The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, April 16, 1944, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextThe- OSEGOU STATESMAIt Salem. Oregon, Sunday Morning, April 18. 1844 Marines Foil Japanese Raid A D (Continued from Page 1) D nese forces were j on the move " la China for a possible major offensive to be coordinated with the aUon In India. 1 Chungking suggested Japanese 'forces moving upj the Yangtzs , river toward Kankw would , at tack as soon as their comrades in 'India sever the Bengal-Assam - railway, essential link in the sup- , ply route to China. But the Brit 'ish reported they were progress , ing in their efforts to dislodge .Japanese from the road between Kohima and Dimapur, Juncture of the highway and .railroad. The silled command said small enemy ground forces still clang to the Blshempur-SIlchar trail, southwest of jlmpbaL To kre radio asserted ''the enemy Is throwing In reinforcements recklessly despite heavy losses." 1 Lt Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell's pa trols were reported near Kaimaing In north Burma Mogaung valley, -1 representing a 20-mile advance from the last reported position of his main body of troops. SU1 well's objective Is to open a new land route to China, but it is dependent upon holding the Bengal-Assam ; railway. From southwest Pacific head ! quarters came the news that 3000 ? Japanese had been killed in the h Admiralty islands since the Amer ' lean First cavalry division landed r in an invasion operation Febr ' uary 29. . River Waters On Ramp age OMAHA, April 15 Miss ouri river waters commenced to run over dikes at McPaul, la., to night, forcing abandonment of ef forts to- reinforce the levees and leaving a large part of the small twon downstream from Omaha threatened with inundation. Sheriff Al Christopher said 180 German prisoners of war who had been sandbagging the levees were sent back to the camp at Clarinda, la. . . r - A railroad line running through McPaul was "counted on to pro tect part of the town, but that part lying west of the line and con taining most of the residential dis trict was threatened by the weak ening dikes. HaytoardRelay List ' Swells to 27 Team EUGENE, Ore, April t(JP) Entries la the University of Ore gen's Hajwsrd relays April 29 have increased to 27 high school' teams, ineladtng Molalla's de fending clue B champions. I Salem, defending A division ' champion,' Is expected to have ' strong competition from Med ferd and five Portland schools entering for the first time. Let Radionics lend you its ears a and what at bits to many hard ef Uu lag. Rereletioaary in ftrst veaesMNk Yws wffl'aot ' be aeasead to buy. bB only to Mem who can bo helped. i yen. Kzvr Radionic Hearing Aid V write Ym- : Cmm fa fat DtmomtratS FOE SEEING " " AND HXAUNQ iionms Optical 444 ITATE ST. FEONZ SSXt Try nee of Cfetaese reeaeelM. Aauulac SUCCESS for SOOt yum- t China. Mo nutter wltfe whmt .allmsnt yen are ATIUCT KD : etaerears, taasfttts, heart, Iul liver, kidneys, - stessaca. in, consupanoa. tern, wc eUf. lever. UUtate - CLLsese Carl) Co. $40 133 TS, III fMtll, CMb III ' I Marion Homemakers Festival Is Voted Success by Workers By FLORENCE LYNDS ; The first Marion county Homemakers' Spring Festival, the county-wide achievement day in home extension, held in Sa lem Tuesday was a success beyond all expectations. One hundred Jtwenty-five registered for. the luncheon, and more than 160 at tended the afternoon program. Ev ery one of the 14 communities taking the program had a repre sentative to receive the achieve ment award for fulfilling the stan dard of requirements, which Was presented by Frances Clinton, county home demonstration agent All but two communities were rep resented with exhibits and these because of distance were uncer tain in being able to attend. Sev en 4H club teams presented dem onstrations to be judged before a "real" audience. U. G. Dubach, dean of men at Oregon State college, who spoke on "Are We Ready for What's .Ahead," was enthusias tically applauded many times daring his address when he pic tured the heritage of the Amer ican people as something to pre serve. Bnt be warned against lethargie attitudes ef too many that the point of greatest dan ger is when one has reached, success, whether Individual or . nation. The luncheon program with Mrs. Harry, Martin presiding, in cluded singing directed by Mrs. Floyd Fox with Mrs. W. Strachan at the piano; a dramatized reading, "Ma's Tools" by Mrs. Evelyn Mor ris of Hubbard; and a' talk on Tamily Relations in Current Fic tion", by Loretta Fisher of the Oregon state library. Special guests introduced were: 'Dean and ' Mrs. Dubach, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Teutsdv of Oregon State college. TeutscH Is assistant director of extension in Oregon. Other guests were County Judge Grant Mur phy, Commissioner Roy Rice, rep resenting the county court; Amos Bierly and W. G. Nibler of the county extension staff; also Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Bierly. Miss Clin ton, presented with a corsage of rose buds and sweet peas, com mented that the enthusiasm and appreciation for the work in Mar ion county was greater than she had experienced in the several years work in other counties , Mrs. Verny Scott, chairman of the luncheon committee, was as sisted in serving by seven 4H girls from Auburn clubs. The girls were attractively-dressed in green and white costumes. The afternoon program began ; with the singing of the Oregon Home Extension song. . followed by a special number-by Mrs. WF. Krens of. Union JBO Te highlight otitic .aXteriieea Was the address;' by Dean, jpmhaeh.' The Union Hill and Pratnm vnltsf presented a style review of gar ments made at the dressmaking and clothes remodeling schools. Mrs. Grace Cramer of the conn-; ty committee introduced those modeling the garments: Mrs. Fern Mikkelson a two-piece: i noes "" -z- h 4k- ; U' U 98 SnSw , fiin 1 1 GALLON . wT ,T ' !j. . ! '.- I; -- vCr' - One gallon turns dull rooms te ' gajr, sunny, bcautjr spots with s is one quick-aIightning spplka- ;!j tion. ! ' ' Goes Dn Like Magic New, easy method t Just mix Kern Tone with water, "roll it on" with Roller Koater or brush. No tur pentine or primers needed. It cov ers wallpaper, painted or plain walls, with ONE COAT. Roller Kostcr, 89 c Dries In 1 1ter Use your room the same day you paint it i Kern-Tone dries to smooth finish, has no "paint", odor. It's 'washable, so you can keep it lovely. ttk. s i r , w ti ii. i (mi a m . & s a mil: Mrs. W. M. Tate, a piece dress; Mrs. Verny Scott, a two-piece dress; Mrs. Henry Eri c k s e n shlrtmaker dress; Mrs. Floyd Fox and daughter, Frances, mother and daughter dresses; Mrs. Richard Casteel, a wool Jersey dress, also a lady's suit made from a Jinan's suit; Mrs. Harry Martin, a coat made smaller; Beverly Lynda, a child's coat made from an adult's; Ana Becker, a remodeled dress: and Mrs. Vivian Tapper modeled the Woman's Land Army nniform which was explained by Mrs. J, H. TarnbuH, farm labor assis tant , - 1-Four-H club demonstration teams were from the Riverside Cooking club, , Sidney Health club. Auburn Sewing X, Sewing III, and Room Improvement clubs, Marion Sewing " club, and Aumsvflle Room Improvement club. ' ; . 1 Home extension achievement awards were presented to repre sentatives from the ' following communities: Central Howell, North Howell, Silverton Hills, Sa lem Heights, Silverton, Gates, Swegle, Stayton, Union Hill. Hub bard, Liberty, Roberts, Pratum - Macleay, and Edina Lane. Exhibits were open preceding the programs and included the ex quisite floral displays, in both the dining room and auditorium, ar ranged by the North Howell unit, with Mrs. Thomas Bump, Mrs. Jessie Coomler and j Mrs. Amy Beer serving on the committee. Other exhibits were tool kits, by Mrs. Earl DeSart and Mrs. Henry Torvend and Mrs. John Van Laanen of Central Howell; dried fruits and vegetables by Mrs. Rich ard Chittenden and Mrs. Russell Davenport of Roberts; soy bean and soy bean products by Mrs. Or a Morris and Mrs. Max Cook of Hubbard; mending by Mrs. A. J Schalk and Mrs. Hattie Kolsky of Liberty; slip covers by Mrs. Belle Douglas and Mrs. Ray Chit tenden of Salem Heights; winter gardens by Mrs. H. : J. Conklin Mrs. Menno Dalke and Mrs. Wil liam McKinney of Swegle; child ren's' clothes by Mrs. P. D. Baker and Mrs. Edna Brunelle of Edina Lane; non - electrical repairs by Mrs. George Jaeschke and Mrs. O. Lee of Silverton; electrical re pairs by Mrs. Edith Beugli and Mrs, Clay Porter of Silverton Hills; remodeled clothes in the style re vue by Mrs. Wilma de Vries and Mfs. Oscar Wigle of Pratum. In addition to the unit exhib its, a display of children's books was made by the Oregon State li brary.;.The woman's work clothes exhibit ; including the Woman's Land Army uniform in the style review was arranged by Mrs. J. Paint your guest roon! Drightcn holiday visits! USG .1 w i f mm a w Mk 's sr ' Hca-Tc23 Dcparlnczl la Czr US Airmen Tokyo Bound B (Continued fron. Page 1) B 1500 miles into an area which was fully alerted and which should have been a hornet's nest of vi ciously attacking planes." (General Hale obviously was re ferring to the recent task force attacks on Palau " and adjacent islands In the western Carolines, less than 600 miles from the Phil ippines. Enemy scout planes de tected this huge force while it was far out at sea and warned Japanese warships which fled the Palau naval base.) ' 1 "The Japanese never Willi have better, opportunity to strike at our navy than they have had in the past few weeks. 1 Since the early part of the war no Japanese fleet concentration has been able to undertake such a penetration within operational range of our alerted bombers without being soundly beaten, seriously crippled or decimated." Unless the Japanese can greatly reinforce their air arm. General Hale observed, "our future pro gress in the central Pacific air war will be determined entirely In Washington and not to any extent In Tokyo." Lebold Rites Set Monday Funeral services for Charles Edward Lebold, resident of Salem since 1907 who died Friday at his home, 1644 Chemeketa street, will be held Monday at 10 am. from St Joseph's Catholic church, Fa ther Hilary Grantz, OSB of Mt. Angel officiating. Recitation of the Rosary is to be at the W. T. Rig don company chapel at 8 pm. to day. Concluding services will be in Belcrest Memorial park. Coming to Salem from South Dakota, where he had been a car penter, Lebold became associated with Lebold and company, a feed and; grocery company which ber came established on State street here. The business.under manage ment of a brother continued until 1925, when it was sold, although Charles Edward Lebold had left it and had sold automobiles and had then returned to carpentry. Cecil Greig, whom he married in 1899, died in 1903. Survivors include a daughter, Mary E. Bar ton of Salem; brothers and sisters William, John and Margaret Le bold and Mrs. L. A. Grants of Salem and Joseph Lebold of ML Angel. . . H. Turnbull and was from the US department of agriculture. - Mrs. James Keys and Mrs. Wil lis Dallas served on the registra tioni committee. The festival was arranged by the county home ex tension committee,: Mrs. Willis Dallas, alumnae member and Miss Clinton. ?iiSr Bz::z:zl M yp ONtheHOllEFROllT Remember the days when the ong highway was a line of crawl ing cars and the orchards above us. bloomed and blew beneath a very blue sky? ; - - V . '. 1 Today, at the end of a rainy Blossom week we come to a "blos somless" Blossom day, we say. Just as much as we miss the 'gas oline for the fishing trip we miss the Blossom drive. I Do you remember the apple tree that came Into flower In the pro tected garden not far from the kitchen door at the time when the cherry trees were whitewashing the hills? When the branches started to fall, brittle in the spring breeze, our father cut down the old gravenstein tree. ! And then, we discovered that from the casement window of our bedroom upstairs we could count 15 trees In bloom, although! we missed the pink and white blos soms we had known so long, 1 Sloper Market Sold Saturday WEST SALEM, April 15 Slo- per's Market, operated since 1927 by Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Sloper, has been sold to W. H. Jeffers, who will operate the store ; starting Monday. Stock and fixtures were sold at Inventory, Sloper said, and inventory will be made Sunday. Jeffers has been a resident of West Salem for six months and before that was working for a Bremerton, Wash., shipyard.; He operated the Knob Hill grocery store at one time; i Slopers retain ownership of the store building put up in 1938. It contains several other store rooms and several apartments including the one in which Slopers have lived. They will move to I the Claude Moore place on Edgewater street and Jeffer will occupy the apartment. ; Happy Issue Meadows 1st I SAN MATEO, Calif., April 15 UP)- Taking command in j the stretc,h, Happy Issue, four - year -old filly owned by C. H. Pinon, won today's featured race at Bay Meadows, The six-furlong sprint was timed In 1:11 35. Hedley Woodhouse, Vancouver, BC, was up on Happy Issue at 112 pounds. The- filly' won by. five lengths go ing away. 1 " . . it nrr : rroSYa J r , x j,; ' 1 , t . r - x - v t ' - V t , v : I jH-- " - X f. ' -, -1 ' , t V " S ; . r t " sl sv " -t V " ) .it " 4 ii itt m i '" earge Tessel cam carry Its ewa tog with it, hoist U wret the side, te kelp wet the ship inte its ewn docking peaitiosi that's a saale kick that's : all to the geodL -: .-. '.. ;: ' - .. . . f- , . " . i ' . . ! ; ' '. i Or when a barge loaded" with a war t s - .... -f. cargo can he smartly manetrmed U i a dI2cult channel, ac be pushed ttp 1 the streams and rivers el an invaded shore thafs another mule kick that firmly writes itself into history. Russian Army Draws Near r To, Sevastopol C (Continued from Ptge 1) C nants of four divisions and other units all were killed, except 2400 who quit the fight ; ;S: ! -Odessa '4- Between March 23 and April 12 Gen. Rodion Y. Ma olinovsky's f Third ".Ukraine .army killed 26,800 enemy; troops and captured 10,680 for a total of 37, 480 In operations which liberated Odessa on the Black sea and sent bedraggled ) Axis remnants flee ing across the Dnestr estuary in to lower Bessarabia. : In addition, immense stores of Axis equipment were destroyed of captured, Crimea Another 6000 Ger mans and Rumanians surrendered Friday to boost a seven-day total to 37,000. j I . West, South Push) Dewey ft. (Continued from Page 1) A. Ohio and others for the GOP nom ination had! a spurt in California. His campaign leaders there said they should seek a court order to require that space be provided on the ballot in the May primary to write in MacArthur's name. Only one slate of delegates has been entered in California and that is pledged to Gov. Earl War ren. A last-minute effort to qual ify Gen. MacArthur! failed last month- as time expired for certi fying his name in California. On ly 39 of the 6377 signatures need ed were obtained for the MacAr thur slate, j j Gov. Warren's name came up in discussions at the Arizona state convention j which named eight GOP delegates yesterday. The delegates were not instructed but were described as having "defin ite leanings itoward Dewey," with Warren for second place. Virginia .completed ! its delega tion of 19 to the republican con vention, with an undetermined number favoring Dewey. Axis Powers i- - - i Hold Meeting E (Continued from Page 1) E usual meeting, with the techni cal committee of the German- Japanese-puppet Italian three - power pact supplemented by gen erals and admirals. Foreign Min ister Shigemitsu, Naval Minister Shimada' "and a number of army aUf mt er a Sach are the exploits, and sach Is the cvrrent history, el the "Sea Mule" el Chrysler Cerperatiea design and prodacti0n. This "Sea Slnle" in Yari as sizes and asWels and with the stalwart power el Its Chrysler ma-' rine engines, has played its' part in the week el the Nary, and helped and naval experts and other of ficial personages." "In view of the importance of the meeting," ' said a . German broadcast dispatch dated Tokyo, "Japanese Premier General Tojo and Naval Minister. Shimada at tended the meeting. Opinions were exchanged on various measures in regard to the war Jointly waged by Japan, Germany and Italy and their allied powers against tne United States, and Great Britain. The discussions led to complete agreement of opinion." , After reviewing the general war situation, Tojo said that the Unit ed States and Britain in the past year had launched a coumerat- tack from all sides' and concen-J trated fall their energies and re sources In attacking the periphery of the axis powers' territory in the east as well as In the west"; They nowhere succeeded, how ever, in snaKing . our . xirm posi tion," Tojo was quoted as saying. "On the contrary faith in the final victory of our nations and in the invincibility of our position has grown day by day." , Radio Helps 70-Car Train SALT LAKE CITY, April 15(P) A 70-car dies el - powered freight pulled into Salt Lake City railroad yards tonight after a test run from Denver which gave crews a new railroading experience front -to-rear radio communica tion. Installed at Denver, a trans mitter - receiver in the caboose kept conductors and brakemen in almost constant contact with the engine crews more than a half mile forward in the 5400-horse- power Denver and Rio Grande western engine, i W. W. Pulham of Denver, the road's superintendent of commun ications, emphasized that "it was strictly a test run, and other ex perimenting remains to be done.' Fire Damages Pastime Hall Fire of undetermined origin in the storeroom at the rear of the Pastime Pool halL 280 North Commercial street, damaged goods and building to an estimated to tal of $4000. The structure, owned by George C Will, sustained damage which will require approximately . $300 to repair, the . owner estimated. Most of the other loss was mater ials stored there: by the Benson Baking company, . which has a store nearby. .. v t .rj , (TUB CXZXX3TSIJR1 tin Ml BACK TKS ATTACX SUY MOCJ "T" wtiwr Pt.-.i.ii i 4 - -.-c: rr- ...mm. - sT .rw-pj Chrysler Corporation PLYMOUTH DODG1 DI SOTO ! 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