! i
I !
Ml
j !
PAGE TWO
Chinese Gain, -
Back Ground
In Honan Area
CHUNGKING, April 28-(ff)
Chinese defenders have driven the
Japanese troops from strategic
Hulao pass, gateway to Loyang,
annihilating a large portion of
them, the Chinese high command
said tonight in announcing that
.successes both east and southeast
.of Loyang had eased threats to
the city. .. , :' -J
The pass again is entirely in
, Chines hands, said the high com
mand.' 7" '
Earlier the Chinese had admit-
ted that the Japanese had fought
their way into the important pass
west of -Chenghsien,!. which the
high command acknowledged to
day for the first time had been
lost to the Japanese in their drive
into northern Honan province.
Southeast of Loyang the Chi
nese tonight claimed further ad
. vances and said the enemy suf
fered heavy losses. Fighting in
this area, In which the bulk of
the invading troops, estimated at
more than 60,000, are . engaged.
shifted closer to Nihsien, 20 miles
southwest of Changchow, said the
high command.
The first action by the Chinese
ir lorce ra vam present oatue w-u
M J L - A. 1 A. !-. I
wu tywmj. wuucx I
tacked invaders oetween tne pass
and Juneyanr. a Lunghai railway
town further east
Japanese forces driving south-
ward east of the Peiping-Hankow
railway, were forced to retreat
after gaining 30 miles, the high
command said. Japanese opera
tions in this area are designed to
protect their forces along and
west of the railway.
Allied Planes
Bomb Sorong
E (Continued from Page 1) K
poinded airdromes and harbor
facilities at Babo on the south
shore ef Mcduer rulf at the
western end ef the huge bland.
Gen. MaeArthur announced the
force which landed at Tanah
merah bay near Hollandia was the
24th division commanded by Ma
Gen. Frederick A. Irving. - The
outfit which made its beachhead
35 miles to the east at Humboldt
bay was the 41st division under
MaJ. Gen. Horace Fuller .
Parts ef the 32 nd and 41st
-UrlalesM. mot np the iavMUa
force at Attape, 159 miles te the
southeast. The force was ander
' the r imaisad ef Brig. Geau Je
Dee ef Carmel. Calif.
The Hollandia campaign has
, been, completed with the capture
: of all three- airdromes there. Ai
ts pe likewise has beenf cleared of
the enemy and allied 'planes are
using the Tadji airstrip.
Wewak. the enemy's biggest re-
maining base on eastern New Gui -
nea, was hit by fifth airforce
bombers which destroyed the re
mains of the Japanese airforce
there.
Flood Waters
Near Record
By the Associated Press
The Mississippi river, , swollen
to a stage which may equal a
year record at some places for
-r the second time in a year, spilled
over crumbling levees today to
- flood new acres of Illinois and
Missouri farm lands but with less
disastrous results than in 1943.
Four main levees protecting Illi
nois banks of the river went out
as the crest neared. Orders came
from the army engineer's office to
evacuate farm families from other
areas threatened with inundation.
The flood is expected tcr crest
at St Louis at 83 J feet, the same
reading as last May. At that stage
it exerts damaging pressure on
every levee all the way down the
nver to Cairo, 111.
For farmers on the river side
of the levees this is the third con
secutive year flood waters have
driven' them from their land.
2 Industrial Deaths 1
. Occur During Week m
Two fatalities, 689 covered acci
dents aad 17 claims for -occupa
tional H asa benefits were . filed
with the state industrial accident
commission here -during the week
ended April 27.
The fatalities involved- John
ward, Springfield,' -truck driver,
and Thomas Lux, BaHston, ; belt
feeder.
Last Tixaes Today ;
coram K-ats " '..
ttanfisf , Sandolyk .
Seott. Juw iini,
Mm. Boaty, 4r- M.
rr rttarrs, A y
GfllM, Tmcf Ka-fkit,
:
Ts X. S. CororasMak
yiMi-U the true
tw-J story of -r
furiMO - t-ghtiDf Ma.
t fo TechMleolv .
-viirt Tint majunss
At TASJiWA" '
Actut y I m4 niw
t If t MariMS
t ite$ife Corps.
Moeud B-wka, tto
au -who gavo yoo
ASr VstmP Mf ftwm
11(15
Where They Are What
Ralph Stanton, seaman second !
class, is home on a 15-day leave
from Farragut ' naval - training i
station. His mother, Dora Stanton,
lives at 1764 Market street
Pvt. Lloyd Merk, connected
with a replacement ' unit of the
armored command, has arrived
safely in England,, according to
word received by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. X Merle' Living in
the same quarters with Merk are
three other Salem boys, : Bud
Thompson, Gordon Weller and
Ray Martsfield. They were all In-
ducted in September, 1943, and
all trained at Fort Knox, Ky, and
Fort Meade, Md-. before going to
England. , ,
MT. ANGEL Melchlor Usel
man, merchant seaman, and Mrs.
Uselman arrived here from Gar
den Grove, Calif, Thursday, for a
two - weeks' visit with Mrs. The-
resa Uselman and Mr. and Mrs.
R. J. Wei ton and other relatives
and friends.
J Uselman, who is in the mer
chant marine, has Just returned
(mm New Guinea and Mrs. Usel-
man Has been in defense work In
I
California.
Dolores Annen, yeoman second
class, US navy and stationed at
San Francisco, and CpL Cletus
Annen, US army tank corps from
Tennessee are spending this week
at the home of their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Annen. 'A sis
ter., 2nd Lt Gertrude Annen
Homely, is an army nurse and at
present, is waiting at a port of em
barkation. rvt. Glen Ramie is enjoytng a
15-day furlough from army duties
with his wife at 660 South street,
where his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Bailiie and his sister, Miss
Alice Bailiie, also reside. He is
stationed at Shepard Field,- Tex,
and was formerly an employe of
the -Valley Motor company.
llOPA Uncovers
Mail Order
Gas Business
PORTLAND, Ore, April
The office of price administration
(OPA) today uncovered a mail
order business in black market
gasoline, with headquarters ap
parently in Chicago.
Sol Stern, OPA enforcement
attorney, said a n e g r o, arrested
on a charge of possessing illegal
ration coupons, told him that fel
low-shipyard workers had given
him the name of Chicago agents
whft wn..ld mail son rrtu.
1 . f tQ
coupons for $96.
The negro, Cornelius Madison, I
19, was arrested while calling for j
registered mail at a Vancouver
postoffice. Stern said the letter,
which Madison opened before in-
vesugaiors, contained 300 gas
coupons.
The coupons were not counter
feit, Stern said, but apparently
part of a supply stolen from the !
Chicago OPA warehouse recently.
Stern did not disclose the name
of the agents who mailed the
coupons.
Helen Traubel
Thrills Crowd
A (Continued from Page 1) A
Miss Traubel's encores were as
diversified as her program, for
she sang several familiar songs.
Morning," by Speaks; "Iris," by
Wolfe and less familiar but
equally charming . 17th century
folk song, "Devotion," by Strauss
and "Song of Love," by La Forge
After a long and difficult pro
gram, Miss Traubel concluded
with Sieglinde's aria from "Die
Walkure." - '
The accompanist Coenraad Bos.
also received the plaudits of the
listeners, both 'for his excellent
accompaniments and also his' fine
solos, played following the. inter
mission. -
-f"in
M . - .-
n J I l IL J t. 1
Hon!
t5P
-
Compaaioa Hit!"
CiTEEJ
News and Novelty
. JJey, Kids! Look!
Chapter One
Starts Today
. Mickey Mouse Clab
Tho
MJDil
They: Are Doing
Trevel I Massey, seaman first
class of a' US coastguard landing
barge force, will leave soon at the
close of a leave spent with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Pur
cell, : He will return to Seattle,
Wash, where he is stationed cur
rently. He has been in the service
14 months, was stationed once in
Oakland and spent some time in
the Aleutians at the time of the
Dutch Harbor attack. His brother,
Pfc. William Massey is stationed
at .Fort sm. Okla, in the anti
aircraft coast artillery and he, too,
recently spent a furlough In Sa
lem with his parents.
Aviation Cadet Clayton E.
Steinke, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Steinke, 1873 Court street, this
month completed his basic flying
training at Gardner Field, Calif,
In the air forces basic pilot school.
He has been sent to an advanced
flying school to finish his pilot
training.
Mrs. Nellie M. Falk. 101 lews
avenue, has received word that
her son, Lester G. Falk, US army,
h hMn nrnmnfnl in thm i-tfn
n wt ittr. irw.
- - mmm - -r-
kt I. .mi - v,,i-w
JHe has been in the army since
May, 1943, and overseas sine
December, 1943. Sgt Falk, for
several years before entering the
army, was connected with the
state department of education.
Koiiima Japs
In Bad Spot
C (Continued from Page 1) C
imo and the Imphal plain, far
across the mountains from their
Burma bases. Less than three
weeks of good fighting weather
remains before the rains begin.
Air forces ef both sides Joined
in the fighting about Kohima,
with Allied planes holding a
wide margtn of superiority. Of
one group of Japanese fighters
and bombers that swept into the
area, one was destroyed.' few
probably destroyed and eight
damaged. Fighters and fighter-
bombers of the KAF and the
Indian air force punished
ground troops. .
(A Japanese news broadcast
claimed 32 Allied planes were de
stroyed the past two days in air
fights and on fields at Imphal and
Palel, the latter an Allied-held
village 28 miles south, and slightly
east of Imphal. The enemy broad
cast said heavy- fighting was in
progress for Palel and claimed
Japanese troops were "knocking
at the Inner jates of the Allied
stronghold.")
LFlZZ T?la
M3 UllVUl MJ f VIM
Up
acy
(Continued from Page 1) F
There were rumors of an at
tempted counter revolution in
February. These were never con
firmed, but the Brazilian radio on
February 21 said several opposi
tion leaders of the revolutionary
regime had been arrested for
'spreading destructive rumors,'
Continuous Shew
STARTS
tonspir
e-"t-SSseBM ,
I lb- wmi JUL
I . f-jj' c::::i ysm
;::7 c::::r
l e i i . -.
And This Terrifie
f . - .'
III fitt 1 I
m m" r
M I Bill '
111 IVLrf
U 1
Mil
with LESTER ALLEN ALAN DINEHART LLOYD BRIDGES
hazel scorr tni XTOERCUQATt. Orchestra .
'-Extra! Latest News . r2ral..Capti Axnertea -
OSSGOII STATESMAN. Sdeta,
Allies Carry
Air Invasion
To 3rd Week
D (Continued from Page 1) D
20-mile-wide Dover strait 1 and
pounded the Pas-de-Calais area.
Thunderbolt fighters shepherded
this formation over territory
which may soon be the scene of
bitter ground battles. w
Hundreds - of other A fighter-
bombers, American and allied,
ranged across France itching for
aerial combat, but the Germans
showed little eagerness, and some
crews did not sight a single plane.
The attacks on nazi ground in
stallations ranged from Tours to
Paris and northern France.
Since April 15 when the "big
push got under way it is esti
mated that the allies have scourg
ed axis targets with approximately
70,000 tons of explosives.
Roosevelt Says
Knox Death Is
'Heavy Loss'
WASHINGTON, April 28-UP)
President Roosevelt said today the
death of Secretary of the Navy
Knox is a "heavy loss, to us and
to me especially who had come to
lean on him increasingly.
The president's expression of
regret was in a statement Issued
by the White House. It said:
I announce to the nation at
war the sudden passing of the sec
retary of the navy, Frank Knox.
It is a heavy loss to us and to me
especially, who had come to lean
on him increasingly.
"He has done much for his
country; he has helped greatly in
our defense and in making victory
certain.
"Finally, I like to think of his
bigness and his loyally. Truly he
put his country first. We shall
greatly miss his ability and his
friendship"
Publisher's Wife Dies
In Dallas; Funeral Set
DALLAS, April 28 -JP) Fun
era! services will be held at Mc
minnviUe Monday for Mrs. Earle
Richardson, 48, wife of the pub
lisher of the Polk county Itemizer-
Observer. She died today.
Every Day froca 1 P. VL
TODAY!!
Companlan Teatar.
f VAk ksai sunn
- -
f . . ' . . I
Oregon, Caturday Morning, April 23, IS .1
,
JlfP
Oil the HOLIE FRONT
ly QASZL CSHJD3 :
One line I would strike from
K J rr
The Sullivans.' And that one 1 130 miles southeast of this moun
find superfluous: "This is a true j tain town, kHilng or injuring all
story. I
V
Had the five Sullivan boys nev-
er romped in. the streets and al- J
eys of an Iowa town. Hay they I
never raised the roof ct their sim-
pie- frame dwelling house with
the noise of their bickering. Had
they never well, never mindV"
Because if boys by their, name
hadn't lived 'and laughed tod
lougnt ana cuea, me sxory wouia
still be true None of us who come
from big families can see the pic
ture without knowing that. The
father who now and then spoke
and returned because be had been
told his mother was weeping; even
little Al, who always wanted the
older auartet to "Hey, fellahs,
wait for me!" are all familiar to
US.
Whether of Irish or' Polish de
scent, of Catholic, of Protestant
or Jewish faith, literally millions
of American boys : must live on
the screen for millions of observ
ers; and ovu hearts and hands
grow cold they died on the screen
even as the Sullivans gave their
lives for generations of laughing,
noisy, fighting American lads yet
to be born.
Wilkmette Trustee Very
JJLl in J-iUgene XlOSpiiai
.
wtl,J, , H- lue
conoiuon oi ivooerr a. boow, ot -
year-old lumberman and trustee
of Willamette university, Salem,
continued critical at a hospital
here today.
Booth, a founder and former
president of the Booth -Kelly
Lumber company, has been a Eu
gene resident for 44 years.
Value Set on Polk
Land Taken by Adair
PORTLAND, April 28 -()- A
federal district court jury set an
value of $18,500 today on 163 1
acres of Polk county, farm land
taken over by the government I
from Walter O. Heck for Camp
Adair.
rrc?ffnsr
't WITH TV t
riTf-a-nr
Continoons from 1 P. M.-
Last Times Today!
Pat
O'Brien Scott
Ann Shirley
"Dontordier"
I
Eddie Joan
Albert Leslie
"GftEAT ML NOBODY"
Tonorrow!
Cidnrf tCCZT.Kevb STCH
Centinnoos from I F. IX.- I
Ends Tedsy .
' lack" ' - Ann
Benny Sheridan -
"Geoixe WtsMngion
Slept Hen"
Gene Aatry
la Old Monterey"
lUdniU Tonite!
... Starts Tomerrow!
?rn.ri3
Libras
h enn tu usiLT
l i r- .ew n
Tvorrr
hTJ
7i
T .'
1 tZACXN
1
illf Iff ; i
Co-Hltt
r
Navy Plane
Crash 19
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz, April 23-
(p) Nineteen mangled bodies
were removed tonight from: the
wreckage of a navy transport
plane which crashed early today
of 23, men aboard. ,
The Coconino county, snerurs
office definitely Identified the
plane after establishing short
wave communication with a res-
rue nartv of deouties and naval
officers -ttam Winslow Ariz.
Sheriff ;Peery Francis said two
of thefwir injured men who sur
vived; the crash wandered to a
Uahch and later were removed to
a lagstau nospitau , ne , Quicr
two, one of wjbom was critically
-. . a ( ML L-L.
hurt,? were found at the scene and
brought here in an ambulance.
Ca..A aw mm.s '-4 4V ,4
and ;wilderness-Iocked terrain in
an effort to reach the wreckage.
Germans Say
B (Continued from Page 1) B
ant targets In the range of the
British southwest coast with
telling effect," and this may
have been the" basis for - the
Swedish correspondent's . report
ef "Invasion vessels" being hit.
The Berlin! communique also
said nazi motor torpedo boats at-
dttaTfrt!?5S?:
1 coast this morning, torpedoing
destroyer and smiang tnree ox tne
nu--.oH , VM1.
i utest naval pff
lhm Atlantic toast and in the
channel, said a German high
command spokesman as quoted by
the Berlin radio, "and finally the
glaringly obvious displacement of
the center of gravity of the Anglo-
American air raids to the occu
nied western territories and to
the strategic communications cen
ters of southwestern Germany,
must of necessity be regarded pri
marily from the general point of
view of the expected onslaught
Forming
Ilidsiie Prerisw al 12 P. IL -
, . Owynne vsgae
... AND STARTS TOMORROW! Mn OrerLaa Vegas"
How weU you'U I
; lunderstand it . . . because y . f I
it's a love that could be iln
I lived only today! V- Tf v y
, How ' deeply you'Us'lllllL I
: "cheri it . . for SfS" jl" x v;
its beauty : I :Nv
p " and power lJ ms
i f I:; iand ecstas I
li : WV;- ) sum-gm
IN 1 ! 7 h first picbirs siaee
I I V 'Si wianiogtaeNewTorkCritica
I r f Award for Ts Best Actma
1 aew otfc idol-4U g
I JKmm0 " v I t Wom Yoyager and 'Casablanca'
NANCY COLEMAN -MARY BOLAND
VICTOR FRAMCEH-HAZIMOVA
V
by
TilUr- T"l i C
Civilians Will
Get Penicillin
When Nei
WASHINGTON, April 2S-(P)-
A nation-wide system for limited
distribution of the "wonder drug?
penicillin, to civilian was an
nounced today by the war produc
tion: board.
Under the system, supplies will
be channeled to more ' than 1000
depot hospitals, it-v ' : r
An office of civilian penicillin
distribution has . been established
in Chicago at the WPB regional
office to carry out the distribution.
The procedure-will be as fol
lows: ' . . - - ;
Each month each penicillin
manufacturer will apply to" the
WPB in Washington for a civilian
quota based on the amount of his
production. Allocations will be
forwarded to the Chicago office
which will assign quotas to each
depot hospital on-the basis of bed
capacities, the number of hospitals
in each depot's area, and the
available supply of penicillin.
Depot hospitals will be expect
ed to recognize the requests of
other, hospitals in their areas and
to furnish penicillin to, the best of
their' ability when a need has
been established.
Candle Starts lire
That Destroys Shed
A candle lighted and left by
child in & woodshed at 241 South
18th street Friday afternoon
caused, the fir which destroyed
the shed and burned a portion of
the rear of the residence, city
firemen who were called to the
blaze a few minutes after 5 pjn.
said.
Snell Asks Surrender
Of Man in California
. Governor Earl Snell ' Friday
asked California officials to sur
render Ernest Lee Doyer, who is
wanted at Eugene on a polygamy
charge.. He is under arrest at
Yreka. Officials said Dover mar
ried Maxine Florence Brabham of
Lane county in April, 1943. while
having a wife in Georgia.
VINCENT SHESMAN
Senate Approves
Cordon s Duties :
WASHINGTON, D.C, April 28
-V"Approval of turning over' to
Senator Cordon of all the com
mittee assignments held .by :. the
late Sen. Charles . L. McNary ex
cept agriculture was voted by the
senate republican conference to
day. 1 ,; v . y :-jv y:r; v ;-: -
Senator Wilson (R, la) was ap
proved for the agriculture com
mittee assignment Cordon was
approved for, assignment to the
commerce, Indian, irrigation and
reclamation, libraries and roads
committees. -He also had been as
signed to the commerce subcom
mittee on rivers and harbors.
Last of Eamphlets
Now Being Printed
Last of the 28 sets of candi
dates pamphlets, to be distrib
uted previous to the primary
election May 19, are new being
printed, Dave OUara, in charge
of the state elections bureau, an
nounced Friday. j
' Two sets of pamphlets are
printed in Portland while another
set is printed in a private print
ing establishment here. The re
maining pamphlets are printed in
the state printing department
here. " .
Approximately 600,000 pamph
lets will be required to supply the
registered voters, officials said.
Gandhi Suffering
From Fever Attack
LONDON, April 28 -JP- Con
cern was expressed tonight for
Mohandas K. Gandhi, who, ac
cording to an 'Official .statement
Issued - in Bombay today was
"weak and causing some anxiety"
after suffering an attack of fever.
The statement added that the
75-year-old Indian leader had
"not recovered from his recent at
tack as was hoped," and Britons
in close touch with Indian affairs
admitted that his death in con
finement might react unfavorably
to the British, at . least tempo
rarily. -
One of the greatest .
stories ever prodacedT)y
A JIUSICALULUl
THREADED THRU
WITH ROMANCE!
II:T7f Evcrtl
Capi. Gentil :
Decorated I
' -' . 5
Air Invasion of
'Nazi-Europe!
i-- v.-' - e'
Lew Lehr Radios
Adolf Schickelsrnber!
VUEiOS
'.""r.T.ir.
(