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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1944)
V - -. - j ---' 0r " - J Y7eai!iet " Maximum temperature decrees, minimum SI sis areas; sto nut; river -3 ft. t in. Partly cloudy Sunday, clear Monday. CentinaeS Mi Jit ITU: V , . : r; V W AS cold Sunday, slightly er Monday. PCUMDDD 1651 I 1 f ' t . - t . - I -. There were no Jews in the town in Iowa where. I grew up. There was a Welsh settlement in the country, beyond the' "Tennessee" rieihborhood whose families were descendants of those . who had moved up from eastern Tennes see "before .. the., war, because they wanted to. get away from slavery; In the next county the Bohemians were" coming in, and we heard now and then of how the older families , were v selling their farms to Bohemians and moving to town. ,". . - There was , an Italian family which ran., a fruit stand in a county seat 20 miles away, who were a curiosity with their dark skinned bambino and foreign speech. In the old river cities from Dubuque to Burlington there were ' many German families, but they were' old and well established, in trade and society. Our own town was of old American stock, : and, as I said, no Jews lived there.' However, at intervals of several months a Jew would come through, a small ' man with a bushy, black. baard,who drove a horse hitched to a small wagon. He was Arky, the junk-buyer. To him we sold our accumulation of old rags and o 1 d rubbers and scrap iron. We reveled in tempor ary opulence If we had for sale the copper bottom of a boiler or tea-kettle. . We did. business with Arky. He ' weighed our stuff on his spring scales and counted out our money - for us; but still he remained alien, He was a stranger; he was a for eigner. We got pretty Well ac- . quainted with our German milk man, who according to gossip was high-born but because he i had married , "beneath him" was os tracized by his family and had to (Continued on Editorial Page) Nelson Leaves WB But Will Have New Post WASHINGTON, Sept : 30 -UP) Donald M. Nelson ended a turbu lent career as WPB chairman to day to take a new post described by President Roosevelt as a task of "major importance; connected with fofelga,ecbnomic relations. x Thirty six year old J. A." (Cap) Krug, recently released by the navy to become acting chairman, took over as Nelson's successor with the pledge he would "try to keep things running on the rails you laid down." Tn his letter accepting the res ignation , ' a message warmly praising Nelson's part in arming the country Mr. Roosevelt did not reveal the post he had in mind for thei retiring production chief. The president indicated, bow ever, that he plans to use Nelson's ability for economic negotiations like his missions to China and Russia. The results achieved there, said Mr. Roosevelt, "make me feel strongly that your experience, in sight and skill will be urgently needed by this country in laying the groundwork for postwar eco nomic cooperation with "other nations." "I am counting on you to re main in the government in a high post of major importance," the White House message said. .' ' Deivey Relaxes V.rdni Campaign ALBANY, NY, Sept 30 (ff -Gov. Thomas E. Dewey - played golf today and planned to spend the rest of the weekend in com plete relaxation. , The republican presidential nominee,' resting from his 1,500 mlie campaign tour to the West coast and back, was said by aides to be determined to "take it easy" until next week, when he will start drafting, speeches for the final phases of the campaign. His next scheduled appearance is at Charleston, W. Va on Oct 7, although there may be a radio broadcast .' from Albany before then. " " Pope' Gives Benediction To Alfred E. Smith NEW YORK, Sept 30-P)-The apostolic benediction and expres sions of affection, from Pope Pius JUL were conveyed tonight to for mer Governor Alfred E. Smith, 70, who Is seriously ill in Rockefeller Institute hospital. - : They came in a cablegram sent ly Archbishop Francis J. Spell r an from Vatican city and read to the former governor by his phy t ' cian, Dr. Raymond P. Sullivan. Capcabaha Qal) Lcsea T J ccr.se, Gets Another I.TV; YCrJC, Sept 20-(,T)-The c l-ret license. of the Copacabana '.t c.b was revoked today and . tix, rr.tr.ths temporary license j fronted immediately as the ''or. 'Me night spot consented . ; i r: vocation and admitted its ::: :j U t- s city's $3771.34 tax iniSTY-FOtmTlI YEAH Balkan Decision 1 ment iirii Russians v Seize Big Bridgehead On Danube Bank LONDON, Sunday,1 Oct 1 -(F) The red army, crossing into Yugo slavia in a drive aimed at trap ping 200,000 Germans in the low er Balkans, has seized a 60-mfle bridgehead on the west bank of the Danube opposite Romania and captured a score of. villages, Mos cow announced ' officially last night. ; . LONDON, Sunday, Oct 1-(A) The3 German ; radie said today that Russian troops have fought their way into the streets of Warsaw and are battling Ger man troops there. . .The broadcast recorded by Reuters, said the German forces In Warsaw were eliminating p-the Russians and added ; that "German dive bombers, snipers and mortar fire made a bedlam of the scene inside the city. A late German broadcast ac centing the peril to all the nazi holdings grabbed there in the maelstrom of 1941, said the un folding soviet operations there and on the rich Hungarian plains leading to Budapest had been built Into a dangerous ' dagger "pointed at the heart of Europe." Honxary licked V-";- '' : With defeatism reported . ram pant in the Hungarian armies and also in the puppet troops built up by the once-mighty nazi legions, a showdown was Imminent in, the Balkans. - The red army," swinging west ward within. 94 miles of Belgrade, the Yugoslav capital, in aid of Marshal Tito's partisan forces. crossed the winding Danube above and below the Iron Gate rapids on a stretch between Obsova and Negotin, the broadcast soviet com munique said. ' ! Russians Drive - The Russians drove six miles into , Yugoslavia at Negotin,, and Tito's spearheads, battling a mix ed force of Germans, Serb puppet troops and Gen. Mihailovic's Chetniks, were reported by; the rree xugosiav . racuo , aireaay- xo have reached a point ' on - the southwestern approaches .to. Bel grade." -.v"?-; ; ;-"C.f;-"H;;' Three Willamette Valley Soldiers on! Roster of Wounded Another 2098 were on a new list of army wounded today, as an nounced by the war department The list was in addition to the 2209 on the wounded roster made pub lic yesterday.' ; . j Three Willamette valley men were listed as wounded in the-Eu ropean area: : , - PFC James R. Bowman; mother, Annie L. Bowman,, route 3, Al bany. - ." Pvt Joseph D. Floyd; father, James David Floyd, route 1, box lll-A, Molalla. Sgt Lyle I Ray; father, Ben jamin L. Bay, route 1, box 44, Sdo. - ::w-v v. ;:- ;t - , Steel Release Will Make Possible Completion ' '""',. :,,:'-': i-:- -: '1 s :.J 1 :' ' '1'',' ' : 'V "i-t,ri$J m ..:'k. Of Alumina Plant Some Time in Release of steel which has been held up by military demands will make possible . the completion of the Salem alumina plant by some time in March, it is anticipated by H. A. Brinkerhoff, engineer in charge of construction for the Chemical Engineering company. The March date is later than first was anticipated, but it is two months ahead of recent expecta tions. Meantime, construction at the plant site north of Salem on Cher ry avenue is going forward stead ily. The administrative building and the laboratory are completed and occupied. The tall silo for clay storage is being finished and the concrete bases for the roasting and calcining tunnels aire completed.', Water Trench Dug Th trench for the water supply line ' from the Willamette river, 4000 feet in length, is dug and the 24-frich pipe strung along, but, the Joints are not yet welded. At the river bank, a cylindrical concrete 24 PAGES i j& V yhs Pass Burned Truck NT vX: -v. : . -5 ,1 ; 11- 4 US airborne infantry troops pass 1 keep rifles ready in event they Blast German Oil Firms, Rails ' . t r - -if. LONDON, Sept S0-P)-Nearly 2000 American and British bomtn ers and 1 fighters closed out one of - their busiest months today by' spilling "explosives through ' the clouds 'inpv4 'German aynthetic oil plants andi laUeenierj iii Jlhe industrial Ruhr; and Rhine valley beyond the allied land armies.' fin three separate Waves more1 than 800 US Flying Fortresses and liberators escorted by 700 fight ers, hammered choked ; freight yards at Munster, Hamm and Bielefeld, which feed the embat tled German frontier, troops. A small force of j American heavy weights also attacked i nazi ord nance depot at Bielefeld. " A communique from the US strategic air fprces reported that 10 bombers were lost on this mis sioV hut i that I all fighter f craft returned safely, " r I ; ' 4 Munster, the? capital of West phalia,' and Bielefeld are import ant railr and communications cen ters, while Hamm is the site-of Germany's largest freight yards. Salween Nips Add Strength : -SOUTHEAST ASlA COM-, MAND HEADQUARTERS, Kan- dy, Ceylon," Sept SO-VThe re cent strengthening of the Japa nese position on the Salween front, along the old Burma road was de scribed by a headquarter? spokes man today as a "frantic impro visation" to n e i t Chinese ad vances In Yunnan , province -of southwestern China. ' The spokesman conceded that the enemy had proved trouble some . in the . area southwest '. of Lungling, recently bombed by US Mitchells, but he said! that they were necessarily depleting their forces elsewhere in an effort to stem an overland junction be tween China and her allies in In dia and north: Burma.! - I ,:;; :::- ? . tower is under construction, into which water from the, river will flow by "gravity. The Water win then be lifted by electric pumps, into the supply line. s -The effluent flows ina pipe line in the same trench, emptying into the river a short distance below the intake. Tests have indicated the effluent does not injure fish life. f-: ; . ..;., Bonneville Fewer Electricity is being supplied from the Bonneville transmission lines near the property, Huge transformers are j now ; being in stalled. Electricity will be used for light and power and for heat ing, except for the oil-fired boil ers which do the roasting. One unique feature is a 50,000 kilowatt electric boiler, first of Its kind in the northwest i :i ' Aluminum-bearing clay win be shipped in dump cars from Castle Rock, Wash. By an acid process, alumina (aluminum oxide) will be extracted. It will be gapped Allied Heavies Sl a burned truck while advancing in aa unidentified Dutch town. They meet snipers. (AP wirepheto from; signal corps radi) It Must Have Been Some Number He Was Working on 1 LONDON, Sept 30 - - Sir Thomas Beecham, just back from the United States, conducted the London philharmonic orchestra so vigorously in his first rehearsal that he broke two batons and sent himself to a hospital. : ';' v ( Flunging into Sibelius' sixth symphony, Sir Thomas swung the first baton so vigorously he broke ItJsx tsJJ tn3 ew'jpiece flew over his shoulder into the auditorium. - Finding a second, he gripped It hard with his left hand, cracking it and imbedding a splinter in the palm. He took a taxi to a hospital, returned with the splinter as a souvenir, and resumed - rehearsal with a third baton. " Enemy Drives British Back, U.S. Holds Oh ROME, Sept: 30 Enemy tanks-' have driven the British Eighth army from a smalj bridge head across r the Fiumlcino - river northwest of Rimini, headquarters disclosed; . today, . but Americans advancing to the west held firmly to their rain-swept mountain sal ient, knifing into the German lines despite strong enemy ; attacks. I The Fiumlcino, the lower course of Caesar's, famous' Rubicon r of antiquity, was running deep and swift from the autumn downpours and some of the. Americans moun tainous sunoly roads were so flooded, that even mule , trains were stalled." T " Both the , Americans and t h e British reported moderate gains in rooting the Germans from high land strongholds overlooking 4 th roads leading into the Po valley. The British reverse on the Fiumlcino came west ' of L i San Mauro Di Romania., nine : miles west ' and slightly north - of : the Adriatic city of Rimini. " i March to alumnium reduction ' plants at Troutdale ; or ' elsewhere In ; the northwest In addition, other clays from more distant points will.be shipped in . for i trial to see how they react under the process here used. The solid waste will be de posited in a 21-acre tract on the property. ; . ; ; 17$ Employed - I':,; Brinkerhoff said about ,275 men and women are employed on the construction work at present The chief shortage has been with com mon labor and women have had to be employed for common labor jobs. The principal building con tract is held ty the tf orthera Con struction ', company. . Tt a prir.2 contractors. Chemical Construc tion company, wiU in., tall equip ment and give the jl-rt a thor ough testing before turricg it over to Columbia tletals ccrr-ny which will cperate the pl.t u der contract with the government ' Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, October in Holland PravdaSays Japan Faces Real Trouble MOSCOW, Sept 30-(-The of ficial communist party newspaper, Pravda, declared today that Ja pan j is facting serious difficul ties" in her war with the western allies and implied that heir posi tion la hopeless. - ftWit&out? mentioning- S b v I e t - Japanese i ravda. stressed in a. long review of the Japanese situation' that American production was fast outstripping the Japanese and that Japan was being overwhelmed by allied mili tary might and concluded in com ment that "the adventurous the ory of blitzkrieg has had a de structive influence over Japanese strategy."' -k " .-, - j .. .: f..v Although it was the most pes simistic picture the Soviet press ever has drawn of Japan's chances of winning the war, there was nothing in the- review to support a theory that Japanese-Russian relations have changed. Allies Ready Final Blows l SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE,' Sept -j 30 H"P)-AIlied fighting ; men, grimmer and so bered by the heroic tragedy of Arnhem, are moving into position on the western front to drive into Germany the hard way: head on. f Itashakably. confident that they can 1 do the job," they neverthe less are aware that hard fighting lies ahead in this fifth phase of the invasion. Victory still is pos sible in ,1944, but now it quite likely j may require fighting well into the spring of 1945. , ! ; - ' Prime Minister Churchill set the tone for a general change of opin ion when he told the house of commons Thursday that "no one certainly not I can guarantee that several months of 1945 will not be 'required." t V s Oregon Best Place For Linen Industry ; CORVALLIS, OreJSept'SO m A C2echoslovakIan linen 'manu facture says that Oregon is the best place in the nation for de veloping an American linen in dustry. I In a booklet published by Ore gon State college, Richard Pfef- ferkorn said that linen would be woven most economically in this area, where flax "is grown. He said. ,! however, that extensive weaving could not be developed until grading and processing of Oregon flax is unproved. Ccunty iderky Office r To all v.r:T.crs la resisterir. f t the Novcr-ber election, his cLLL-i will rcn-.:In czn until 8 p.rx next r;ei.-eEi-y, Thursday, Friday tzi rst-rd-j, Ulrica County Clerk II:r. ry I announced yester day. TLa office usually closes at 5 p.m. ; ' Germany 1; 1S44 O Willamette Gallop3 To 33-14 Victory Uver Blarme Club KLAMATH" FALLS. Or- fnt 30 rVfy- Willamette university overwhelmed 71-0 by the Univer sity of Washington last vek bounded back , today to a 33-14 win over the Klamath Falls Ma rine Barracks. 1 c v- The Bearcats. WardrOD. catch ing a Marine fumbl. In midair. ran 99 yards for Willamette's first touchdown Only a! minute be fore the Pacific war veterans had taken the ball after Willamette fumbled on its one-yard line. some 4000 saw the game. Half time score was 7-6 for Willam ette; (See AI Ughtner's account f the came n the sports page.) V-E Day Plan Of 350 Orders WASHINGTON, Sept 30 J. A. Krug, new WPB chairman. tonight announced a plan for re conversion without "spoon feed ing of economy," and a V-E day project to rid industry of 350 of the existing war production board orders, i -. ' '. "No attempt should be made to curtail individual Initiative- in the search for and purchase of ma terials and components that .will remain in short supply for only a brief period," Krug said in out lining the bulky blueprint for re laxing war controls upon the col lapse of Germany''''! f' -: Kmg did not reveal specifical ly which orders 'will ; be revoked, stating the . program t wfll not be complete until the draft has been circulated' among other ' agencies "to assure its- work ability and soundness." -:. ; 1 . ...:: The announcement was Knag's first official act as chairman re placing Donald M. Nelson, whose resignation was accepted by Pre sident Roosevelt today. The plan was pushed to completion by Krug as acting chairman i in Nelson's absence. - " ' ' , Salient features of the plan are the revocation of "the great bulk of orders and regulations now on the books; creation of a single normal - use priority rating, dubbed W,, to be used al most exclusively for war orders; virtual elimination of all orders controlling metal products; and simplification of those regulations which must remain in force. Fisher Motor fompariylMay erate Filing here late last week of a declaration by, the Fisher" Motor Car company of Deleware of in tent to engaged in j business- in Oregon, opened dozens of avenues of discussion over; the state as to possible plans for operation. - : ' Included f was the suggestion that . the new corporation for which articles were filed Friday in Dover, DeL, might be consider ing operations at or near the site of the new alumnia plant, sched uled to commence work on a test basis early next February. ; The Salem plant, built with federal funds, is to be operated under contract by the Columbia Metals corporation. Seattle, and the suggestion, which grew up In Portland rather than in the capi tal city, was up to today only speculation, it Is believed. ' Fisher Motor Car I company is one of two new companies incor porated last , week by the Fisher brothers ("Body by Fisher"), who early in August severed their 2 year connection with 7 General Motors.' . ' -y.- i- ! , Frank C Taylor b president of the Deleware corporation which has indicated.it plana to do busi ness I la Oregon while Walter Hoffman is- named as vice presi dent and W. A. Hamlin ir treas urer. Alfred A. Hampson, Andrew Koerner and Frank C McColloch, Portland attorneys who represent ed the Fishers in the filing with t h e ' ' corporation commissioner here, have been quoted as saying they know nothing of the com pany'a plans. V. I -:"..;' ! JM-Yesr-Old 7oman ... ,i . ... , 4 - ,,t - - Cnrc3 for Six Acres Tin: DALLES, Ore, Sept-V Tlicre may be a farmhand short-crs-but 61-year-old !LIrs.'Gecr2e Ilrcucs doesat mind, i - T . Undied, she has cared for six acres cf orchard tnd truck tvzttn, kr)t a ereonhouse, and cut end tl.ocXci U.rcJ r-rcs cf alfiL'-. Frees Industry Op 7th;:Army: Through Snow Nine Milefm!Belfort- Hodges' Men Gain on 60-Mile , line; Patton's Third Wipes Out 113 German Tanks f in Two Days SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITION ARY' FORCE, Sept-30-(AP)The :US Seventh army, fighting through snow sweeping out of the Vosges moun tains, wheeled up , to two foothill passes today and were only nine miles northwest of the gateway city of Belfort to challenge the Germans along the chain of peaks blocking the southern, route to the Rhinelahd. 1 ' '. To the north, the US First army opened up with an attack on a" 60-mile ; front, carved out limited gains, and smashed through eight fortifications of the Siegfried line near its western fortress of Prum. Between these sectors the US Third army wiped out the equiva lent of a German armored divi sion in two days 113 tanks, 31 of which fell to gunners and fighter-bombers in the I last 24 hours in a battle eddying around the American salient east of Metz and Nancy. ; ? ! Nasis Counterattack ; The British on the Dutch end of the long front beat back German counter-blows from east and west at their Nijmegen bridge posi tions. The enemy tossed 300 fight ers and fighter-bombers into the struggle and lost 33 without get ting within strafing distance. .. Canadian artillery and infantry on the French channel coast beat again at Calais after a 24-hour armistice during which 10,000 French ' civilians were cleared from the beleaguered port. Fight to Death ; y- - f .. During the pause in the hostili ties, a Colonel Schroeder, the Ger- mail commander of a garrison be lieved- to number 7000 to 8000. told his opponents he had been ordered by Hitler to fight to the death and he proposed to do so. Rain and sleet which blanketed the entire front from Holland to the Swiss border turned to snow in the Yosges foothills, where the Seventh was making gains of up to three miles in the face of con centrations of artillery and rocket fire. Breaches Made ' (The Berlin radio said the cen ter of fighting still was on' this front and acknowledged that breaches in the German lines northwest, of Belfort had been widened.) ', German patrols were aggressive in the face of the Seventh's ad vance, and the enemy was giving every indication of making a fierce stand in the Vosges. - Coffee Ration Hint Starts Grocery Rush --- fe '-'i- f ... , ... PORTLAND, Ore, Sept 30-P) -The hint that coffee would re turn to the ration list let j off stampede to coffee counters here tonight. Grocers were overwhelmed with customers hauling off as many as six pounds at a time. At one large serve-yourself store,' located near a housing project, a block-long queue formed outside the door. and the street "was jammed with grocery-bound cars. - j - Expenses Studied WASHINGTON, Sept. SO - (ff) -The senate campaign expenditures committee began today an attempt to find out how much the presi dential election is costing, who b footing the bill and the Identity of campaign organizations. Less Than 50 Revenue Comes Although approximately $148,- 000. 000 passes through the state treasury each year, Jess than 50 per cent of the revenue comes from taxes, it was disclosed Satr urday hva report by the, Treas urer, Leslie M. Scott.- - . During the 1942-44 period the treasury collected $231,000,000 and 1118,431,761 of this sum was gleaned from taxes, income, insur ance, inheritance, gift gasoline, al coholic and malt beverages, and taxes in the form cf contributions for workmen's accident and unem ployment compensation. ; The re inaiaihg $172,503,223 represented fees, fines, Inetrest and contribu tions by, the federal government proceeds cf r-.!:s cf products, and revenue frci Luor tales. The f-icrU f overnment contrib-ul-3 ?:3,C:.i:3 d-jrL-.i the fcien-r".-- $19.rci,7S2 cf this sx:m b- 1. z fr t' '.v-cy tonsiruction. Price- Sc. Battles Coffee MaV Go On Rationing : WASHINGTON, Sept 30 -(ff) - Coffee rationing again will be nec essary unless government agencies . succeed in efforts to increase ship ments of coffee to this country, the office of price administration said tonight adding that a decision will be made within 24 hours. , . . - The agency , emphasized, ; how ever that a resumption of coffee rationing has not yet been ordered and expressed hope thaj such ac tion can be avoided. " ;r r - The nation's stockpile of coffee, while ample for a normal four months' supply, has been, dwin- - dling for two months because "speculative exporters" in Latin America are withholding supplies from the market in an attempt to , force up prices, OPA said. . 1 The statement was issued after the New Mexico district OPA of Cce in Albuquerque made . and then withdrew an announcement that coffee would go back on the ration list at 12:01 ajn Sunday. The OPA, national office explained that in an anticipation of possible rationing, a ration plan had been . sent to field offices. Senator Asks 200,000 Cars WASHINGTON, Sept 30 - (ff) Senator Wherry (R-Neb) advocat- ed today the manufacture of 200, 000 new automobiles next year for sale to civilians as'onejneans, he said, of "driving bootleggers and black market operators"; out of the used automobile business. , . , f ' l iust , back from senate . small ' business subcommittee hearings at Omaha and Kansas City, Wherry told reporters that . franchised dealers all over the country "are ' being forced to close down. by il legal competition. . ; j f? i "If the war ; production I board would announce that 200,009 cars 1 will be produced during the next -year. It would not only go a long way toward stamping out Illegiti mate sales,: he said, "but it would x also help to stabilize the manpow er situation by assuring workers of plans for reconversion of the automotive manufacturing indus try." From Taxes Motorists contributed almost 25 per cent of the total state budget $33,681,018 being collected from owners ando perators of automo- biles and trucks during the two years....!'. -.' ..... . Gross income from the liquor traffic was $54,433,070, with prof its, fees and privilege taxes total ing $15,657,449.- Practically all of this revenue was diverted to relief and public assistance. O f ' Other sources of income includ ed: tzzir.z $372,233; ecrporatiens licenses by the state, $Z222l; fees collected by department cf ejri-. culture, $713,422; -litigants f.-i. and ; divorce fees collected I y -counties, $52,770 and $72,723, re-r-ectively, and L'Ur.2 fees collect c J ly the supreme court, $3,3L The secretary cf state collecl: 1 $74,175; payments for care of in sane and feeble-minded perscm3 total?! i:3,r:7 In 24 Hours of Ore go