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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO Th OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Wednesday Morning, April 19, 1S44 Russian Army In Balaklava, Defense Base (Turn to Page.S Story C) khov Hill and Inkerman Heights opposite Gen. Feodor I. Tolbuk bln'i fourth Ukraine army attack ing on the eastern side of Sevas topol, i, ': " l - Yeremenko's tough marines were astride two highways lead ing Into Sevastopol from, the southeast, the Balaklava-Sevasto- pot roaa ana tne upper secuon 01 41ia twain Val Q.ranTVl rruito Soviet airmen spearheaded ; the ground advance by strafing and bombing every axis concentration outside Sevastopol. , -, Balaklava has changed hands four times. The Germans first captured It Nov. 29, 1941. lost It , again Jan. 11, 1942, and recon quered It July 1, U42. just two , ' days before Sevastopol fell. Striking two miles beyond Bal aklava along the . tramline the Russians also took Kadykovka, "only five miles south of Sevasto pol. The capture of Aisu, nine roues southeast of Sevastopol, less tnan two miles from Verkhny- Chorgun, seized yesterday by Tolbukhin's forces, virtually effected a Junc tion of the two armies, whose weight now will be hurled against the last pock of German resist ance. Thousands of trapped German and Romanian troops now have been hurled Into a 50-square- mlle pocket around Sevastopol, ' the bulletin disclosed. The coastal strongnoia pi. eai aklava was the scene of a bitter British-Russian fight Oct 25, 1854, immortalized in Tennyson's ."Charge of the Light Brigade." Moscow's bulletin . was one of the shortest issued by the soviet high command since -the ,swift . . i t Crimean campaign upeueu umjr u days ago. No announcement con cerning the fighting on the eastern and northern sides of Sevastopol . was made, a further indication that the Germans were fighting firmly in those sectors after so viet troops had plunged to within ' tni1( of th north shore of Sevas topol bay on Monday. One other sector, on the Rus- . A.i 1 sian mainiana, was menuonea. East of Stanislawow, in southern Poland near the Czech frontier, the Russians repulsed axis infan try and tank counterattacks and inflicted heavy losses on the en emy,- the bulletin said. Soviet bomber taking an; in creasingly heavy part in the allied east-west attack! on the Balkans carried bat a mass raid on the Ro- mariiattv Black sea port of Con iftanta, $40 miles west of Sevasto- poVon' Monday .night. : : First Fire Bigger; Tlian A GRANTS PASS, Ore., April 18 (JP)- The first fire of the season in Siskiyou national forest was larg er than , any blaze last year, Her mit W. Linstedt, assistant super visor, said today. Thirteen acres of timber were' burned in the March 22 fire that started from brush burning in the Pearsoll peak area. TMC wousc tha! wfs suaV" Opens :4S P. M. - How Sbwicg! I; WOMEN DEFILED . . : MEN BUTCHERED i . " BT RUTHLESS JAPS! And a New A Thrilling Serial! Chapter 1- TERILS OF THE NORTHWEST MOUNTED" HOWC WITH Twt 1 k Mrrl" Opens :45 P. M. - Hon Playing! The Great est Flight Is Elslery! 9 ce-mtz rm i k..i n .1. .v a Co-Hit ' . i f I I; ONtheHOMEFRONT .By QAEEL C&ZLD3 I hope the employes of Hunt Brothers Packing plant here may have an opportunity to see their company's annual report It should come to them as part of the ' reward for ; long summer days - spent in processing .the fruits and vegetables which, ac cording to the attractive booklet, go' by "carloads and shiploads '. . . to the armed forces to our fight ing men overseas to our fight ing men in US training camps to our fighting, allies. -; -. V For though, like me, they might skip over the balances, might re tain the pictures to be given a more thorough inspection an other day, Salem canneryworkers would, I am sure, be interested and inspired by a letter from Uckfield, Sussex, telling, the sim ple story of an English wedding. How two households who be longed to the bride's fire guard pooled "their resources, their time and energy to give her a day to cherish In her memory with flowers, bridal cake and wedding breakfast," is fit subject for a much longer story , Out of the ration scale and their store cupboards, the two women In charge of the feast "conjured" a tempting: spread, we are told. - "Suddenly someone spotted a bowl of sliced peaches. Everyone stared in amazed de-? light Even the bride was tem porarily eclipsed! Then we " are told how the tins of fruit-had been purchased in 1939 and had been carefully put by for a spe cial occasion.'. Connie Weller, who wrote the letter, enclosed one of the labels to prove her story. V And I was sorry to find that the list of products from the Sa lem plant of Hunt Brothers did not include peaches. But after all, these were purchased in 1939. Did I not that year see on the porches of the plant here was it peaches or pumpkins? Anyhow, I'm still wishing I had worked in the can nery that summer or in 1938 so that I might have had a share in preparing Jean's wedding break fast WCTU Pr ais es Mac's Stand EVANSTON, Hi, April 18-P) The Women's- Christian Temper ance Union , today described as- "ttatifvinK Gen. Douelas MarAr. thur's refusal to permit MaLBich- ard L Bong' to ' accept" a case of Scotch whiskey as a reward for shooting down 27 Jap planes. - . "This is one. of the few times when a military leader has be come a moral leader," said Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith, national WCTU president She also lauded Maj. Bong, a teetotaler, who asked for soft drinks, in place of whiskey, for demonstrating to the nation the value of total -abstinence." . The present of liquor was of fered by Capt Eddie Rickenback- er as a reward for exceeding bis bag of 28 enemy planes in World war I. Gen. MacArthur rejected the offer, saying he didn't consider "liquor or spiritous wines as ap propriate .recognition .of Bong's deeds." 27- Oregon Cars Spotted At Palm Springs, Calif. PORTLAND, Ore April 18 (ff The license numbers of 27 Ore gon cars spotted by an OPA of ficial at Palm Springs, Calif., last") month have been reported to their rationing . boards, the district of price administration said today. Sol. Stern, mileage enforcement attorney, said the owners will be asked how they could make the 2700-mile round trip on rations alloted vthem. Nine of the cars were ;from Portland; he said. Tonight and Thursday Adventures oi Tarh MAN OF MYSTERY With Robert Donat Valerie Hobson FLUB - 2nd ThriU Hit Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, isanel Jewel In "The Sevealh Vidia' The most amaring mystery uiriiicr oi me season. : Portland Arena ? K. W. 23th A Marshall - Nlrhts at f : Suday-Matlaeea ,- .f-7$ and S4 (taclndinr tax) - AHENA NOW. and J K. Gl, Allies Drive Japs Away From Imphal B (Continued from Page 1) B high Naca hills a short distance northwest of Kohima, 0 miles to the north of Imphal. where allied forces two days ago drove the Japanese from several road blocks on the SS-mOe highway between Kohima and Dimapv on the Bengal-Assam rail line.' Moonthatten's commaniqae conceded thai Japanese pressure was Increasing In the Kohima area. Lt Gen.' Joseph W. StUwelTs Chinese ' forces, continuing - their dogged advance down the : Mo gaung valley in. northern Burma, were reported ' in today's com munique to have, pushed patrols into the Japanese strongpoint of Warazup, only 25 miles northwest of the town of Mogaung on the Mandalay - Myitkyina railway. These allied troops now have pen etrated some 140 miles into Burma. ' . :v ' . It was estimated that Brig. Gen. Frank M e r r 1 1 l's all-American raiders, a part of Stilwell'a inva sion. forces, had killed at least 2, 000 Japanese and wounded an other 4,000 in the past six weeks. Streamliner' Tax Plan Gels Some Faults ; WASHINGTON April lL-jffi-The tax-devising house ways and means committee balked today at increasing burdens on some class es of taxpayers under the: tenta tively approved tax simplification program, and decided to see if some adjustments can be made. Rep. Knutson (R-Minn) .point ed out that the proposed schedules would mean an increase of about 200 percent in the tax liability of a $l,200-a-year married man with no children from $21 to $61 a year. $i A i In general. Chairman Doiighton (D-NC) explained, the "stream liner" plan maintains burdens at about their present weight, but the committee wants to see if fur ther leveling out can be done be fore it sends the measure to the house floor. , " , . ! ' . Members of the congressional tax staff maintain that simplifi cation, consolidating the .special treatment various groups of tax payers get under the present law, cannot be accomplished without some variations in tax burdens. Notwithstanding the difficulty. Knutson predicted the committee YUuu report out the. bill probably on Friday, and Send it to. the house floor for "consideration next week. Chairman George (D-Ga) of the senate finance committee expects the legislation to be disposed r of in about 10 days after lt reached that body. : , i f J Motor Meetins Starts Today In Portland 1 Wartime problems of motor ve hicle licensing and j registration will' be aired at .the annual con ference of region four, American association of Motor Vehicle Ad ministrators, in Portland, today and Thursday, nearly iao isecre- taries of state, motor vehicle reg istrars, administrators - and; their staffs from the 11 western! states will attend the conference.! Gov. Earl Snellpaat national president of the association, will address the delegates on the opening day of the conference; ac cording to Thomas A. Swayre, di rector of licenses .for the state of Washington, president bf the western region, who is in Charge oi arrangements lor tne conler ence. Gov. Snell will be present ed by Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell,.Jr.; .J- l John J; Nash, director of , li censes for the slate of Illinois, and national, president, ot the as sociation this year, will bef pres ent at the sessions which will be held at the Multnomah hotel. Following the afternoon ses sions today, a reception! will honor Gov. and Mrs. Earl Snell at 6 o'clock. This will be followed by the conference banquet at 730 o'clock. ,1 I Advisory Mine Council Inspects Albany Lab. ALBANY, Ore; April l$-(P)- xagnt members of an advisory council of the US bureau of mines inspected the new north west electro-development labora tory Here today. S. R. Zimmerley, regional engineer for the bureau, headed the party. He expressed satisfaction with construction progress. . -1?: -!; t r - ; at 20. Prices tiiSTTTTT Tickets en Sale at POSTLAND FlTth A. BtaravT- . - Food Served Spldiers Poor A (Continued from Page 1) A letter. It might eventually do some rood.':' . , When his mother first wrote to ask him about the totality of food he was receiving, he" replied, she Said: ' . ;' .; : v I can't say anything about mr food. The food is good or is it, Mr. Censor?"! - Sedition Trial Moves Slowly in w asmnsrton - - it - WASHINGTON, April 18-UP) The missing defendant among 30 accused of conspiring with the nazi Mr dominate the United States was taken into custody to day, removing one of the blocks that j have delayed the trial for two days. - - The federal bureau of investiga- lon announced that Edward James Smythe of New York City, identified by the "BI as publish er ot "Our donunon Cause" and contributor! to "Publicity," edit ed by Elmer; J. Garner, another defendant, had been arrested at Au Sable Forks, in northern New York about 40 miles from the Canadian border. The announcement did not come, however, before Justice Ed ward C Eicher, after listening for more than half a day to clashes between government and defense counsel, between lawyer and clinet, and among individual de fendants, recessed the case in US district court until tomorrow while federal agents hunted Smythe. f Smythe, whose bond of $1000 was ! forfeited yesterday, will be brought immediately into the jur sdichon of the court Whether tha means selections of a jury can start was undetermined tonight Justice. Eicher still had under advisement a motion, con curred in by jail defense counsel, to dismiss the whole jury panel unless the court and the lawyers can be convinced of the propriety of a justice department investiga tion of prospective jurors. The motion was filed by John W. Jack son, attorney for Gerald B. Win rod of Wichita. Japs Launch China Drive CHUNGKING, April ; la-O?5)- The Japanese have launched a new j drive in Honan province just east of Chengchow, strategic unction of the Peiping-Hankow and the east-west Lunghai rail ways, the Chinese command an nounced tonight and there were indications the invaders may be attempting to drive the Chinese from a section they hold on the eiping-Hankow line. The Japanese drive is based on Chungmow, a town on the Lung hai railway j 23 miles east of Chengchow, and was launched at a.m. today after arrival of 'considerable! fresh reinforce ments," the Chinese bulletin said. Three Japanese columns forced their; way across an inundated region and I engaged in . fierce fighting with entrenched Chinese forces which still was under way tonight - US Population Shifts WASHINGTON. ADril lft-sm War and nostwar infers tinna f workers promise a-, "general re sorting .of population that will leave its, marks on the country ior years to. come,' Vbm office of war information .said today in a review of population trends dur ing uie . last three and one half years. v.-.1?--v?. jumeniur .wim inose wnn mt pect (the. end of "the war- to be xouowea oy anouer great, shift ing of population in reverse, OWI said that judging from what hap pened after; the last, war, "thou sands oi worsen mar be exnectMi to remain where they are, taking ineir cnances on , unemployment if need be. because, once settled. they t are loath to pull up toots aeain or because thevlik thoir new t location and new type of work." - 1 - -. , ... vonc irom s, r. si. norry! Ecjs Ted ay! mxnt.znztn A OKAMA OrMHf - BOMBNC of Toxror t r1 Greatly A" "v; Crsxi iZTcDonaU- ' State Cops Arrest 37 Drunk Drivers . e.Vi.Vr'-f .uf-f. i :f-;-' State troopers arrested 37 per sons ' for drunken driving during March, Charles P. Pray, superin tendent of state police, reported to Gov. Earl Snell here Tuesday. There were 1615 arrests for mo tor ' vehicle law violations ' with fines bf $12,569.13. I Arrests in the general law en forcement division totaled ' 265 with fines aggregating $1890. Forty-three persons arrested by the state police were held for the mil itary authorities. There were 33 arrests in the game code division and five ar rests: in the commercial fisheries division. v.; - Of the 334 complaints filed with he state police during March 205 were reported as cleared. OPA Sets New Price Ceiling On Vegetables WASHINGTON, April 18-MP) In a move which officials said would mean a savings for con sumers, the office of price ad ministration today put new price ceiungs on peas, carrots, spin ach and snap beans In terms of cents-a-pound and 'cent s-a- bund "mark-ups" by retailers over wholesale prices. . The same type of mark-ups also was specified for three other food items not previously under price; control. These are eggplant, coconuts, and field-grown cucum bers.' The dollars-and-cents mark-ups are the . first to be used on retail food i items except for; fresh fish and seafood. The system is ex-? pec ted to prevent excessive prices to house-holders which OPA said resulted from the earlier percent- afe mark-up system. Under the latter, the amount of the mark-up increased every time the cost to the grocer increased. 1 In another section, OPA pro vided a 40 per cent mark-up at retail on sweet potatoes, which have been under a i temporary price "freeze. I . The new cents-per-pound mark-ups are effective April 27, and, OPA saidV'will allow a nor mal profit margin retailers. Com munity prices in each area will be set by the district OPA office. Autogiro Tourist Camp On Oregon Coast Plan WALDPORT, Ore., April 18-(ff) Plans for a postwar autogiro tourist - camp, on the Oregon coast near ihere were announced odr by O. K. Perkins of Portland. He has purchased 1 the Aqua Vista lodge between Waldport and Yachats and renamed it Airline lodge.. He also has bought adja cent property for conversion into landing field for autogiro trav elers. I , . .1. .;- i 1 Jl V THEIR FIRST k J RAPTUROUS V ; EMBRACE FROZEN INTO f ) A COLD GRIP i r : OF 7 ERROR L :. ! m llllilll! 1 BRONTE'S immrui j tlh ' lh MptwtrfkHf ' Y ("" ssrtosmsiiVTCON , ttthtxrttn! - ;' Z fjji '1 ' 1 j WHIM ORZ JCWfW IMMto. ''iJ-' 5-- y . '. ... ... ; i , . i ' - ".v-...,. C-reatareo 4 Big Dayt Y ;-. '- "Troesdere' ' J ' .:.-L I Name Bands! mmmmmmmmmmWKBmWBMBBMmmmmWBmmmmBBmmmmMmmmmmmmmmBmmmmmmmmmwmmm US Air Fleet Pounds Berlin E (Continued from Page 1) B the possibility of. a night assault The German radio complained the; weather! interfered with suc cessful defensive operations yes terday and a communique by the US army air force reported only one division of the attacking force encountered j "significant enemy air opposition." It Is known that this division went to Berlin. The axis radio said "a large number" of Tank airmen parachuted into the reich capital from their burn ing planes. ; One of the American heavy i bomber forces blasted the Hem kel bomber production center at Oranlenbarr. 1 mBes north west of Berlin, while another tackled an aircraft component factory at Bathenow. 35 miles west of ' Berlin. "Both of these targets were bombed visually with good results, air headquar ters announced tonight Using a favorable turn in the weather after five days of rest, the crews of the sky giants flew 600 miles over the North sea .to their targets, running .a flaming gaunt let of nazi fighters . which hurled rockets and cannon shells while nazi ground ! gunners threw up tons of bursting projectiles. One group of Fortresses which penetrated te the Berlin area brewght back accounts of a sav , age battle with about 200 nasi fighters, and ether groups re ported meeting between 50 and 75 enemy fighters as they moved In on their objectives. As the main bomber stream roared into i Germany from the north, another force of Liberators Continuous Show Ever STARTS TWO h WOMEN IN HIS sDritft-sfirf Ms I.. mr UNA . r. m I I h,w wwiv mw.... vrniu iV LA i' MS mm tfrff ZZ I I " II droned across the English chan nel and resumed its pounding of the Pas-de-Calais . anti - Invasion fortifications studding the French coast Allied medium and light bombers als attacked across the strait.. Halibut Fleet " Tieup Effects Whole Coast SEATTLE, April 18 -P)- Tieup of the entire. Pacific coast halibut fleet was completed-today - when Astoria," -Ore, fishermen" joined those in six other ports by re fusing to fish in protest over new OPA celling prices. ; H. A. Dunlop, director of the in ternational fisheries, commission's Seattle office, said 600 boats, which ordinarily would have been at the fishing banks by April 15 for the opening of the halibut sea son, were being held in coast ports! Fresh halibut, which would un der normal, circumstances begin coming on the market within the next two" or three days, will be off the nation's diet until the tieup aids, Dunlop said.' - "There may be" a little frozen halibut held in storage that will come on the market and a few small boats, not part of the regular fleet may ' bring . in ' some fresh halibut but certainly, nothing like what is needed to supply the demand will be arriving," he .de clared. : : o Other ports in which the tieup is in effect are Seattle, Vancouver, BC, Prince Rupert, BC, Ketchikan, Petersburg and Juneau, Alaska. Dav From 1 F. M. TODAY LIFE wife! WHAT FUN! -CiTn I r IT r::: rni nivn if r-e, a i w m h m , w q Extra! j Silverton Given ; Pipe Priorities : SILVERTON . Priorities for the pipe for the better than two miles of pipe to be laid in the Silverton water system, have come through according to; city officials, but bids have, not fyet been accepted. ' Bids were opened at a. meeting of the city council early this, month, and final deci sion was ' left,, pending further study by the engineers and the arrival; of the city manager. As soon as word is received from the Portland engineering firm, bids will be accepted and it is hoped that work will ' start' shortly thereafter, city officials state. ' The pipe will replace a portion of the pipeline on the Abiqua which is leaking very badly, ac cording to the report of the water superintendent, T. L. Blust j M " - ;.::-: ':: ''-A "ISP" Press Comment ; .' ' j ' ; on -v IVAYfJE HORSE REPUBLICAN . , !: '':.. - , .- i. FOR U. S. SENATE BAKER DEMOCRAT-HERALD: "Morse' address was one of ths dearest and best-presented in Baker for yean; he has a fine legal mind, poise, fairness; he b neither pro-labor nor anti-labor; neither pro-employer not anti-employer. He is not' a poli ticiaa, but one of those rare individuals who thinks clearly, looks' you in the eye, sticks to his principles; his election would represent a tremendous gain nounan. DAVID I LAWRENCE, famous edi torial-columnist, i NEW YORK TIMES andjOther leading newspapers: tvery now and then, someone emerges in public life with the courage of his convictions and refuses to be stampeded into a surrender of principle, buck a man is Wayne L. Morse" ... OREGON CITY BANNER-COUR IER: "Morse is a man with ideals, honesty of purpose, integrity of intelli gence and dominant appearance, who could Well serve his state." NEWSWEEK: "He Is a tough cookie, demanding and getting respect from any nesrmg over wnicn ne presides. SEATTLE STAR: "... Wayne Morse . . . consistently has thought of tha general public as well as proving to nave an intimate knowledge of what both labor and industry need." REND RtlTI F.TTN; "W.!! I.. "Morse, contending . . . the Republican nomination tor tae senate. . . made a good impression here yesterday. The speaker's directness, clarity and sin cerity, as well as the sound ideas ad vanced, woo him friends." ) WASHINGTON STAR: . one of (W-L-B.'s) ablest and strongest mem bers." j . WASHINGTON POST: "West Coast employer groups . , . have come to recognize and respect his fairness." WOODBURN INDEPENDENT: "Wayne Morse would make aa excel lent U. S. Senator." DES MOINES REGISTER: . . he had to be in mentality and character a leader. . . We join in the expression of appreciation to Dean Morse for his services. HOOD RIVER SUN: "Oregon u for tunate to have a man the caliber of Wayne Morse seeking political office." SEASIDE SIGNAL: "Everyone there wat impressed by his frankness. . . Morse is not a professional politician. But he has qualities of statesmanship which should make him of tremendous value in the Senate." v - -.. f -':...f ' 1 WATERLOO, IOWA, COURI ER i "The Morse code of acceptable labor conduct which has won the highest approval from the public . . . sooner or later ... will have to be followed." BURLINGTON, VT., FREE PRESS: ". U one of the clearest thinkers in tha nation today on wage and labor prob lems, is Wayne L. Morse. . ." ; COOS BAY TIMES:' "We think Mr. Morse of far treater vision, of sounder thought of worthier motive than tha incumbent Senator." j NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE: . . a quality of courage and forth rightnesa. He was a 'public' represents . tire ia the failed sense of that term." BALTIMORE SUN: . . sensitive to the need for justice and objectivity believes... that law and order pay. v i -'.. !' ! :,..v. j. .-; , ! MALHEUR ENTERPRISE: "Mr. Morse would make a Senator of whom Oregon could be proud. . He has the support of Intelligent, Conservative businessmen,' and of intelligent farm aod labor leaders." . . . "Morse would make Oregon proud. Give us Morse." Paid Aiitrtisemtnl Horn ft Senator Cammtte$, Ralph D. iloortu CcrbtU