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FAGS TWO Tha OSSGOM STATESMAN. Cclem, Crayon. Tuesday Morning, March 21. 1344 USBombers Strike Again AtTrankfurt; B (Continued from Page 1) B broadcast warnings tonight that allied aircraft were crossing southern Belgium toward Frank furt, indicating that RAT bombers were bound for the reich. - While the Fortresses and Lib erators were conducting this scien tific bombing - in this, the sixth day of a shattering : aerial offen sive and Thunderbolts and British Bostons, Mitchells, Mosquito, Ty phoons and Spitfires plastered the nazis' Atlantic wall and tar gets slightly deeper in France in fine weather. Some of the lighter planes op erated under a tight umbrella' of New Zealand and Belgian-piloted Spitfires. In an these operations It was estimated that nearly 1509 US tons of bombs smothered Ger man targets from sunrise to loHtt, brlarfn the total deliv ered by both Britain and Italy : based allied planes s 1 n e e last ! Wednesday 1 to well ever 24,000 i i tons. ' .- The Rome radio said allied bombers today raided Rome and northern Italy, including the pro vinces of Lazio and Tuscany, in a series of operations which it said cost 17 bombers. About 250 US Marauders par ticipated in the . day's operations over France. One force hit the Im portant railway center of Creil, 25 miles north of Paris, for the second time in four days, destroy ing a locomotive repair shop and sending engines and tracks tum bling high in the air. . .' The RAF pounded Frankfurt by night on, March 18. at a cost of 20 planes, but the Americans had not hit the city since Febru ary 11. Frankfurt, an important industrial center and the largest distribution- point in southwest Germany, always is well defend ed by the German air force when ft can get fighters aloft Two of the four enemy air craft destroyed today were bag ged by Maj. James C. Stewart, a Thunderbolt ace of 12 Francis street, Corona, Calif,- increasing his total kills , to 12. mor savs : GOP Would Be Good Neighbor CARACAS, Venezuela, March 20 JP) Mrs. Franklin D. Roose velt said today at a press con ference that the election of a re publican president would not alter the United States' good neighbor policy: . "This policy is firmly rooted in the hearts, of the American peo ple arid once anything becomes firmly 'rooted in people's thinking it is-not changed" if there is a change in presidents, she said. Mrs. Roosevelt left later today after' a-24-hour stay here. Shortly after', her arrival yesterday at the Maiquetta ' airport she placed a wreath on the tomb of Simon BolitoarV?; At' her. press conference she said tha- from 'what she had seen, lend-lease 'money spent in Latin America'trt been "well spent and has broBght good results." rly Certain ;A (Continued from Page 1) A and - vJBagek during the day, in cluding . the district center - of Radztvelov on the Rovno-Lwow tairiray mfles - northeast f Lwew iJp i iFfrother villages were iaken M th- westward push . into for ttlefJWSiid. said the regular Otrthe tessarabian fighting the bulletin inerely , said the RussUns TVVBvmmta to wtft sueeessful ea- aenMsats expand the bridge ad ratfturMl m i.t. fSpyfr l-mne sector between 'fallen Mogilev-PodoUki " ard.Tnrl. . - . ; i 'iFJl-tirshal Gem. Frits Eri , fc tan, Mannstela's f silnre to ihoU thaignaslans at the Xhiles ler nrebably xneana he has Ut ; 0:JtoJ el snaUng a stand short ?rft riw Bones be . yesULUer-PedoIsU. Tjr1 Jtoicow newspaper Prav d satdrihe Germans were driven chaos, and that the ttaer was ripe for decisive from the east, west and south" meanings an allied invasion of : The" t it "tit Mogilev-Podolski, w.mues iron uie southeastern tiD 'Ct .liv.PnlnH nf inn from tee farmer Czechoslovakian uwuer.djre xne nussian second 1' ran tan i,nAv UomV-i t.. aaS.-KMtev access to railways leading moles west to Cernauti, EcrsrSida capital, and south wardlrtif lajsi (Jassi), Ploesti; Bucharest,-aiid the Danube. Eurrldartroops which took So roki, -west ;ank twtr!)"& i f e southeast "of lIosaev-PodotskL bn Sunday were only 13 "mfles 2ram tr.e Llcbodueja-Eilti raHway Jead Irtz ouf, f " southwestern Russia, and -within 55 miles of "the major German escape route, the bdessa-Tiraspol-Iasl line. Allies Inva&ina Green Iclunds in Solomons u B ,rfS8aW New Zealand troops go ashore from US navy landing craft for 'the fcevaeiea ef the Green islands. Just north ! of BonaalnvIIle In the Solosaoas of the Pacific an Ftbruary It far ast eeapatfcm eg the, strateaie ally tocated islands. This is one ef the first pictures of the operations which waa carried eat against little opposition. (AP Wlrephoto). , 1 . 1 ' Police Busy Recovering Stolen Goods The "lost and found department' of the Salem city police organiza tion put in a busy weekend. Dermond M. Foley's car, stolen Saturday night from its parking place behind his apartment, 183 South Commercial street, was re covered Sunday afternoon in the 200 block of Ferry street The key was not in the vehicle at the time Foley left it, and the "borrowers" had no more consideration for the police; they left it locked. Po lice notified the owner. O. It "Mose" Palmateer, who early this month reported to city police! the . theft of his' German Luger pistol and its holster from an Oregon resort, Saturday' found the weapon, somewhat the. worse for outdoor exposure, its holster mildewed, on the front porch of his residence in Salem. Whether they ever found the 40 light globes two out-of -Salem high school youths were reported to have taken from the marquee of a downtown theatre, officers did not report, but the boys were released from the county jail af ter they had put in a night there. Still fon the "missing" list Men day night was the car Frank Luk inbeal, 2427 Claude street, report ed stolen Sunday night from the 300 block of North High. No ar rest had been made in the win dow breaking at the J. C. O'Reilly shoe shop, 180 South Liberty street Nor had police taken into custody the person or persons who sometime over the weekend took cash register and juke box from Alex Thompson's . beer retail es tablishment on North Commercial street; I cash contents of the two devices was said to be approxi mately $25; value, $250. Also missing: One case of beer. Men Needed An urgent call for -journeymen carpenters, nail-up men and -material handlers from- a firm en gaged I in the prelabrication of bouse has been given a- number one priority by the war manpower commission, according ; to an . an nouncement made by W. H. Bail lie, manager of the -Salem office of the United States employment service. - Needed immediately to perform this vital war work are 40 full fledged journeyman carpenters phu 200 nail-up men and mate rial handlers."The demand ia par ticularly greet for ' carpenters highly skilled in their trade, with apprenticeship and , journeyman training behind then. living quarters are available for all workers, according to the ,' an nouncement 1 - A recruiting campaign Is being carried on by field offices, of the wax. manpower , commission throughout . the state. Qualified workers; may obtain complete in formation regarding wages, hours and working conditions by apply ing to the Salem, or any other .of fice of the US employment service h Oregon, according to BauHe. Portland Roofing Plant Destroyed by Fire . PORTLAND, Ore, March " 20 Fire destroyed a two-block roof ing plant, burned 10 Northern Pa cific boxcars and threatened the Guilds Lake war housing project here today.' :"-- ;:! ' ;- ' B. B. Alexander, manager, es timated loss at 1400,000. AH was covered by insurance. Flames roared 200 feet high, burning tarpaper fell on rooftops, starting several fires -which resi dents j extinguished ; with ' garden hoses, . 3n3gel)o1bso esi? 'v PdRTLAND,JOr tftrcV 20 tf-C5rcuir Judge Alfreds. Dob son today announced his candi dacy tor renomination in the May primaries. BuildingTrade OKtheHOMEFRONT "Huckled : pie," said the ) man with the dark mustache who sat next to me at - the ; restaurant counter, i -J rWha-a-t?" queried the wait ress. When he had repeated the order she nodded, understanding. "Yuh mean juggled pie" -4 and when, she brought it, was; guess what? Yep, I choklutt! was, 9 1 US World Air Plan Proposed By Senator ( 11 (Continued from Page 11 H stock would be subject to govern ment approval, "i s 5 McCarran, opposing a pending bill to revise federal aeronautic law, said in a statement it omits provisions for studies of postwar aviation, the carrying of alii first class mail by . air, ! civilian pilot training and air carrier tax ex eniptions.: " V' f ; 'f- : His bill provides for state! con' brol of intrastate -air carriers and air contractors, exempts .private fliers from all but, safety provl sions of federal air law, and would authorise experimental air route certificates- under Which an appli cant would not be required to shw economic feasibility, j The present civil aeronautics board and the civir aeronautics administration would be replaced, McCarran said, sofas : to nuke possible "maximum efficiency in carrying out all aviation : pro grams" and to eliminate "duplica tion of functions, effort and 1 personnel.-' An independent air-safety board would be established . The bill would provide . for continuing survey of the nation's airport needs, and for a program of airport zoning, i .. j , Harbor BiU FavCKTrd j "WASHINGTON March 20 Ujto House consideration today of a bill; to authorize a 'huge program of -postwar river and harbors im provement elicited generallyi fa vorable . commet. "but oinosUion waa aimed at some! controversial items. ! -;::.: .--Il-. --.h A :- The omnibus bill fHR3881)i the first of its kind in six years. nv braces -71 projects I estimated -to cost 1420,673,000. The bouse jriv ers )and harbors committee is ex pected to offer amendmenU to morrow adding eight more items with a cost of $28,403,133. i 1 Today's debate brought forth strong opposition to the Tombig-bee-Tennessee project by Rep. Dondero (R-Mich) i and equally strong support from Rep. Rankin (D-MUi). ! The bill's aims, Chairman Mansfield (D-Texj declared, would put America fin position to lead the world in trade and com merce" when peace iccmea. ) Projects which have been con sidered by the committee since the bOI was reported to the house and which war be added as amend ments included construction of Umatnia dam, Columbia river, fzq,ooo,ooo. , $ j fiOHE OF THE GREATEST HITS OF MfllM fi ?C3G P ARAhtOUNTS TECHNICOLOR TRIUMPH Feature today at .1:35 4:50 7 ' Iatiae: rata S :C0,. nun3! c::iy Cassino Straggl -F (Con tinned from- Page 1) F cause they were not tough en oughs .: .. 1 - r . 1 . Although the Germans' recap tured hill 163, Indian troops still clung to a neighboring height af ter, fighting off a strong enemy attactyesterday morning, f ' f Allied artillery gave the attack ing ground troops effective, sup port, blasting German positions at almost point-blank range, while" Warhawk fighter planes 'gunned nazi infantry at times only 20 yards ahead of allied lines. . There were sharp local; clashes on other sectors of the Italian land fronts. No change of positions was reported. Artillery fire alone re pulsed a German patrol jab at the r western flank of the allies' Anzio beachhead line. MOitary Urges Oil line Action G (Continued from Page 1) G turned over to nim funds report ed to! total about 120,000,000. The "United; States! has assisted wifh. lendrlease jupplies approxi mately 7 equal to z the British pay ments.'- : " s: -A ' I am tnu representSi only, a por tion of the king's , prewar i income and unless he can look forward to considerably -.increased royalties from j oil production, in the next two Or thraf yearsrhe may decide to cut In aoq-American interests on the concessions iow held ex clusively by Standard Oil Com pany of California Sand the Texas 1 Ltniibqf 'Strike Stm Possible PORTLAND, . Orel. !" March 20 (JPy-Aa official of the AFL Lum ber and SawntiJll -Worker union said tonight -the possibility of a strike 'has not been .ruled out if the west coas lumber, commission again refuses wage raises t a re hearing opting here Wednesday. "We mtend .to ruie all govern ment facilities to correct the aitu- ation,. but failure-by- the commis sion to reach a satiafactory decis ion will leaver fhd ! door" wida open.1 DoyUr Pearjon, ataistaitt secretary pt: Oh" .north western council's esiecutleEOmmittee said in a sUtemitnt tte press. - arenorvsaytng -we wm strike, or that wev wiU not atrilc , a.- ..'ill' . '--'- . but-we feellt upio ns to foraajinany yaara, an increase la lut&Mr-production. Industrial iiasaociatlons and gov ernment agencies ikve failed to fully recognize and adjust condi- "We feel it is patriotic to force increased iprtKiuctioau Lumber production ta" this area has fallen off 29 per-eent and-manpower in the itty2rperv eent since ran Harbor' a I , Pearson said atatement he aade previously to the effect the union's 65,000 workers in the northwest-would keep faith with their no-stnke pledge of Decem ber t, lMli twat intended to mean AW a '.a ?e - uhh sHixe, acuon: was not con templated- at the present time." 75e : Erecin? 1 1 l n 2 days" vsm r Huhgary Resists Invasion 'K (Continued from Pago 1) E summoned to Hitler's' headquar ters Friday and that they turned down requests for more active military aid against the Russians for "participation in the war without reservation." They were then prevented from returning tok weir cuumry, ne saiu. I From Berlin eame that the auuis were preparing to seize; control el ether south-t" eastera Earope satelUtea. A Reuters dispatch from Stock holm said Hungarian troops re sisted the German march in, made from both Germany on the north. and Rumania on the south, but hd no details. (The Germans were said to have made i their swoop while Regent Nicholas Horthy and Gen. Ghezy, Hungarian commander in chief were held virtual prisoners after conferring at Hitler's headquar ters. - - I (The Hungarians were widely reported during the day to have balked at Hitler's demands they resist the Russian advance, which is threatening to inundate Hitler's Danubian storehouse and his Bal kan allies, and neutral sources said the invasion was also de signed to thwart any Hungarian peace bid. ' j J Tarkfsa eeorcea said the Ger maa action waa inspired also bjf fear of an allied landing ia the Adriatic, a. fear raised , by-the Aaaerfeaa bombing .eg the Han' gariaa traas-Daaabiaa rail eea4 ten. ; , - - i xne Bulgarian assembly was scheduled to meet Wednesday, si multaneously with, a slated Hun' garian parliament session, said an Ankara-report, which added: The announcements ; of. these twin meetings created speculation whe ther the Hun gars, and Bulgers are planning some common action." ! OWI said the Sofia radio an nounced that the Bulgarian re gency conferred today with Pre mier Dobri Bazhilov. ' Earlier an Associated Press dis patch .from Ankara had said the report of the German occupation of Hungary "appears confirmed.' Bidders Flock To Tax Sale I Marion county's smallest tax foreclosure sale in recent years brought out the largest number of enthusiastic bidders- and brought in good cash returns, members of the county court de clared Monday afternoon when 11 of the 31 pieces of foreclosed prop erty haa been sold at sheriffs sale as follows; I Two and a half acres, Fargo, to William Faubert, for $480 or $180 above minimum price set by the county court; 1 acre, Wiseacres, to George Wadsworth, $100; fraction of an acre to Knute Knutsori, $150; 125 acres, Garden home tracts to A R. SherCeld, for $750, or $450 over the minimum, price; lot 11, block 8, Compton'a addi tion to Salem, to William Read for $250; lot 20, block 7, St Alex. is addition to ; Butteville, D. E. Green for $100; lot . 5, , block 1,, Walnut Grove addition, to Salem, to L. I Little for $325, $200 over mmimum. price; lot 9, block li, Walnut Grove addition to-Salem, to A. R. Walker for $200; 5 .acres five miles southeast ofJScotts Mills to B. J. Minden for $100; lot 8, block 1, Walnut Grove addition to Salem, to R. R. Boardmaa for $200 and lots in Minto, sear Gates, to D. R. Haun for $230. v 1 Forty persons attended the tale. Oscar Cutler-Stricken With Heart Attack ; Oscar Cutler, temporarily in charge of the state highway de partment tourist bureau here, soi-i fared a heart attack in Portland Sunday and waa taken to a hos pital there for. treatment. Officials said his . coodxtioor was . slightly improved Monday. Cutler has been employed by the state highway commission for Through Thursday ' r' L J -p"V PLUSI ,- r'V " wooes USFliers SinkFive Jap Ship C (Continued from Page I) C transport and three armed ieseort vessel, probably corvettes. (The triumph was announced- in Gen. Douglas MacArthurs Tuesday communique.) But the men who manned the more than 100 Liberators,--BostaissMitenells say that was not all.. - -; I ' ! . They claim that at least one more Japanese merchantman was sunk ' off the coast in the ; early hours .of the fight and two others damag ed. s " - i x Reconnaiassance planes, flushed the convoy about midnight Wed nesday. , (Reference to. the battle was made in Gen.x MacArthur's Monday communkiue:- this is the first : indication that the . action lasted four days). . 4 j The bombers attacked and one large merchantman stopped dead in the water, hit with a ! 1000 pound bomb Navy Catalinai later attacked in bright moonlight and think they finished .the ship off. Other fifth, airforce bomberi during the niglit damaged another enemy craft--weathering heavy anti-aircraft fire to get at their ' The convoy was picked up; again Friday night. An escorting vessel, probably a corvette, was straddled twice by bombs. -.; s j Saturday morning a formation of Liberators came upon two mer chantmen and three escorting ves sels . off Wewak. ' Four flights of Liberators hit the convoy, ,-. I That afternoon formations of Mitchells and Boatons spotted the remnants of the convoy at ; the same time. -They- dived for the ships and one gunboat blew up under a barrage of bombs. Two other escort vessels put up stiff anti-aircraft fire as the remain ing . Jap freighter- scurried " for safety. . ' A Boston piloted. by Lt John Soloc of Durand, Mich,, tore in low and dumped a-1000 pound bomb squarely on one gunboat It blew up. i j Formatteiu ef Mitchells le by : Capte. Mertoa Kilrere ef West Los Angeles and Max 8. Merteasesi ef ChaJBSita.i UL. and. Lt. Henry Kortemeyer ef Salem, Ore., split ap the remain ing earae vessel and ether gaa- beate with Bestens. 'I i Lt Kortemeyer said that when a bomb blew the stern off k gun boat he saw Japanese tossed into the air: and in a matter of sec onds about 200 were floating in the water clinging to debris and sup ported by cork JUfejackets Many of them fired their, pistols t the low-flying Americans. 1 The convoy had been trying to land men and supplies at Wewak, which has been pounded heavily the last few weeks. There are in dications that other Japanese ships have been trying to run the air, blockade set up around the area since the convoy was jsunk. Bill Would Insure Crops WASHINGTON, March 20 i A proposal to revive and expand federal crop insurance was ; sub mitted to congress today by Chair man Fulmer (D-SC) of the house agriculture committee. - Under bis bd, crop, insurance would be continued on wheat and cotton beginning with 1941 and extended to tobacco,' corn and rice hi 1948. . The insurance -program on wh eat had been In-effect j five years and on cotton for two years before congress last -year -ordered the Federal Crop Insurance jcor posation liquidated because of heavy , losses to the - government liquidation is .still under way. Under Fulmer's bilL the wheat insurance program would be con tinued oo ihe basts. of per acre yield. Coverage would be up to 15 per cent of the "normal yield" of counties in which the insured farmer' lives. . S NOW SHOWING .vif ibns eii itttslstitlt tsfliv - AO'' Companioa Feature f- Plus - Grandfather's i LATEST , KWS EVENTS , r Sewer Tax Gets Coiiiicil Limfclight D (Continued from Page 1) D and . the ordinance to place the necessary charter amendment be- fore the voters was given its first two readings. . , . ' Tor that matter, ; the sewer dis posal levy with the park and play ground clause apeparinf not as a "rider" but first on the list of pro jects went through the two-reading phase and comes up for a vote two weeks hence. Prior to presentation of the or dinance, Alderman Tom Arm strong had urged that a copy of the report Of the postwar planning committee be prepared for. each council m e m b e r "so that the council may keep in mind exactly what the committee is doing and what it recmmends.n r It was Alderman Kenneth Per ry, however, who jumped to bis feet and sought an explanation of the ordinance, which Committee Chairman Dan Fry, who recently resigned his -council seat when he moved his residence, thereupon declared "definitely not the or dinance the committee-, asked for not representative of the post war planning committee but rep resentative of the ways and means eommitteeT;--.- ; ; 1 ;; -v.; ' David O'Hara, fifth ward alder man with the record of longest service on the council, is a member of Fry's committee and chairman of the ways and means commit tee. He lives at 1645 North Church street, and somewhere -between City Hall "corner, and his home he began to realize. Wednesday night after the postwar planning commission meeting,, ne. said, that there had been talk of financing the sewer improvement by a us ers' fee, which 'would ; bring in considerable cash. - Should federal matched monies become available, he said, the $150,000 anticipated from the spe cial levy would be useful in se curing funds for playgrounds and parks, always in need of improve ment and expansion. So, next day he talked it. over! with his com mittee and with the mayor and inserted . the provision for play grounds and parks. Postwar . planners declared air ter , the council session that they had deliberately asked that the money be earmarked for the sewer-system -and that alone, that they had not discussed laying aside money now for anything ex cept urgently' needed Improve ments, that O'Hara knew as well as, they that if more than the re quired '.amount were secured for the sewer improvement the coun cil could pour, it back into the general' fund. They pointed out too, " that O'Hara had; declared Wednesday night that If Salem expands as it gives promise of doing, the city could spend $400, 000 or $500,000 or its sewer sys- rtem and still not have met all needs." - 1 V".'-.;.;: ;';,v But they, and other council members got more excited about the "salary" ordinance held over from two weeks ago for final reading, about which they had ap parently forgotten, than about any other single matter. The "salary ordinance contained a raise for the engineer-inspector and provis ion for an assistant Davis told the council he had not asked for the ordinance, that he -was not asking for a raise for himself but that be did not mink it fair to -give him the work of the building inspector without as sistance. The sick-leave policy presented, in the defeated resolution would have allowed leave to -accumulate to tha amount of SO davs at the rate of one day for each month of prior full time employment Sick leave policies may be good things to have, but employes take advan tage, -declared Alderman A. H. Gilie. "Too cceoplicateev" O'Hara found It Portions of it do not jibe with regulations already In effect, Mrs. Gertrude LobdeU maintain ed. Only its sponsor, Tom Arm- Harry! Last Usees Today! ira fTARMFICl-- - "TnOUSAIIDS - Taeaaieoler CO-HIT "TONIGHT WE RAID CALAIS" John Sattoa, Aavaabella STARTS WEDNESDAY wm i:o3so;i ALSO ' ' ' " ' w "'" KIF-EO AILING - CO-CXT CIXAaXES STARRZTT TS icrrn Ly. Gin strong: and C F. French voted for it L The- planning' and .-zoning com mission was authorized to estab lish some new zones or rebound old ones and to fix! regulations for building, therein; vacation pro ceedings for East avenue between Garnet street and the Southern Pacific tracks were initiated and public hearing set for May 1 at 8 pin.-' :; A complaint from Mike Stein bock concerning a junk heap on property adjoining that of his mother's residence at . 148 Union street was given to the committee. A letter from Finavoo Castle nur sery, school, Forfar, Scotland, thanking the city, for gifts at Christmastime was placed on file, although mere is- no official rec ord of such gifts. A request for a light at Broadway and Hickory sireeis was approvea oy commit tee, , with the recommendatio that the installation be made when materials are available, i : On the police committee's rec ommendation, no official action is to be taken concerning complaints entered by George Lloyd at the time of his resignation from the police department Shasta Dam Nears Completion SACRAMENTO. March 10 Jp) Shasta dam is 98 per cent 'com plete and this morning there were 712,000 acre feet of water stored in the reservoir there, State En gineer Edward Hyatt told the state water project authority today. The transmission -line between the dam and Oroville is 50 per cent complete, Hyatt said. afi . t luisouun icoiucTBU Wy W ' VI ' Mr. imaorse (f ourtn l erm JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.. March 20 VPy- The Missouri democratic state eommtttee, meeting to ar range for "the party state conven tion adopted a resolution today endorsing President Roosevelt tor a fourth term. rt LffTlg et Vrtx Tvl a Wt 1 rrirr-nTir OPENS 8:45 P. M. JIURRY! V Last Times Today ! Jackie- Gale " Cooper Storm "WHERE ARE YOUR CHILDREN?' - Sidney Teler ? tariia Chaa' fin Secret Sertice" TfltlOIlllbU! . . AT KEGTJLAl PUCES! WHAT v 'A; SCRAP! HUMPHREY BOG ART JAMES CAGNEY "omAnoriA CO-FEATTJU NEWS W yr. j Ul m fir Opens 8:45 F. M. U7i Phyisg! Gaij Ia One at His Finest steles? ; "I2r. Deeds tzzz b TcT7n" with : Jcza I; AsCe-Etar! I. CO-FEATLXE! ' 'I ) -to. n m nut v C J I otTiwiiir r-4 t . i t i i m jsaHHaaVaVBaSael i
