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t-
Lieutenant General Patton, re
'torccUto active duty with troop
. after hi misadventure in Sicily
.with a disabled soldier, sounds off
In a disturbing manner in Eng-
lana-wnen at the opening el a
. service club he declared that Brit-
. ain and the - United States are
i destined to rule the world. That
was the way the first report read,
.but Russia was added in later re-
. ports. At any rate the general was
. preaching "manifest destiny" for
. the present congregation of pow
ers. .:. C,.: : -V.-:
- Public reaction in this coun
try was swift and condemnatory.
It was in .truth a : most unfor-
. lunate remark, and the war de-
:, partment promptly and pointedly
stated that Patton was expressing
- his own views, not those of the
J war .department." '
: s Such a' remark has the : effect
of making the enemy fight all the
harder by using : the general's
words to reinforce the warning
- that allied victory means slavery
for the' axis peoples. Of course we
' are fighting for no such objective.
The United States, has no ambi
tion to "rule the world ' either
- aione or in concert, we preier
, our' own independence Supple-
men ted with cooperation for main'
' taining peace in the world, not for
: dominating other peoples.
' The Sicily incident revealed Gen.
.' Patton as emotionally I unstable.
. The remark in England shows that
: he is (continued on editorial page)
House Passes
NewTaxPlan
, WASHINGTON, May 5
. Spurred by the national outcry
against the Intricacy and confusion
. of wartime 'taxation, the house
passed . unanimously today a 'bill
I designed to relieve some 30,000,
- AOA f ih Sn AAA AAA anVAr tt
. thm nit nf mmnntin. (l
'tax returns. I
r The vote was 358 to 0. th first
time In the memory of house vet-
rn. tht 4.x t,iii r. with-1
out a dissenting voice.
;) This ' action shuttled the tax
Simplification legislation to thel
senate where- ..Chairman - George
(D-Ga) of- the f inance committee
- predicted eany approval.
; - Thesfreamliner would: "'
1." Scrap the two-year-old "vic
tory" tax and set new normal and 1
surtax rates and exemptions while
keeping actual ' tax burdens near
present levels..
2. Change the withholding levy
against wages end salaries effec-
.tive next January . 1 to deduct
Unaiiimoiisly
currently the full tax liability of P"Pa oaiem cnaner amena
nersons earnins? un to sSOOO thus ment- "cannot be a dictator,"
removing the necessity for 30,000-
, 000 persons to compute formal re-
: turns. . ; , ,
3. Of the 20,000,000 who stiU
; would be required to file returns,
v 10,000,000 (those earning less than
$5000 but with income other than
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f
Britain Gets
Silver! Bullion
WASHINGTON, May 5-UP)
The senate heard today that under
lend-lease the United States has
shipped silvpr bullion to Great
Britain for ininting into coin, but
Sen. Connahy (D-Tex), foreign
relations chairman explained that
the British have agreed to repay
the loan after the war.
' Sen. Taft (R-Ohio) had asked
Conn ally whether silver or gold
had been transferred to other na -
tions under lend-lease. The Texan
said he didn't know the amount of
bullion lentj the British,' but that
coins minted were, for use In the
near east. .
Althoughj the house-approved
bill to extend the lend-lease au
thority for! another year beyond
June 30 is expected to encounter
comparatively ; little senate oppo
sition, final) action on it was post
poned until Monday . when Sen.
Ellender (D-La) and several oth
ers asked more time for study.
Portugal May Stop
v Shipping to Nazis
t0S?3,-Mar .T"
expected itt London tonight that
Portugal soon would fall In line
behind Turkey and Spain in cur
tailing metals shipments to Ger
many as Britain, , backed by . the
United States, put pressure on her
oldest ally to halt or reduce wolf-
' ram exports to ine reicn.
The German radio also forecast
: an early decision on the matter.
reporting there was "a;ertain
tension in Lisbon from which it
may be tafcen that important de
cisions are pending.1
ijreuil itroup bnaorsCS
Cbuncil-Manac
,. , 'v --;:;
The Salem Credit association
idopted a resolution endorsing the
proposed council-manager form contribution to essential agricui
cf city government at its meeting tural, war production or war-sup-Triday
noori The vote was unan- porting activities." , " ;
IiLMTY-TimiD YEAB
Allies
.1 .' J" - V1 -""-'i. '"
Iii India
..... i .
Attack
Stil well Forces ;
Trap Japanese
Burma Garrison
By RAY CRONIN
Associated Press Pacific War Editor
Launching of a general allied
offensive against the Japanese
in the Kohima sector of least
era India and the trapping of a
Nippon garrison in northern
Burma were officially announc-
iate Friday.
On the other wing of the Pa
cific-Asiatic war "theater, Ameri
can i planes hammered Japanese
island positions,' including a ma
jor naval base in the Kuriles.
In India strong British and
Indian forces In the Kohima
area started a general, drive
against the Invaders and were
making "satisfactory progress."
American - trained Chi nese
troops of - the Stilwell command
drove ' through and beyond the
town of Inkangahtwawn, north
ern Burma.' They outflanked the
enemy and trapped a. Japanese
garrison of undetermined size.
Farther south, Stil well's ad
vance units shoved forward te
within SO miles of Mogaong,
their Immediate objective an
the Burma railway. '
. It appeared that the expected
Japanese smash in India's Imphal
sector had not developed.
In the north and central Pact
c regions, some 2000 miles apart,
American planes continued their
ttacKl Japanese.
Night-flying Bavy ; bombers
registered their twenty-seventh
raid ef the war an the Farama
shlre naval base la the Kuriles.
Their bomfo started, major fires
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or
Facts About
Gtv
er
T city manager, under the
Mayor I. M. Dough ton declared
Friday in answer to criticism
stemming from the measure's op
position and from misunderstand
ing jOf It '.: - : i
Some have the conception," he
said, "that its only purpose is to
provide some local politician with
a lucrative office and to build up
a political machine. Others think
this proposed change is designed
for the purpose-of setting up an
autocrat or dictator. Both these
conceptions are erroneous.
"The city manager can pass no
laws . . as under our present
form, the city council will exer
cise all ' legislative functions of
the city and will levy the . taxes
for the city
Primarily," Dough ton declared
in a prepared statement, "the' city
manager is the business manager
of the city. His position in. the
municipal corporation (and, the
city of Salem is a municipal! cor
poration) is similar to that of a
1 manager of a private corporation
where the board of directors! for
mulates the program and policies
of the organization and then dl
i recta the, manager: to carry out
i such program and policies . .
"Let me say right here that :
: do not have in mind any partial
lar person for' the office, and, as
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Men Over 26
win
iuay
Manas
WorkMa0otbehrafted
' By tb Associated Press i
Chances that men over 28 and
In Aeniial . war wnrlr wilt " VkJ
I drafted faded stfll further yester-
day - when Selective Service Di-
Ltwis R Hershey predicted
the pool of draft eligibles under
28 probably will last "until early
fall.- r- -
Selective service has been mak-
i big its plans in anticipation that
the under 26 group " would be
pretty well exhausted by some
u utu,.'. . t
Herthflr said in an interview a
Ba,1,UmoJ1rv owver that draft
months had not been as high as
had
been fewer rejections, among men
'
r vurrenuy, seietui-c cmw wa
a ban , against induction of men
26 and over who are ;making a
1IPAGE3
Germans Send
More Troops
T& Northland:
LONDO v,, &-JP)-The Ger
mans w ?oJ Orted tonight to
have I qj &r J00 reinforcements
into ItPiJksnmark and 30,000
inf & or. in a new eries of
(Q b Jon moves ranging.along
0 the enure western . iront
n radio commentators con-
tu A lo discuss the expected al
lied assault as being imminent.
A high percentage of seasoned
veterans was included among the
troops' rushed to the Danish and
Norwegian sectors of Germany's
western defenses, said reports re
ceived here through Stockholm.!
The Belgian news agency said
the Germans had flooded - the
coastal zone both east and west
of - Flankers,' -inundating most
roads. This flooding, the news
agency added, although undertak
en to ? check invaders, has forced
we nazis to .take special protect
ive measures with their defense
works' between the sea and the
submerged inland regions.
Especially : in the neighborhood
of Calais, Dunkerque, Gravelines
and Nieuport rising water and
displaced sands from dunes are
threatening the defense construc
tion, it was said.
The Germans announced they
were ready for assault from any
direction, drawing their latest
omen from Iceland with a report
that there was "great allied ac
tivity and large shipping concen
trations there, reinforcing the im
pression that the allies are plan
ning an invasion of Scandinavia.1
Wo
urdered
Nude Body Is
Found in Trunk
Shipped to LA
' LOS ANGELES, May M-
His curiosity aroused by a fluid
trickling onto the floor; a Rail
way Express clerk opened j
trunH in the agency office to
day and found the body of . a
woman. ' , '
The trickle was caused by
the briny melting of salt that
encased the almost nude body,
bound with torn sheets and a
woman's slip.
A 'way bill disclosed that the
trunk was, sent from Chlcage
April 30 ay a Jeha Lopes to the
: same person here. It arrived
last ..night No Chicaga ar Los
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2 Escaped Convicts
Captured in Idaho
William Joseph Sod er berg and
Lloyd Clinton Snyder, who escap
ed from the state prison annex
south! of Salem on Tuesday in
a . truck .which was later found
abandoned in Vancouver, were ar
rested Thursday night In Coeur
d'Alene, Ida., by police of that
city, 'state officers were .notified
here Friday The pair will be re
turned to Salem within the next
few days, police said; . '
13'-
10,000 US Airmen
Prisoners in Germany
STOCKHOLM, May 5-UP)-At
least : 1 0,000 American airmen are
prisoners of war in Germany, the
Scandanavian. Telegraph :' bureau
reported today in a dispatch from
Berlin. They parachuted or crash-
landed afters battles ever the reicb
and occupied territory.
ih Essential
April 8, some boards have stopped
inducting any men over 26, an
Associated Press "survey showed.
State directors in Florida, In
diana ' and Delaware said none
were : being inducted, and Rhode
Island draft officials said they did
not expect to call any over - 26
before July. New York City draft
officials said no men over 28 had
been inducted ' there since the
April 8 order except for a few
volunteers, and the Nevada state
board said it anticipated none of
the older men ' would be called
in May. , ; . - .
: The order, does not forbid in
duction of men over 26 who are
engaged in non-essential activities,
and many local boards still are
taking them. The Nebraska state
board, for instance, 'reported 10
per cent of calls since April 28
had been of men 28 or over from
non-essential work. . i
Virtually iall. the slate directors
M
Sofom. Onqoa, Soturdor
What Allied
r
if
r
The Stockholm caption accompanying this picture, supplied by the
scribes It as a view ef Berlin
prsaer plats in the southern section of Berlin. (AP Wirephoto by
British Give Gandhi
Release From Jail
i .
LONDON, Saturday. May. 8 -
and ascetic Indian Nationalist leader imprisoned 21 months ago,
was released from detention at Poona, India, this morning.
A dispatch from Poona said
general of prisons, took Gandhi
of Lady Vitall Das Thackersey,
Released
i
MOHANDAS GANDHI
China Admits
Loyang Might
Fall fo Japs (
CHUNGKING, Saturday, May 6
(AVThe Chinese high command
indirectly indicated today t h a t
Loyang, key position on the im
portant east-west railroad in Ho
nan province was in danger and
that the Japanese pincers on the
doomed Peiping-Hankow railroad
were getting closer.
In a communique reporting on
the continued fighting in Hon an.
the high command announced the
fall of Tengfeng, 30 miles south
east of Loyang, to a- Japanese
column and; further advances by
another enemy column curling to
ward the city after the capture Of
Unju which1 is about 30 miles east
by south from Loyang. -
Both j Chinese and - Japanese
planes were reported active with
Chinese operations including : an
attack, oh Sinyang, Japanese base
in southern Honan. . , :
A Chinese army spokesman said
Japanese forces . in - the " Loyang
area were seeking a "decisive bat
tle" with the Chinese in that area;
American Nations
May Form Bloc
WASHINGTON, 'May i 3 - (fl3)
The Inter-American Financial and
Economic Ad v i s ory committee
hinted today that the 21 Ameri
can, republics, including the Unit
ed States, may form a hemispher
ic trade bloc as a counter measure
if Great Britain and her domin
ions maintain an empire preferen
tial trade system.
Trade solutions must be sought
on a "more liberal and world
wide basis,; the committee said,
adding that otherwise it would be
difficult fori the American repub
lics tO give effect to liberal and
nco-cUscrirninatory trade poli-
Momlng, Mar 1SU
Bombs Have Done to Berlin
bomb damage along the Aschaffenbargerstrasse, i looking toward the
! i
(P) - Mohandaa K. Gandhi, frail
CoL M. G. Bhandari, inspector
to f'Parnakuti," palatial residence
old friend of Gandhi and widow
of ' a - Bombay merchant. ' Friends
welcomed him there. 'h 'A--
i The British government, had
announced it decided on Gandhi's
release because" of his failing
health;. . ; - . :- ;
f The. idea th in detention of Gan
dhi," leader of millions in a long
struggle for, freedom from Brit
ish domination, . would, have in
spired agitators in all parts of
India. The British action ' today
was believed taken to avert con
flict at a time when the allies are
fighting the - Japanese bitterly on
the India-Burma front
The announcement said: "In
View of medical reports of Mr.
Gandhi's health, the government
of India has decided to release
him unconditionally. This decision
has been taken solely on medical
grounds. The release takes place
at 8 ixn.' (Indian war standard
time) : today. (This is 6 JO p.m.
Friday, Pacific war time.) ,
j The 74-year-old Hindu, whose
flair tor the theatrical carried him
through nine fasts since 1918, was
imprisoned for .the sixth time in
August, 1942, j after political ac
tivity which the British regarded
as hampering India's resistance to
Japan. He was " confined j in the
Aga Khan's ornate palace at Poo
na, near Bombay. : . f
-f .Early this April it was announc
ed Gandhi was suffering, from
malaria and was weak, and in the
following weeks he grew worse.
Five days ago he was said to be
improving, and it was announced
no further bulletins would be is
sued . unless necessary, but two
days later the Bombay govern
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Oregon Cools
Off Slowly
r ' n-r th Associated Press
! Western Oregon, sweltering in
mid-summer temperatures for the
last three days, breathed more
easily today as the mercury hov
ered around 70. -
1 Portland, which recorded an 88
degree high yesterday, and' Salem,
whose maximum "was 85, both re
ported mid-afternoon readings of
only 73 degrees. .
Brush fires which, broke out in
Lane and : Multnomah' counties,
eating through" 160 'acres and 'de
stroying a farm house in the Vida
district, - were checked by forest
and logging crews. Railroad work
ers halted a blaze in the Klam
ath. Indian reservation after, it
covered a mile of young pine and'
reproduction i timber. ' - 1 -. !
, The heaf wave still clung to
eastern Oregon, where Pendleton
recorded an unofficial estimate of
84 degrees. Klamath Falls record
ed 78 a degree below: yesterday.
Saleih Stores to dose'
July 4, T.Icmcrial Day
Salem retail' establishments will
close their doors ,for the observ
ance of Memorial day. Tuesday,
May 30,-and for the celebration f
Independence 'day, July 4, direc--iors
of the city's retail trade bu
Swedish picture magaslne Se, de
radio from Stockholm)
House Orders
Wardj.Qieck-up
By 300-60 Vote
WASHINGTON, , May 5-(P)-By
a thumping 300 to 60 tote, the
house today, authorized an Inves
tigation of . the government's seiz
ure of .the. labor-embattled Mont
gomery Ward plant in Chicago. ).
A resolution creanng a seven-
man, committee to determine
whether. President Roosevelt ex
ceeded his authority was, jammed
through with only the staunchert
administration "supporters in op-.
pofiyonr; ..v: j- : 1 1
..' The republicana jroted " solidly
for the 'inquiry, which , will run
concurrentlywith anothei by the
senate already-underway: Demo
cratic lines broke and 118 joined
the GOP. in. favor of the probe.
. i Backers of "the proposal, draft
ed by Rep. Dewey (R-I11) sharply
criticized the president, the war
labor board and Attorney , General
Biddle. They, contended that the
Ward plant lis not a war factory
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Highly-Secret
Rocket Amis
WmtieMdde
WASHINGTON, May j S -VP)
Military plans for rash pradtfe-
, tion et newly-developed, hichly-
secret rocket weapons were re-
vealed today and eontTesstonal
. leaders premised speedy action ;
to previde the necessary funds.;
;A hanselnaval eesamittee re-f
. port said the armed forces plan!
to spend $35,MO,SO0 fer expand-;
ed mannf setare ef the weapons
beeanse ef ; "great demand' for
them. - .1 'I-
Ne details aboot the guns ar:
their methed af. operation were
centained in the report,!
The committee recemmeaded
appropriation af 65,00,0t far
naval ordnance and included a
" statement from ' the navy ' that
815,008,000 would be used along:
with $20,800,000 already . set
aside' toy the army: for ; the .
rocket weapons. :,. v !.. - ' i
MayQiieen Crown ingSet
For 1:30 This Afternoon
Marjory Maulding of Silverton
will be crowned queen of the 32th
annual Willamette university May
weekend today-at coronation cer-
emonies which will begin at 150
pjn. Mis Maulding f will be
crowned by ' Harriet XI o n r o e ,
queen of the 1943 May weekend,
who arrived on thel campus Fri
day .from Syracuse university in
New York i where she has been
taking graduate work. '.
. The coronation to which the
public Is' Invited will be held on
the f east la wn of , the "campus jn
the' traditional setting -? Richard
Wicks,' chairman fori the weekend,
will give a brief welcome before
the entrance oi Miss Monroe and
Queen Marj ory. ; lie arrival of
both will be heralded by trumpet
ers and announcing Miss llauld
ing's entrance - will, be a male
quartet ' . . '
Following the coronation the
university chorus will sing "Eal-
.1 -f
Prlcfj 5c
Allied.-.,
Wreck
Bam im
Planes Over
Europe Again
This Morning
' LONDON, Saturday, May -(fl5)
Waves ef allied planes
droned hick in the spriar sky
as Londoners went to work to
day and a few minutes later
axis radios begs. leaviaa the
air," indicating new blows en
the continent, r ' !
LONDON, May 5 -Wh Hun
dreds .pf US Liberators and al
lied planes smashed the French
Calais - anti-invasion defenses
and strings of freight cars on
rail feeder lines behind it today
and .Mediterranean bombers in
a 'spectacular stroke cracked
the great Pescara danr. amid
German lines in Italy' and at
tacked two Romanian rail centers.
The axis-controlled Paris and
Laxemboarg radios shat dawn
tonight, indicating a resamptioa
t allied night activity aver the
continent.
British-based allied planes de
livered four sharp cross-channel
punches in the four hours before
9:30 am, before a gale temporar
fly halted the systematic destruc
tion of Germany's coastal fortifi
cations and supporting traffic
routes." .t J::CtV, ! 4 i- :'
J Fear German tighten w era
shot dowa by Canadian Spitfire
pilots and one Spitfire . was
missing eat of several hundred
allied sorties flown daring the
- day , i - t . '
Canadian manned - Mosquito
bombers L onj;. an offensive . patrol
over northern France .tonight at
tacked and-severely damaged sev
eralT parked enemy aircraft, an
RCAF communique said. - , '
' The allies have attacked aver
It axis rail jnnettons In a little ,
mora than twa months, ripping !
eat great - sections af 'second
front trackage, wrecking rail
ing stock and destroying repair '
shops so vital to Germany's
overworked transport system
'which is about to face Its great
est test. v. -- -The
multiple blows by the al
lied Mediterranean force followed
an attack Thursday night on Hun
gary's capital at Budapest and an
assault the night before on Bucha
rest, i Romanian , capital. German
broadcasts : said the raids on . Ro
mania today touched off sharp
Combats between defending Ger
man fighters and American bomb
ers. It I ! " ;
Siamese Twins Die
Early This Morning
PHOENIXVTLLE, Pa, May 8
(J?) - The Stierly Siamese twins,
born last Sunday to a 24-year-old
Widow, died at 12:10 a. m. (EWT)
today. ; - - ::r 'v-r. :;V; v
Hope that the tiny blonde girls
might survive was given up by
physicians soon after their birth.
Dn r "3.- FJmer ; Gotwals, chief
physician at Phoenfxville hospi
tal, said .death was almost simul
taneous, 'although Joyce, larger of
the twins, may have died a few
minutes before Sandra, the small
er. -J ."- f " v - '
sung.ty Corydon Blodgett, Willa
mette graduate. The musical num
ber is directed and produced by
Dean Melvin Geist and : Maurice
LBrennan. One of the biggest mo-
merits in the coronation program
will be the announcement by the
queen of the winners of the inter
sorority song contest held during
the Friday chapel program. Last
number ' on the program is the
May Pole dance performed fby
women of the junior class. V (
The guests will be privileged to
attend a special public inspection
and review of the university naval
V-12 ' training unit immediately
following the coronation. The in
spection. will be held on Sweet
land field. Spectators have been
asked to cooperate by sitting In
the grandstand where the queen
w&I be seated. The new battalion
and company flags will be flown
as well as the national colors.
Social events of the day will be
BoiinibeF
Pe
gcarai
Air War
Great Walls j
Of Water Roar
Toward Nazis:,
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Naples, I May 5 -AJPy- American H
and British dive bombers in a
notable coup cracked open the
huge. Pescara dam in Italy this
afternoon, releasing a .great
wall of flood water which
threatened to engulf . German
strongholds near the : Adriatic .
coast and 1 sweep away, bridges
vital to: axis military traffic! in
that long-stalemated sectorh l
American heavy bombers at
the same time blasted axis rail s
yards at Floestl and - Turna-
Severin , in Roman U after RAF '
night bombers had east block
bnster explosives an the Rakes
railyards in Budapest I one
af the i. bottlenecks af German .
supply for the Russian front.
The US heavyweights also ' at
tacked Podgorica In Yugoslavia,
site of a big German garrison.!
- Mustang and Kittyhawk fighter-bombers
with American pilots
in the vanguard made the attack
on the Pescara dam near Torre de
Passeri, 19 miles up the Pescala
river from the port of the same
name an the Adriatic side of the
Italian' peninsula opposite Rome.
; The i stroke ranked spectac
nlarly with the RAFs saecess
fal attack last year an the
Mohjw dans fat Germany. . :
" The Pescara dam's Iron sluice
gates were ripped apart by 'under
water explosions fr'om'bombs in a
20-minute attack. Hl'-'p-r' fe
As the last allied fliejejeft .the
scene a high, wall of water i fol
lowed by five even higher! waves
already was a mile' downstream,
rushing swiftly toward German
occupied Italian cities and axis
defenses erected opposite the Bri
tish eighth army lines in the
Orton sector, 10 miles below the
port of Pescara. ; 1
Nazis Declare
Reds Massing
For New Drive
LONDON, Saturday, May HP)
The " soviet high command an
nounced last night that Russian
naval and airunits had sunk five
more axis ships near besieged
Sevastopol in the Crimea, and the
Germans declared the red army
had deployed men . and equipment
'on an enormous" scale'' in old
Poland for a new I smash on , the
main invasion path to Berlin. -;
Berlin, reports relayed through
Stockholm said the red army had
amassed huge numbers of (troops
in the vicinity of Kowel. 170 miles
southeast of Warsaw in Poland, j
and also near Kolomyja, 30 miles "
southeast of Stanislawow near the i
Old Czech" border. ; ' j:
A midnight soviet- bulletin said;
300 Germans had been killed in
a two-hour battle yesterday south-
east of Stanislawow and that 600
Hungarians had surrendered in
the last ' ten days, p . , . !
While this fighting was only of
a local nature, -. a Russian Tass
agency military commentator said
these sectional struggles which
have been proceeding ever since
mid-April were significant j. be
cause of strategic railways in that '
part of former Poland. !'
Although the Russian nightly
war bulletin made no mention of
ground,, fighting at Sevastopol, a '
correspondent with the red army
said the Soviets were "burning
and squeezing the - enemy out of
nearly impregnable stone nests." .
Cbf C Seeks ;
New Bridge
Representatives of the : Salem
chamber of commerce will urge .
constructic4i ' of a new j bridge
across the Willamette river here
when they appear before the state
highway .commission which meets '
in Portland Tuesday and Wednes
day, May 8 and 10. ;y .f-'Vi' t-f '
5. Improvement - of the Santiam "
highway j between Niagara . and
Detroit will also be sought by the
Salem delegation.'!'. ' ,: '
The present hridge over : the
Willamette is inadequate; under ;
present -traffic conditions 1 and
should be replaced with a wider '.
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