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y&A)(d - -i- n mm DIjD TODAY'S GAMES: t amv -Knappa-Svensen ', vs.' Grant Unloni "Bt Consolation).- -10 aJBt-Pendleten vs. Spring field (4thlace). ; ,11 ajn. Washington vs. Cor vallis (Ird place). Champlonshh? flight: ' : ' i 1X psa-PIeasant Bill vs. rowers l"B" tlUe). 4 1:45 njn. Amhland vs.7 Bend (-A-tIUeJ, L " Weather ; Friday ssaximca temper- . star C5, wslnlnmm 4S. Pre- clplUUen, a trace. Elver J ' tttv s:'- , Increasing cloudiness Sat- , vday with rain .la nerth- . west portion. Sunday, part- . ly elosdy; little change la l ten perm tare. ... , , v r jyJ liUUG SIMM ' I I - - x, MUNDDD 1651 1 ... lv .';!.. :: - Building on the foundation of the experience of other cities and on previoui plans presented: here, the mayor's committee on J reor- Sanitation of city government is nnarln a rtnart to the eitv t council which will endorse a city manager form of government. Under the plan the size of the council would be reduced to seven members . who would appoint a Ter .and recorder. Administrative responsibility would be centered in the manager who In turn would be responsible to the council, j. This is i practically the , same system which we have in school affairs: a small board of elected members who appoint city 'superintendent and put him In general ' charge ' of the schools. This has worked' for efficiency in - our school system, has removed petty politics from the schools. It has not deprived the school, board of responsibility or of work the members have nlentr to do. but , they do not have ' to : handle ad- ministrative work themselves which our councilmanic commit tees do.' '.' ' " !;-. .f ; r : y When the report comes to the council that body should submit It to the voters at the election In May.1 The question is one ! to be passed on by the people, and there is sufficient demand for the new plan to warrant the council in placing the question of the change in city government on the ballot To deny that would be to deny to .the people the chance to express themselves , now on this issue, . While other plans have been de feated in the past, the sentiment for a simplified form of city gov ' ernment is growing. The council should not force proponents of the change to use the initiative meth od in getting it before the voters. We cannot do building of struc , tures now, but we can do the job of city building through revision of our city charter along lines of modern administration. Now is a ' good time for the voters to study .: and pass on this question; and I .hope they are given a' chance by the council in the May election. rAllicsQ; aim Tvin Victories Against '.' By ASAHEL BUSH A LL IE D HEADQUARTERS, ! Southwest Pacific, Saturday, 1 March 18-(;p-Captur of Loren gau airdrome on Manus island in ! the Admiralties . and ; complete breakdown of the enemy's coun- i teroffensive, at Empress Augusta bay on Bougainville island in the Solomons were twin triumphs ov er the Japanese announced in Gen. Douglas MacArthur's com munique today. . : . . Lorengau airstrip fell Thursday .under a two-pronged attack from the north and west by dismounted troopers of the first cavalry divis ion. American destroyers : contri buted their broadsides to the Job of taking the field. " : The Americans - then pressed southward toward the town ,. of Lorengau, eliminating strong en emy pillbox defenses with mortar " and tank fire to reach a point only 00 yards from their objective. ' Troops fighting here are con tingents of the conquerors of Los Negros island to the east They landed on Los Negros February 29, captured ' Momote airdrome and subsequently won control of the island. Subjugation of Manus island will give ' the Americans .'Virtual control of the whole Ad- (Turn to Page 2 Story F) - Paratroops Aid in Burma Br FRANK L. MARTIN ' ON THE INDIA-BURMA , FRONTIER, March 17-ff)-Brit-ish parachute troopers have dropped behind the Japanese lines In the developing offensive in northern Burma where forces un der Lt Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell ere moving to dean out the Japa nese from all territory menacing . the Ledo supply road to China. The parachute fighters landed south.! of, the Maingkwan-Taro- Changmai front already activated - by several Chinese columns and the American ."Marauders" under Brig. Gen. Trank Merrill who cap ! tured Walla wbunu. - J (The addition of British para- . . troopers to the Chinese-American forces was significant in the light f - Associated Press Correspon . dent Pieston G rover's recent dis . patch from New Delhi , reporting "ll.-t EtilweHY offensive had gone : faster ?nd farther than headquar ters expected, and that Admiral Lc rd Louis llountbatten, comman t.cr of- the southeast Asia com- rnr nd. was preparing to throw ad c ' r.r.1 support to the American ' ' rir.crrs suprisinsly succesiful at- t in northern Burma.) Japs Up sets Contend J.J.JI JL lllf Washington CofvallisVie For Consolation FRIDAY; RESULTS: "A" Consolation reond: Pendleton (1) J7, SL Helens . (5) 14. I Springfield (3) 73, Oregon City (7) 48. i .' - .. . ' " Division openers: 1 , - Pleasant Hill. (B-2) 43, Knap. pa-Svensen (B-l) 35.. Powers (B-3) 47, Grant Un- io; (B-4) .28. ii -" :-' "A"- Division semifinals: ;t - - Ashland ) 35, v Washington f Portland ) 30. "I : Bend 17. (t) 32, Corrallls. (4) Ashland high's Gmzlies, champions : of district v 2, and Bend's . unsung , Lava Bears of district 8, by. virtue of their stunning victories last night ov er Washington of Portland and Corvallis,) respectively, meet to night at"8:45 at Willamette for the championship of . Oregon's 25th annual basketball tourna ment 1 ' The Grizzlies, rated right along with the! Lava Bears as lesser lights among the tourney of les ser lights came from behind to beat pre-meet favored Washing ton 33 - 30, i Corvallis, another highly regarded -quint since up setting Springfield Thursday night,- was bumped by the sur prising Benders, 22-17.- - Both beaten' teams, Washington and Corvallis,- meet this morning at 11 o'clock for the classic's third place. :r v. . , , The' "B" division fives opened their, firing yesterday afternoon with speedy Pleasant Hill taking the measure of Knappa-Svensen in the opener, 43-33, and Powers, a tourney team last year,: beating Grant Union of Canyon City, 47 28. The Billies and Powers teams play tonight at 7:30 for the state's "B" title Knappa-Svensen , and Grant clash this morning at nine o'clock in consolation. In yesterday's "A" division con solation games, Springfield's Mil lers stormed, over Oregon City 73-48 in a game that saw two' new tourney 'records notched, and Pendleton turned back St Helens 37-34. Pendleton and Springfield play today at 10 o'clock for the meet's fourth! place. (For additional details please turn to the sports page. . Follow tourney results in The Statesman.) ! Portrait Fund The Statesman will ' receive donations for the purchase ef a picture ief the late Senator Charles L. McNary to be hnng in the national capital. Senator Holman haa indicated that he would introduce a resolution for the acceptance and placing- f the picture and Mrs. McNary has riyen her approval el the' plan. . - Contribntions will be received and held an til a treasurer Is named, and then tnrned ever to such person.; Already one sub stantial check has been receiv ed. No publicity win be given names of donors. Senate Finance Open MefSary Passes 'GI Bill of Rights9 WASHINGTON, March i. 11-JP) Wrapping up in its 46 pages every suggested; benefit for veterans of the present war except a bonus, the $3,500,000,000 L -GI i BOl-of-Righta" measure , was sped on its way today toward , overwhelming senate passage by a unanimous vote of its finance committee. Sen. Johnson (D-Colo), one of the sponsors of a pending $30, OOO,0O0,00Q adjusted compensation or bonus bill, told reporters he would " seek finance ; committee hearings on that proposal after the omnibus measure had cleared congress. i ' .1! ,.!-.';" .'"".";;''; Finance Committee ' Chairman George (D-Ga) estimated maxi mum benefits; under tho MGI" bill at $3,000,000,000, exclusive of a $500,000,000 authorization for con struction of additional hospital fa cilities to care for the .wounded and disabled. inNiry-THisD yeab Landing US landing eraR carrying German prisoners of war from the Ansio 1 I been smashed against rocks daring a storm off the Italian coast. Some of the men have climbed onto 1 the recks. The craft anchored in the lee of . an Island daring the storm bnt dragged Its anchor and went ashore. This is a British Red A rmy Moves A head In Poland; Grip Tightens On Nikolaev By .TOM YARBROUGH LONDON j Saturday, March t-iffyjrhe Red army in south ern Russia leaped forward from positions in old .Poland yester day - to capture the German" strongpoint' j of ; Diibrio and a iownj 18 miles : beyond, ( while farther south it won towns only 11 miles from the pre-war Ruma nian border and drew tighter its semi-circle around the Black Sea port : of Nikolaev," Moscow an nQunced today. J J j The Russians also captured a y illage on the outksirts of the im portant rail junctionj of Zhmerin ka, south of Vinnitsa, said the. midnight Moscow j communique recorded by !the Soviet monitor. Marshal Gregory IK. Zhukov's troops, long installed inside old Poland, . brought thje front still dloser to Lwow, historic and stra tegic Polish rail city, now only 70 miles west of the Russian spearheads, j J . i? :!- :; I :: The new I thrust which won , Dubno by crossing the ftva irl- , tver . and outflanking the town, jalso won Demidevka, II miles beyond. Dmeidovksj is 7t ! miles from Lwow land 42 j miles inside the old Polish frontier. The Germans were reported to have! closed all factories in Lwow and to be evacuating the equip ment to Cracow, said Stockholm dispatches quoted by " Tass .news ageney,The Moscow broadcast Was recorded by ' the US foreign broadcast intelligence "service, j ( Southeast of this fighting area Russian troops captured Klembov ka, 11 miles north of the Dniester river, frontier of Rumania, and 12 miles from the J former border town of Yampol, thi communique saia, ma aiso uiuumu, n cquuu distance from the winding river. I Ankara dispatches said Ruman ia civilians were fleeing the area. leaving ! only i the military ! in pos session. The Rumanians were said Committee ' He estimated the cost of gov ernment-financed education at $1,000,000,000, bared on a belief that from 7 to 10 per cent of the men and women of the armed ser vices will avail themselves of its benefits. ; -i';!! r Principal .benefits provided In the GI" bill, sponsored by the American Legion, are: ; , ! 1. A year's educational or vo cational training:! or any, man or woman of the armfed forces with six months service! at a cost to the government up to $500 a year tuition, 4 $50 a month subsistence and $25 a month for maintenance of a veteran's wife,! '1 ' ' 2. Unemployment compensation of $15 a week for a maximum of 32 weeks for a two-year period. 3. $500,000,000 for construction of additional hospital facilities. 1 4. Loans up to $1CC0 for the I (Turn to Page 2 Story C) 10 PAGES Craft Sinks Off 1 i 7 official photo. (AP Wlrephote) on BlackSea 1- to have five divisions on the front In . one area a retreating5; Ger man infantry : regiment f was am bushed . and "over" BOO : killed f bo-; fore the stuvivors fled ?an(c"" the lat Moscow bulletin said. . ; At the southeastern end of the front the Russians said they killed 2000 Germans and took 1000 pris oners in a sudden blow that cap tured ' the town of . Ingulka, only IS miles northeast of Nikolaev. x .i Other, troops were reported to have advanced five miles farther south from Nova-Odessa to . the lower Bug river to take Novo Petrovskoye, 20 miles above Niko laey. A Berlin broadcast . said the Russians attempted to cross . the Bug, in this area but were forced back with a loss of 83 fully-loaded boats when German planes and howitzer batteries attacked. 'V ' . ' The Russians said that in an im portant advance in the Vinnitsa area their troops captured Sidava on the outskirts of Zhmerinka, a Junction on the Odessa-Llow rail route already out and controlled by the Russians in two Wide areas northwest and southeast ' of Zhmerinka, near where 1500 Ger mans were killed and another bat talion perhaps ' 800 men anni hilated, the bulletin said. Tito Partisans I LONDON. - March 17 HflV- A Yugoslav army of liberation com munique said tonight f that - the forces, of "Marshal Jito (Josip Broz) attacked trains in Slavonia and fought battles : against Gen. Draj a MihaHovic's I Chetniks and Germans In the DanilovgrdNik- sic sector, in Montenegro, ' During an attack on a train on the Belgrade-Zagreb railway 150 enemy soldiers! and officers were killed and a large number were wounded, in two hours J of fight ing, and . traffic on this important line was interrupted for 30 hours, the bulletin said. V . - ;r ! The communidue. which was broadcast . by tho : free Yugoslav radio and recorded here, said that Tito's soldiers killed the governor of Lika province, "the famous Us- tashl r tyrant Col. Juries ; Trako- vic,' and several of lug followers on the Novi-Senj road. King Peter to Blarry Alexandra of Greece . LONDON, March 17-P)-King Peter of Yugoslavia and Princess Alexandra of Greece may be mar ried here within the next few days, according to persistent ru mors here tonight t i The 20-year-old Balkan mon arch came here from Cairo a week ago. He has been frequently seen with the princess, who is 23 years old. ' . - i Their betrothal was formally announced in August 1843. They met at Cambridge university in IS 42 where the young king was studying and Princess Alexandra was training as a Ked Cross nurse. Fight Chetniks Bcimm. Onion. Saturday Momlncj. Italy beachhead lies linking after U had Stalin Played Badoglio Deal As Lone Hand "By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON. March 11-OPt The soviet government played ' a lone- hand in' giving diplomatic recognition to Marshal Pietro Ba doglio'si Italian regime ' and the ITnited states is; not even consid ering similar: action.' These points were: made clear by secretary Of SUte Hull at a press conference today at ' which he said: ' ! 1. The United States was not consulted by the soviet govern ment although about the time the Italian ' announcement was , made last week this country did have some information as to what was going on. ! 2. The state department is now assembling all the facta and cir cumstances involved. 3. The: allied: advisory council on Italy (US-Britain-Russia) nor mally would give : attention, to such matters as diplomatic recog nition of the Badoglio government in the first instance. Here the sec retary implied an opinion that Russia should have worked (Turn to Page 2 Story E) Solons Delay ! Palestine Talki .WASHINGTON, March 17 (Jf) -The . weight 1 of military disap proval today j tipped the scales against the movement to put con' gress ' immediately on record in favor of unrestricted Jewish im migration into Palestine. . - The house foreign affairs com' mittee voted -to postpone action on tho . resolution: and explained that.its gction was prompted by the advice of military authorities. Chairman Bloom (D, NY), who said he voted against the majority decision! to defer action,! declared the committee's decision did not constitute a tabling of the resolu tion or an adverse report on lt It could be brought up at any time again for consideration, he added. : Secretary of War Stimson had written Bloom that passage of the resolution would be . ""prejudicial to the successful prosecution of the -war" Two Hospitals In London Hit LONDON, Saturday, March 18 ipy Bombs from a few German raiders struck two hospitals to the luonaon area aurmg m onex iiw last. night, causing son casualties amorg pauents on we top xioorg, u wmuuw ta uuui uisutuuuua were shattered along with large sections of the roofs. Physicians and nurses who had removed a majority of the patients at one - hospital soon" after ; the alert sounded turned to - digging in the wreckage for the injured immediately al-ter the bomb , hit the institution. ' j It was ! the! third'' pre-midnlght raid on London this week. Some damage was reported from bombs which landed in a southeast coast town. ' I March IS, 1844 RAF Out Over Eerope Vienna Cassino Nazis Still Hold Out Ailies Fight Way Into Rail Station; Tanks Join Battle It----- By JOSEPH MORTON. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples, March 17 - (ff Allied troops fought their way j into Cassino railway station today, and Indian " Ghurkas clawed j within 100 yards of the summit pf Mt. Cassino, but fiercely re- sisting Germans still retained a toehold on the southwestern outskirts of their ravaged strong hold. - ; " ; v - The railway station had chang ed hands frequently during the bloody two-months' battle K for Cassina : - : . ! 1 1 Bitter fighting raged on ! the slopes of Mt Cassino. and allied troops there were wider Intense fire from nasia in the rains of the ancient abbey on the crest. A small number of New Zea land tanks moved into the battle this afternoon and one was de stroyed by four direct hits from self-propelled . German artillery. All day .the, rubbled, ruins of Cassino shuddered under violent attack, but when night edhie the nazis -stiU dung- to their-caves. I tunnels and dugouts : and - there i was , a discernible feeling here that they might not ' bo routed soon. . : New Zealand troops spearhead ing the allied assault . from the north had fought their ' : way (Turn to Page 2 Story B) Advance Bases To Cost Billion WASHINGTON, March Vt-UPi The house leadership - gave - the green light today for consideration of a navy request for authority to spend $1,019,000,000 on "advance bases' in the Pacific and another $925,000,000 to expand shore fa cilities in the United StatesJ The rules committee reported out a bill by Chairman Vinson of the naval committee who said that an appropriations measure trans lating the authority into the actual cash would follow soon. The advance bases were not de scribed, for security reasons,! Northern west coast area: Seat tle, Wash, $4,400,000; Snelton, Wash., $1,000,000; Arlington, Wash, $1,000,000; Klamath Tails, Ore, $2,000,000; Whidby Island, Wash, $6,000,000; Pasco, Wash, $2,000,000; Tillamook, Orel' $1, 000.000. :. .K),y For three temporary warehous es at the supply depot seanie. $2,100,000: for 20 storehouses at the supply depot Spokane, $7, 400,000. . : . Ways and Means Committee Approves Simpler Tax Plan - By FRANCIS tL LeMAY WASHINGTON, March 17 W) -Responding to a national Outcry against the recent siege of deci mal jitters, the house ways and I means committee approved today far-reaching plan to simplify tho tax 1 statutes, relieving some 30,000,000 of the 50,000,000 tax payers of the necessity of ever computing another income lax re turn. .!,?."' " ' . "V.- 7 Beginning next January I, un- K pUn pre$ent!with hMm. w.m .ain and l wC1 revised to deduct m liability for persons i Hm:n, n S5ROO. There will bo no change In amounts held out of pay envel- ,nd 5alary t! Prkj this1 year. but! the govercmcz t itself will compute the taxes cn 1244 income Uq, those with wares and salaries under SSOG;). J The victory . tax is abolished land broad changes are made in j tto normal and surtax exemptions and rates, with a new -normal Irate of three per cent (present I norraal six per cent) to apply to IsH persons r.kirg over. 313 Hit FromItaly: FDR Would Draft All Able Men Under 26 By WILLIAM T. PEACOCK,.; WASHINGTON, March n-ijf) President Roosevelt, saying there are few men nnder tS really indispensable to industry, Indicated today he Is leaning toward the armed services view that virtually all physically fit" men 1 under that : age most be drafted, j J . : He told his: press-radio con ference, however, thai ho! still -has the manpower Question an der stndy, expects to work on ' it all weekend and probably ' will havef. a statement on it early next week. t For the, past II days there has been an intense C behind-the-scenes tns-of-war between the armed services and production officials over the. approximately 25S,00a men under 2S who have occupation deferments. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Southwest Pacific,' March 11 -(JP)- Promising one of the greatest of fensives of the Pacific war to li berate the Philippines and adja cent : fsjands Irom tte Japanese. Gen. "Douglas , MacArthur tonight reiterated his pledge to the Fili pino people to. return and iree them. -"" r '-!'.. v; "'v..; ,. i The general, addressing a com monwealth I parliament : ! dinner party, at Canberra, spoke Strictly as a i professional military man. ignoring . the American political situation In which he has been mentioned as a republican presi dential possibility. The dinner commemorated the general's arrival In Australia ex actly two years ago. It followed his decoration by "Lord Cowrie, governor general of -Australia, with the grand cross of the Order of the Bath. The governor general rose from his sick bed to confer the decoration. . : . ; -. MacArthur, looking as fit phy sically as when he made his dra matic escape from the Philippines, declared "Nothing is more certain than our ultimate reconquest and liberation from the enemy of those and adjacent islands. "One of the greatest offensives of the war will, at the appropri ate time, be launched ' for that (Turn to Page 2 Story D) William D. Mclntrre Receives Silver Star, , SHERIDAN, March nJP)-Ut Lt William D Mclntyre, Sheri dan, who exposed himself .to en emy machine gun fire to aid a wounded soldier on New Georgia island, - has received the Silver Star, his father, Nichol Mclntyre, learned today. Some 150,000 new taxpayers will bo added.- ? Congressional tax experts ex plained that under the new nor mal tax, the exemption, for any person 7 with income over $500 would be only $500 plus 10 per cent of this income, regardless of whether he is married or the num ber of his dependents, Just as the three per cent victory tax now is levied against . persons making over $624 regardless of .family status,. . v Jyi- i ::- ! Tho : 150,000 n e w taxpayers would be picked up from persons earning between $555 and $624. However, - ways -. and means chairman Dough ton said - there would be no substantial change in the burden, on any taxpayer, de claring "nobody will be hurt much or helped much" as to theactual fimount Of their taxes. v .'., Erme 9,000,000 now paying vie t:ry taxes but with earnings not sufficiently large to come under the r resent income levies will be conrnj regular income .taxpayers. paying r - s il out equivalent to lidr pre. t I;t:ry tax burdens. Filipino Pledge Again Asserted By MacArthuT X7o.SC3 '9 Vital Kail Point Also Boi Mediterranean . ! Air Force Adds Sofia as Target LONDON, March 17-iJPhTw'o forces ' of British-based RAF heavy bombers headed out over the east coast tonight for fresh blows against the continent af ter American Flying Fortresses and Liberators from bases in Italy Attacked Vienna during the day. . Although the RAF objectives were not immediately . learned, the Frankfurt radio station signed off in the middle of a program, indicating the presence of bom bers In that vicinity. t In addition to the attack en Viennese targets, medians bom bers from allied fields in sooth era Italy bombed Cacena, a vi tal railroad Junction in north ern end of the peninsula. The : strong force of American big. bombers up from the south, escorted , by ! Thunderbolts and . lightnings, found the. Austrian capital blanketed by. ah overcast through which heavy anti-aircraft fire was poured. There was.' no German j fighter jrosit?r.iv howover. The Algier s Vadi'o ' sJd. the , target was an aircraft Tac- .tory-1 . ' - The Mediterranean ' air 1 force ' also -f track Berth ward inte Eorope by night, bitting rail communications at Sofia, capi tal of. Balgaria, . for the second night in a row, employing big RAF; Halifax bombers for the . first 'time front this . theatre. From Britain American ' Ma rauders joined in the growing bombardment of .German lines of communication in northern Franco with a smash at the railroad cen ter of Crefl, ! 30 miles north of Paris.. - . : The day operations followed an RAF night precision raid by Lan-casters- using the new six-ton "factory - buster" bombs against' the Mlchelin rubber, and tire fac tory at Clermont-Ferrand, 30 miles southwest of Vichy, and an as sault with smaller bombs against . (Turn to Page 2 Story A) Lt. Lindstrom ; Lost in Raid Over France Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Lindstrom, 2605 Cherry street, have receiv ed word from the war depart ment that their son, First Lt Rob ert D. (Lindy) Lindstrom failed to return from a bombing raid over France on February 25. The par ents had earlier had a communi cation from Lt Lindstrom's co pilot "stating that , their son was missing in action. It was the : first word had of rank, of first lieutenant Lt Lindstrom attended Salem schools and Willamette university, leaving with, a national . guard unit in 1940. He - transferred to the air corps in May, 1942, and received, his commission 'as pilot at Roswell, NM, in May of last year. He arrived in England early in December. First Lt Andrew G. Humphrey, a close friend of Lindstrom's, has written . ' his : mother, Mrs. I. A. Humphrey of Salem, that all at tempts to learn : of Xindy's" whereabouts hive failed thus far. Humphrey, with the troop carrier service in England, haa been over- v m a at a a w m. ww at sa& Shoots Down Nazi Plane, LONDON, March 17 Pi A rocket-firing Dornier 217 wnicn was attacking a US heavy bomber over'southern Germany was shot down by Mustang pilots Lts. Floyd G. Brandt Newberg, Ore, and Robert ' L. - Young, v i N antucket Kiss yesterdayv ' i" , -: It was the 78th nari "fighter, de stroyed In" the mission in contrast to 12 US fMers lost - Price 8c mbed t