! the Rus-so-PoUsh boundary dispute Is be- ing .awaited as an indication whe ther the Russians are willing to accept some compromise,!! or' force complete submission of the Lon don Polish government to Soviet demands. t l vi The Poles want all boundaries fixed I on" a temporary basis; with permanent frontiers to be estab lished after the war It was said unofficially today that the Polish government had accepted the pro- passu s or the Curzon line as the boundary, but with the areas east of th4 line to be regarded!: as legal ly fcni formally in dispute until after the defeat of the Germans. Moscow possibly will insist up on acceptance of a modified Cur zon lne now, leaving the western border of Poland for j postwar discussion, when the Poles would be given some parts of Germany. I J QGC Needs Resolution 3 i- By OVTD A. MARTIN . WASHINGTON; Feb. 19-MV-A simple resolution extending the life of the Commodity Credit cor poration another year was all that was needed today to clear the way for? the administration's food sub sidy jrograjn, whichi under pres ent plans, would cost some Sl,r uw,wyu,uuu uus year. . t . 'Despite refusal of congress to grant, the CCC $500,000,000 in ad ditional funds requested by War Food Administrator Marvin Jones, the- agency has sufficient money, officials said, to finance" all. sub sidies; now contemplated.! The administration's proposed 1944 food subsidy program would cost the CCC between $750,000,000 and $900,000,000, the final amount depending on the volume of food production, and the Reconstruc tion Finance corporation 'around $500,000,000 for price "rollback" subsidies on meat, butter and flour- - . 1 Congress is expected! to pass legislation, possibly next week, extending the CCC until June 30, 1945,! nd leaving it unrestricted as to: subsidies. Such action would follow failure of an anti-subsidy bloc to make a ban against sub sidies: stick. ; Oregon AFL Backs FR, WiUkie, Morse PORTLAND, Feb. 19-(fls)-Ore-gon AFL union members judg ing from incomplete returns on an Oregon Labor Press mail poll favor President Roosevelt 2 to 1 as r the next presidential candi date.) , . ; j A similar poll in 1940 ran 3 to 1 for Roosevelt, S. Eugene Allen, editor of the Labor Press, said. Oni the republican side, Wen dell Willkie was far in the van guard for the presidential nom ination, trailed by Thomas Dew ey i ' i : Unionists favored Wayne L. Morse over Sen. Rufusjj Holman for the republican senatorial nom ination 3-1, and union officers lected Morse 9-1, Allen said. CttTBs Li I Whe ycHi buy a oair of Sin. Ait. 1 ' n II ndiMrf you get a FREE over- ! WP wnn mm othool ;5kyrider Ac faMigma and, . In oddJKon, a copy of the Skyridar Aca Aircraft Identi--flcorioo Guida. Coma in and Qt yours today I I ' S ' fcl 1 " ore. the sturdy, com- fortaWe, scientifically built sheesj that ore tho favorites of -boys througbovt Amarica. They're bum for long wear md rugged sarvioa far octavo boys. Moka your ranon cou pon buy oS ifs worth atk for Ixyrfders, i . .1 l OlItheHOlIEFROirr By. O&EIL CTTTT.Tyt Go fly a kite! '-.!;.-. V But if you don't want a shock ing experience: ; 1 1.. Never fly ; it near electric wires and never use a kite made of metal parts. Salem has an or dinance forbidding flying ofa kite within 50 feet of any power line and prohibiting any unauthorized person, .from undertaking to re move a kite from any power line in case one did become entangled. 2. Don't use wires or twine that has wire in it for a kite string. such as Christmas package tinsel string, since tinsel is an excellent conductor of electricity. - 3. Never run across streets or highways when flying a kite. 4. If a I kite catches in wires, leave it alone or call the nearest electric company office. .-:-:;Vn'-. V Incidentally, these suggestions come from PGE which has a set of instructions for making a tailless kite it will give to any boy or girL any interested adult who wishes to turn in a request to the Salem office. Solons Attack BaruchPlan Centralization D (Continued from Page 1) D would ,-do the job through an ag ency created by congress which woulcf be accountable to the exe cutive but would be required by congress to carry out the broad general policies laid down by it, George said. The two reports sharply out line the question of whether the economic destiny of the country is to be settled by executive di rectives or by general policies es tablished by the elected represen tatives of the people.; That issue is so basic that the two view points can never be reconciled. George announced that a . bill will be introduced Monday to car ry out the committee's recommen dation that a war demobilization authority be set up immediately - work with Byrnes on demobiL tion problems while hostilities last, but to become an Independent agency with broad powers as soon as peace comes. Neither George nor Vandenberg had fault to find with the general objectives cf the Baruch report, one of which is to get the govern ment out of business as quickly as possible after the war ends. ' : '; , 1 ' i i Cronyi Telia Jap Prisoner Treatment O (Continued from Page 1) O cucted. "The Japanese are now teaching the children in the con quered eastern countries that they have been ostracized by the white race, and that idea Is taking hold.' Of the Tulelaxe incident in this country, he said, ; , v V . "I understand that the Japanese riot at thej Tulelake v segregation camp damaged government prop erty. I haven't been advised that the rioters can't help vatlon: , -God he jwere punished, but I but make : this -obser- p the civilian or sol dier who vtanld have done any-, thing like that after the Japan ese movedj lnto the Philippines.1 He we ad have been killed quickly. Men were beheaded or bayoneted j far mack less than that.- ; ( Cronin also said, ."I want to cor rect what might be a false impres sion that our airorce at the Phil ippines did not get into the air after the at tack on Pearl Harbor. That Is wrong. Our air force fought back 1hree waves of at tacking planes r. ; Then'they landed. Two hun dred and eighty of; our airmen then died in one barracks after the fourth assault. Why they land ed has not been explained." i lctorlR Morrisf ftteanrof the University jof Oregon school of business administration anil chair man or i tne governors posxwar planning cpmmittee, I called for postwar projects based on private enterprise, put given the original impetus through public works. Sjawreace BpraJter, lonneny af the Condon GUbe-Thnes, now pablfsher af the Stayton Mail, waal elected president af the press jeonferenee. sneceed ing Frank Jenkins of the Klam ath Falls Herald and News. George TumbulL professor of Journalism at the University of Oregon, wa reelected secretary of the conference for the 27th time. City Bus Strikes John Preston Struck bji a city bus whose driv er said he had not seen the pedes- trian until the man ! was hurled to the pavement, John Preston, 39, Stayton,; is at Salem Deaconess hospital with what are believed to be severe head injuries. City first able to tell aid men took Preston, his name but confused about detaii0f the accident, to the hospi' taL j - IMACirJATIOH 15 Tim DIRECTING FORCB AT CHRYSLER I JIOV IT IVORtlS FOR YOU IM i 1 1 ,1 ii 1 -.. ,,,BesssssBsBss " " Orator Choice Due March 4 ''. .; V. s; j .(''-"".-.'' -'-r;;4. City representatives for the sev enth annyai high school oratorical contest, sponsored by the Ameri can Legion, must be selected by March 4, Aubrey Tussing, Salem, state chairman lor the competition. announced Saturday. : , . 4. County eliminations "are to be completed by March 11 and dis trict contests by March 18. State finals wiU be held March 25, fol lowed by regional contests during the week of April 7 to 14.. Nation al finals are , scheduled - to take place between April 14 and 19. First prize' in the national com petition is a f $4000- scholarship, while small scholarships -will be warded for I second and third places. J : --.' Subjects used by contestants are to be based upon the constitution of the United States, Tussing said. Argentine Spy Leader Freed By CHARLES H. GUPTTLL BUENOS AIRES, Feb. Shortly after a federal police re port named Gen. Friedrich Wolff German military attache, as the leader of an espionage organiza tion in Argentina, the under-sec- retariat of information 1 and the press announced that -he would not be subject to trial and had been released from house arrest so that he could be repatriated. - The police report said that threa axis -espionage organizations were working In Argentina. It named Wolff as the leader of one of the rings. ;-; :. t In addition, to Wolff, the Japan ese naval attache, Rear Adm. Kat- sumi Yukishita and his assistant, Capt Tadashi Kameda, also were released from: house arrest and will not be subject to trial, the under-secretariat said. ji SPECIAL CHECKING ACCOUNT NO MONTHLY SSRVICS CHARGE I NO MINIMUM BALANCE REQUIRED I Ak for LADD Ct UNITED STATES Salem, Imagination is an idea in overalls the machine that's never been made, to do the job that's never been done I- 7 Imagination works in the bathtub, in the barber's chair j at one o'clock Sunday mornimr. : I Imagination is the guiding, leading I force in manufacturing that gives special character to all Chrysler Corporation j products for war or peace J Chrysler nttnufacturing is men and metKods and Imagination working together to build good products. It drawsupon the experience and talent of the entira operating and producing Chrysler organization! With I smoottvflowing teamwork, stimulated by imaginative research and engineering, a3 Chrysler divisions exchange Ideas and knowledge, adding tha strength of 3 to the strength of each. . This appficsdoa of industrial imanatioa try brought you many bencti sll-cteel bodies, 4-whetl hydraulicj brakes, lnghompiresca engines, CosIaj power, fluid drive and man? ethers, v r Today, Chrysler Corporation produces lrge quantises of '.war equipment, lmchdhti tazjbj 3&-: aircraft guns, aircraft assemblies end enginesesTtxiu?: lion, army trucks, harbor tugs, gyro-comp set and ether rild weapons. After Victory, we w'ul krjej create products cf h'H reive for you, t" Allied Subs Sink 32 Llore Enemy Vessels X (Continued from; Page 1) A bably sunk or damaged by sub marines, airplanes and surface craft Of that totals 863 enemy craft of all types have been sunk, 99 probably sunk and 777 dam aged, j j . " The British admiralty announced that the sinking of 19 additional enemy ships, probable sinking of six others and damaging of eight more occurred "in theaters of war extending from the Arctic circle to the eastern limits of the Indian ocean. I'''-'"''- The sunken vessels- included the largest types of supply vessels, the admiralty said. One of the largest, part of a convoy escorted by trawlers, minesweepers and air craft, was sent to the bottom off the coast of Norwajf. Strikers Shout Down Leaders MONTREAL, Feb- 19- Striking, streetcar operators at a mass meeting today shouted down their leaders who urged them to resume work as Adelard Godbout, premier of the province of. Que bec, telegraphed .the Montreal Tramways company asking it to resume its trolley and bus service. . As the unauthorised strike in volving 4000 streetcar operators continued Into Its second day, not a bus or streetcar moved in the city this morning. The fear was expressed that the Strike might curtail production in some war plants, a few of which broadcast details last night of pick-up points at '. which company trucks would stop to take employes bound for work, . . I , . Dtll DUSH-SALEr.1 OHAUCIl NATIONAL DANE! Oregon MEMBER rSIC tef's ALL BACK THE ATTACK! Bmy extra bomdtt 1 -j WAR in PEACE rf ff--- L ' N H"") TUNC IN . MAJCX SOViU ESrprf TKUSS3AY czz.trMvitx- PIVU OUT i DODOS DQ SOTO v.CH G V S L 0 n! . ..... .-lhJ v k