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PAGE TWO Th 02SGOII STATESMAN Salem. Oreejoxv Tuesday Morning, May 2, ISM r- Allied Forces Defeat Japs In Burma Area F (Continued from Page 1) F f where LL Gen. Joseph W. Stil V well's Chinese - American forces ,(l are fighting their way toward Mo . gaung and ,Myitkyina. Field dispatches said the Japa nese had succeeded In breaking through barbed wire entangle- i ments fronting the allied post .' t Uons hot had ' been driven back -- after bitter fighting. . . CoL Philip Cochrane! air com . snandos Joined in the battle, bomb- Ins and strafing theenemy close ito the perimeter of .the allied de- . fenses. .-' H An allied spokesman said that i on a conservative estimate the - .Japanese have lost at least 1000 men killed - In their unsuccessful ,v attempts to smash the road block. , , This figure, he said, does not in- ,- elude losses from air action. The road block , was likened by asenlor . British officer to " "an Irritating .hair shirt which i the Japanese axe trying- hard to remove." Casualties, he ' said, " hate been at least H to one In ' favor .of the allies. . ' Lt Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell's in vasion army, reinforced by a crack formation of' American-operated ; medium'; tanks', is smashing ' the ' Japanese steadily back In north- ' era, Burma and" may capture the enemy railroad city of Mogaung before the monsoon rains pour down about May 15. r ; .Announcement that "Vinegar Joe' was , blasting through the Jangle with the first all -American armored unit to fight on the Asiatic, continent came, fittingly, Just two years' from . the day when be beran his - original painful retreat oat of Burma . where he took what he frankly 'f termed "a hell of a beating.' E- " Stilwell . observed the anniver sary with a typically salty decla their tails up, on the mafch, open big land communications (between India and China) and putting tre mendous effort into the Ledo road.' Stilwell'a forces have lough their way approximately! k 120 miles into Burma from the: India border and are within . 30 miles of Mogaung, an important station on the main north-south railway betweenj Myitkyina and Manda lay. Capture of Mogaung would give theiallies an excellent weath er proof base for continuing ope rations during the rains. . West Stay ton Fileis Articles On Water Plan jThe West Stayton Irrigation Co operative filed articles of associa lion with the county clerk's office Monday under the state's- non profit law. The purpose of the co op will be the maintenance and operation of the Irrigation system and works previously owned and operated by the.. Willamette Val ley Water company for the bene fit of its members. ' ' Membership fee is to-be fixed at one dollar for which a certifi cate of membership will bejssued. Rentals, assessment and mainten ance charges will be based on the amount of water used. No capital stock win be issued and the prin cipal offices will be located in West Stayton. -. : , V ' The articles were filed and ex ' ecu ted by Howard Gilbert, Fred L. Comstock, F. B. Metcalf. J. L. Goss and Ed Gilbert. Ward's Fight Firm Seizure D (Continued from Page 1) D restraining order to that effect Thursday nlht and-the com pany countered , with a motion ', to dismiss it If the court quashed the order It would pave the way for a company suit to evkt the i federal operators and for a re turn to headquarters of Sewell A veryl Ward's -chief executive officer who was carried out by troops Thursday on the first ' full day of government control. The litigation was watched -across the country as a test of the president's power. The White House ordered the seizure after A very declined to obey a war la bor board order to extend a con tract (with a CIO union. " Harold Smith, a Ward lawyer, asserted Blddle "hasn't been able to put his finger' on a single statutory provision that Justi fies" the seizure. WASHINGTON, May 1 Hep. Cox (D-Ga.), ranking mem ber of the house rules committee, said tonight he had been "as sured" that the group would re port to the full membership of the house tomorrow a re&lution . for investigation of the government Zlzrlizj S?h:sh M:d Hay Ci REGISTER NOW Ic!Ijy-Ft:rrp!:nr Q Co, - - ' Front and Norway Streets " Phcse 2-4133 DeLuce Wins Pulitzer Prize A (Continued from Page 1) A The award for the best photo graph on the homo front went to Earle L. Bunker of the Omaha rNhV Wnrid-Hir9M Hi. nipfam. 1 entitled momecomlng,". showed a returning soldier clasping his small daughter in his arms at a railway station while his wife cries, with happiness. US PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, May fr W A X & 1 T-v photographer , and Pulitzer - prize winner, has been commended for his ."inspiring devotion to duty' during .the Tarawa invasion, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz announced to day, a The .letter of commendation, is sued by Maj. Gen. Julian C Smith, coramanding general of the vuu uMixuv ; uiiuiuu Ausns, said that Filan went ashore with the second battalion of the Eighth marine regiment during "probably the most hotly-contested landing ever engaged m by our forces." I "You conducted yourself throughout the action in accord ance with the best traditions of the United States naval i service I and exhibited devotion -to "your I duty to the press and the public that was inspiring," Smith said. Oregon Prof. Explains Gty Job er s The city manager is employed to be a business head of the city. He is not a vote getter," Dr. Cal vin ffiimnacVr TrnocrF nf mn, nrni f iLit t n. gon commerce forum Monday noon. As business manager he looks after business interests," Crum packer said citing the example of a city' which recently insured its mobile equipment from fire and theft and. Included in the policy the street sweeper, and other such items which the idea of being stolen struck the audience as par ticularly funny,- os unbusinesslike at least. ,.r W Eugene and Salem are each vot ing on a city- rnanager-cornmis-sion form of government this year, Crumpacker said, pointing out ml-1 nor differences in the two pro posed charters.- Eleven Oregon ci ties have the commission .manager form of government but only two are very similar to the . Salem and j Eugene proposed plans, Astoria and Bend. . r X"""'- Dr. Crumpacker was introduced by Col. Carle Abrams lwho re called that "forty years ago when I, was reporting the city govern- 1 ment had things wrong with it and it still has." Yank Patrols Scour Jungle E (Continued from Page 1) E of an enemy vessel by bombing in that area. The bombers headed farther west of Manokwari and damaged three small enemy craft off Cape Waios. Naw Catalina reconnaissance planes in a long flight to Amboina island. In the Netherlands East Indies 600 miles northwest of Dar win, Australia, bombed Japanese installations at Hitoelama village Saturday night . ,! Other aerial operations along the New Guinea ' coast included blows, at . Japanese positions and installations in the Hansa bay- Ma dang, area, where 34 tons of ex plosives were dropped, and at Ma- nenburg in the Sepik valley, en cutjr auppiy locauon. Navy -PT patrol craft darted close inshore at Manam island, off Hansa bay, to shell enemy post uons and start fires in supply dumps. Bombers from Solomon islands airfields pounded Japanese bases at the far northeastern corner of the south Pacific front " hitting Kavieng, New Ireland, and near by New Hanover Island, and also blasting Rapopo airdrome at Ra- baul, New - Britain. One allied plane was lost in the Kavieng at tack. Mac Arthur's communiques to day and yesterday emphasized al lied air action, with most of it In New Guinea and westward against objectives along a ? path to f the Philippines. - j - seizure of the. Montgomery Ward Chicago plant - Cox made his announcement af ter a conference in the offices of Speaker Sam Rayburn. He added that the resolution, storm center of -m congressional quarrel, prob ably would be debated generally on the floor Friday after the tax simplification bill Is out of the way. i iuanan Ceaseless Air .Offensive Goes Into 18th Day Gs (Continued from Page 1) G Q-97. operations, and an Amer i comttttmimie said five enemy &f " down- T Bombmg results were good, and enemy resistance almost negligi ble.l Even nazi anti-aircraft fire was! only moderate, the bulletin said: ' Xate .lasl night German, ra dios, among them the Stuttgart - station, began- falling silent usual sign that RAF night raiders were in action. i f Two thousand American heavy and! lirtit bombers, fighters and fishier-bombers aided by swarms of allied planes pounded the Pas- ec-Melaiais area of the coast and numerous rau junction uu front extending through Bel- giuipi and France to the German border in this continuing aerial (offensive which was raising the curtain on the biggest drama of n-an American-British r lunge against the walls of the, German continental stockade. Serena dawn to dusk of the 17 th straight day of aerial on slaught the. allied planes ham mered German targets, and last night the . German radio said al lied medium! bombers had en tered southwest Germany where "they were engageds4n violent air combats a g a frr t Gejrman air defense forces. Aids broadcasts also said that US f planes of the Mediterranean command had made a "terror at tackf on Florence in Italy. Five hundred US Flying Fort resses and Liberators and as many fighters struck 20 miles across the channel at the mystery instal out siosmg a piane. Another American heavy bomber formation of equal strength punched at railway yards at .Brussels, the Belgian U'eafital; fJee. near the Belgian German frontier, and four oth er Important rail targets: Reims, 80 f miles "northeast of P a r Is; Trpyes, 5 miles southeast . of Paris; Mets. 185 miles east of IParis; and Sarreguendnes en the German border 41 miles east of iMeta. ore than 275 Americah work horse Marauder and Havoc bomb ers f smashed at rail centers of Doud, in norttern France near thefBelgian border, and at Man-tes-jPassicourt on 'the Seine river 27 mues northwest of pans, ana Chajieroi-Monugmes ana . uon caeu Sur Sambre in Belgium,' In these assaults not a single enemy fighter wag met. US Thunderbelts. swept overia wide area; Belgium, France, and Holland and " western Germany and! also came back renorting they had! not met a single opponent or SUUerea . xuss. , he following additional tar gets were specified last night: Maranders and Havocs, In what were officially termed "heavy attacks" bn enemy eommunlca tiak hr thm allied enedltiouary fprce m railway een- terl of Louvaln, Belgium, and Vajenclnnes and Blxne Mlsser on in northern France. Mitch ells and t Bostons blasted the railway center of Cambral, France. ;,; Thunderbolt fighter-bombers of the 4inth air force teamed up for the : late assault on Louvain and other targets on which 250 tons of explosives were loosed. Light nings and. RAF Spitfire fighters escorted tnem, ana no piane were lost! y The heaviest attack during this to -.r':. . ' misgion was at Lou vain, 14 miles east or Brussels, wnere Maraud ers 'struck at engine repair sheds and! railway choice, points, caus ing explosions which rocked the bombers, s ; Soldiers9 Ballots Sthrt Arriving Soldiers ballots are beginning to tome into the county clerk's office through the malls, reports County Clerk Henry Mattson. The first ballot was received on April The soldier's ballot is just secret as it would be jf he were casting if at home. The special air mail envelope contamiig the ab sentee ballot Is filed j unopened.' The envelopes will be (segregated and:dropped Into various precincts when the ballot boxes are .sent outf The ballots are foiled inside the envelopes which will be open ed by the precinct election board. The stubs will be torn off and the ballots unfolded In the game man ner jas for those who rote in per son,? l T Last Times Tocijht vttomcA mm1 ALSO 7ts ill Pczrcs Czz'2 , IN f r- -f t J - "IIEUE C05IES EL5IER I : ON tie HOlfE FR01IT t7 DAin. cniLD3 The highway became a graveled road, a rutted lane through a field and finally a path up the moun tainside through the dogwood starred woods to that moss-cov ered bower where more than 20 years ago we crowned our queen of the May. - i . i - 1 .' And : the ancient f stage, ' which would (and may have been dis carded long since had there" hot been a war,: seemed, luxurious, as our feet ached in sympathy with those of I the fourth; graders who tagged, the big boys and girls on that hike. - t No cold drink at 4 1 roadside cafe could, tempt as we recalled the loganberry juice cooled; in a mountain, streamr (although: par es from the white schoolhouse ceased to carry that beverage aft-j er the day that the boy who was. custodian of the big glass jug fell from a running board ' and our own aunt prepared -to faint ijwhen she saw him lying in what ap peared to be a pool of blood When they asked "What; way did ' you come?" we caught our tongues in the nick of time to say "By Greyhound." But the brother and sister would have understood had we said simply "By way of Parrot mountain Its Mayday, you know." : , Methodists Ask -1 ' Sane Handling Of Japs, Nazis KANSAS CITY, May 1-WVA subcomittee of the Methodist gen eral conference today recommend' edj that controls and safeguards be placed upon postwar Germany, but not to the point of opppres sion, and that strictures on Japan be "severe" but not "retributive.' The subcommittee's report will bej considered later by the ' main body of delegates representing 8, 000,000 Methodists.! , - - Germany must take Its place in a world, organization of nations, assuming , all the responsibilities and rights .which such member' ship implies, the report stated. TFor Germany, the aggressor, Christianity Involves reconcilia tion on the basis of Justice and the meeting of a spirit of repentance with a spirit of forgiveness." Although relations with Japan will be severe, as Christians we urge that : they be Just, construc tive nd not etribwtive,, the . re port said, v i , 0 (Jiinese Lose Hidao Pass C (Continued from Page I) C junction which fell previously to the invaders hard-hitting offen sive. Chinese troops continued Ito at tack in the Mihsien sector south west of Chenghsien, and 505 miles to the south of Chenghsien,1 field dispatches said. A small mobile force of Japanese i had by-passed the important city of Hsuchang to attack it from the southeast while a main body continued to advance on the city down the Peiping- Hankow railway. - - Fifth Loan Drive Quotas Announced PORTLAND, OreMay "i Fifth war loan drive- quotas . for eight western states -; announced here today . by Ted R. Ganible, national director of the treasury's war finance division, ' are topped by California's $965,000,000; Other totals include: Washing ton $228,000,000; Oregon $123, 000.000; Idaho S28.OO0.O0O. H Breakdown of quotas: Califor '' ''' """"ojssuMeuuuii torrlog FREDRIC MARCH ALEXIS SMITH nsW n il' linn, t- ' mtmammr C AUam SAMTM-XSMN CASXAOMt-MU HENrT'tOtOT SAMAT'WAlTEt HKH JOTCt trfNOUHOInctad b. MvajA UIMillJnl b JTSSf L lASTf , limited Advanced Prices x This Btu Only-i MATTXtg (Wcckdan) -CkUdrcm ZSc i ie tx tot. Srrrlca mm 3 v i tlx i 40c toC Gem. Adm. S7e IU tax 8s tot. EVENINGS SAT. STJjr. S3e Je tax 40 tot. 42c Se tax sot tot. SZc Uc tax US tot. Budget Gets Additions H (Continued from Page 1) n quests -' and ; adopted t by the -council Monday .night declares. The committee on streets and traffle' asked that lt be provid ed, with maps and -other Inf or-y mation on which - to base in-. "vestlgation of other traffle ptob- lems.' ' ' ' ' A sign at the Market street east entrance to the city calling atten tion, to speed regulatkaislnay pot sufficient to reduce ; hazards at the-' corner of Market and ,17th street,tte founeU mdicafed when report recommending the city Urn- its sign.'.'? i vfcs'fWi. - ifjThe lty should net1 losevfi- vUiaa .: defense vflre : fighting eqalpment throush mere lack of mounting and hauling - device and .trained auxiliary firemen, aldermen agreed as they instruc ted the recorder to spend, a limited amount for a chassis era which to mount two pieces of equipment : and v told' the fire chief to organise and trala the required auxiliary fire, fighters. A letter frorn Hack Hayes of the state civilian defense organization making : it clear that If the city wishes to keep the equipment even for the duration of the war it would have to. put it into condi tion nd train men to use was read. Aldermen David O'Hara, C F. French' and Kenneth Perry were appointed a special committee to confer with , Miss Sally Bush to learn her attitude toward Inclusion in the city's postwar plans of work on the 37 acres of Bush's pasture which eventually will become city park and playground. The property was left to the city for that purpose In 1917 by Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Bush, with the provision that Miss Sally Bush hold a life. Interest 'therein. Be cause it is . the v largest '.piece of park and playground' land the city is likely to own at the close of the war, Alderman A. H. Gille in a resolution, adopted by the council last night has suggested that plans for its adaption to such use be made a city postwar pro ject. : ' j The council will approve the change In the city building code necessary to allow the erection of a temporary frame "hat ea the courthouse grounds facing High street. It indicated Monday night after Lather 1 Cook appeared for the f our sponsor big veterans' groups te explain that the b would be si- tractive, be painted white and would as an Infor- for servieemen. No other ties In the city eoald quite so well meet the needs,' he declared, explaining that cost of construction, main tenanee and operation would be paid by the sponsoring organi sations. The question of the building as well as that of the railroad "stop' signs drew argument and neither passed unanimously. Some , citi zens have objected to placing; of a shack on the courthouse grounds near the present "victory center," Alderman 1. F. LeGarie said, ; ahd Alderman A, H. GiUe joined him in expressing .the be lief that other places tor the ser vice might be secured. The .two had taken opposite sides of the traffic question earlier in the eve ning, uuie holding out for re moval of the signs on Center, and Chemeketa. -, y; " v r An ordinance adopting the! tel nunmr would be used ephone company's new franchise.; was given first and second read ing and returned to the public utilities committee ' for negotia tion. - - nia individuals $470,000,000, In cluding $235,000,000 In series E; corporations $495,000,000. - Washington $105,000,000 $64,- 000,000, $123,000,000. : ' i Oregon $34,000,000, $33,000,- 000, $59,000,000. ? y - f Idaho $18,000,000, $10,000,000, $12,000,000. I r&X- ( 1 V'-, L f?r rX U 5 DAYS iONI, suruns FRIDAY. Ccntincota Pre cxicre Easasencnt. "-. R iA 1 L3 ,.T7 u Examinations for Jobs With State Set May 6 Merit system examinations . xor several permanent positions.' with the' state unemployment compen sation commission : will be held here Mayi 6, commission officials announced Monday. . ' Positions Include field deputy, assistant accountarit, rcierk-typist and clerk-stenographer. Beginning pay ranges from $90 to $173 a month. Veterans preference will be allowed . for those eligible, to take the 'tests.- "--liy-- r-v High school students In the sen ior, .class will be admitted to the stenographic examinations penomg tneir . graauauorv D'ies investigator Asks Hllltlian for HeCOroS WASHINGTON May XrUPf-K Dies comihittee lnvestgjlrailBDb4xThe hour of tte .sexvlces at Ar- subpoenaihad been served on Sid- ney-fiiUman of the CIO boliticaf action committee requiring him to produce financial records of me organization. Stripling said HiTIman's ap pearance! before the house com mittee to' investigate un-American activities : beaded by Rep. Dies (D-Tex, is set for May 8. 1! I Marilyn i1 Maxwell V LENA HORNE: Wm. Gar ran Nat- Pendleton Kay Kyser and his Orchestra v COMPANION FEATURE ," V "--TA,. -..jr- .-.': : Mysteryl Murder! Thrills! for Yon IS yJ with FRANK ALBERTSON and RUTH TERRY Last limes Today "Guadalcanal Diary with Preston Foster Xloyd Nolan I f9) GI1EAT FEST EDIT FEATttllES ih trite Ml! Uimih ; ; When a blond bomb k J aholl turna battling lumberjack in a L . . t uiuuvi war mm tmr roaring action and racy romance! - 4. ::JA. CO-ATTRACTION FOT The Screen's J H -Knox Buried In Arlington B (Continued from Page 1) B the funeral services at the Mount Pleasant 'Congregational church and by Prime Minister Winston Churchill in a message to Presi dent Roosevelt i ; . . i - The pastor gave the thanks; of the nation that it had hAL "the dauntless spirit which never quesHpromote old age pension legisla- tioned cost to self," 4 leader who died while toiling to help "win the greatest war. f;L -V' : ;?. y r The i prime ' minister,- speaking for himself and his majesty's gov ernment,' said ' that no one could have been more "helpful in all our difficult times than was this dis tinguished - American statesman I and war administrator." . . . 1 lington was remembered out -on the sea fronts. The hundreds of thousands of navy men for whom andsof wfisnt Knox was ?he boss" held services wherever combat did not Intrude. Britain's navy, too remembered flags were at mourning position on the masts of her warships.. ! Knox, 70 - years old; - died last Friday after. a series' af heart at- Slurb TODAY i Dance! Sing! li's Joyous! The Professor Wmself hep and pep! Ho v e 1 y Marilyn Maxwell verve and curve! With a grand cast of , fun makers, music-makers In a jamborei of joy and jive! BAY KYSEH 1 Victor Moore . -William Gaxton la The Heat's On V ' f tr K f ruamX TtiXxo. Tnner Sanctum Mystery ,-. Gillis Receives Toimsend Postv At the state-wide convention of ; Oregon Townsend clubs held, in Portland' Suhday.l Joseph . Harvey of a - council 0 j nine members. George C Gfllis i of Satan and Glenn. Wright of Grantsass are the other two Oregoa" represen tatives on r regional . committee to tion- In the west.! One hundred thirty six of the a50 people in attendance weue vot ing delegates. Roy Lt Hewitt of Salem and Judge Walter I Tooze of Portland addressed the group. , LThe delegates favored the .propos ed state constitutional amendment providing for a sales tax to finance pld, age pensions. j-',,- Continuous from 1 P. M. ' Hon Shbnicg! ' Cns cf ths Scresa's V A ti er). NANCY COLEMAN MARY BOLAND FOX NEWS C05IING SOONI -. CAGIIEY FBISCO mo ii TwTrrrriouswTtrTHcT? WTTS Opens 6:45 P. M. - Last Times Tddayl Bette Dtvis "Old Acquaintance Mickey Rooney Andy Hardy's .Double Life" TOiionnou! : Thrills . . . And Fun! Fun - Co-iUt! LiiSa-KAOf ! to--.-', h ., g ' Ht Wif Wfi m ' - Opens :4$ P. M. - . Ends today L ; Humphrey Bogart . ! -; "CKJME SCHOOL" konald Keagaa. GtBXS ON PROBATION TOiionnou! Robert Taylor 'Perib cf the Northwest Ilonated 1. 1 I : ' . 'Muwsssui.si) mjo awiii nJP .jusmw wmivc IXuslcal Co-Hit! 'Tifly lis Brian " Dosdevy ' r f CO-lu t: l I