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PAGE TWO Ih, OBIGOH STATESMAN. Satan. Oregon, yftiamiat Morula May 24. 1S44 TV - ice Hall in Canada; ie r ire ruts uan At Least 4 D l'. HAMILTON, OnU Wednesday, May 24 -JP)- A flash fire swept .through - a -crowded - -dance hall her at midnight' last night and .two hourf later hospital attendant said they believed Mat least four or 1 five" were dead, with more bodies probably still in the ruins, ,. , . " About 00 other persons were In "the general hospitalwhere vir tually all the injured were taken 'and it was said a number were : '"in very grave condition, : " It seemed the death toll would be higher. ' Firemen searching through the i still smoking remains of the build- mg, said they feared the number of dead might be: as hlgh'as ten. : All the injured rwere identified as Hamilton -residents. - Scores of persons were reported to have Jumped" from second or third story "windows as the blaze ' swept through the Moose dance hall at the corner of Wilson and Cathcart streets while some 100 dancers were In the building. Many ryere badly burned be fore they managed to get out. Others suffered j broken bones in their leaps to safety. Still others . suffered from the effects of smoke. Dr. M. G Brown,, medical sup erintendent at the General hos pital termed the blaze "the worst disaster this hospital has ever had . to ; cope with." ; Not a bed was empty at the hos ' pital before the fire, crowded through normal illnesss among Hamilton's war swollen popula tion. The frame hall was destroyed ' by the blaze, which broke out at . i ; miangro ana spread so quicuj 111. J VM. .mmmmrsrm " ' mained. Texas Demos Split in Two A (Continued from Page I) A temporary chairman did net Join the bolt ' Johnson, however, confer red frequently with pro - Roosevelt leaders during the off -shoot ses sion. Governor Thomas E. Dewey, meantime, picked up still more delegate support for the republi can presidential nomination. MarylaaeTs It plumped Into the Dewey eelamn of pledged or claused votes whea the state re yablleaa convention adopted resolatloa recommending that' the delega-Uea support the New York seyeraor. Technically, the delegation will go unpledged sine this was the decision of the voters la th , presidential pref erence primary la which Dewey was not a candidate. Maryland's 16 raised the Dewey total to 37 J with 530 convention votes required to nominate. A factional ! republican fight de veloped in Georgia, resulting in two separate conventions yester day and rival delegations to the national convention. One group instructed 14 delegates for Dewey. Th other chose four uninstructed delegates-at-large. The issue be- ' tween the groups was reported to be solely the question Of control of the stat party, v Texas republicans, in . conven tion, voted to send an uninstructed delegation of 33 to the. national convention, end the delegates in caucus agreed to depart from the unit rule, v ; Prospects were that in the ear lier national convention balloting I the vote would be split between Dewey and Governor John W. i Bricker of Ohio, a speaker at the Texas convention.' Big Change Set for Radio E (Continued from Page 1) E swer radio speakers who raise political or public issues. 3. limit radio stations to the use of 50-000 watts for broadcast ing, except for experiment - ' 4. Prohibit stations from collect ing for time allotted to discussion of religious, educational or public controversial issues. - - Starts Tonight UOT9 UZUl.4 JACX CAkSON ! and t Will Osborne and Tils Orchestra Jhcmie lAmctloTa and Ills Orchestra. PLUS .-. .;. " ; Ciincy. Toler -, ' ON the HOME FROITT By QAZn. CTTTT.ni The lads in the statehouse press room are worried about the ap parent duplication special days." What they really want to know is this: Are the kids going to buy them neckties for Poppy day and again for Fathers day? Nazis Gloomy On Invasion C (Continued, from Page 1) C passenger trains were cancelled as ; time tables thronghont the country were pat on a virtual day-to-day basis to facilitate movement of troops. . Invasion was mentioned in the house of commons as being immi nent although it was done in the restrained language of officialdom. Asked about the clothing to be provided discharged soldiers. War Secretary Sir James Grigg" re plied that all such matters had to be planned "consistent with pre paring for future operations which are now imminent The English channel , again saw pre-battle skirmishing, the Germans reporting two attacks by British motor torpedo boats on German ships, and the na sis continued their almost night ly spy-raids oa British coastal areas. The tightness of Britain's defenses was reflected by last night's toll of six German planes. While Gen. Eisenhower has ap pealed to Europe's patriots to be ready to act as guides for- allied troops, the German radio re vealed today that the only road signs left in France are in code. "France," the radio said, "is like a steel hedgehog now, with forti fied villages, barricaded roads and soldiers everywhere.7 Chinese Cut Burma Road F (Continued from Page 1) F Berth the Chinese reported con tinued attacks on enemy forces surrounded at two points north of the Burma road at Chai kungtang and Tatangtza, where Japanese supplies were de scribed as "critically low." On the Myitkyina front 90 miles to the west in Burma heavy monsoon rains again - delayed al lied operations aimed ; at finally reducing the base, the Chinese announced. Ob the Mogaang valley Chi nese treops repulsed renewed! Japanese attempts to reinforce unit isolated la Warong-, So miles northwest of Myitkyina, (In the Imphal area of India, 220 miles west of Myitkyina, there were indications that the Japan ese had received some reinforce ments, especially in the Bishen-l-ur sector, and were trying to re gain the initiative, said the allied southeast Asia command com munique, Issued at Kandy, Cey lon.) County Plans for War Chest Drive V Representatives from different sections of the county met last night at the United War Chest of fice and organized the Marion County War Chest in preparation for the annual war chest ; cam paign next fall. The organization will be incorporated with direc tors chosen from all parts of the County. The plan of campaign will be the same as formerly with local committees or organi zations in each district Temporary officers named last night are: Ronald Jones, , Brooks, president; S. Parzy Rose, Aurora, first vice president; Walter Bell, Stayton, second vice president; H. L. Braden, Salem, secretary; Guy Hickok, Salem, treasurer. rraTiTi . OPENS 6:45 P.M. NOW! .Thrilling 8ags of the Sabs! . ) A f Technicolor lyrcss Power "Crai Dive" Ann Baxter Dana Andrews Co-HlU Riding Tha I; Hljh Trcdlal J VOL i Community -Cannery to Continue Salem's community cannery, which last year held the state rec ord with cheapest operating cost per canned unit yet produced the second , largest pack in the state. will operate again this year. Con tinuance of I the cannery project was voted by Salem school direct ors Tuesday inlght In a brief ses sion preceding the school budget meeting - . Four; teacher vacancies were filled at the meeting, Jud Beards- ley's bid of $934 for re-roofing the east whig of the administration building was accepted, final pay ment on the! 1934 bond Issue for Englewood and Highland addi tions was made, and the list of 368 members of this year's Salem high school senior class was ap proved for graduation. A full list of the class members appears on page 7 of today's Statesman. The, board also approved re placement of present accoustieal work on the ceiling of Leslie jun ior high school auditorium with foot - squareblocks. Material re moved l&omi the auditorium will be used in hallways of the build ing. The board authorized the call ing of bids on the Job and gave the buildings and grounds committee power to act , j Supt Frank B. Bennett was au thorized to attend the National Ed ucation association meeting In Pittsburgh, Pa, in Jury. ; Assignments of two of th four teachers to whom the board is proffering contracts are still in definite, Ruth M. Peterson, now at Junction City, and Amanda J. Hargis of Carlyle, Ia will teach in the elementary schools. In the senior high school, Mrs. Ruth Sny der is to substitute the remainder of the year for Muriel Wilson, who is on leave because of Illness. Mrs. Pauline Cohen, appointed earlier this year to substitute for a teach er on military leave, will continue to teach, commercial subjects next year. I t 4?- Senator Asks 1 If fads Get :i Yank Cruiser 1 WASHINGTON. Mar 2S-UPI Sen. Bridges (R-NH) asserted tn. day thai the Russian government nas violated tits agreements for international I collaboration, and demanded tof know whether ' an American cruiser had been, trans ferred to the; Soviets "as part of our paicnworx poucy of appeas ing Russia." ? - -' . 'S ' " -1 "Reports have reached me that one or njore units of the American navy have been transferred ta Russia,' th New Hampshire sen ator tol the senate. "I have heard of one Darticular cruiser and at tempts have been made to seek eiiner a confirmation or a denial of this information which has been Siaris f ; A - K m $7 I FROM PABX: BENCH V ? Tcaay to the lap of a I LUXURY TN ONE JUMPI ' X ! Avon ue 6 hi" ' ; I J with :- ' ' . Walter ConnoHy Veree Toasdale I J Tim Holt Kathryn Adams' vtvs Acnou oBii bandied about among many peo ple for the past few days. Bridges said he was heartuVlh favor tof . lend-lease operations which sent ' tanks, planes, guns, ammunition, food and other m re plies to Russia, but added that the transfer of any part of th navy ."is a wholly, different story. : President' Roosevelt announced seyeral weeks ago . that Russia would be assigned shins eauival- ent to one-third of the number bf vessels seized when the allies took over the Italian navy. Rep. Hebert (D-La), a member of-, the house ' naval affairs com mittee, told ; the house that this country has not turned over any of its fighting ships to Russia. He said . he received the information from Navy Secretary Forrestal. State Agencies Urged to Save More Gasoline ;' A saving of 40 per cent in gas oline consumption in 1944, when tempered with the usage in 1941 was urged upon state agencies at a meeting here Tuesday attend ed by elective heads of all state departments and two representa tives of the federal mileage ra tioning board. ; Representing the federal agen cy were Ed W. Eggen and J. Jesse McNeil, both of Portland. ; It was pointed out at the meet ing that the present gasoline sav ing by Oregon state agencies Is approximately 19 per cent when compared with the 1941 figures. Office of price control officials said the demand for gasoline by Ithe military forces is increasing as me war progresses and that by mid-summer the civilian supply probably will be at its lowest lev el. I State officials agreed to co operate wholeheartedly with the federal agency representatives and it was decided to create a ra tioning committe composed of elective officials who will work hand in hand with Floyd Cook, state government mileage admin istrator. ;: Cook said he was certain that the further reduction in gasoline use, asked by the federal officials, would be accomplished. The ra tioning committee will be ap pointed later. I Officials also were told that the tire schedule for 1944, on a na tional basis, would be 8,000,000 less than in 1941. Five Counties Send: tn Complete XturpsJ - Official canvass of the votes at the recent primary election got under way here Tuesday in the state election bureau. Five coun ties had reported their returns up to last Tuesday. . Officials estimated that ' it would require a month to com plete the canvass. f.lcrris-Ifclly -EJfcrjj' Created Jet Sxryw KzZsszi Allies Launch Tyih Drives : For Rome n (Continued from Page 1) n - terns en . the " ancient Appian Way. Dan'tel de Lace of the As sociated Press wrote from a for ward field post: Trained especially with tanks for the past month, the doughboys swarmed across the .flat "green no-man's ! land in the wake of scores of Shermans, their guns blasting German foxholes and weapon pita at point-blank range. With a -heavy advantage in armor and artillery, the cooped up beach head troops went into battle vow ing they would fight through Id Rome before they finished, h "Despite scattered cloads sad a low mist which combined with the smoke from guns and chem ical machines to reduce ; visi bility to less than a mile, allied planes flew la at almost straf ing height to bomb the en- trenched enemy Cisternal is at about the center of the beachhead perimeter and on the Appian Way. main munications - route for: all Ger man forces in the Terraclna area. When today's assault beean al. lied lines jwere approximately a mue ana a halt from the town. Veteran American infantry men and; hundreds of armored vehicles smashed directly at th smoke-shronded German defea ses there 'after massed artillery had laid down a half -hoar bar rage and light bombers had rained' explosives: on forward enemy targets. British tommies, sutnorted fcv the fire of American warships offshore, stormed into German positions along Moleta creek, northwest of Anzio and directly toward some. At the first light of dawn fiiehts of - Boston bombers swooped low over a large concentration of en emy troops north of Cistema, showering them with fragmenta tion and smoke bombs. Later, be tween 500 and 750 Flying Fort resses and Liberators rained de struction on enemy concentrations at Nenu, nine miles north of the beachhead and 15 miles south east of Rome, and other' vital points in a 50-mile radius of the Italian capital. Although they started today's big attack only 24 miles apart, a quick junction between the fifth army troops on the beachhead and American forces thrusting along the coastal end of the main front appeared improbable. Between them lie the flooded Pontine marshes, where, the sfoinff ia likelv to .be very slow, Whatever the state of enemy .resistance. ; - MATINEE STARTS ! - II0U PL A SLZZUNG I. Agcdnst a Savacje , ' ' I Sj ? Fo They Lead . Tlie Way For : All Woman Of ; The United , : ;V j v Volunteera! ?Sw C They Loved Life -; ;v ; ' and the 1 1 - , Same ManI ; 'n , . mm mi fr:.: : ( fmi-smiii-Be;;iEiM V- l FAY EJUHTER UAXSRA EOMT ) ELLA FJLf:iS FENCES (MS If nX litis CEATEER IS3L-; ( tzimt ism- j SBrifMs7l fi'- - I " -V ' Sorsoa Play Y i " 'S. . PauiOsborn : I rfaaoiUsoatrPlayky I 1 f Aflan a Konward I ' - ' Dtrectod by '; I I RICHARD THORPE ! : Prodtteotfay 5 .- EDWIN KNOPF - I! ' r n "Tr 1 ! iVi 1 - r.i o . w m v : , rt t Fins! Lowell Thcscr 7li the Latest Newsl . larcslca Eoablaa Scenes from Anzlo . . P-51 Crossea ; Cocntry tx 64 Honrs! T Budae Group Sets Net Levy Ai$401,968 B (Continued from Page 1) B for instruction-supervision work; an increase of $8,51 over; the pre vious year.. This ': figure .includes salaries of principals, ofilce.assls tants in the schools, supervisors of work in the over-all program, supplies: and other miscellaneous items connected jwith this work, The instruction Item of $383,827 represents -the largest increase--$27,898 over that of th current year. Practically the whole amount represents increases in salary -to teachers, in accordance jwith the action taken by j the school , board in March to increase the salary schedule of all teachers approxi mately $180. . . I L Maintenance and repairs are set at $38,509, an Increase of $9,813 over the preceding year, j Most of this . increase, too, is salary in creases to janitors and other em ployees, to bring their salaries to a par with the minimum wage of the labor scale, j . . I The budget f of auxiliary agen cies is set at $34,311 8,000 for health work, $lli535 for transpor tation needs, $14,778 for j recrea tion facilities, but nothing; for the cafeterias which Safe self-supporting. The net increase in this item of $7,191 ' comes almost j wholly from the improved facilities plan ned for tiie summer recreation program. The city ! of Salem mat ches funds with the school; district on this item. i Fixed charges have been alloca ted $5,146, a decrease of $1800 from last year. Capital outlays are set at $17,004, a decrease of $4,000 from last year.! The emergency fund has been reduced front $30, 000 to $10,000. Some $20,000, allo cated in the 1943-44 budget far war emergencies! have been omit ted from the proposed budget Superintendent Frank Bennett estimated that the bonded issues now outstanding; would bd retired at the end of five years at the cur rent rate. j j I . ' The citizens' committee Is com posed of Frank Spears, William L. Phillips, William Entress and Mrs. Elmer Berg. ; ou javcees Attend Dinner Close to 50 Salem Junior Cham ber of Commerce ; members and their wives attended a dinner at the Moose hall last night Follow ing the dinner Lt (jg) Paul Arm strong, ; former j Salem dance In structor home on leave, andULee Ryan, Salem dance teacher, pre- 51 DAILY AT I i - YIIIG! COFEATUR!: ' ! sented two well received fap dance routines. ' T' '. 1 a the main feature of the pro gram, Jim Loder showed techni mine movies of the : Wallowa mountains in eastern Oregon and the Snake river canyon. Loaer took both films himself, the for tnur rtn nack-horse trip- to the summit of" the "Switzerland of America" and the latter on a man boat trip on the Snake, river. Lumber Strikes Grows in NW tl (Continued from Page 1) I working concessions by" both CIO and AFL unions. ' ' SEATTLE. - May 23-iflVThe number of lumber mills closed in the Pacific northwest passed the 50 mark today and another ser ious threat to a general shutdown of the entire billion-dollar vital war materials industry loomed to night , ... . ; : Boom men workers handling logs going to mills by water- walked of f their jobs at Tacoma to loin the estimated 15,000 mm workers who quit in - protest against the war labor board's de nial of wage increases. ; - 4 ;: One lumber null executive fore cast a complete logging shutdown in the Pueet Sound area by to morrow night This automatically would shut down logging camps shipping the logs to mills. OPA Requests New Helpers O (Continued from Page 1) O eery stores, restaurants, shoe re pair establishments and women's ready-to-wear concerns, have been conducted and the next survey in line may be of some services, price control personnel explained, , . ' Volunteers may appear la per son at the board offices, corner of Chemeketa and Liberty streets, or may telephone to offer their serv ices, it was said. Yanks Expand Bridgehead D (Continued from Page 1) D Heavy destroyer fire joined with the American artmery m knock ing out the Japanese mortar posi tions, j.".;,, .;,',;. .'.' ; ... The greatest hammering in weight of bombs was the 150-ton bombing of Sorido and Baroke air dromes on Biak Island by a heavy force of Liberators oo-'Monday.s HURRY! LAST TIMES v ' iX " r " " Ccanpqnloa reertura . ' -TrAtit 1 , The Screen's Newest ' CLi tupL Screwy Sleath V CaL trS ' . Baffle. SabeUgeJ Jloa4 . Bewilders Nazis! I TW - 'v'sCrw - .-.Bewltslies the l L? v 3 -vJ5 Ladles! teaT 'lilE'l - .; 1 f Pt Thriasi d - M Wb-TlckBng ' : J - Gaiety! ' Stolz Funeral. WiUBe Funeral services "will be held at 2 p. m. today from - the' Clough Barrick chapel for Richard M. Stolz, native of Salem and son of a long-prominent Salem family, who died Sunday in a Portland hospitaL . : ' Bom June 2, 1908, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. Stolz, he was graduated from Salem high school and attended University of Wash ington, where he became affiliat ed with Pi Kappa Alpha frater nity. A - After the death of his father in January, 1940, hebecame man ager - of the soft drink- bottling firm founded by his grandfather, Gideon-Stolz, in 1879. He was a member of the Salem Elks lodge and the Baptist church. Survivors include the widow, Elizabeth Merriam Stolz, whom he married in Spokane in July,' 1931, and his mother, Mrs. Walter T. Stolz, and his sister,; Mrs. Wil lard Marshall of Salem. He was a nephew of the-late US Senator Charles L. McNary and the late Federal District Judge John H. McNary. . - - , THC HtKKt TXAT HITS HCT" OPENS 6:45 PJML NOWSHOWING fisunufg WJUPfkM CO-FEATURE! Kay Crash Corrlsaa Max NO. "PERILS OF THE .NORTHWEST MOUNTED! TONIGHT ! . Today - - jfy ,j r Terhnn "Cowboy - A New Hash in Hilarity! .... "The Miracle of Morgan V Creek" : with Eddy Bracken and Betty Hntioa . Co-Feature: "NINE GIRLS" with v Ann Harding and Anita- Louise f Ai..J U S trr . . . ; i T. PAIAXOBIT riCTBII'