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PAGE TWO, s. The OtGOIl STATECIIA2L Sclem, Oregon, Thursday. Morning. September 21, ISii Pre-Gampaign Groups Named .By War Chest Salem United War Chest cam .paign organiztaion, : announced Wednesday by President Lowell , Kern and Campaign. Chairman Burr Miller, is as follows: ' ! F. S. Anunsen heads the pre t campaign committee. Twelve so - licitation divisions . will operate . during the campaign proper: . . Automotive and transportation; W. L. Phillips, - chairman; Orval t Lama, Leo Reimann and Kenneth 4. Wilson, associate chairmen. '- Contractors and builders, R. L. Elfstrom, chairman; Henry . Carl, Al Brant, Carl Halverson, Lloyd Hill and Charles Strickfaden, as i sociate chairmen. Educational, Carl E. - Asc'ien brenner, chairman. ' General gift?, Carl Hogg, chair- i man; Frank Chatas, Ralph Cooley, Charles A. Johnston, Fred Keeler, 1 'Charles ; McElhinney and C. W. ; Tharp, associate chairmen. Governmental, George Alexan- der, chairman; Carl D. Gabrielson, ; associate chairman. Y .Industrial, A. C Haag, chair ' man; Percy Blundell, G. F. Cham Y bers, Ray Yocom, associate chair i men.. Y v ' Y" t . , Mercantile, F. G. Leserer, chair l man; Roy Gleisner, R. W. Land, ' Edward Majek, George Maurer, Edwin Schreder, Francis Smith and Earl Vernon, associate chair- Y men. YY . . i! Professional, TJrlin Page, chair : man; W. S. Lamkin, Robert Pow ' ell, Bruce Spaulding, Ralph Sko i piU Edward O. Stadter and. Elton :' r Thompson, associate chairmen. Rural, Frank DoerOer, chair man. Utilities, Ralph Johnson, chair man; Leif Bergsvik, Eric Butler, C. E. Guenther, Lloyd Henry and Glenn McCormick; associate chair men. ': , .i West Salem, v G. C. Nugent, chairman,', with the West Salem 'Lions club. Y ... Y --! j -jY Women's division, Dorathea Steusloff, chairman; Mrs. Earl y. : Barham, Mrs. Claude II. Glenn, Mrs. -Lewis D. Griffith, Mrs. Paul H. Hauser, Mrs. Stanley BKrue ger, Mrs. Charles S. McElhinny, Mrs. Iri S. McSherry, Mrs. W. L. - Phillips and Mrs. Charles A. Sprague, associate chairmen, y. : ' Non - solicitation committees, which are part of the campaign organization include the speakers' bureau, Headed by Frank B. Ben nett, with Rev. Willard Hall and L. L. Leigh ton as associate chair men; publicity, with Gardner Knapp as chairman. Ken Colliet, Mrs. Stewart Johnson, Leath Sal schenberger and William Talbot as associate chairmen. Each division is' at present com pleting organization; of personnel for solicitationY. which Commences October 9. f ' Rail Head Denies' High Rates S1W Up Western Cains ,.. KANSAS CITY, Sept. 20-VP) Western railroaders share the am bition of western farm states to obtain more factories "but rail jrates are not the controlling fac 3tor In relocating, industry," Fred G. Hurley, president of the Santa Fe railroad, asserted today. . In a talk before the chamber of commerce, the 53-year-old execu tive who became head of the San ta Fe system Aug. 1 termed "in accurate and Unfounded" a state ment by Wendell Berge, assistant V. S. attorney general, that "dis criminatory and excessive freight rates had been Imposed by the railroads on the west and south." Ohio Architect To Outline OSC Building Plans CORVALUS, Sept' 20 -(p) Preliminary study for the future campus building program at Ore gon State college was finished this week by Dr. A. D. Taylor, .Cleveland, Ohio, nationally known -landscape architect and recent chief consultant ' to the govern ment Tacoma May Get New Zinc Plant TACOMA, Sept 20 Con- sirucuon ox a zinc reaucuon plant at the Tacoma smelter, a unit of the American Smelting and Re fining company, is being; consid ered, it was learned today. The company, however, has not yet approved the project Too Late to Classify PIN BOYS WANTED. Sc per line. rn irviiua oowuns; Alley. S BDRM. MOD, Kelzsr dist. furnished or uniurn. xjox 10s, care SUteaman. Eziz Tcni-il ; Children 20c Adolts Ida Lupino Joan Leslie Jack Carsoa ia ; "Xts.&rf.Ucj" ' ;. "G:5 Lzlij-' German Flank a? Hi- AMSTEROAM -ti J? HA&Uf -yti. r..r. 'iiii'M "V MUSSEUX, BELGIUM MUfl) . I lit XM1 LFRANCE- ..I. m JUL Arrows located Allied drives, including union of Rritlsh Second Army and Allied airborne troops reported near NumereA In Hol land te Increase the threat (broken arrow) to the German! right flank. American First Army guns shelled German towns of Duren (A) and Pram (B). (AP Wirephoto map). . i Thumbnail Of War! By th Associated Praaa By the Associated Press Western European F r e n t .British Second army forces fought to cross the Rhine river at Nijmegen, Holland; 70 miles southward US. First army fight . ers reached Gressenich in Ger '. many. " . .;' V" - ' ;V" In the Pacific American con quest of another of Japan's Pa cific island bases Anguar is land,' guarding the eastern ap- proaches to the Philippines was announced, while on nearby Feleliu island marines held the upper hand. : Russian Front The red ar my's grand offensive in the Bal kans has engulfed nearly 2000 more towns and reached within 50 miles of Tallinn, Eastonian capital. In the Jtir Day . and night aerial, hammering by allied air . fleets. continues to hamper Ger man attempts to bring up troops and supplies to the beleaguered Siegfried line. , ' . v European War Flashback j By the Associated Press -if Sept XI, ISIS British consoli , dated j their positions on hills overlooking the Hindenburg line 'north of St Quentin. Germans . 6heHed Americans on the Alsace 'front with gas, while American " shelling caused panic and evacu " ation of civilians : from Metz. British troops virtually wiped out a Turkish army in Palestine. Sept 21. 1940 Bulgarian troops began the occupation of southern Dubruja, Romanian . soldiers withdrew. British planes bombed nazl targets In Trond- heim, Norway. 1 The Road to Berlin .' By the Associated Press) . Western front: 305 miles (from near Arnhem, Holland). Russian front: 312 miles (from outside Pulutsk). Italian front: 580 miles (from 25 miles below Bologna). First Lime Shipped By Oregon Plant GRANTS PASS, Sept 20.-fls-The Sullivan Line company, Rogue River, has shipped Its first carload of ground agricultural limestone, officials said today. Construction of the plant, only one in Oregon, exclusively man ufacturing high grade lime, be gan last May. - x -. - -, v 1 GDiWES SCHOOL OF pniiiTLa ; Corner liberty Ferry SL ; - Opea Dally I U t P, VL . Don't Wat, Enroll Now If you can icalk, tra cch ' : teach you to, - . Menace Grows it Ouiburf GERMANY CCXOCNf xnnil . COBttNj 1 uwuiiiyTiAli: w .i a y.-j,f TV Mrs. D. White, Pioneer, Dies Mrs.! Edith Brewster White, 749 South liberty, widow of the late D. A. White and a pipneer mem ber of Salem's First Christian church, died Wednesday afternoon at her j home. ; ' j Born in Illinois, she had! been a resident of . Salem since j 1890. D. A. iWhite. who died six years aeo. was the founder of the D. A. White seed store in 1891,1 now operating over the state .with In ternational marketsl f Mrsj White was) a direct de scendant of the Brewster family of Plymouth. England, and! New England fame. She had been bed fast for the. past; year. . Survivors included - two 1 sons Harlei O. White and Floyd M. White iof Salem; a daughterj Ursi Blanche Doam of Los Ahgelesf a' granddaughter, Ora White of Los Angeles; a grandson, Capt Robert White! with-the US army, in jndia, and jthree great grandchildren, Gordon, Douglas and .Susan White of Salem. j v -. Funeral services j will - be! held 2 p. ni Friday from Cloueh-Bar- rick chapel, Revf Dudley Strain oniciaung.t ; "t t ' Libejr-ator Forced Down; 11 Unhurt KLAMATH FALLS. Sent. 20W Eleven men escaped injury and the trfiln wai nnlir cllnVitlv !4am aged when a Liberator bomber was forced down' by engine! trou ble yesterday evening about 48 mileThorth of Lakeview. ' One;" of the bomber's .motors caught on fire, and another: stop ped, it was reported. The bitf B-24 was on a routine flight from the air base at Walla Walla, Wash. , i Storm and weather! signals be gan to be displayed in England about1863. ;r 1 Tut WOUC TXJf HfTS BUItT Opens 6:45 P. M. Now Playicg! i Martha's out t I Joe today 7 iTiinn Sara I THRILL CtniT . Bcrfcf " Crcils tZcff 5 - J j9 i s sa wm a m i J, ls vivnn i n.m lmnij'i Plane Crash ICills 5 From r 4th Air Force REDMOND, Ore., Sept 20 Col. Earl L. Naiden, commanding officer of the 217th Wing. 4th air force, and four of his staff officers were killed today in the crash of a two-engine army-transport plane near here.; ' The dead: Col. Naiden, Monroe, La:; Lt CoL Ernest C " Young, Stillwater j Okla.yli.' Cot William T. Mood GleriviDe,' NjCar.; Mai Frederick ? A. ! Zambonl, Wallac, Ida.; Chief Warrant Officer Clair. K. Benser; San Bernardino, Calif. Sgt James F. Barton of 'W4ns-ton-Salem N.Car crew chief, suf fered a broken ankle and shock when he Was catapulted through the side of the plane's fuselage. He was reported in good condition at a local hospital. Y: Y Next of kin of all the deceased have bee$ notified. : A board of army airforce officers is investi gating the cause of the accident Portland army air base officials The crash occur ed shortly after the plane left the Redmond army air field, With Lt CoL Young as pilot . 1 ,. ' Nurserymen to Bar Shipments 1 Front Europeans , j PORTLAND, Sept 20 -()-The Americanj association of Nursery men will Insist ; on maintaining quarantine laws of 1912 and 193? in the immediate postwar period, Dick White, secretary, of Washing ton, D.Cn told the Oregon associa tion of nurserymen here last night " Many r hurserymen expect an effort on the part of business and financial interests to have the quarantine barriers broken down, he said. This may be attempted on the basis! it would speed up re habilitation of Y wa r ravaged countries such as Belgium, Hol land, France antT England, which have shipped much horticultural material here In the past he added. Yanks Capture v Robomb Plant WITH tJJS. THIRD ARMY. Sent. 20 ri&) A vast bomb-proof under ground buzzbomb factory which was to employ 15,000 workers and produce hundreds of bombs daily has falleh into the hands of the third armpr at the French town of ThiL near; the Luxembourg border. The plant built deep in the shaft of n iron ore mine, was Yn partial operation with 3,000 work ers turning out buzzbomb carcasses. when the' Germans were forced to flJ' f -Y.. i f Minesweeper Lost In Eastern Storm i ! . ; ". WASHtNGTON, Sept 20 - UP - Loss of the minesweeper 409 at sea during lat week's hurricane along the east coast was reported by the navy today. The navy said the YMS- 409 "has ot been heard from and is presumed to be lost" 1 The area through which the-ves sel was operating at he time the hurricane struck "has- been under constant isearch" since the storm and the search still is continuing, the navy! reported. Yi ! Contlnooas f rem 1 P. K. "e Ilow Fhying i 4 , itlZS&tfcCWlt EDGAR BARRIER I Icm ColW Mary Nesa JLii LON CHANEY Tun Co-Feature I ",.() 'H,aLt . r 'inn hepsrs 1 . OlltheHOlIEFROrtT Of cburse, I knew as well as did the white-haired; woman . in the gift shop tht the demi-tasse porcelains had not been Imported since December 7, 1941, but I couldn't bring myself to think that eyenr to a collector, a cup marked "Made in Japan" would be such a hot present inv1944.-; But stories' told since 1939 ..to the contrary, there' is still one inn port from Japan that finds a ready market "There wont be any more of 'em they're -using: wood now, one "fisherman told, me as far back as 39." - ; T- f Y. However,' with my .own eyes I saw one of the glass floats from a Jap fishnet on an Oregon beach last Saturday. Sttill encased in a "snood if strong hemp, it could not have been afloat or buried in the sand since 1939. Y J C; Up and down the j coast, the Japanese teasels are gone from the little restaurants. The cotton floor coverings we used to call "Jap matting' are just "rag. rugs" now, but the great bowls of "Jap fish flpats", stilt' stand and- hang in windows of the curio shops, beer joints, above crab pots, in summer homes wherever the Oregon sunlight can strike them and emphasize their blue-green sheen. I ' i The float I saw Saturday was amber! and as lovely as the old pre-war glass yep, the Japs will still hive ; one market here when the wlur is over, But half the reason! the glass "balls are sought and cherished by summer folk and coast country dwellers alike is the! fact that they were lost from a Japanese net Oh, sure, tourists will pay fancy prices for them, (but not to the slant-eyed fishermen! Money $tky Make Dreams Come True, Says Dr. Marcotte The! 20th century businessman is usually thought of as a mater ialist fcnd too often thinks that of himself, Dr. Henry Marcotte, pastor j of : the First Presbyterian church, told members of the Salem Rotary club. In reality he is-e poet since he makes money which has the power to make his dreams come true, the speaker said, Money is the consentrated ess ence of all the best since it. has the power to reach around the world and carry good to those who deserve it The 20th century businessman' is approaching God when ?ie uses the money he makes to bring dreams true. Dr. Marcotte said in concluding his talk. Ronald : Craven sang two songs, accompanied at the piano by Ruth Bedford, club pianist Melvin Geist led the club singing. i W. C Ruegnitz, 62, Dies' in Washington PORTLAND, Sept 20 -(PH W. C. Ruengitz, 62, prominent north west lumberman, died last night Lnear Woodland, Wash., enroute to his home here from a vacation at Victoria, B.C. . Funeral arrangements are being fnadejhere for Ruenitz, manager oi tne uoiumma 5 asm Loggers Association. " T. Lirru moosc with Twt t K? 'YY- Opens :45 P. M. - How Showing! Season's FASTEST & FUHNJEST UUSICAL COUEDY ROMANCE! Just Look At This SweU Ce-Bt! v f Chndettt Colbert liur - Briaa Ahema f X ' K i i Legion Favors -Use of Force ; To Keep Peace CHICAGO, Sept' 20.-)-The American Legion drew their pat tern for a postwar United States today. . : . ... . j Before concluding their 26th annual convention by electing Ed ward N.. Scheiberling, Albany, NY. attorney, as .national ' com mander, the legionnaire adopt ed resolutions, recommending: Unconditional sturendt; an d permanent disarmament of Ger many and Japan,' with opposition te a "soft peace." , ;,' ; An associi4ioo ' of, free nations "implemented with wh a t e v e r force Jnay be necessary to main tain peace and prevent recurrence of war;. YYY.Y7'. ;Y"Y-Y Y. immediate enactment of legis lation for universal one-year mil itary training of qualified young American men, upon- expiration of the selective service act Vice - commanders elected in cluded Dan M. McDade, Portland, Ore. . War Chest Will ! Provide Speakers v Details of plans by which the speakers' bureau of the Salem United .War : Chest wUl provide speakers tot meetings of the vari ous local unions during the next two' weeks preceding the chest' annual drive were arranged at a luncheon meeting of, union chest representatives Wednesday at the Marion hotel. ; : Y Organized labor, both locally and nationally, endorses the war chest. Albert Brant- secretary of Salem Central Labor: council, and Paul Parket secretary of the Mechan ics' union, who met with repre sentatives of the chest campaign committee and speakers bureau, declared they were confident labor in the Salon area would live us to its reputation for successful participation In civic enterprises. Burr Miller, camnaien committee chairman; C A. Kells, F. S. Anun sen, pre-campaign comm f 1 1 e e chairman, the Rev. Willard Hall and L. L. Leigh ton, who have been assigned by the speakers' bureau to present the subject of the chset to organized labor, comoleted the group at the luncheon table. -- :. . ' ; . - Y-1 Y. . - ' : . . ' : ...r . J , Y " v . . alV "Girts end young women: Inter-: ing telephone Jobs art now pen. Important in both peace -and war, Talk it ever wUh our -employment people." ? " Texas Elector 1 Row Gets Into Supreme Court (By the Associated Press) , ; ' AUSTIN, Tex., Sept 20 Law yers for both .factions, of Texas' embroiled democrats spoke new, hardsh words in the quarrel over democratic electors today before the state supreme , court, which announced it hoped to settle the issue before Saturday. Each side accused the othfer of coming into court with "undean hands." Far more than two hours in. the crowded courtroom hush ed by comparison with the stormy conventions t h a .preceded the split attorneys tot pro- and- anti Roosevett democrats orated, threw and denied ' charges, and. quoted Iaw- JY;YYY,:Y v 0 YY'-fU-: . .Before the court was the ques tion of whether electors named at the September Y 12 convention, pledged to support Roosevelt and Truman, or electors picked at the May 23 regular convention and not so pledged, would be certified to county officials for printing on the general election ballot in No vember. - -1 s ' Swan Island - - i Welder Beats ; Georgia Woman ; PORTLAND, Ore, Sept 20 -() Joy Wilson, welderette from Kai ser's Swan Jsland shipyard, today was announced, as winner! over Mrs. .D. M. Bolding of the Jones Construction company 'shipyard, Brunswick, Ga in a welding con test held here yesterday. 'M YW C. (Red) Gambrell of ttxe Jones yard, beat : S. M. Colbert, Swan Islander, in, the men's con test . The contest i involved speed and sm.tests.iYU -Y Y NOW DOORS OPEN 6:45 SHOW, STARTS M u vragon at a:se , DRAGON S6D BASED ON PEARL BUCK NOVEL 1 KATHARINE HEPBURN : 4e-Feature i "Johnny Doesnt " Live Here Any Mere" at 7:15-11:11 rrsTiiE iw?;:o:2 rum Ev.ry night thousands el lervieo mtn end women dash to the nearest telephones to talk with families end friends at homo. Most of the Long Disfanca calls from camps and nova! into d fow short hours - Y i- ,V --v ' -- V; ':Y -JvLf."i'5; ""--J.:"'' - - 7; Many circuits cro likely to bo crowded at that tirr.3 arid it helps a 1st whtn you keep tho lines deer from 7 to 10 for service men Kansas Man f To Speak Jlere Raich W. Carney, vice president and sales manager of the Coleman Lamp & .Stove company, Wichita, Kas rated as one of this country s most outstanding public speakers, will address Salem Chamber of Commerce at its luncheon meeting -next Monday noon. . ' Y Y ; Pearl Harbor. Carney has been devoting all of his time, abfl- Ity and energy to the promotion of the war effort! A brand of humor all him own. a brilliant personality and a vital message are praised! by reviewers from large cities ox the United States, who declare : that , Carney 'has received the greatest appiause . ever iciicrcu ' n;uk;ia . in their clubs and civic organiza tions.. Y OPA Sets Higher : Salmon Prices ASTORIA, Sept 20 -(JPt- New ceiling price 10 H cents a pound for Columbia river salmon during the fall season has Ceen set by the OPA, Henry Niemela, secretary of the fisherman's protective sasocia tion, said today. The former : price was 8 cents.' The OPA set 13 cents as the price for salmon caught in Oregon and Washington bays and streams the last four months of the season. Today and. Friday Blazinc SMTLET BURNETTE -BOB LIVINGSTON la "BENEATH WESTERN SKIES" stations aro crowded 1 V vii ' t nl Co-Featare sj - .'-. ail Ossa m-ynrmi w Qy e 4kmn- J j n-n. nr " ' 1