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;i!1Z' Weather r Monday v iH-tmim tern per tare CO, minimnia 45. Precipitation Jl ef an Inch. EJvertft V Shewers Tuesday. Wednes day fair. Cooler Tuesday and Tuesday night. . ' 1 I 1 1 1 .www w i nizmw uwm&m m m There have been many expla nations Of the increase in Juven ile delinquency. Our Washington columnist, Paul Mallon, scolds progressive education. Others blame the parents. But a Chicago judge has a new theory. He tra res the decline in youth discipline to twin beds! In the good old days, says Judge Donoghue in the wom- sm's court of Chicago, it was "a ' happy and affectionate" custom far parents to sleep together. Juven- He delinquency was hardly ever - known. When it did happen, the parents handled the situation and 1 the cases rarely reached the courts." ' : " ' Alas for the Judge's short mem- ery. Didn't the whole system of juvenile courts get started and Judge Ben Lindiey of Denver -again his fame long before the en- terprising furniture : manufactur ers thought up twin beds as a - sales booster? For that matter . the old-fashioned double bed still J does duty in a , proportion which will surprise tne judge. A re search -foundation of New York , recently made a survey which showed that 87 per cent of hus bands and wives sleep together In - double beds. (It adds that only - 5 of wives are dissatisfied with '"this,but 40 think maybe -twin ' beds would be ideal). With onjy '13' of the marital sleeping done ' in twin beds it is hard to load the : Increase in juvenile delinquency ' on this sleeping arrangement ' ;) i To prove his point the Chicago Judge would need to- make a sur- vey of several thousand juvenile delinquents and trace back to see how many of their parents sleep ' in twin beds. He will probably lind no relation between the bed- ding plan in the household arid the waywardness of youth. Far more probable would be evidence showing i that delinquency rises among children from broken homes parents divorced or one parent dead. " (Continued on Editorial Page) FiU Docket ; For Congress WASHINGTON,' April 10 I Three taaiPrjjfraLf. ""r-relat- d Ieg3sIatioiCdeaUnTrVnarrthef- home front, aid to the, allies and veterans benefits, were docketed ; by Capitol Hill leaders today on - a "must" list for clearance before congress can recess for the na- - tional political conventions. The legislation, embracing is .: sues certain to play a part in this - year's -political campaigns, would: l' -l.r Prolong the life of the war- time price control and economic ' stabilization acts. The OPA law expires June 30, but a continuation is expected. The congressional fight - will spin about proposed amendments. j 1 2. Extend lend-lease for an- - other year. 3. Establish a "GI bill of rights" ,' for benefits to veterans of this ' war . ,j Moreover, in the little more than two months before the republican convention opens at Chicago, con gress must grind out numerous . appropriation bills, and a stack . ef less important .legislation if many senators and representatives . are to attend the party meeting. . i Speaker Rayburn (D-Tex.) and ' House Republican Leader Martin, j f Massachusetts, returned today to prepare for Wednesday's re v convening of congress after an 11 day Easter recess. There appeared ; consiaer a Die commence mat es (Turn to Page 2 Story E) Candidates' Night Set , Candidates for the republican nomination who have opposition for state offices have been invited to appear, or to send representa tives to state their cases briefly at . next Monday night's meeting of the .Marion County Republican Club. ., - . ; The meeting has been thrown epen to Polk county republicans and a good-sized delegation from neighboring portions of that coun ty is anticipated, DrvO. A. Olson, president of the club, said last night. r Chamber of commerce rooms have been selected for the candi dates night meeting and the ses sion has been called for 3 o'clock. Salem Foundry In Labor Hearing A national labor relations board hearing dealing with employer employe relationships at the W. W. Rosebraugh foundry in Salem opened Monday in the council chambers of the city hall and con tinuest$aay. - j '-. Requests of the Salem local of Cannery and Process Workers union from the United Growers' plant at Liberty ; will be subject of the - second hearing by NLRB iepresCntatives here -this ? week. That hearing is scheduled for Thursday, Three Subjects MNETY-THIBD YEAR P V 12 PAGES - " j Salem, Oregon. Tuasday Morning, April 11, 1944 ; . - t - . . - " Mmgglpi: Araiy M ecaptore- J Odessa Japan ese mue ure Battle Centers Around Kohima Held by British By RAY CRONIN Associated Press War Editor - Fighting hard to retain their hold on strategic Kohima, Brit ish and Indian forces Monday were battling the Japanese in vaders of India on the outer fringes of. the Naga hills town while other Nippon , troops pressed two spearheads toward the important Imphal allied air and supply base. The news from India continued to hold the spotlight of interest in the Pacific-Asiatic war theater. Reports from the central Pacif ic told of American air strikes against Japanese islands, in the Carolines and the Marshalls. A communique from south west Pacific headquarters late Monday said the Japanese had quit Gasmata on the sooth coast of New Britain and that Ameri can patrols had met no resist ance there or at Cape Hoskins since mid-March when Nippon ese forces began falling back on Rabanl. US bombers silenced 13 heavy guns at Hansa bay, New Guinea, and heavily attacked- Wewak : on the same island, while Catalinas bombed Woleai in the Carolines. headquarters - spokesman ..; said the Japanese have lost one fifth of their estimated 58,000 strength on New Britain. He added, "we conn ted 232 prison- , ers and 4679 dead since the New (Turn to Page 2 Story C) Men Over 26 Return Home PORTLAND, AprU 10-(!P)-Ex-inductees men over 26 who were called to the colors only to find that they weren't wanted in the service at this time began returning to their homes in be wilderment today. They were members of the "ov er 26" age group sent to the in duction center here before the se lective service system ruled against taking men beyond the age of 25. Most of them said they had sold their businesses or had put personal affairs in shape tor extended absences. However, most of them could expect respite of only two months at the most Portland draft boards said they were speeding up induc tion of un-essential men. through the age of 25, and could see not more than 60 days of civilian life before the older men are called. All men ordered to report for navy induction here today were inducted regardless of age as the navy recruiting office had receiv ed no orders to change its proce dure. ...... Cont Press Australia Explains Move Of Cutting A rmy Down WASHINGTON, April 10 -(5s) The Australian minister tonight termed senatorial criticism of a projected 90,000-man cut in his country's armed strength a "mis understanding" of the common wealth's total war effort Pointing to growing allied de mands on Australia's food produc tion, Sir Owen Dixon - declared "the news means no more than that Australia is adapting her war economy to meet the new de mands in the war." Some members of the senate military affairs committee had called Australia's decision to trim her military manpower "shock ing," "'startling" and "almost un believable' when they first heard the news. But sympathy for Aus tralia In her manpower predica ment was expressed today by the committee's acting chairman. Sen. Thomas (D-Utah). ... Sir Owen; said the decision would mean about 30,000 special releases from, the armed ; forces. The balance will come from rou tine discharges for battle wounds, disability and men who have passed prime military age. The Jpars Marvel AtiEscape From Death :" BERTHOUD PASS, Colo., April 10 -(P)- Swept from a precipi tous mountain road by a roaring avalanche of snow, Lt. Catherine Cockburn tonight marveled that she and her; companion on the harrowing drop were still alive. Her companion, Lt Helen Barr Durfee, comforted by opiates, couldn't f discuss i the happening. and awaited the first opening of the mountain pass for. an ambu lance f! to Denver Her back was badly injured. j . "It's a miracle; that we're still alive,11? Lt. Cockburn observed, re lating for . the first time their frantic experience. Members of a ; recruiting team, Lt Cockburn of. Bethesda, Md., for the SPARS; Lt Durfee of Los Angeles for the WAVES, they were en route back to Denver in a light coupe after visiting the win (Tufn " to Page 2 Story I) Breaks Quiet On Italy Front LONDON, Tuesday, April 11. -VThe German-controlled Vichy radio said; today that new American reinforcements had been landed at the Fifth army's Anilo ; beachhead below Rome and! declared another allied of fensive in this; sector seemed Imminent ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples. April ICf.-(JP) -Allied troops in assuwhave ljeenj sub jected to violent shelling, shatter ing days 'of comparative quiet ' in that devastated town, headquar ters announced tday. Consider able German movement of infan try, tanks and artillery was noted in the Gargiliano valley sector of the main front f It was disclosed officially that American troops are in the allied line along the Garigliano river, a sector held earlier by British un its of the Fifth army. Headquarters said New Zealand troops inflicted casualties on the Germans in attacks against two strongpoints at Sant Angelo, three miles south of Cassino, partially destroying ah enemy position.. German artillery fire slackened somewhat on the beachhead below Rome where; thejr patrols, out in force, were beaten off. The German activity in the low er Garigliano sector, indicating a regrouping in that area, included considerable transport movement, and 21 tanks or self-propelled guns were seen about two and one half miles northeast of Minturno in the Ausente valley. Five of the tanks, were believed knocked out by allied artillery fire. An upper Rapidov valley sector was shelled heavily by the enemy. Despite bad weather which cur tailed air activity, fighter-bombers hammered rail communications in the Rome area and shipping off the Yugo-Slav coast The rail line extending , north from Rom e r to Lake Braccinao was hit, as was motor transport near the beach head and the Cassino front V cut will not atop the steady intake of younger men into the armed forces, he said. . i ; Australia how has 12 per cent of her manpower in uniform, he explained, the equivalent of a 16,000,000 United States army on the basis of America's population. The manpower shift became necessary, the ' minister said, to meet" a growing demand for Aus tralia's civilian-produced goods. : "It is indeed estimated that the demands made on Australia for food means that she feeds 5,000, 000 people in addition to her own 7,000,000," he continued. "The American public may be certain there has been no change in the policy of the Australian government j which is that Aus tralia shall do Its utmost on the fighting front and in every other way she can , : The criticism s by the senators brought reactions in Melbourne and in London Where. Australian government ; sources 'expressed "surprise" on their "side Over the Washington 'comment -The London office of the Aus (Tura to Page I-tory AX violent Shelling TO ir rorce Bombards Germans 1500 US Planes Hit Coast Points In Heavy Attacks LONDON, Tuesday, April 11 (P- RAF bombers ranged over pnemy - occupied Europe last '. ... . , , night for the second successive : pight in continuation of a blaz- frig aerial offensive which Am- erican forces numbering per- tinn 15nn rtlanoa Iron rnlltna , mm .. -. yesieraay Dy Diasung at oar- geis iii uoui r ranee ana Belgium. The overnight RAF operations apparently were carried out in force, although a preliminary Bri- tish announcement that occupied j- territory had been attacked gave ho details. Yesterday's American raids saw Marauder medium bombers of the ninth air force drop their great est bomb load 1000 tons dur ing forays in which they teamed UP with heavy bombers and fighters in diversified operations, It was announced that ap proximately 600 fighter - es corted Marauders delivered a blow which . was "the greatest the ninth has ever thrown against the enemy in a single day, dropping more than 1000 tons of bombs," Escorting fight ers destroyed five enemy planes. In all, American losses for the day were four fighters and five bombers. Tb principal tiget of the rauders was the Namur railwajK yards, 35 miles southeast of Bins pels. Returning pilots reported ing strings of cars and sheds bias ted and. big fires started, f Heavy US Flying Fortresses I also took part in the day's wide spread raids, the third major operation by the Americans in '' as many days. The blows were I coordinated closely with similar (Turn to Pige 2 Story D) Labor Invited To Hear Morse ' Wednesday night's meeting of j the Salem locaL of Cannery and Process Workers union at which Wayne L. Morse will be speaker, is to be open to all members of .organized labor. Union officials, announcing the i iT'k- T rr uines would be drawn between mnnn )u1 nl - 41a4 mm CIO and AFL but that all were invited. Because the meeting will be held in KP hall on North Com mercial street where seating ca pacity is limited, no invitation can be issued to the general public, it was said. The meeting will open at 8 o'clock. Morse, former dean of the Uni- A versity of Oregon law school who he did not "share Mr. Hull's ap recently resigned from the nation- prehension i o v e r the effects of al labor relations board to become open discussion of our war aims a candidate for the US senate in Oregon, was last weekend given , AFL endorsement Willkie Withdrawal Said Unimportant LOS ANGELES, April lf HPl The presidential election will be Jittle affected, if at alL by Wendell WUikie's abandonment of his cam- paign for the republican nomin- ation, Postmaster General Frank C. Walker predicted today. T think the democrats will re- main the majority party," news- democratic national chairman. M . f txr.iL. j: i : i t I mvu ma tu wucuicr Air. nouscvui will seek a fourth term. If. he doesnt, Walker was asked if hej thought the president would be i drafted. , "Well, you don't hear any talk about anyone else, do you?" Walk er responded. - Eugene Dog Mutilator' Reward Grows tO $1800 - , EUGENE, Ore April 10 WAV Dog lovers' in California and 1111-1 nois today increased to $1880 the reward offered for the person who cut out the tongue of Buddy, two- year-old fox terrier, last week. -Si Meanwhile Buddy, released from a dog hospital to his three young masters, was learning new ways to cat and drink. Top US Ace Gets Handshake "" 1 wijmmmwii f 1 1 r rrM iii ll ijpiia.ii ' t : - " ' I - ' ' -' I r- ' - - , vT . ..;. " C- "A "- U -r j t j ' I b ! f b-:?: I T , hf ) J VV t 7 , jf . .; ; .J 4nt j Capt Don Gentile (left) ef Pique,' firmed enemy planes destroyed, shook hands with Capt Dnane of Boise, Idaho, who had 21 planes to his credit in the Beeson cockpit or Gentile's plane in England. (Ap Wirephoto from signal corps radio) One InS Killed, Five Injured tate Hospital Fracas One Oregon rtate hospital 11 hours after he fell unconscious in the criminal insane ward of I the institution. Two others re ceived less serious injuries and three attendants were bruised in the fracas. !"- Officials said four of the 65 ' ward "were involved. The leader. aeo'Sung: to John Evans,1- btwpf tali superintendent,; was William Pen- land, received at the state peni tentiary here from The Dalles in 1933, to serve six years for shoot ing Lloyd Madison, and trans ferred to the hospital on Novem ber 11, 1937. Wakefield, who was brought to the hospital here from that at Springfield, Mo maintained by the federal government, Ju ly 9, 1943, had been convicted of counterfeiting. Be had been originally sentenced to the fed eral penitentiary at McNeil Is land and from that institution to the hospital at Springfield. (Turn to Page 2 Story B) " Bricker Blasts Hull on Talk SPOKANE Wash, April 10-(P) Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio ac . . , cused Secretary of State Hull to day of leaving many questions unanswered in his talk on fqreign policy last night and declared the public "is' fed up with the new deal's back-room diplomacy.' The Ohioan, campaigning for the republican nomination .for president, declared in a statement I and foreign; policy." ."That's been the trouble so far,1 his statement said. ."The people have been kept in the dark and a feeling of uneasiness about our war aims and foreign policy is evident throughout the country. We are told that there have been no secret acreements or commitments. Dolitical or other- wise. What then went on" at Cai- ro, at Casablanca, at Teheran and Quebec? .1. Why were reporters kent away from theHot Serines international tnnA rnnfrronm tvr armed guards? f wh3( w, 4W our jniliUry installations, air- uu (buiv BWMuita ob a, v.a uv war? Are we going to keep them away? . .. These and other ques tions remain unanswered." Wilson Calk On Albania To Resist Germans LONDON, April io-6FV- Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, al lied commander In chief in the Mediterranean, called on the AI- banians today , to resist the Ger- iuuuia w every way ana preaiciea confidently that if they did their country soon would be liberated. .The significance of his broadcast message on the fifth anniversary of Benito Mussolini's invasion of Albania was underlined by axis radio reports throughout the day that the allies were preparing an imminent lunge across the Ad- Iriatic into the Balkans. : -J- "lf Si Ohio, Mustang pilot with 39 eon- patient died early Monday night, from, blows struck during a riot 'criminal insane patients in the O - -, Roosevelt Off , - , -, . -j , -r , , On Vacation To Southland WASHINGTON, April 10-p) President Roosevelt has gone south for a much needed rest in the sunshine and White House announcement of the fact today apparently dispelled reports that the chief executive was planning a meeting with Prime Minister Churchill in the immediate fu ture. The burst of official publicity on the chief executive's trip, when virtually every move he has made in wartime has been guarded with utmost secrecy, occasioned more comment than did the trip itself. The journey has been expected. The White House announce ment of the trip was even explicit to the extent of saying Mr. Roos evelt will be away about two weeks, "unless some unexpected emergency arises which - would compel him to return at an earlier date." - Those who habitually, examine every Washington development for some hidden significance look ed at today's announcement to de termine its bearing on the Chur (Turn to Page 2 Story F) Stassen and Go Before Voters Again The nation gets another look to day at the presidential vote-appeal of two republicans in uni form Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Lt Com. Harold E. Stassen but the outcome will, have no binding influence on the party's choice of a nominee. ; r MacArthur is entered without his . authorization in an Illinois presidential preference primary against Riley Bender, Chicago real estate man. .....r ,r. Stassen is In the Nebraska pref erence primary without opposi tion. Wendell L. Willkie's name is on the ballot but it lost its mean ing when he gave up pursuit of the presidential nomination after last week's Wisconsin defeat In neither Illinois nor Nebraska will the result of the popular vote be binding upon national conven tion delegates from the two states. But backers of MacArthur and Stassen thumped for a big vote turnout each hopeful the result would, start ; a pre-convention boom rolling out of the midwest for their choice. Stassen won four delegates In last week's Wisconsin voting, and MacArthur got three. Advance indications were for a light vote, however, in both states. Illinois : expected 1 turnout of Med Mil es of Escape New Crimean Results in 5500 Nazi Deaths; 1000 Captives By TOM YARBROUGH LONDON, Tuesday, April ll-(flVGen. Rodion Y. Malinovi sky'a third Ukraine army reconquered the graveyard city of Odessa pn the Black sea yesterday and drove to within six miles of the pari escape batch at Ovidiopol, while a fresh red army attacking in the Crimea crashed 12 miles through defenses pro- Avila Camacho eath Assailant MEXICO CITY, April ' 10.-UPV- -esident Manuel Avila Camacho escaped injury today when fired upon by a uniformed officer of his palace staff and it was officially announced tonight that the assail ant, Lt Jose Antonio Lama Ro- jas, was shot and wounded by soldiers when he attempted to break from custody after his ar rest ; With a .45 caliber bullet hole in his coat, Avila Camacho himself helped his aides to subdue the of ficer.. An ...official statement said several nocumenis irom naa sources were found on his per son." He was sent to a military prison. Gen. Francisco Urquizo, under secretary of national defense, re ported tonight that the lieutenant had been wounded by the fire of soldiers when he attempted to es cape. The official bulletin on the at tempt said: "This" morning an individual of military, appearance approach ed President Avila Camacho when (Turn to Page 2 Story H) Dallas Man v. Slashes Wife DALLAS, Ore., April 10 -(fl5) William E. Snyder, 69, was held on an open charge by police to day pending the outcome of his wife's fight for life from a knife wound in her throat Paul U. Kitzmiller, chief of po lice, said Snyder admitted slash ing his' 55-year-old wife with a pocket knife in their bedroom Sat urday night "after an argument and then cutting his own throat His wound proved superficial. Mrs. Snyder made her way to I the home of a neighbor. Hospital attendants, reported her condition serious tonight '" Mac Arthur about half the four million re gistered voters. Nebraska expect ed a vote lighter than-1942's sub normal 219,356 ballots. In the absence of any important democratic , presidential contests in the two - states, politicians watched for the total vote to see if it wquld give any indication of comparative strength between re publican and democratic senti ment Republicans predicted they would get 60 per cent of the vote cast in Illinois. ' Meantime,' Gov. Dewey won as surance; of the Alaska convention delegation. The party's chairman there, Elton Engstrom, said a poll of - committee . members showed that preference. , On the democratic side, nation al headquarters efforts to patch up New York intra-party differ encestrying to head off a move to oust James A. Farley from the state chairmanship--developed . in. advance, of - Wednesday's - state committee meeting. Some fourth term forces in New York state have; been working . to replace Farley I with an administration stalwart at the same ' time the party picks delegates to cast New York's 10 at-large votes at the Chicago convention. Escapes D Within Six German Monte Offensive teeting perhaps 100,000 isolated axis troops, Moscow announced last night j The new Crimean offensive by the re-emerging fourth army un der Gen. Feodor I. Tolbukhin al ready has resulted in the killing of 5500 Germans and the cap ture of 1000 in two days, and put Soviet shock troops inside the top of the peninsula sealed off last fall, i ; j In Rumania another red army was declared to have forced the Siret and Snceava rivers in a 65-mile penetration of that wa vering ; nation's territory, cap turing 180 towns and villages and smashing Ur within 15 miles of the Campulunr oQ fields In the j north and to within 169 miles of the rich Floesti wells In the ; south. J The capture of his native city of Odessa by .general Malinov i (Turn. to Page 2 Story G) George Smith Of Stayton Dies Monday STAYTON, April 10 George A, Smith, 68, manager of the Stay ton Canning Cooperative and resi dent of Stayton for more than 30 years, was found dead at his desk in the cannery at noon Monday, He had been feeling well all dur ing the morning and had not been alone more than 15 minutes. 1 ;' Mr. Smith came to Stayton in 1910 and during his 34 years resi dence had served the town sev eral times as mayor and also on the city council. Engaging first in the real estate business, he was one of those who helped organize the Stayton cannery in. 1922 and served as its field manager until : 1927 when he became manager, a post he had since held. He was born May 5,-1878, in Defiance, Ohio, and came ' west with i his parents when a child. locating with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Smith, in the Waldo Hills; country in 1891. He was educated in Marion county and farmed in the Waldo Hills coun try until 1910. He was married in 1909 j to Mary Doerfler who sur vives him. He is also survived by five j children, Fernando Smith, Mrs. : Germaine Shelton and 1 Mrs, Zelpha G rover, all of Stayton; Mrs. Gertrude Pendleton of Seaside and.; Walter Smith of Caldwell, Idaho, and one grandchild. He; was : a member of the Knights of Columbus and of the Catholic Order of Foresters of Sublimity. Funeral arrangements have not been completed and await word from a daughter now visiting in California. Council Talks Manager Plan A special meeting of the Salem city council has been called, for 8 o'clock tonight with discussion and Vote on the proposal to lay before the voters at the May pri mary the city manager charter amendment itself amended to in clude the city water commission among departments to be under the control of the manager. ; Following the fa i 1 u r e of the measure a week ago, two or more of the aldermen who had. voted against it declared they would have cast their votes In favor of referring the charter change to the people had the water commis sion :' not been excluded. Junior chamber , of commerce members. active in studying and. urging the change, have led In the proposal to lay the matter before the coun cil in what apparently will be ac ceptable form.