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. ; : , - p ; " ' , 1 t j ; . i - - 7eaJbcr ILL 0JLHDOG0 UQ) (130(3 Saturday maximum tem pera tare 52," minimum 40. Precipitation .17 of an Inch. River at t. j Showers ever western por tion and snow flurries i over east el Cascades today. Part ly elaody tomorrow." little change la temperature.! POUNDDD NINETY-THIRD YEAR 22 TAGES Salem, Oregon. Sunday Morning, March & 1944 Prlco 3c No. SS I i - I ' 'I :J . j . Next Tuesday voters of school district no. 24 will have the op portunity 'to 'vote on a proposal for a special six-mill tax levy for ' five years to accumulate a fund for - "construction, - reconstruction, improvement, betterment, repair or rehabilitation" of the school plant This is the result of recom mendatioRS made by the school board post-war planning com mittee, after a careful study of the district's needs. The method of financing is unicjue in this way, that funds are accumulated by a tax levy and r then -spent, instead ofteing spent , i out of- borrowed money .and then repaid with interest Usually pub lic bodies follow the latter me . thod. There were probably two . . reasons for using the bond-roe' thod, first the urgency , of the need for improvement necessitat- ' ed the borrowing and later repay mg method: and second the ex cerience that when public bodies have much money on hand it is apt to" be frittered away without very substantial values being left ; to show lor the expenditure. 1 I believe we can trust our school board to conserve and use judi ciously this fund if it is voted by the people. There is a long list . of . district needs and the money . provided under the extra levy . will not meet all of them, so there is little danger of waste. Then . we cannot spend the money for permanent improvements now anyway,' and when we can, as the war closes, the expenditure 1 will help employment, i While I . do not agree with those who think i bond issues "poison" and that we : ahould shift clear over to a pay . as-we-go plan, this method seems ' quite practical at the present time. It Is well to relate for. the In formation of voters how care r fully I the schoolboard ihas pro . ceeded in this matter. The- plan ning l committee appointed by . Chairman Don Young last Novem ... ber made a study and report. It invited in for discussion of the report about thirty persons rep . resenting .different organiaztions. - This citizen-group voted unani- . mousily In favor of submitting the . tax proposal, to the voters. So the plan comes to the voters with the endorsement and recommendation of the board's special committtee, . the board Itself, and a large citi zen croup. That in. itself shouw commend the (Continued on Ed Itorial page) v ,.,... V" FDR Advisers To Urge: Veto For Vote Bill By JACK BELL, WASHINGTON, March 4-(JP) - President Roosevelt's political ad " visers probably will urge him to veto the compromise service vote " bill, if congress finally approves it in its present form, and repub licans may be just as well satis- - fied if he does. The patchwork measure, com- bining a form of federal and state ballot, will get a final review Monday by a senate-house com mittee. It then will go before the : senate where it is regarded with growing suspicion by both demon crats and republicans, i President Roosevelt has indicat i ed that his decision on whether ; or not to veto the measure will turn on whether he believes it will provide opportunity for more members of the armed forces to vote than does the existing stat ute, which waives state poll ' tax and registration requirements for service men casting state absentee ballots. ; One democratic official, who i didn't want his name used public-; 1 1 ly, "said that if he were asked, he ' would advise the president to veto I the measure and make the whole ' question a j campaign issue;. The president then could 'contend, he Taaid, that he had dor, everything possible to make it easy for the service men to vote, only to be balked by congress. - The senate democrats are divid CTurn to Page 2 Story H) Soldiers' Vote Bill Passed By Legislature By JIM HUTCHESON OLYMPIA, March, 4-T-Wash ington itate'i legislature ended its mtAar snecial session today aft er adding only on piece of legis lationthe soldiers voting bill- to the statute books. In passing the measure, to pro vide voting machinery lor mem beri of the armed forces and oth ers outside the United States In connection with the war effort, the lawmakers completed, the. one task for which Governor Langlie called them together. - While, republican legislators agreed with the governor's . esti mate of the session, democratic leaders expressed disappointment ever the senates refusal to con sider house legislation for an In crease in old age pension pay merits and bills for the benefit of ret'jrr.iri members of the armed Yank -Smaglb. A'ittaeks iim . AdiMlraMes US Berlin by Daylight Forty Planes Lost in East Germany Raid By GLADWIN HILL LONDON, March 4 - (JP) -Berlin was bombed by Ameri can Flying Fortresses today for the first time in the war as part of an extensive I daylight attack on eastern Germany by the US Eighth air force. Plunging 600; miles ! into the heart of the reich, one forma tion of heavy bombers hit the capital itself, it was disclosed to night, with the help of an escort of Mustangs which also went all the way to Berlin to equal the deepest fighter penetration ever made into; Europe Fourteen; bombers and 26 fight ers are missing from the opera tions, headquarters stated in a tentative accounting that said nine enemy planes were destroyed by the fighters. The number shot down by gunners in the Fortresses was not yet known, headquarters added. ! ! The communique announced simply that one formation of Fort resses bombed targets "in the Ber lin district," but several hours aft er the objective had j first been described t by the army in this fashion, censorship permitted the naming of ; Berlin itself as the tar get "- l - i - V i The unprecedented penetration was executed despite the fact' it was the third operation in three days for the American air force and it was accompanied by anoth er large-scale assault on the coas of northern France by RAF me dium and: fighter bombers. Tonight: the entire Vichy radio network went off the air, indicat ing the possibility that the RAF might be: continuing the round t he-clock ; warfare. The Fortress thundered through blinding snowstorms and 58-de-gree-below zero temperature in the sub-stratosphere to make the first American attack on the cap ital. The once-mighty German air force sent up only 30 to 40 fight ers in defense of the city. ,r uers said they saw bombs crash down . on "buildines sur rounded by trees." The American crews had been tense for days be- ' (Turn: to page 2 Story G) Associates of Murder. Inc. Die in Chair OSSINING, NY, March Louis (Lepke) Buchalter and. two of his : accomDlices. Emanuel (Mendy) Weiss and Louis Ca- pone, associates in "Murder, Inc.,? died tonight in -the electric chair at Sing Sing prison. for the 1938 murder; of Joseph Rosen, Brook lyn candy store proprietor. , Capone was executed first fol lowed by . Weiss, then Buchalter. Capone entered the death cham ber at 11:02 p. m. with a carefree expression on his face. He said nothing, and. was. pronounced dead at 11:05. A Catholic priest, the' Rev. Ber nard Martin, accompanied Ca pone. ' Weiss entered the' death cham ber at " 11:07 accompanied bv Rabbi Jacob Katz. Before he was led to the chair he said, "I was framed up ". He was: pronounced dead at 11:10. . , The boss gangster; Buchalter, walked into the chamber calmly at 11:13.1 He also was accompan ied by Rabbi Kati. iHis expres sion was- inscrutable and ha said nothing. , Lepke was pronounced dead at U:16. Less Meat Due For April, May : wasiuhutun, : March 4-fP) The agriculture department rre- dicted today that the civilian sup-' ply of meat for the April-June pe riod will be smaller than the cur rent supply but probably at least as large as that available in the second quarter of 1943. . Partly offsetting a normal sea sonal decline in meat production, the departmen said, will be large stocjts accumulated in cold stor age during recent weeks. Bombs m T To Jbll 1 McNai-y V Says flet probably Seek Election j : ( , i i IHlnlall probability yes was the' I answer gfveBl by Charles A. Spragae, pablisher off (The; Statesman and - former governor to he Inquiry as to whether he would be a candi date at the May , primary for the , senate seat formerly held by the late Senator Charles L. McNary. fl haye ; been under strong pressures to hin for this office since word came of Senator Mc Nary V I death, and It is quite probable that I will make; the race. I will make my final de cision within a very short time." i Sprague was elected governor In 193S, but was defeated In the primaries in 1942 for renomina- tion. Since leavtnr office he has been editor and publisher of The Statesman. Allies Hold j Points; Beach Take Prisoners 1 1 By EDWARD KENNEDY (ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Na- plfes, March i The allies are soUth of 1! Rome and have handily repulsed such attacks as the Ger mans have fceen able to launch since they were soundly beaten Tuiesday and Wednesday in their ailrout attack by five divisions, aflted headquarters announced to day. .; ;. S -i Three small German attacks have been hurled back in the past two days, the allied communique said. Bad weather closed in yes terday' to restrict operations in all the Italian battle sectors. 1 1 The Mediterranean air force, flying 1400 sorties, attacked nazi communications throughout north ern Italy and Rome Friday! Even though: there was no enemy air activity over the beachhead; 11 German planes were . destroyed and 10 allied aircraft lost ) jThere ; was an indication! from the nazt-con trolled Rome ! radio that the Germans may have aban doned hope ; of driving the! allied beachhead force into the sea as a result of the failure of their third offensive' against it and now are bent on merely restricting it- i An announcement claiming local sjjjccesses but admitting no major progress i. against the beachhead said the ; German army had "pin- (Turn to Page 2 Story C) Sclibbl Tax bte tin 1 ; ;Salem school district voters will g6 to; the polls at the school ad ministration; offices at 460 High Street Tuesday to mark ballots on the question of an annual six-mill leyy to extend over a period of five years, purpose of which is to build fund reservoir from which school i maintenance and rehabili tation can be financed in the post war period. -I Polls will be open from 2 pina. to 7 p.m. and those qualified to V0t must have lived in the dis trict at least 30 days and must be property-hqlders as indicated by jhe latest tax rolL Also any having an interest in any concern or or ganization within the .district, whose assessment is contained , in the last roll will be eligible to cast iheir ballot, - i H Endorsed! by numerous civic or ganizations; the six mill levy is exoeeted tO account for annmrt. inately $540,000 within the five year; ?peripd. Frank Bennett, School ; superintendent, and . the school ' board have been working Progressively on : reconstruction and rehabilitation plans, which Include additions to Parrish Junior high, the Senior high, and a new jsthletic arena, among" other things, i ( ' - - jj i? It it 'felt that an increase In jSalem's; bopulation within the pext "few i years,- as . indicated by pie record, seriously warrants Ultimate expansion of school facilities.- : Spf Tuesday s Governor Not to"B'e Candidate Decision Made After Funeral Of Late Senator ; Gov, Earl Snell yesterday announced the appointment of Guy Cordon, Roseburg at' torney, as United States senator from Oregon to succeed the late Charles L. McNary. At the same time Gov. Snell made it plain that he would not be a candidate for United States senator at this year's pri mary election. - This announce ment came as a surprise to many persons, including Snell's close friends, who generally predicted tnat ne either would resign as governor and receive the appoint ment or enter the senatorial con test in May. Snell said hj had not attached any strings to the appointment and from other : sources it was learned that Cordon has made' no agreement not to be a candidate for' election to serve out tteuii , expired four year term of Senator McNary. : Charles A. Sprague, " former" governor, when advised of the appointment, admitted 'a : strong probability that he would be a candidate. Representative James W. Mott, republican, of Oregon first-congressional district, also was re ported to be considering the sen ate contest, although he was- quot ed by friends here Friday as hav ing denied such a change in plans. Cordon is now in Washington, (Turn to Page 2 Story B); News Thrills : Senator's Wife .ROSEBURG, March 4 4?V Mrs. Guy Cordon, wife of the in terim US senator, said today she was "thrilled and . happy" , over his appointment by Governor Snell. I only wish I could notify our son, Who is in Italy at present, and our daughter, who has just moved from a California ' airbase with her husband to another base I don't know , where. They will be thrilled, too," Mrs. Cordon said. ; "I don't know if I will go to Washington," said Mrs. Cordon, who has another daughter at home. "We have a home, here I must think about It's all so con fusing right. at the' moment" But I ra extremely happy and proud of my husband." " '.- Districts vOver Top". as Red Cross Drive Opens Red Cross war fund workers yesterday rolled i in ' three more "over-the-top" districts and four more -100 per cent firms (every employe contributing) but Chair man Elton . Thompson admitted that the ' heaviest portion of the campaign lay ahead and urged workers to double their efforts. 'T First official report is 'to be presented at Monday's luncheon meeting of the chamber of - com merce. Speaker on that occasion will be Dr. Hugh Grant voca tional rehabilitation officer.- for Oregon. As a world , traveler for merly in this country's . foreign service, Dr. Grant has had occa sion to observe many of the series of events; which led to the "cur rent war. and the "need for extra heavy expenditure of fundi by the Red Cross, Justice George Rossman, Marion county chapter chairman, said Saturday." ' Mkpah Palmerton Lawson" for mer Salem resident now employed in, the offices of Maj. Gen. Davis, executive - director of ' the ' New York chapter of the -Red Cross, has written friends here cf - her " "I New Senator GUY CORDON Cordon Ready To Carry On By WILLIAM E. LOWELL WASHINGTON, March 4-CP)- Guy Cordon, new " United States senator for; Oregonpledged him self,, today , to " "carry on as best ' I can": -btiV-acknowledged that he wfcg'wnouy. unprepared lor tne honor , of s succeeding "the late Charlaa L. r"McNary.' y r : "My long friendship with Sen ator McNary has given "me an understanding of his general pro gram and I shall try to carry on as best I can", Cordon told a re porter. .: 7" ' The alert-eyed, slender , attorn ey has been here for the past month supporting a bill sponsored by McNary and Representative Ellsworth (R-Ore) to clarify the administration of Oregon forest lands. He is attorney for 18 Ore gon counties . interested : in the timber. He had been in Washing ton many times in r the past 26 years' on legislative matters. Cordon said the appointment was unsought and unexpected and that while he appreciated the hon or, he was somewhate unprepared for it and certainly had no pro gram except to" follow, as best he could. Senator McNary s policies. (Turn to Page 2 Story D) Snell Explains Senate Choice . . Following is the statement made by Gov. Snell in . connection with his appointment of Guy Cordon to fill the vacancy in the senate occasioned by the death of Sena tor Charles' L. McNary:".'',; ,, - "Thir is - a ' detision - tit -has been. meat, difficult -to . make. JU have 'long cherished ,-tbe. ambiuo to. erv tny native state ia the- United -Stater en- . (Turn to Page 2 Story.) experiences in that office. A day's total war fund re ceipts was! $89,410, however, the gift whicb impressed ' her most was' not the S 40,000 from a Wall Street firm but $25 from a marine who had ! been on Guadalcanal. The money was given, he declar ed, as a small expression of the feeling lor. the Red Cross common among the men with whom: he had served. " - -f . The three school districts which Saturriav reached thpir auotaa and reported - to Marion 'county .fund headquarters in the Valley Motor company building include" Labish Center, where a goal of $150 fwas more than doubled. , Mrs.. Harry Louvre, chairman, reported $304.50 rnntrihntwt ' . ' " l " 1 . '" " At Centerview district, Mrs. H H. Paget, said $61 had been ob tained; the quota- was $50, An $30 quota was met at Willard, accord ing to Mrs. Adam Hersch. ' i " To the list of ICQ per cent firms, Salem solicitors added Gevurtz Furniture company, Stevens " it Son, Sally'a and the J. C. Penney m " - - - ;;: f5:.-.v-:f I uLji McNary Policy company. Rains Fail ' - it 1 ! To ( Stop Red Arr 7 ! . Panevb Taken; Ukraine -Towns Fall in i Drive ; By TOM YARBROUGH ' LONDON, Sunday, March 5 -P)Moscow announced last night that soviet troops striking toward .the Pskov-Warsaw railway south j of Pskov cap tured. Paneyo, j three miles east of the rail artery, while Red army troops in the north won several "heavily fortified strongpoint'l . in ; their fight to widen their Estonian bridgehead below Narva, i The Russian nightly communi que, recorded by the soviet Moni tor also reported gains in the Ukraine as: soviet troops south of the captured iron-mine town of Krivoi Rog crossed the Ingulets river and captured seven locali ties. Among them were Zagra- dovka, 25 f miles southwest of Krivoi Rog and the final rail sta tions on the 20-mile spur railway from Krivoi Rog southwest to Nikolokazelsk. The midnight Russian bulletin said 2000 Germans were killed and a considerable number taken prisoner after a day of battles marked byl-fierce German counter-attacks. ' . Panevo, three miles east of the Pskov-Ostrov Dvisnk - Warsaw rail line, uj 16 J miles rtortheast of Ostrov. In this sector highway from Fskoife .to Ostrov parallels the railway less than a half-mile to the east . (The London radio, quoting agency messages," said the Rus sians had reached the highway linking the; two German fortresses of Pskov' and Ostrov. The broad cast was recorded by CBS.) Other communities captured in this drive i were Shubinagora, 12 miles southeast of Ostrov and Sigorno, 13 miles southeast No other details were given by (Turn to Page 2 Story I) Daniels Ready To Testify for , Senate Group WASHINGTON, March 4 - (JP) Jonathan Daniels, presidential ad ministrative aide whom a senate subcommittee proposed to cite for contempt because of refusal to an swer questions, said tonight he is willing to appear as requested and answer the questions in issue. Daniels' previous stand had raised the' possibility of a head- on collision - between the execu tive .and i legislative branches. He wrote Chairman Smith (D SC) ' of the' agriculture subcom mittee.. that he : had changed his attitude - after : talking with the Japs Claiiii : Carriers Sunk : V By the Associated Prs ' The Tokyo radio claimed last night (Sat) that Japanese planes had sunk J an ; American aircraft carrier . and seriously damaged another iri addition' to sinking three more large ' warships of which two might have been air craft carriers, j .,' The broadcast quoting a Dome! naval correspondent at a Japan ese base in. the central Pacific, said, the attacks took place Feb-. ruary 23 against American naval forces which raided the Mariana islands. ' ! " Adm. Chester W. mmitz re ported on; February 25 that the American ! force . battled fierce aerial opposition from the Jap anese but no United States ves-' sel was sunk or damaged. Two enemy ships were sunk and nine damaged, 'while at least 135 NipU ponese planes were -destroyed. Norm jBalangrud " Reported Slissing" SILTltTON Lt Norris Bal- langrnd, recently of Portland bat a former ' Silverton boy, has ben reported missing la air. action ever the European conti nent Lt, Callangrnd is a sen of Use late II. H. Ba!lansro2, farmer SUverten grocer. VS Aslts Finns : To Continue PeaceSalhs ' - . i By H., SINGLETON LONDON, March" -HffV Fin land may ask the United States to intervene for mitigation' of Rus sian peace terms, it?was learned today, but it Is believed such a plea would be rejected ""with sympathy - - v. ' This view was biased on the conviction that the Soviet Union disclosed its terms to the American- state department as well as the British government before making them public even though the US is not-.t war with Finland. - . - '. Russia's action in pressing its demands, with Britain's' unofficial but nonetheless firm backing, in dicated that it was likely that America took the position it was- not seeking the role of arbiter. (The American, government "hopes very much that the Fin nish government will continue the conversations opened with the soviet government for the termin ation of hostilities," Acting Sec-" retary of State' Stettinius said In Washington Friday, when asked his reaction to reports J that Fin land seemed opposed to -further talks with the Russians). "At present, I am not planning any journey anywheA" Juho K. PaasikivL, Finnish representative in the 1940 peace negotiations, said In Helsinki, commenting on report in . the Stockholms Tid- ningen that he would return soon (Turn to Page 2 -Story F) Arffehtinal Aids Axis, Char ges Stettinius j :--J '-4 By JAMES D. WHITE WASHINGTON, March 4-lf)- Argentina still serves j as a . base for axis espionage and support Acting Secretary of State Stettin ius charged today, and American recognition of the regime of Gen eral Edelmiro Farrell j is being withheld until this situation is cleaned .up. Ambassador Norman; Arnour of Buenos Aires - is under instruc tions to ."refrain from entering of ficial relations" with Farrell's re gime, which ousted Argentina s President Pedro Ramirez on Feb ruary 25. j j Stettinius made these disclos ures at a special press conference. He said he would not go so far as to say that this constituted non recognition of the Farrell govern ment because relations; never had been started. Thus, he appeared to leave the way open j for Amer ican action in either direction, v And that action, he indicated. will depend upon what Argentina does now. : Nurses Ask &L An Hour and PORTLAND, QreMarch .4-Jt) tion tpuicht called lor a base sal ary of $1 an hour 1 or, a 48-hour, week, . one day per month sick ea ve and ; two weeks vacation with pay. . ; - The ?25. delegates .voted to seek war manpower .commission certi fication as an essential profession before carrying their wage de mands to the Seattle regional war abor board. J They authorized delegates to the American Nurses association con vention, to work for a : blanket so cial security program. . Appoint ment of a committe to survey state legislation affecting nurses salaries, also was authorized." I ' FDR Asks Youngsters To" Aid Food Crop WASHINGTON, March 4-M5) President Roosevelt, in a message calling upon rural boys and girls to help food production this year, declared tonight that .the .-nation is relying on the- "determination and courage of our .youth tor see us through to victory,. V'. , .The message was. read, by 'War Food Administrator Marvin Jones on a national broadcast launching the .411 clubs' third "annual , war time mobilization week. The clubs have 1,'CO.COO members represent' ing virtually every rural com munity in this country and in Alaska,' Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The clubs have adopted a slo gan cf "feed a fighter or more la Social Security 3000 Jap Casual tie Inflicted i , i . i . j .. Invaders Score New Gains in ; Bismarck Sea - ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Sun day, March 5-P-ThiW thous and Japanese have been killed or wounded in fierce fighting in the. Admiralties, headquart ers announced today, j American i casualties I since' February 29 landing at Los Negros on the northeastern side of the Bismarck sea group of , is lands have been 61 killed,! and 244- wounded.. Most - of these were sustained in the night bat ties of March 3 and 4. i ; . The invaders, after smashing repeated furious assault waves by the Nipponese from ridge posi tions a mils and three Quarters inland, scored new advances be yond captured Momote airdrome. Seadler, the harbor for Loren- gau , on nearby Manus island from which enemy reinforcements have been moving eastward to 1 Los Negros, was bombarded "by American destroyers. f Solomons basfed planes, which had raided Rabaul for 15! straight days before bad weather ended that string, resumed assaults "on that weakening New Britain air and sea fortress.': In the raids reported today buildings were de molished, two cargo; "ships set afire arid a gunboat bit and dam- In phaseology which made-clear he allied hold on Momote air field at Los Negros is secure, headquarters said: '. . - "Shortly after dusk hi a final desperate attempt to restore the situation and regain the key Mo mote airfield," the enemy "attack ed in a series of continued assaults lasting the entire night 1 'Again and again, his forces hurled themselves against our lines in Incessant but futile efforts to reach the ' field. Wave after wave was destroyed before his (Turn to Page 2 Story A) Jap Islands Bombed Again US FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, March 4-(fl5)-Army and navy bombers struck again at Japanese strongpoints in the east ern Caroline islands and the Mar shall islands dropping a total "of 25 tons of explosives on airfields, docks and shipping March 2, Adm, Chester W. Nimitz said, today. The attackers returned safely 4 despite anti-aircraft fire. i , . Nimitz in a press release said that 7th army air force Liberators hit Ponape and Kusaie in the Carolines. Ponape, 440 miles east of the enemy base at Truk, took eight, tons of bombs on i runways and buildings. Shipping and dock areas., were attacked at; Kusaie, southeast of Ponape. ' Army Mitchell medium! bombers and navy, search Venturas of fleet air wing two attacked two un named Marshall, islands with 17 tons ol bombs, blasting air fields and starting fires.' ; ; ; 0' , It was the eighth raid on Ponape since the first attack February 14, and the ninth on Kusaie. which got its first bomb treatment Jan uary, 17. ! PetainSees Hitler Defeat . By JOSEPH E. DYNAN ALGIERS, March 4-(P)-Pierr ' Pucheu, on trial for treason ' for his acts as minister of the interior , in the Vichy government declared today that Marshal Petain now believes Germany eventually will, be' defeated and that';"the policy of collaboration is dead.? "" ' - Fighting for his life I before military court after indictment by the French Committee of Na tional . Liberation in its j purge, of collaborationists, Pucheu drama tically vfpoke in his own defense M the opening session, ! declaring that; the Vichy- government had prevented the Germans from to tally, occupying France, ' si&ashing through- Spain, .and occupying' North Africa before the allied landings. . . ''' - . ' . . Trri