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r r r BJCDQS "i I! f . 4 t Of ; 1 'urn )T$ iiliCS 1 fM)'?lffil-- - , , . Li: V. I'. ; wunddd iA5i . k , : . : : ' . SSS-T" "T MX71ETY-THX&D .YEAB - lPi . 1 Soison. Oregon; ToMdor Moralng. Mar 2. 144; - -'r.-' f T lMcsySe ; 'i.;. - iV-:-.-,.-. ':-Ifa.-'JM'v--;;;-t"-- 4 V ! 1 I- i 9 SSSJJ I. - J . While Robert A, Booth was loot - a resident of Eugene, his varied . Interest and associations made . him truly a citizen of the state of 1 Oregon. Native of Yamhill county, educated in Douglas county, ac- . quiring business interests In Jose- . phine and other counties including ; some in eastern Oregon, resident tof Lane county for 50 years, state senator and member of the 4 state highway commissionLfor 40 years trustee of Willamette university : and consistent friend of education in all the colleges, Robert A. I Booth' was one who might well ; have been designated at some time - In his long and busy 'life, MOre- ; ton's , first citizen." : : . Salem remembers him partic ularly for his interest in Wills inette university 1 which shared richly in his benefactions, and for : his contribution of the .statue of ' the circuit rider on the Statehouse : grounds, easily our most i distinc t tive art object. He was known and loved by many of our citizens, Robert Booth was a man who i used his business -success as means of public service. Wealth to him meant power to do good, and there must be a multitude to ', rise up and . call him blessed of those who benefitted by his phil anthropies. This would include the large number whom he helped to I t obtain a college education through I e student loan funds which hejto the Mogaung valley front, 'established. " i .Mr. Booth's interest in affairs lasted clear to the end of his. life. ! Returning from ja trip last week' I i found a little note from his secre l tary written at Mr. Booth's re j quest though he was then quite ill, which showed his thoughtfulness. j 1 Few men attain the ripe age of 85, as did Mr. Booth, and only a very limited number crowd into those years as much of success in varied. lines and as much of usefulness as . did Mr; Booth. . ! Knox Joins Heroic Dead In Arlington - r i -!-' j - j f WASHINGTON, ' -May 'r) Frank Knox joined today the M tion's heroic dead wbo rest iron war in, Arlington, National . cera- tery.;.v , v " ,' , j The. secretary of the American ' nayy was buried on a cedar-bor0f allied medium bomber sweeps f dered slope looking out over the national capital while the envoys and uniformed representatives of the ' United Nations stood with bowed heads. The high command f ers of the army, havy and marines stood at attention as three volleys . cracked o v e r the grave ,and bugle called farewell. 1 A silent, v bare-headed throng, perhaps as great as any that have lined a coretege route since the burial, of the Unknown Soldier in Arlingtotvstobd along the two miles of. streets . and roadways leadina - to Arlington. The black .' caisson, with its flag-covered bur den, i rumbled through the hot r spring, air while bluejackets, ma- J- sines, WAVES and SPARS march ed to the somber notes of a navy tband. , , The tribute that the throng long the streets, i the diplomats, cabinet members and military, paid silently at the graveside was expressed in ,tbe sermon of Dr. Fred Buschmeyef, who conducted (Turn to Page 2 Story B) USO Burglars Sought Here t Salem police Monday night were auu -searching for two unidenti- I fled men who are suspected of . r o b b i n r the Chemeketa street : USO here of between $400 and 1 1500 ' late- Saturday or Sunday, 5 The money was contained in two strong boxes in a room in me USO office. Sprague Worries About Agriculture i PORTLAND, Ore, May MAP) . Ex-goernor Charles A. Sprague ; said today he is greatly concerned with safeguarding the interests of Oreeon agriculture in the post- war transition period. y U The Salem publisher, who re- . turned today from an eastern Oregon tour in behalf of his can- didacy- for the republican sena- .ii nnmut!nn twiarf "it la essential that the farmer be re- The Arizona-born correspond wsrded for hU work with a due ent, now! assigned to the Anzio : cr. ft mfit . : our foreats. beachhead, has - been ' covering i .re a heritage of mcalcula ble value." ; Sprague said he would go to - Salem tomorrow and Marshfield Wednesday,. . ' Istanbul Preparing For Air Attacks ISTANBUL, Turkey, May l-VP) - a nartial blackout of Istanbul and tpnaiv air raid preparations Effective tomorrow were ordered today by the governor of Istanbul . . . ' rt IOUOWlnS Bi.'i;aii"-ca i tttuw ..nMontif !mI airolanes over Air An 1: Defeats anese Allies Decisively , Stop Nip Attempt To Break Block SOUTHEAST ASIA HEAD QUARTERS, Kandy,. Ceylon, May 2 Allied air-borne troops have decisively defeated a strong Japanese attempt to break a rail and road block 65 miles-southwest of Mogaung in northern Burmaafter a three day battle in which heavy casu alties Were inflicted upon an at tacking enemy force of 2000 men. It was the fourth Japanese at tempt to wipe out the road bloc, established on the enemy's main supply route from southern Burma (Turn to Page 2 Story F) Hollandia ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS, New Guinea, Tues- day, May 2-(Sy-American infant ry patrblsscouring the : Jungle north of lake Sen tani are liquid ating groups of isolated Japanese troops who survived the air, na val and land fire when the Amer leans invaded Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur announced today. i Japanese aeaa counted oy i tne 1 invaders since the landing April 22 and through operations to Ap- I Tl q which included the capture pf f0ur enemy airfields, totaled 1877; i h " , 1 MacArthur'a eommuniciue told along . the Manokwari ' coast of Dutch New Guinea, far to the west of Hollandia, and the destruction (Turn to Page 2 Story E) Tito Generals Reach London For Parleys j LONDON, Tuesday, May 2Hff) quarters of Marshal Joeip Broz (Tito) arrived in London today to confer with allied leaders, renew ing speculation'' that the Balkans are not to be considered out as a possible scene of invasion opera turns. -. ;'.v , '; j ." .Members of the Yugoslav dele. gatj0n were Gen. Veledit, a Croat I and Maj. Vogelnik, a Slovene. It was considered doubtful if the militarists presence in London would help clarify the muddled Yugoslav political picture since they indicated they: would not even visit the exiled government chieftains here, Nevertheless a likely result was increased .support for.Tfto, whose guerrilla activities . have drawn warm praise fro Prime Minister Churchill and other allied leaders. Coincident with arrival of the j Tito representatives the London J Daily Sketch reported - without elaboration, that the British mili- tary mission to Gen. Draja Mihail jovic. King Peter's minister of war, i was to be withdrawn; jap JapT De Luce Wins Pulitzer Prize for Top Reporting NEW YORK," May 1 -P)- Asso- elated Press ' War Correspondent Daniel De Luce, who made a dar- in trip into nazi-dominated Yugo- slavia for first hand stories of the resistance by Marshal Tito's forces, today won the Pulitzer prise for international telegraphic reporting in 1943. - World war II since the first Ger- man bombs dropped on Poland. ' De was driven in tan' from relandVl Greece and Bnrma by the Gersnans, Italians and Japa nese and made his foray back Into axla territory la a fishing boat with a wheexy engine ope rated by a Sicilian skipper. . Ernie Pyle, of the Scripps-How- ard newspaper alliance; whose newsnaoer column is devoted to the human side of the war and j the every day events in the lives of the fighting men, won tne awara I try Kctfrnitch enrT:rvrindence. v V&14.VA "te - the I In seleetinr me -cuuasvuneai erreejaaeBC winner, Govern ment-Ow ned IMop erty Immune from Taxes v j v-- By EDWARD HHIGGS . : , ! . WASHINGTON, May M;P)-Government-owned property, the suprme court ruled today, is immune from taxation, whether1 the fax is directed against the government itself or someone who lease?-the property -. : ' -v . Wjjjile the 7 to 2 decision applied specifically to a Pennsyl vanii gunmaker who leased government machinery, the Justice department previously had said the ruling would affect more than $7,50,0O0,000 worth of war pro duction equipment 9 Involred was a real estate tax of $5157 which Allegheny coun ty, fa levied against machine ry la the Homestead, Pa plant of the Mesta Machine Co. Th Pennsylvania supreme court had eld that under state law, re gardless of ; who possessed toe title, the machinery constituted a part of the company's mill for Mil rl properly assessed as MesUs real estati. Allegheny county contend- ed that the machinery was not taxed, but was considered , only as enhancing the value' of Mesta's land;! . .- -fj '"'v;- '" The US. sapreme . court said. however, Tthat the: tax assessor, actually had valued the plant machinery separately and point ed ent that under the govern ment's contract with Mesta the government would have to as-' some any increased cost to Mes ta as a result of the taxi '')' Justice Jackson's opinion as serted the !C title to the machinery sylyinia taxing procedure was to ays a general property tax on government-owned property. This, he said, violates the federal , con stitution. i ; t : Jostices Robert and Frank falter dissented, contending ne federal Interest was Involved. ' 14 another 6 to 3 opinion, the couft ruled that a confession ob- 2L?T!5 questioning was invalid ' because the! questioning was "Inherently coefdve.?-"'-:-, 1 "The constitution of the United Stales stands as a bar against the conviction of any individual in an American court by means xf a co erced confession," Justice Black's opinion said. Ther; hare been, and are new certain foreign nations with governments dedicated to an op posite poller. So long : as the constitution remain the basie law of ur repnblie, America will not have that kind of gov ernment.'' The decision reversed the de- cison of JE. E. Ashcraft of Mem- p)u, Tenh who was accused as an "accessory in the slaying of his wife .in 1941. The court said that Ashcraft had been held and ques-1 tioped for 38 hours without re spite. ' ... ;:-' :::. ... ' : RationBookl Thihg of Past . WASHINGTON, May f l-Jf) War ration book one becomes a museum piece today. x $hoe stamp -no. IS expired last midnight and with it went the last practical value of the first war ration book ever issued in , the United States. Millions of Americans went to their neighborhood n schools on May 5, 1942 to register for ra tioning and get book one. During its lifetime the book was used for buying rationed sugar, coffee and Ishpes. bU nnlversity trastees said it was based on "fair, Jndkloas, well-balanced and well-informed Interpretive writing, which shall make clear the significance ef the aabjeet covered in the correspondence r "which shall KronMtte International smder standing and appreciation." The trustees ; announced the awards, each of which carries $JOO prize, on the basis of recom - mendations by the advisory board the Columbia university grad uate school of journalism.: iTrank ; Filan of the Associated Press won the war front photo graphic award for his famed pic ture, "Tarawa Island," showing .a demolished Japanese pillbox with Japanese bodies strewn through tie rubble. , ' 1 .The pktnre, taken after Fliaa ' risked .his life la going ashore pith a marine assault wave, was distrlbated by the Associated ' Ifresa and ether members ef the IrsxUme stT.l ihoterrt;lis pool . en Nsrrember 19, 194S. j iTurn to Page Story A) Declared Chinese Lose Hulao Pass After Big Battle CHUNGKING, May i.-iPfr The Chinese high command announ ced tonight the loss of the fvital Hulao pass In northern 1 Hpnan . . .Tfinln province and said the Japanese had pushed to a point withinnihe miles of Hsuchang, on ' the J Pei-ping-Hankow railway, 50, miles south "of Chenghsien. v H i The high command communique said, however, that an enemy; mo bile unit which had penetrated southeast of Hsuchang had jbeen surrounded. The Chinese also de clared that Japanese-held Mih- sien, southwest of Chenghsien, was. almost encircled. ! Reporting on a pew Japanese offensive in Anhwci province, which the Chinese say is aimed at captured the village of Yingshang, 180 miles northeast of Hankow. The pass, an ancient battle ground guarding the route to Loy ang, was defended fiercely in an eight-day . battle which preceded its fall. K small piece of fUtland backed by ' steep ' ' mountains on three sides and fronting the Yel low river north of the trackless lethal railway.. the pass Jie, west nt Chenghsien, former vrail (Turn to Page 2Storyi.C) Gripsholm 'Off Again on 4th Exchange Trip WASHINGTON, May l-4VThe Swedish exchange liner ; jGrips- holm will sail tomorrow to carry out the second exchange of ser iously sick and wounded war prisoners with Germany. C Involved in the exchange also will be a number of other persons entitled to repatriation under the Geneva Red Cross convention, the state and war departments an nounced. - ' The exchange Is to take place . , at Barcelona, Spain, about May 17, and the American repatriates are expected to land in New York early in June. ', J The names of American service men to be brought home will not be available until after the Grips- holm leaves Barcelona for its re turn Journey. The announcement did not say how many German or American prisoners would ibe ex changed.' -.A V-;-- t f The Gripsholm, which has al ready made three exchange trips and brought home wounded American war prisoners Son its last Journey . across the Atlantic will travel both ways under safe condyct from all belligerents. ' House OK'sMouey. t For Landinr Graft WASHINGTON, May I l-fJtY' The house naval committee gave quick and unanimous approval today to a $1,800,000,000 l appro priation to speed the construction of landing craft needed to power the coming Invasion of Europe. , . "Well be losing a good many once tbe Invasion g e t a under way, said Chairman Vinson (D- Ga.), "and we've "got to have some more. s The appropriation Is in addi tion to a ? : $32,000,000,000 navy budget bill voted a few weeks a ago because, Vinson said, the j need for more landing craft be- came apparent after the measure had cleared congress. Salem Soropliraisls Meet This Noon I I Election of officers and reports from ' the northwest : regional con f erence of Soroptimist clubs held last weekend in .Wenatchee, Wash- will feature ' this noons meting of Salem Soroptimists. at the Golden Pheasant restaurant. , Mrs. Lee U Eyerly f and ; Mrs. Abner K. Kline were the Salem organization's delesates !i to the conference 1 Co. Struggle Firm Says Grab Outside of Law; . Biddle Argues : CHICAGO, May l-P)-Montr gomery Ward and company, en gaged in a momentous court battle against government con trol of the huge firm's Chicago plants, maintained today seiz ure; of the property lacked a egal foundation and contended no similar actions has been tak en "since the days of King John," Attorney General Francis Bid die argued that President Roose velt "has a great constitutional reserve of power as commander-in-chief of the army and navy,1 that his authority ." was sufficient to place the facilities In federal hands, and. that "no - business of any kind' is immune from that pewer.". ; The scene of the legal duel was 4,1. . J - a. m uitr crimimcu courx room ox I ea- eralJudge WilBam H. Holly. Basis oi uic arguments was ciaoie s pe- 1 tition for an injunction prohibit-1 ing Ward executives from interfer ing with government operation of the Chicago units of the continent-spanning mail order and mer cantile network. The jurist Issued a temporary (Turn to Page 2 Story D) United Nations Celebrate May By the Associated frets Workers of att the United Na- uons yeiieroay ceieorwiea Jwayt oay wnicn iouna tne aines giro- . .. r a. .i . ii. a I mg ior nistory s greatest oatue lor rreeaom, oui me axis nauons mouth pieces sat the day out in Silence. - ..V'".';.-v..-V'.V:--:'.' Perhaps the most joyous cele- brationr was in Soviet ' Russia, which marked its third; May; day ard Ill Court Day With Joy of the war. Brilliant holiday fes- The first major transport dis tivities were given added luster aster of the war was the loss of by the proclamation of Marshal about 850 army, navy and marine Stalin that Germany was all but beaten." Stalin's order of the day, posted In public places, hailed the victories of the ; preceding year and urged : a final, all-out-joint aiutaiilt unon the citadel of na'ziism. . Desnite the ' break' in German fishing expeditions for information on the imnendinff invasion from g. invasion from as no let up , in for the guessing up by neutrals the west there was no let up , in the war of nerves game was . taken anaoiner quarters. i m.. A 1 i2 !J .. m - inm Auun raaiw aaia ine- w man YttarH Munmanit kli wail ' 4m I ' " t zero hour was drawing near for the invasion of the Balkans,and that "large troop concentrations in me near east ana massing oi mejfor Tjg genate cnusn Memterranean ueei on ; Carl C. Crowe, editor of the Greece has been observed." This Pacific Coast Lumbermen's Di followed a morning prediction mai i rhar in vHi irom Anxara mas we ; um mam M a A 1 diow wouia xau upon nonnerni rrance ana ufigium, -cut iana- ings on Norway or southern France are not out of the ques- tion.' - .. Brazil staged a major demon- strauon cximaxea oy a moute from President Getulio Vargas to the nation's war industries. To the south, in Argentina,, ail demon - strauons were nannea, ana tne only authorized observance came in an address by Labor Secretary CoL Juan Peron, who referred to the Argentine regime as the dawn of a new . era of social Justice. Flood Waters Start Receding By the Associated Press The Mississippi river was re - ceding I Monday . night 'from its highest flood crest rat St Louis since 1844 cfceerful mews tor hundreds of farm residents forced out of their lowland homes. - Additional rainfall varying from half an inch at St Louis -to Jl inches in southwest Missouri was exnected onlv to reduce the aoeed with which the river returned to normaL. , Meteorologist Harry Wahlgren at . St , Louis said the Mississippi probably would fall one and one- half feet by Tuesday noon. At a crest of 59.11 feet the river washed over and broke through every? major levee in the area from St Txniis to Cairo HL The stage was still under the all-time flood level of 4U9 feet In 1844. Waters of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers at their confluence at Cairo, were stationary, Law Clerk -A Bliss Lactic Lamest ef the Univer sity of Washington, Seattle, who has been appointed law elerk In the United States supreme court by Chief Justice of the Sapreme Court Douglas. , Miss Lenten Is i the i first woman to held this position. jg gc lkM X " 4) Men LOSt i I A SJiip Sinking WASHINGTON, May 1 PV- The loss of 498 men in the recent sinking of an American ship Jay enemy action in the Mediterran ean wa announced today by the army, the third major - transport lass of life of the war.N Whether the ship was attacked by enemy submarine or planes was not disclosed In - the . brief an i nouncemenV which did hot men tion survivors" or give the data- of ! the- sinking. "The vessel sank swiftly; and sfifi tnSlitarv nrtnnn1 r mi. -!-, the arm ait. Th nt ivf Un tf thiTnrttrmnel hav bwn j notified i t.Ss than three months aro. the nimy announced the loss of 1000 pen m , gunk by Mipmv irtinh in TblmnMn wiUrt on an undisclosed date. Oh that oc- casion, ' approximately an equal I number of soldier was rescued. corps 'officers and men early in 1 February j 194 V when an enemy submarine sank two passenger-la- den cargo ships in a north Atlan I tic convoy. I ' . I 1 . i- i Mnvop T)sT1146 I l'-i-lf X BC JCllXCO ?V vxxa.C3 f -s . txowe Lharge - j O pstj-toN. Ma 1 -an- A 1 r ' " -- r ... denial of a eharff that he la a -eonrirmea new dealer"' waa bV Wavn. Mr fnr- mr mcmber of the war lahr hoard - and renuhliran candidate address Saturday night Thi, atUck la pregnant with misrepresentation and Mr. Crowe know, it,- Morse said. "My ap- pomtinent to me war labor board waa the result of hundreds of tele- from west coast employers. The , nresident knew I was j gtaunch republican. I fought the I Qew . deal in the clinches when- 1 ever an attempt was made to set- I tie labor cases in a manner not in accordance with the law." Budget Gets Additions Instead of Additions to, rather than a tail oring ' of estimated' expenditures for 1944-43, ' featured Monday 1 night's brief meeting of the city budget committee. I ; No estimates . for civilian, de- If ense costs, were included, to the original . tentative schedule, but 1 827S0 was added to the budget I quests ior that volunteer service. Fire hydrant installation and re- pairs appeared erroneously at $250 in .the-: budget schedule - and should have been estimated at $2500, It was 'explained i The two additions btini to aparexlmately 270 the amenst which most be cot from the total estimates to bring: the budget within- statutory limita tions, unless the seeend Iters was erlginally ed -- correctly and appeared la the triea graphed workbook at the lower figure merely by clerleal error, er tslest It exn be Uien frcra the fire tax fund, which Is eat si;t tt $ peg cent UsJUticn. ceaseless Offe msive mto-"-lUL i RAF Pounds French Targets L Last Night FoUowing 2500 Plane Allied Day Bombing " , By WILLIAM LONDON, Tuesday, May S - iC in France last night in the great allied aerial offensive punctu ated yesterday by heavy daylight attacks against German anti invasion defenses on the Calais coast and 17 rair Junctions of the transport web designed to support them. ;; Gen. Eisenhower's invasion command opened this perhaps fate- Brest-Litovsk . -t--.. .; - - .:'--r -, -. j. . .. ,. ".;j"f "" Receives Bombs Of Red Planes LONDON, Tuesday May 2-(JP) Masses of soviet bombers attack ing Brest-Litovsk Sunday night started nearly a score of fires in that fortress city which the Ger mans captured two days after their 1941 invasion of Russia, and red army troops yesterday: killed 1500 Germans in local struggles. Moscow announced early today. A midnight bulletin said 600 Germans were slain in two unsuc cessful : attempts to capture "ad vantageous positions" north ; of Iasi, Romanian rail center, while a battalion of 800 to 1000 attacking axis troops failed to gain 'ground and . was- wiped out southeast I of Stanislawow in old Poland. Brest-Litovsk is 1 1S miles east of the,. Polish capital of Warsaw, and about 80 .miles northwest of soviet land forces operating in the Kowel sector. It was seized by the Germans June 24, 1941, after they forced the nearby. Bug river de marcation line. Seventeen fires were started at the rail junction and enemy mili tary- trains carrying troops, am munition and equipment were left in flames, said the broadcast-bulletin recorded by the soviet mon itor. One soviet plane was miss ing. ;: ;v -Vs. ; "y "i; : No - essential changes occurred on the land front, the communique said,' and oh all sectors during Sunday soviet forces wrecked j 24 German' tanks and-destroyed 1 43 planes. y ; '-.fr The ; German high command likewise reported a lull in the Se vastopol, Crimea, and' lower Dnestr river ares, but told of embittered fighting on the upper Dnestr river, presumably in the area southeast of Stanislawow, and southwest of KoweL which is 170 miles southeast of Warsaw; Berlin said its troops gained "further ? ground" southwest of Kowel. The fighting in this area is around Turja, 22 miles south west of Kowel and only four miles from ' the Kowel-Lwow v railway connecting two vital German ings in former Poland. . ' Lebanon Sergeant Missing in Action : i. SSgt X ohn Kuipers, son of Harry . Kuipers, 434 East Grant street Lebanon, is missing in ac tion - in ' the European area," ac cording t o information released by the war department May 1. Expected Cut The eemsaittee wfil sneet again at 8JI Monday might May 15. The- council high-lighted j its meeting by meeting the request of doctors and nurses from Salem General hospital and ordering re moval of raidroad "stop signs at the 12th and Center street inter section. It went further and order ed removal of those at Chemeketa and 12th, where automatic elec tric signals are also in'useand instruction suspension of enforce ment of motorist-stop regulations at all railroad , crossings ' where company-erected aigna do not meet' state- highway" department and city requirements. None of the signs in the last collection put up have met those requirements, the council was told , : i i Parking- ea the west aide ef Church street between State and Court street should be limited to one hew, a eemsaittee report rrowizx eat ef Junior chamber ef commerce traffic reform re- (Tura to r;s 1 Story H) Air: Goes Day. SMITH WHITE - RAF bombers smashed targets Oful month for the sullen millions of . German-occupied Europe , yes- terday by1 throwing tmore than 2500 planes -including Fortresses l f r a . - a . . . uu ixjiuerawra againsi Monress Europe. ; 1 . . : - Targets ef the RAF attack were not Identified, the first authoritative announcement be ing confined to the statement -that the raiders were "ever ea- ' emyreecupied territory during the night" Thus the sustained air . assault entered Its 18th straight day. i Three US bombers and ' three fighters were missing after the) (Turn to Page 2-Story G) !. ! 'j-. - - ' ' . Pr.A.&Berger Back in Salem Ori Furlough : By MARGUERITE GLEESON "Home on a SO day furlough. How Dr. Arrain E. Berger, former Salem dentist and! now a 1 major with an infantry division in th south) Pacific savored that- five wh! sentence jJsjtMltalked fast night, with a Statesman reporter. k . "Yes, it's good to get home and I am planning to spend most ' of the time right close to home.- I want 'to see a lot of people, deliver a lojof messages which were in trusted to me, and ' then'. I just want jto stay dose to home." - "Itl was two years i ago-' last Thanksgiving since X was last in Salem, until I returned Saturday. Yes, I saw Dr. Buren on my way home. I also saw Capt Bob Good fellow and CoL Nist We had quite a reunion of Salem folk." Mention of Dr, Buren brought to mind Df, Kenneth Power andl Dr. Berger said, X)h yes, we see Dr. Poww all the time." (How lot of Salem people - we know would like to be: able to say that of Drs. Power or Buren 'or. some other favorite medical man!) . ) , One of the pleasant 'experiences) Maj. .Berger had on his way horn was meeting his son David Ber ger, private first class in the US marine corps.-The lather chuckled ast night when asked for hie son's rank. "Oh, he is private first class in the marines, there was; little family argument over that" "Yes,: furloughs j are coining up by rotation but it will be a long time before they all get home that way," the former Salem dentist said in a cheerful and hopeful tone of voice as if be felt maybe that would after all not be neces sary. -;:r j- - ;:'?;4,Vy : ." Knapft Looks For MoieTinl "Tin, tin, come in" Is the game Marion County Salvage Chairman Gardner Knapp is advocating to- day. Th the 30,000 pounds of flat tened tin cans now. stacked on the Oregon .; Electric freight' depot loading platform Knapp hopes to have added the several thousand pounds .of the salvaged metal which waa left on Salem parking during last weekend's pickup.: The cans may. be taken to' the platform at Chemeketa and Front streets through Thursday.- They will then be added to a collection from Albany and shipped to the San t Francisco detinning plant One ; carload of ? approximately 40,000 pounds "was anoved out f Salem last week. : - April' Building Permits . Top Those of Year Ago April building permits In Salem, still far below pre-war levels, top ped those of April, 1943, by almost 50 per cent This year'a April to tal of $13,262 includes $9290 dedi . cated to new construction, whild $3972 was earmarked for repairs. Last year In April permits were-. issued for $3385 worth of builJ ing, with $7725 for repair! r i $1230 for new building, : . "u'-i ' !- ;i",-& ; ' ' : . S.iJ.