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Tho OrXGOII STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning. Jane 1. 1944'
SalemGives
Wavy Yoiitlis
mSProgram
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be one that the war is interrupt
ing. .r
Think, ef this experience as
' Held trip," be : suggested,
pointing eot that nary life will
contain richness, "comradeships
yea will never want to lose." ' .
''Because you have made a de
cision to help preserve something
to precious that for it men are
willing to lay down their lives,'
pennett said, public .Interest is
especially keen, - ,
. "Our responsibility,' he add
1 ed, "win be to keep for yen a
! country yea can be proud of
i havlnf fought for. You will be
back .and wo will be watting
for yon ;
; As the two straight rows of
'young men, distinguished from
other ' high school boys in the
gymnasium only by printed paper
arm bands, repeated after Lt
, Cmdr. John F. Biehler the oath
of loyalty : to country and com
mander, lips of parents and broth-
: era and sisters in the balcony
above moved in silent repetition
of the same pledges.
r . . Ealph Campbell, master of
ceremonies for the progrsm fes
! tore of the Cherrian-sponsored
party, explained as a representa
tive of the' American Legion and
other patriotic orranixations how
Federated Patriotic Soclettes of
Salem had given army Inductees
sendoffs bnt had not been able
1 to get navy enlistees together
earlier for such a party. The
; Victory Volunteers, It It uader
::: stood, while they represent this
I spring's . high school 'class also
represent all of the navy men
who have gone from Salem and
whom residents of the city
! would like to honor In some
special way.
1 Sheriff A. C. Burk extended to
the volunteers an invitation to
attend this noon's luncheon meet
ing of the Lions as guests of club
members. King Bing Frank Chatas
spoke of the pride of the city in
its young men in the service, and,
"representing the Eagles, showed
them the money turned over by
that lodge as a canteen fund for
them. ' -
Rex Kimmell spoke briefly as
a representative of the Salem
chamber., of commerce. '
Mayor I. M, Doughton, first
speaker on the program,- talked
simply of the city's pride, its in
terest in the group and. its desire
to do anything, possible to make
i their navy life full and happy and
successful,. . ,y
" Keynote of' almost every speech
;Was the word "godspeed," with
t which also.Lt Cmdr. Biehler; of
ficer in charge of the Oregon re
cruiting district, concluded ' his
charge. - .
In the group taking the oath
last night were . James ' Smith,
J ames Struxness, Robert Tiech
.row, Robert Harvey, James Ste
vens, Robert Fritz,. Roger Marsh,
Robert Shockley, Edward Jack
man, Norman Beugli,' James
Crone, Earl Groh, Joseph Justis,
Stuart Compton, Rodney Hofstet
ter, Warren Jones, Rollin Page,
George Howard, Norvell Emmons,
Robert Dickson, Clair .Woodcock,
George - Manning; &r u c e Har
graves, Ernest Kreft, John Brazie,
Herbert Steed, William Lange and
James' Apple, who received a cer
tificate from, the navy' in recog-
-ration of his assistance in recruit
ing the Victory Volunteers.
The Willamette university or
chestra .played and seamen from
the WU navy unit presented the
-.colors. - . 1
A dance followed at the Che-
meketa street USO. ;
Four Powers
In Agreement
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with United Nations assembly or
. council decisions. (The idea -of a
single international police- force
any time m the near future has
' been pretty generally discarded.)
4. A world coort rgaafaod
handle all legal questions ameeg
atloBS and to have the moral
and aaHttary backlnr of the
: United N a t 1 a a s although, it
; might be outside the framework
of the eeaswll and asseaably. ?
y 9. Mediation machinery to han-
die disputes outside the jurisdic-
'tioo of the court because they do
" not involve questions of law. It
-is hoped that eventually the. me
dia t i o n procedures, functioning
under tbe assembly, would build
up a new body of international
law so that more and more prob
lems would pass , into the juris
diction of the court.
Neuner Will Pick
- . .....
: ;Police Defenders;
The- task(-cf defending JL C
.Enidef , -and' Edgar- G. Albert,
; state police officers, In a $10,000
4lamagae suit filed against -them
. by , John Clarence, f Hayter. in
Wheeler county, Wednesday was
- referred to Attorney., General
-George Neuner here. .
;i Hayter charged false arrest and
contended that following his ar
mrest by the officers he was des
rtained In the Wheeler county Jail
for an excessive period- of time
without being allowed to consult
counsel, - '"
- Neuner said Hayter was arrest-
p 3 for diAbing fish. -
Pricking Companies Charged -
With Violating Federal Act
: WASHINGTON, Julie. l-()-The federal trade commission
Charged in a complaint today the Ketchikan Packing company
of Ketchikan, Alaska, and WiUiam H." Stanley, Inc, of New York
City had violated the brokerage section of the Robinson-Pat-man
act in connection with the sale: and purchase of canned
er
ControkiDue
For Lumber
PORTLAND, May 31.-P-New
and tighter controls over lumber
both production and consump
tionwere discussed by represen
tatives of the board, ' the military
services ad industry , representa
tives here today.
Such control is necessary, said
J. Phillip Boyd, director of the
lumber division of WPB, to In
sure that every needed board will
go into war and essential civilian
uses. An order outlining the con
trols will be Issued by WPB in
about two weeks, he said.
Partial control of lumber and
forest products distribution, un
der WLB's order L-218 has not
been entirely satisfactory, -'and
this, combined with increasing de
mand as the tempo of war in
creases and the .unpredictable re
quirements of $he European in
vasion,' make the new . order nec
essary, Boyd indicated.
The order will be made effect
ive progressively, with all . sec
tions in force by August V said
Harold Boeschenstein, director of
production control and acting di
rector of the Jorest products bu
reau of the WPB. 7 . V
Attending today's meeting with
the eWst Coast Lumbermen's as
sociation today, besides Boyd and
Boeschenstein were Lts-CoL Mar
tin S. McDonnell, chief of forest
products, staff corps, army serv
ice force; Lt Cmdr. Walter Kel
logg, lumber coordinator! for the
navy; J. L. Madden, Seattle, dep
uty director of the" paper division.
WPB; MaJ. Raleigh Chinn of army
central procurement, and other
officials. :
The group will meet with a
committee of the Western Pine
association Friday.
Draft Change
Ruled Out
WASHINGTON, May 31
Selective service today ruled out
establishment of any new replace
ment schedule, a program under
which state draft directors review
the manpower situation of indi
vidual plants and approve a sched
ule for the release of men to, the
armed services.
Indicating the program prob
ably will be abandoned eventual
ly, the memorandum to local draft
boards also directing that existing
schedules may be renewed "for
one six month period only unless
the director ot selective service
determines that la further contin
uation is warranted."
A spokesman for the agency said
the replacement program had "out
lived its importance" now that it
cannot be applied to registrants
under 26, and has no place in the
picture for men over 29 in the
light of new draft regulations.
These- regulations authorize defer
ment of registrants over 29. in es
sential activities.
Livingston School
Sets Exercises
Eighth grade graduation exer
cises of the Livingston school of
Salem will be held tonight at 8:15
o'clock at the Seventh Day Ad-
ventist church, Hood and Summer
streets. Elder C. C Wilson of
Grants ' Pass . is the principal
speaker on the program.
Lucile Kenline will deliver the
valedictory addresses and Mar
guerite Olmsted will deliver the
salutatory address. Betty Adams
is class president, Robert Kenline,
vice , president, and Gary Lee
Kuebler, secretary.
Names' of the graduating eighth
graders are: Betty Adams, Gary
Kuebler, Gladys Robison, Joy
Smith, : Patricia , Spreed, Robert
Kenline, Keith Buck, Joan DoUn
sky, Lucile Kenline, Marguerite
Olmsted and LeRoy Butter.
Five students have completed
ten grades: Virginia Britton, Don
ald Butchins, Wanda Reiner, Ar
nold Braunberger and Janette
Kuebler.
Ickeg Hands Back
Mines to Owners.
WASHINGTON, May Jl -ff-Secretary
Ickes .today returned to
private ownership oal mines pro
ducing 0 percent of the nation's
bituminous coal. . -
He declared! that management
and labor, "are now on trial to
prove to. the nation that they can
(fulfill wartime responsibilities un
der their own power.", ;
, Today's action left in the. gov
ernment's possession only the an
thracite mines, the mines of the
southern coal producers', associa
tion, and certain scattered, opera
tions on which word is awaited as
to - execution ' of the new - wage
contrnct recetnly' approved by the
war labor board.
salmon in interstaate commerce.
The respondents were granted
20 days In which to answer. the
complaint.' :--s :1 '
The) complaint said me. Stanley
company, one Of the largest ex
clusive purchasers of seafood pro
ducts in the United States buys a
substantial portion of its require
ments of canned salmon from the
Ketchikan company under the
packers brands, its own private
brands and its customers brands.
"The complaint charges that the
Ketchkan company on tls sales to
William H. Stanley, Inc., pays un
lawful brokerage fees to the buy
er and that the latter accepts such
brokerage from the seller, the
transactions allegedly being in vi
olation of section 2 (C) of the
Robinson-Pa tman act," the com
mission said. "According to the
complaint, such buyers as Wil
liam H. Stanley, Inc., mask their
operations; under: the - fictitious
designations of : "brokers", "mer
chandise brokers", "primary -dis-tributors'V
although they are
known to the trade as "buying
brakers" or speculative brokers."
"Their purpose in masking their
operations,' the complaint alleges,
"is tof collect brokerage on their
purchases,' brokerage from the
Ketchikan company and from oth
er sellers who j will pay it, not
withstanding the fact that is the
universal custom of such buyers
to Invoice and sell the merchan
dise in their own names for their
own . accounts and at their own
prices i and to assume full credit
risks.". I - . : j.
The complaint alleged that pay
ment and acceptance of unlaw
ful brokerage is representative
of the practices of a number of
west coast seafood packers and
their Customers who purchase for
resale." V:v. f
Gestapo Starts.
ror
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Brantome and the bodies were left
in the public square 24 hours. At
St Quenthx 27 persons were slain
in reprisal for shooting the col
laborationist mayor. In Belgium
20 were slain for an attempt on
the lives of . two Walloon quis
lings, the Belgium news agency
reported. . j. . -.',. . S
The number of Dutch' patriots
executed by German authorities
In occupied Holland in . the last
week reached a! total of 18 today
with the reported execution of
two more persons for "sabotage."
Parrish Presents f
Award Program .
Parrish : Junior high schqpl's
award program I for seventh and
eighth graders was held .Wednes
day. The : presiding officer wa$
vice president Susanne Huggins.
Sea scouts led in the flag. salute,"
followed . by the ; national anthem.
After the orchestra delivered
two numbers under the direction
of Leslie C. Carson, C Aschen
brenner gave recognition of ser
vices 1 followed 1 by the - athletic
awards to ninth graders, and to
the seventh and eighth graders.
Merit awards were presented by
Mrs. Kron, Mrs. Emerson : and
Miss .Humphrey and traffic patrol
awards were made by Pat Cross-
land, , president of . the Junior
chamber of commerce.
Dotighton Still Hot
For
Manager Plan;
The:! proposal for . councfl-
manafer form of nwenraeat for
Salem lis not dead despite that it
was defeated by a substantial
margin at the reeent primary el
ection,; Mayor L N. Doughton -de
clared here: Wednesday.
Doughton said he may attempt
1o hive : the. proposal, submitted
to met voters again at the- 1948
election. Eugene voters approved
ft councu-manager form of mu
nicipal; government at the- recent
election, Doughton. averred.
Olson Leaves to Take
Orcrj Newspaper Job
4 James E. Olson.- for more than
rwo years assistant state defense
council director and later In
charge; of the deswrtment, left
neref Wednesday to assume his
new duties 'as manarlnr editor nf
the Oregon City Enterprise, re-
eenuy purcnasea by Walter W..R.
Olson; resigned recentlr and has
been replaced by Jack ' Hayes,
previously or the- state Ore mar-
snarr office. X - 4 ; -' .
Prior to coming to Salem Olson
was connected with the s t a t
gam commission in Pnrtlarvt
Much of his earlier newspaper ex
perience was in san rrandsco.
Gooseberries Can Be
Packed in Glass
WASHI NGTON; Mar 21 -UPi
Senator Guy Cordon (R-Ore) to
day notified Oregon producers the
war production board has amend
ed regulations ' to permit goose
berries to be packed sa glass con
tainers. -
Nazi Forces
FafltbGairi
In Iasi Pitsli .
LONDON. Thursday. June 1 -
P)-Large German1 forces contin
ued to attack Russian lines north
of Iasi in Romania yesterdav but
were repulsed without advancing
"even one step" and left "Omimw
ands of dead" onl the battlefield
Moscow announced early today.
The enemy's losses were enor
mous in the series of attacks and
counter-attacks which. raged
throughout the day. the Russians
said in the broadcast" supplement
to their nightly communique. ' -
Giving indication of the inten
sity of the furious' air and tank
battles which started . Tuesday
after a six-weeks lull on the main
eastern front, Moscow reported
knocking out 122 German tanks
and shootina down 164 ' enemv
planes in two days of fighting. .
The supplemental bulletin said
the Germans, attenmtlnr ia de
velop their success in the first
day of the battle when they had
made "an insignificant wedge in
our defense line, launched in
cessant attacks on the Soviet po
sitions .Wednesday using.' large
xorces ox tanks and Infantry.
"Soviet troops successfully re
pelled all the attacks,", the sup
plement continued. "Thousands of
enemy dead and a creat number
of disabled or burned-out German
tanks,' self-propelled - .guns and
armored carriers were left on the
battlefield..
Reporting minor ' activity on
other sectors of the front. Moscow
said. Soviet scouts broke- into
enemy trencnes and wiped out a
compnay, of Germans south of
Tiraspol and that the patrol skirm
ishes had taken place southeast of
Vitebsk and southeast ot Stanis-
iaWOW. . .' i ,' ' ,.
Election Count
InforGOP's
The official count of republi
can ballots cast in the county for
state representative and the coun
ty ticket in the recent primary
election were completed Tuesday
by the county canvassing' board:
Steelhalnmer, - Jones, . Chadwkk
and Hendricks were officially no
minated for representatives in that
order. . -'t- -
The official count for repre
sentatives and county officers is
as follows:
State representatives: Arm
strong, 1288; Chadwidc, 4079;
French, 2292; Hendricks, .: S029;
Jones, 4240; Judson,' .331 if Lam-
kin, 2864r- Mdntyre, 2488;:'- Mc
Kinneyr!2102; Paums,XS2fite .Rig
don, 4: S185f Settlemeier2?90;
SteelhammeV 47l
District attorney: Hayden, 4715.
County commissioner: Rice,
9321. j, .-.V-.
County assessor: Shelton, 9094.
County cleric: Judd, 831. .
County treasurer Butler, 8873.
Sheriff: Ashby, 1122; LaBranch,
1617; -Kttonger, 1648; Young,
5989. - f - : v.- t :- .
Surveyor:; Fisher;: 875r
Coronerr Barrkkr 5755: HpwelL
' Leading the : county ticket was
Roy Rice with 9321 votes for
county ' commissioner, ' and Tad"
Shelton wasi second with 9094
votes as. nominee for the post of
assessor.' Denver Young received
5989 votes, ,1604. more than his
three opponents together, who re
ceived total of 4385.
Electa Heads
T h e Producer-Consumer Co
operatives Wednesday night elec
ted; seven men to its . board el
directors: Theodore - GL - Nelson,
George C Gillis, A. G. Anderson,
Gus Schlicker, Wk E.' Savage, Fred
E. Wolf and J. 1C Deversv The
co-op also announced its one-year
lease, with option to buy, on the
building at me corner of SUte
and 13th street, formerly used as
a Safeway store. As soon as equip
ment is available, -part of the
building, will' be opened for the
marketing of early vegetables and
berries; Equipment for' the re
mainder of the building will be
Installed as market requirements
develop. . ; .- ;:.
In order to insure an adequate
supply of fresh produce each, day
and to avoid waste of needed food,
producers and consumers were
asked by the co-op to develop' an
orderly market In'g procedure.
Plan aare bein made to determine
what the needs of the . consumer
group win be and how best4oliave
the producer group meet them. '
According to present . plans. W.
E. Savage wm handle produce of
those who do not wish to sell their
own. Theodore , a Nelson will
serve temporarily as. general sup
erintendent of the market which
wul be open during usual business
days daily: except holidays,: and
&unaays
Outer Defense
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Hn?ehr province was conceded by
me nigh command. :
In this same area, the communi
que said, the Japanese had sent
four columns from Manhsien. fn
north Hunan about 100 miles
above Changsha. which were con
tinuing to advance northwest and
Japs
southwest of that base, V
Cocky. Young Nazi Prisoners
Engage in Battle ot Wits
FORT LEWIS, Washlblay SlrVYoCtng, ; cicky German! war
prisoners-rlate of Rommel's Afrika Korps are engaged' In . a
battle of ; wits with their American administrative officers . in
the prison camp here. "
. It'i a contest recognized, and provided for by. the Geneva cont
vention of 1929, and, so far, there have been no 'major upheavals,
'and we don't intend to have any,'
Lt CoL- R. S. Dicey, commanding
officer of i the : prisoners of . war
camp, told a group of press rep
resentatives on a recent tour. .
"These prisoners try to outfox
us at every turn.' Their average
age is 23, and they are the cream
of Hitler's armies. They! are smart
and : they have a lot of time to
think. They are usually good na
tured about ySi::y- f -J r
"If a rule infraction becomes
an issue,: the prisoners try in ev
ery way to cloud it It is their
legal privilege to maintain silence
when a statement from them
might prove to our- advantage. -.
Second Lt. R. W. Harrison, In
telligence j officer who learned
German as a Mormon missionary
to Germany,, said that prisoners
discount the "German superman"
theory and some even Joke about
it. ::.'; id". .. .i:-:-
Morale obviously is high. The
prisoners, under their noncoms,
march smartly in formation and
never miss! an impish opportunity
to render heel-clicking, ramrod
backed salutes to American offi
cers. . ' K i : - . ' 'V.
They strut and 1 pose before
them, and few of them save any
money lor after-the-war from the
80 cents a day ther are paid for
work. on. forest fire - prevention,
quartermaster corps clothing re
pair and ; salvage operations. Most
of it goes directly into the camp's
three canteens.
"They believe Germany will
win, and that American money
will be worthless when peace
comes," Explained Colonel Dicey.
Meantime, the young prisoners
wear theh- American blue denims
i M i 1 III II UOHil k
imarxea wim wniie -rwrj
weekdays, and don 1 German uni
forms within the stockade for
Sundays at Lutheran and Catholic
services, ; the camp theatre and
concerts. ! i '
And "the battle of brains" be
tween them and their guards goes
on. Prisoners no longer are per
mitted to sing while marching to
and from work So . . . they whistle
martial tunes.
GIO Lumber
Workers Start
Back to Jobs :
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ers make substantial wage offers.
subject to. WLB approval.
At Washington, DC, the war
labor board appealed to ' CIO
President Philip Murray "to as
sist in bringing about a speedy
resumption of work." There was
no immediate reply from Murray.
SEATTLE.! May 31-4P)-Hem-
bers of local 2519 of the Lumber
and Sawmill Workers union
(AFL) voted tonight to return to
their lumber plant jobs, but stipu
lated they would petition for an
industry-wide strike vote-If the
WLB does not respond favorably
within 30 days to wage increase
demands. ! ' '
Return, of local 2519's approxi
mately 2000 workers will mean
more -nearly normal production at
Seattle lumber plants, which' re
sumed operation today on a cur
tailed basis. !' '
Senate Votes
To Raise Debt
WASHINGTON, May 51 -iff)
A bin raising the national debt
limit from i 8210,000,000,000 to
1280,000,000,000 was passed with
out" dissent by the senate today,
along with an amendment redu
cing ;the federal, cabaret tax from
30 to. 20 per cent and exempting
men and , women of the 'armed.
forces from paying it, ;.;
The . measure sow' oes to the
house, which has voted to- raise
the debt celling to 824000)00,
000. jw'-y.M.-.:-:.-
The cabaret tax was . raised on
Aprfl 1 from g per cent to 30: Sen
ators Downey (D-Calif.) and. Mc-
Carran (D-Nev.) ; wanted to, cut
the figure back to 10 per cent but
the senate compromised on 20.
Bin. Sprague Named
On Church Council
CHICAGO, May 31 -(V The
general assembly ot the Presby
terian church in the United States
of America today elected officers
including:'
General CoundL class of 1944-
47 Mrs. Charles A. Sprague, Sa
lem, Ore.
-Hoard of Foreign Missions, class
of 19444TTbe Rev. F. Paul lie
Conkey, Seatt!eVrash; . :
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"XV -r
ON the HOME FRONT
From Ninth f service" command
headquarters t; at Fort Douglas,
Utah, comes a "help wanted" plea.
: Seems there's! a shortage of en
listed personnel' skilled In operat
ing and maintaining Elertroence
phalograpbic , apparatus. 1 --
r "The shortage of . trained per
sonnel is' believed not due to the
23-lettered - word's - tmprouounce
able properties,"1, declares the pub
lic relations announcement, which
adds that Personnel are j not
charged for time lost trying to
identify their apparatus." '
: After three false starts I have
about decided that I could learn
to operate electroencephalograa
phic apparatus In less time fthan
it takes me to type the wojrd4-X
mean with it right before my eyes
-all ot which indicates that even
though I could Operate the equip?
ment I could prpbabry never pass
the optic exams to become : en-
KurilesGet 1 ;
Widespread j
Yank Attacks
' : By 'lIEF RICKSON l it
1 US PACIFIC i FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor,! May
Jl-v-Army land navy planes
made their most widespread at
tack of the war last Monday on
Japan's Kuril e j islands, striking
less than 1000 miles from Tokyo
in battering enemy positions on
four islands. I ;!. ;-
The raids, announced today by
Adm. Chester. W. Nimitz. carried
the aerial offensive for the i sec
ond time in 10 days to Shimushiri
island, 460 rmles! northeast of! Ja
pan's -nortnern mainland island of
Hokkaido. . j - H . .
Shimushiri was hit by a single
heavy bomber of the 11th army
air forte, based in the Aleutians,
before dawn. The first attack on
that Island, May 18, also iwas
made1 by a ;mglei Liberator 1
Another army Liberator struck
simultaneously at Matsuwaih 75
miles north of Shinmshiri. NfiN op
position was encountered in either
raid. 1 . li ;
Navy Ventura search planes
meantime attacked Paramushiro
and Shumushu islands, at the far
northern . end of the-Island chain.
Pilots reported encountering: mod
erate anti-aircraft fire. Large
fires were started on. Shumushu.
Jap Rail line
Under
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of this avenue would fmost ef
fectively" j stem Ithe northward
movement of reinforcements, he
said.
i
Chinditi
jungle fighters,- who
earlier , in the .week were driven
from the block they had thrown
mis rail line below Mo-
gaung, again were rangmg widely
behind the enemy lines, harassing
communications jail along -the
uwi, n was annjouncea. j
They were working closely with
Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill's
rauders attempting to ; drive! the
last Japanese from Myitkylna,
The enemy was reported dispers
ed at Namkwl,. ion the railway
southeast i of ' that base, leaving
many dead.
(A. communique from LL Gen
josepn w suweU reported con
tinued aerial blows In support of
Chinese forces driving through
southwestern Yunnan ' province
toward a junction with .Stuwell's
troops fighting around Myiflryina.)
7ages to Slay Home!
SEATTLE, May It -iffV-f! The
12th regional war labor board an
nounced today there would be no
redaction mis year from -theri 1943
level of cornpensatkm in the Alas
ka- salmon mdustry. whether
measured by wages or fish prices.
The board said its ruling would
"not prejudice any request of the
unions for increases. . . .
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Court Grants ,
Use of Land
For Test Pits
The county court approved use
of eight to nine acres of Marion
county north of the Santiam . river
to make test pits in search of gra
vel suitable .for use on the pro
posed new 'government dam . near
Niagara. Clarence Collins repre
sented the land section of the US
army engineers in the negotiations
for. the land, located ' about: 15
miles from 'the "proposed Niagara
dam site. Collins is also negoti
ating with the state to obtain the
use of adjoining state land for the
same, purpose. ,: .
Under the terms of the permit,
the government' has 12 months in
which to make the testing pits and
has ingress and egress rights over
other adjacent county , land The
government will retain ownership
of all equipment and, facilities
which ft sets, up In 'making the
pits and tests. The Niagara dam is
one of a series of dams to be
constructed in connection with the
contemplated flood control . pro
ject for the Willamette valley.
; According' fr'CtoDinsv the "gov-
ernment plans to -purchase lands
over which the new .channel ngnt-of-wav
for the Willamette river
will pass. The usual procedure has
been for the government to secure
easements for this purpose, but in
this case, the land ! will probably
be obtainea inrougn oumgni pur
chase from the present owners.
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It was announced officially that
RAF bombers were over enemy
occupied territory in strength dur
ing the night.
In skies virtually clear of the
enemy and at a cast ef one
bomber and fear fighters, from
750 to 1000 Asnerleaa heavy
weights from Britain . pounded
crowded railway "Vards at
Hiwm, Osnabrack, Schwerto
and Saest transport eenters.
Just inside Germany which feed
the coastal defense rates. .
For the fourth consecutive day
more than 1200. fighters flew es
cort but finding no opposition in
the air they swooped down and
shot up more than 35 locomotives
and aircraft parked on airdromes.
Late fat the day ThonderboU
and Lightning fighter -i bomb
ers attacking two western Ger
man airdromes strack the first
sizeable fighter exposition, 31
FW-ISO's and shot down five
witheot loss to thenawlvesL " ;
' There were indications that Bri
tish night bombers were follow
ing up in the daylight attacks both
from Britain and from Italy.
Isr Hungary the Budapest radio
left the air and alerts were sound
ed at Eger and Szegred as well as
in the capital. . f '
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day that the Japanese suffered
heavy losses in an early monurig
counterattack after j which.; they
sent their tanks into a losing fight
with American armored sunits:: .'
two nunctred miles to the south
east; where another American in
vasion force occupies a small
stretch of Dutch New Guinea
coast' at Maffin bay, Japanese
raiding parties seeking to cut com
munication lines were- driven off
Tuesday; i ' ; ; v . ' v.,.i .
Headquarters reported that
bombers taking off from the Ad
miralty islands raided Truk, Sat
awan and Woleai In the Caroline
Islands 'Monday and Tuesday.
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