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Th OrEGOIl STATESMAN, j Salem, j Oregon. Friday Morning. August 4. 1SH
Western Gold,
Silver Mines
May Reopen
DENVER, Aug. S-i-Immedi-atc
reopening ot western gold and
silver mines, higher prices for the
two metals and retention, of cur
rent prices on basic metals pend
ing formation of a stockpiling pro
gram will be proposed 'by. Colo
rado mining leaders at a meeting
Aug. 10 in San Francisco, Robert
S. Palmer, , executive director of
the state mining fund, said today.
Palmer will represent the Colo
rado mining industry at the ses
sion, which is expected to' be at
tended by "representatives from 11
western-states
The program formulated by Col
orado also calls for amendment of
the securities and exchange act
to insure a free flow of capital
for new mining endeavors, said
Palmer. -'
"The industry has watched with
interest the continued operation of
gold and silver mines in other
parts of the world," he continued.
"It has seen equipment manufac
' tured in this country sent abroad
tor use in foreign mines in pre
ference to domestic mining oper
ations. Mining of precious metals
so Colorado has an important ef
fect on the economy not only of
the state but of many other sec
tions." ' ,7 ' '
'Saturday Is :
Deadline for
WAVE Entries
Saturday, August 5, is the dead
line for all applicants who wish to
entrain for Hunter college, NY,
with the first Salem WAVEs pla
toon on August 20, A. C. Friesen,
Salera navy recruiter has been no
tified from the WAVEs enlistment
headquarters in . Portland.
There are still a few vacancies
In the platoon, which will consist
of 30 young women from the mid
Willamette valley area who will
occupy all of the Oregon " reser
vations , on the WAVEs special.
Through special arrangement
this platoon will remain together
as a unit throughout the navy, in
. doctrination training in New York.
' Eligible young women who' wish
to take advantage of .this oppor
tunity to begin their navy-life in
company wiin inenas ana ac
quaintances from this , area are
urged by j Friesen to make appli
cation today or tomorrow in room
220, post office building, Salem,
in order that their enlistments may
be completed in Portland next
: Monday. The office is open until
C each evening, and later by ap
pintment. - '
Sparked by the Stevens & Son
WAVEs enlistment contest which
ffers to the civilian recruiter who
enlists the greatest number of
WAVEs between July 21 and Sep
tember 30, an - all-expense trip
- anywhere in the United States or
$500 war bond, enlistments are
increasing rapidly, Friesen states,
: aad plans are already under way
for the formation of a second Sa
lem WAVEs platoon to leave next
month. ' "
Water Power
Of Columbia
Inexhaustible
PORTLAND. Aug. 3 -UP)- The
potential water power of the Co
lumbia river appears inexhaust-
"ible, a member of a Canadian-US
river commission said here today
. after a 2000-mile tour of the Co
lumbia basin.
The party, headed by "A. O.
- Stanley, former governor and sen
ator of Kentucky,; and Roger Me
Whorter,- chief engineer for the
federal power commission, made
an extensive 19-day survey of de-
velopment possibilities of the river
and its tributaries.! t -
Starting at the river source at
Columbia lake," British Columbia,
they traced its route through Can
' ada, Idaho, Washington and Ore
gon. Stanley called the tour "the
most exhaustive survey made on
any river." ,. : :!v. "-' ! .
Victor Meek, chief of the do-
" minion water , and power bureau.
and F. G. Goodspeed, supervising
engineer of the Canadian depart
ment of public works, were in the
Party-
Henry Fox
Heads South :
Henry Fox, son of Dr. and Mrs.
Irving Fox has left for the youth
camp in Southern California at
One Thousand Pines. He is the
Iciest" delegate, representing the
Enptist young people of this state
st the Southern California con
ference. Young Fox was chosen
es a representative by the Oregon
Youth froup of 200, at Arrah
wanna at i'A. Hood recently.
The delegate will spend a few
izjs in Los Angeles on his way
. - ti.tm conference, and will stop
ill in San Francisco enroute home
lite in August Fcx was a student
t t Willamette university the past
' j car. , ' " ;
'fAW YOU TOP THIS?
CArrrOVTN-(r-A hat short
! r -a has led to a hat-snatching epi
demic in Capetown and it seems
, me is irr.rr.uiie. Among the re-
rt virt!r-s v. 3 the chief consta
Vi cf the Capetown police Whose
' --'-icce w?s snatched jess man
yardi frcm police headguar
"Sgt. York'9 of Brittany Kills
Six Germans, Captures 28
, WITH AMERCIAN TROOPS' AT RENNES, Trance, Aug.3-(;P)
The "Sergeant York" of Brittany is a 29-year-old doughboy pri4
vate who In the last 48 hours has killed six Germans, captured 28
and voluntarily made two trips blindfolded into a nazi command
post trying to get the last enemy force defending' Rennes to sur4
render., (
And all the time he was lost from his own!; unit and wor
ried over being listed as AWOLL
T met Pvt. Donald L, 1 McKay,
222 .West 80 St, Grand Island,
Nebr, this afternoon as he walked
back with Pvt Art KaUraan in
terpreter, of 234 East 29th Sir,
Erie, Pa, from the enemy com
mand post after twice risking his
life trying to" get the nazia no
abandon their futile last-ditch de
fense. (The Americans have cap
tures Rennes.)
Walt for, Answer i .
We were lying in a ditch two
miles outside the town waiting
for them to return with the Ger
man answer to American terms
of unconditional surrender. They
had gone alone into the last small
village at the edge of this one-;
time capital of independent Brit
tany to contact the nazis and warn
the French to leave .-the area." ; j
tThey stay. want to make " a
fight of it," said McKay, a JtalL
slim' soldier with, a blond mous
tache. !,.! . -' :
Theycan have a fight then,"
said Lt Col.' William" "Wild Bill
Bailey, Danville,- Va., task . com
mander. , "We will blow some sense
into them." -
Shells Pouad Naxb ' - ;
A few minutes later 'American
artillery shells thudded into the
nazi positions as Infantry moved
forward' to clear a path for the
entrance into this chief railroad
center in Brittany.
McKay told how, single handed,
he tied up and knocked out some
enemy resistance in the Rennes
area while trying to find his way
back to his unit. - ' -
I don't know how my com
mander is going to feel about all
this, he said dubiously.
X "Yesterday I was caught in an
acre of high grass by a German
outfit They were spraying bul
lets everywhere and I had to pick
my spots and keep moving to keep
from being killed.
Officer Surrenders
, "I picked off two of them with
my rifle. Then I saw two Ger
mans lying by a machinegun. I
shot and hit one, breaking his
back. That unnerved the other, an
officer, and he stood up and
waved a white handkerchief.
He didn't have any real idea
how many of our men were in
that acre of grass certainly he
didn't know thai I was the only
one and I made him surrender
all his men before I stood up.
"I didn't know there was any
body else around but as soon as
the Germans started yelling kam-
erad, a bunch of French civilians
came running up and helped me
disarm them. I had 22 pistols tied
on a tent rope. The French in
sisted on carrying them.'
Watches 3d Prisoners
As I was marching the prison
ers back in a double column, the
first ones started going fast as the
back ones lagged in order to
stretch out the column so they
could try to escape. There were
30 of them and it was some job
for one man to watch them.
Tour made a break for it
They made the mistake of bunch
ing together and I just picked
them off as - they ran. I killed
three and shot the other in his
tail and nobody else tried to get
away" ; -
After delivering his 27 prisoners
McKay started out again to look
for his unit and got to the out
skirts of Rennes.
After climbing a railroad em
bankment, he saw a German hel
met'. .
Sheets Helmet
I "I fired with my pistol and hit
the helmet," he said. "And some
body with a ' German : accent
shouted, TJon't do-that
Then a dozen Germans stood
up. They had me covered from
several angles with every type of
weapon, I hollered at them ! in
German, 'Come ' out on this road
and surrender.' v ; r--
They just laughed at me." One
said, "No shoot and I said, .No
shoot and the whole dozen came
forward to talk , r - ;X
. McKay tried to argue them Into
giving; up but they said they had
orders - to fight . on. He finally
agreed" to go blindfolded to
their command post to talk over
surrender terms with an English
speaking officer, but he wasn't
there. , McKay insisted t h e y let
him go, promising to return in an
nour. - xney gave him a pass
through' their lines. , -
Gees.. Back 'Again .,--.
He went to Col. Bailey, picked
up Kallmann who volunteered as
an Interpreter ' and started back.
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They were shot at - a couple of
times by snipers but after Kall
mann shouted, ; "Safe '. conduct,"
the firing 'ceased,: T: I : ';.-" f
"The same. soldiers met us and
we were led blindfolded to a Ger
man command post," said McKay.
It was dug way down. I counted J
three flights of stairs going to it
"Their lieutenant colonel asked
What is it you wish' of us? and
said 'It will save many German
and American lives if you give up
now. It will avoid much bloodshed
and death .;. i u - '
" That is war he answered. I
".'But we will go through you
anyway,' I told him.
"You will go .through 'us you
think, he said. 'You go back and
tell your commanding officer that
we have our orders .to stay and
that he can try, to come through
us' any; time he" wants. "You "are
good soldiers-but.we are better.'
4, ne; compumeniea,. us on our.
nerve : before -we left" ' t--T
What ! worries, me is what my
buddies will think"-said McKayi
don't! want them lor my off!-!
cers to think ; I am a straggler.
"You stay ,with nay? said the
colonel with .a grin. "I think I can
fix things up with your com
mander." Y -r W 'I
Montreal Has
Strike Woes
MONTREAL, Aug. 3-;P)-Mon-
treal took the first day of Its lat
est strike of streetcar and bus' op
erators in stride today, with thou
sands going to and from their reg
ular occupations in automobiles
and trucks, on bicycles and afoot.
What developments were going
on behind the scenes remained ob
scure. While provincial govern
ment officials expressed hope that
the walkout! might terminate to
day, tramway spokesmen remain
ed silent and officials of the Can
adian brotherhood of railway em
ployees said "nothing has been
done" toward a settlement ! I
The strike, which started at
midiyght last night after a break
down of conferences seeking a so
lution to the dispute over union
demands'! for a union shop, was
completely, effective throughout
the day. No attempt was made to
take out a tram or bus.
Albert Gore
Leads in Vote i
NASHVHiLE, Tenn" Aug. 3-(Jf)
Rep. Albert Gore,; who asked
fourth congressional district dem
ocrats to send him either back to
congress or into the army, held
substantial lead over his - war
veteran opponent on- the basis of
unofficial returns from !. today's
party primary. - - t
Returns from 78 out of 287 pre
cincts gave; Gore 4753 votes to
2029 for W H. 'Turner. . J
When selective service started
drafting fathers, 37-year-old Gore
was sworn 1 into the army, then
yielded to a request by President
Roosevelt that he. accept ! reserve
status and continue- to serve in
congress.' After Turner raised the
question of his military status,
Gore announced he would leave
the decision to the Voters, - r
CITT LOSES BUILDING CODE
SALISBURY, Md. -(P)- City of
ficials were embarrassed when
they could not ! find the . original
copy of their building code adopt
ed 18 years ago and were forced
ao drop a court case to enforce i
certain provision. Though -a num
ber of printed copies are in ex
istence, there Is no legal proof
that the ordinance ever was
adopted. A new, one Is being pre
pared. 1 J , -' .;;-,:"
WHAT END OF -
JOB DO YOU WANT
I MOST? I " . I
: - - x, - . . I : . ; " f ' ., t
Probably you can find the kind
of work you want to do . . . but
can- you find all the things which
go with a job that make it a good
job? Southern Pacific offers you
not only a job, but many extra
advantages'.: the chance to work
in perhaps the most exciting, most
interesting of all industries . .
railroading The- chancer to work.
with people -. you dd like ;.' .i.to
get good pay (all wages have re-
cenuy oeen ucreaseai . . . , ; to
work .with a permanent company
whose roots are in the West to
stay. Liberal age limits. Railroad
pass privileges. Fine pension plan.
Medical services. Jobs for ex peri
enced men in all crafts . . . jobs for
semi -ski lied or unskilled people
.Yin our shops, yards, stations.
warehouses, offices, on our. trains.'
Hook on with S. P. new. Come in
and see us and choose from the
many, jobs we have open. Don't
apply unless you are sincerely in
terested in a good job with a good
company. ,
SEE OR WRITE
8. P. Employment Representative
at Railroad Retirement Board
219 & W. 9th St Portland, Ore.
OR.
Year Nearest 8. P. Agent
ton's.
Writings Sentj
State Iiibraryi
Sen. Guy Cordon has j sent;
to
the Oregon state library the writ
ings of George .Washington from
the original source. This 37tvol-
ume work is the definitive set of
- -, ? . -3 ; t T'
all written and prmted words! of
George Washington;
i j.nere nave peenioruy two? pre-
ily two!
vious , editioni of j, Washington's
writings, . supposedly comple te;
One was published! lOO.year lago
in V. 12-volume edipon "under the
euiKwsiup - ot yircq . sparx. uue
muuu nuuuaiwu one dj WOTUI
ington C. Totd
wMch
appeared.
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War Worker ;
In'FClash
Prefers Jail
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LOUISVILLE, Ky Aug. 2-(f)-Determined
to win his fight to
break into JaiL a sandy-haired,
4-F war worker told federal offi--cers
today he had committed a
long list of offenses i because he
"preferred a prison - sentence to
public curiosity. ' .'
Rejected by every branch of the
service,: Claude Chancey, jr, 23,
Selman, Okla4 said he did his best
to be arrested and finally was
although he found it a bit difficult
i ttancey sald.I'd rather! be in
the penintentiary than have folks
wonder why I wasn't in uniform.
-The impatient man was disap
pointed when a United States com
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missioner held him to the October
grand jury on a Dyer act charge
and asked: Cant the Judge dis
pose of me sooner than that"
Chancey said he stole a "car In
Nashville, Term., and transported
it Into Kentucky, where he .whiz
zed through county after county,
hoping to be arrested; bought gas
oline without; coupons but wasn't
reported, drove up and down one
way, streets and ran; red lights for
two hours with no results.- He was
arrested "after he had made a U-
turn!ih front of.Ia police . car? in
downtown -Louisville. - l - t V
Albany Hogs Live '
On Cornflakes &hCream
ALBANY, Ore, Aug. 8 Hlr
Hogs owned by an Albany .meat
company are getting well-balanced
-breakfasts .these " days although
the cornflakes may be a bit soggy
and the cream . rather sour-r i
v The company bought the- corn
Goats
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tchrid csd'PKrfiKj MUc'dCtels' -.1 Ilircd? Prica
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flakes recently from wholesaler
who had seven tons he couldn't
sell to retailers. The cream was
bought from a milk canner sever
al years ago when fire destroyed
the : building 'in which the cream
was stored. The two ingredients
are mixed by the meat firm and
used to fatten hogs.'
. KANSAS CITY, Mo.-(-Three
carloads of police' departed hastily
early today for a tavern when Its
burglar alarm. flashed a signal at
headquarters. (
"Another liquor robbery44 they
surmised, recalling the' five . pre
voius thefts reported by tie tavern
in eight months. Lj v -, ' " v -"
' But when, they arrived s they
were greeted ,by the owner, ; He
has bought the place the day be
fore and had unlocked the door, he
explained, forgetting .the previous
owner's caution about the alarm.
Tt mtj be ninety 2a
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v.
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Employes Buy'
Many Bonds
Since the payroll deduction pro
gram for state ; employes i was
launched in February, 1942, a to
tal or s 1,0 10,820 in war bonds has
Lbeen purchased through this plan
by state employes, Secretary of
State "Robert S. Farrell Jr., re
ported Thursday. -
More than 2500 state employes
are enrolled In' the monthly pay
roll deduction program. : t
During the" fifth war loan drive
a "total r-17S,092 In war bonds
was issued to state employes from
the war bond department of the
secretary of state's office and ap
proximately 1300,000 more In war
bonds were purchased by employes
from other agencies. t .
die shade, the day you read
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