The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, October 03, 1944, Page 1, Image 1

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- This is newspaper week. Most
editors have had their fill of these
promotion weeks, though we have
fewer of them since foods were ra
tioned. In this ease there may be
disposition for newspaper folk
to act like Little Jack Homer,
who, you remember
t , sat in a corner
Eating a Christmas pie;
He stuck in his thumb -
And pulled out a plum.
And said What a big boy am I."
. For when it comes to ; rating
their place in the scheme of things
newspaper people are vain. They
do an unconscionable, amount of
lording it oyer creation, pontifi-
eating about politics, morals, eco
nomics. They have seized on the
constitutional guarantees . of free
dom of speech to set themselves
up as a class apart, claiming ex
emption from a lot of legislation
on that ground. Retaining full lib
erty of criticism of others they are
thin - skinned - themselves when
they are criticized. .It hurts ,to
have their mantle of. smugness
ripped aside. They enjoy being
fawned over by politicians, pro
moters, uplifters' and town plan
ners.' V; " . r,.: - - ';
So far as freedom of the press
Is concerned, newspapers have and
enjoy it, In fact many editors and
publishers enjoy it so much they
abuse it. They make their papers
the vehicles ' for their personal
whims .'
: (Continued on Editorial page)
Dewey Slates
For Tonight
ALBANY, NY, Oct 2H-Cov.
Thomas E. Dewey has arranged a
15 -minute broadcast ovejr the Mu
tual network for tomorrow night,
after letting it be known he would
be ready with a quick 1 reply to
President Roosevelt's next cam
paign talk." l'
The governor, after once aban-.
doning plans W go on the air ber
fore traveling to Charleston, W.
Vt, . Saturday for republican
presidential I rally, .- announced
through his secretary, Paul E.
Lockwood, that tomorrow night's
broadcast would deal with "taxes.'
-4t, was scheduled for 8:45 pm.,
In New. York city republican
. national chairman Herbert Brown-
ell, Jr., said the broadcast would
be carried over 160 stations and
would - be re-broadcast over the
West coast stations from 9:45 to
10 pja, Pacific war time.
Brownel! " declared the speech
would -be new and most impor
; Earlier, the republican presi
dential nominee, indicated he
would deliver a "one shot" reply
at Charleston - Saturday night : to
anything in Mr. Roosevelt's Thurs
day speech that he might, regard as
warranting a reply. t
He will defer writing the Char
leston broadcast until he has heard
what his democratic opponent has
to say. ... .
Germans Flee
From,Tornea
i . STOCKHOLM, Oct. 2 (ff)
Swedish newspaper reports from
the Finnish border tonight said
German troops were fleeing north
of Tornea after Finnish troops had
captured the German garrison in
the border town.
' A dispatch from Haparanda
cross the Swedish-Finnish bor
der from Tornea estimated 12000
Germans were routed by the
Finns, who surprised the nazis by
slipping through their, defenses
Saturday night and attacking the
garrison early Sunday.
. The Finnish communique made
no mention of the fall of the town
but declared Finnish and German
forces had been engaged in battle
in Tornea since yesterday morn
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All Postwar Radios to
Have Television, Claim
v PORTLAND, Oct 2 Judith
Waller, Chicago radio official,
predicted today that every radio
act manufactured after the war
would include television ; equip
ment. - : - .;;
v She spoke before the American
Education by Radio society. -
Deluxe Coach Planned
t CHICAGO, Oct " 2-(P)-A rail
way coach designed to give over
night travelers - chaise lounge
sleeping comfort has been planned
by the Pullman-Standard Car
Manufacturing company for con
struction as soon, as wartime re
strictions are removed.
Weather',
: Maximum temperature Monday
73 Cizrtt, minimum 43 decrees,
no rate, river 4 ft 5 in.
Ctattly Tvesday with rain north
and west portions; partly elondy
V.'t "ntsdiy; stroug winds off
zzzzili c?CclumtIa and north
coast Tuesday morning. ' "
Radio
Speech
KHIETY-rOUaTH YEAll
Tito, Reds
Drive, On
Belgrade
Combined Force
- Also Threatens -
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German Mines :
LONDON, Tuesday, Oct S.-(ff)
-Marshal Tito's headquarters an
nounced last night 'that units of
the Yugoslav 14th partisan corps
had linked up with Russian troops
in a converging drive on Belgrade,
and were fighting on the ap
proaches to the jOerman strong
hold of Donji Milanovac, Danube
river village 80 miles southeast
of the capital. . ,1 : J ;
Other partisan units were re
ported battling German and pup
pet troops within 18 miles of Bel
grade on the south' andV 55 miles
on the southwest. V . i
Prized Mines, Goal :
Struggling against fierce Ger
man resistance and the imminence
of heavy autumn rains, the com
bined forces under Marshals Ro
dion Y. Molinov&ky and Tito were
threatening the reconquest of big
German-worked copper and coal
mines in a 40-mile area between
Donji Molanovac and Zajecar to
the south.
At Donji Milanovac they were
only 10 miles northeast of the
Majdanpek copper mines and 25
miles north of the larger Bor
mines, formerly operated by the
French. Soviet troops attacking
from the east and southeast were
within " 12 miles .of Bor, whose
mines before the war produced
most of Yugoslavia's 63,000 metric
tons. - , "
Kasalans Bit Rail Head
;; Fourteen miles southeast of Bor
tlje Russians were attacking just
outside Zajacarf a rail Junction
serving: the copper and coal fields
In the surrounding area. On Sun
day advance soviet spearheads had
fought their way to a point less
than two miles from Zajecar with
the seizure of vrazogrnac. .
On the middle of the irregular
front Berlin admitted its troops
had withdrawn westward into the
mountains," abandoning their po
sitions around the rail town of
Negotin. Berlin said the Russians
had more than 30,000 troops in
side Yugoslavia, and ' had : that
many more preparing to cross the
Danube at a point west of Turnu
Severin. I .
Hull Observes
73rd Birthday
WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (JP)
Moving toward several new diplo
matic crises brought on by ap
proaching victory in Europe, Cor
dell Hull turned 73 today appar
ently a bit reluctant to tear an
other leaf from his personal cal
endar but glad to be still in har
ness as secretary of state.
wnen reporters at his , news
conference congratulated him on
the anniversary, the white-haired
veteran of half a century in Am
erican politics : and diplomacy,
broadened the subject to include
not only bis personal experiences
of the day but also its value to
him as a landmark in his dealings
with the nation's affairs. .
Price Tag to Stay :
PORTLAND, Oct 2-0P)-Price
controls will be needed as. long
as there is a gap between civilian
goods and purchasing power
HosetfR. Evans, new district price
executive for the OPA here, said
today..
Hang on io Those War Bonds f
Neiv Plan Spurs Cash Demand
A considerable number of Sa
lem folk many of them on the
basis of a false premise took full
advantage Monday of the govern
ment's program to permit the In
stant cashing of war bonds with
out cost to the bondholder.
In fact financial circles, esti
mated as many bonds were cashed
here the first day of the plan as
were sold within the last several
weeks. , .
No specific figures were avail
able, but it was estimated unoffi
cially the total was around $23,
000. Both Salem banks were busy
ail day in this line ot work I
" It was declared that by far the
majority ot those cashing their
bonds were under the delusion
tbat the government was encour
s ging such action a belief not
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ID PAGZ3
Salem,
Yank Bombers Return to Nichols Field
tnstaHaiiens smoke and burn at
based planes of the Third fleet
it planes were shot dewa la combat
Bulgaria Asked
To Bring Her
ome
1 1 WASHINGTON, Oct 2 - (P) i
Secretary ' ot State Hull prodded
Bulgaria today to speed withdraw
al of Bulgarian troops from Greece
and Yugoslavia, y .X'Zf-t i
i't He '"said at ia. news conference
that we can't help but notice re
ports that Bulgaria doesn't seem in
ay hurry to get the troop out
S I Withdrawal of these: forces, It
was learned, is one of the terms
being prepared for the former axis
satellite. Bulgaria asked for an
armistice Sept 8, immediately af
ter Russia had declared war on
I However, the European advisory
commission is still ; working on
armistice terms. Asked what was
causing the delay, Hull said the
terms were in progress of prepa
ration. ! r : i: v . 1
if As far as they have been com
pleted, it was reported ; elsewhere,
the terms put Bulgaria back with
in her 1939 boundaries. Slices of
Bulgarian territory, claimed by
Greece are said to be left as Bul
garian for the time being, with the
possibility left, open for readjust
ment at the peace conference.
Planes Slug
9 Freighters.
'ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
New Guinea, Oct 3-ff)-Ameri-can
forces continued their smash
es against Japanese in the Philip
pines and Celebes : areas, today's
communique reported,; and nine
email freighters were sunk or
damaged.
f Catalina flying boats sunk four
freighters near Zamboanga; sank
two others near Menado, and
damaged three near Ambon,
i Meanwhile heavy bombers were
punishing the Celebes and Moluc
cas airdromes, with 134 tons of
bombs. ".. ; f ' . ' : i : . :
1 f The Japanese attempted to raid
the American . base on Morotai,
South of the Philippines, and lost
one plane. . ! K - ,
I i An additional three 'Japanese
Interceptor planes! were- shot
down.
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borne out by any official state
ments. . ' -H
Others cashing bonds included
those who normally would have
done so anyway, those who wait
ed a few days merely; to save the
costs of cashing (which otherwise
they would have done earlier),
and a few who sources said
actually seemed to believe the
government , wsa calling r In the
bonds for redemption, i - " -.
Financial circles evinced a hope
there would be no sustained de
mand for bond redemption, and
said that Instead, sales should
now be greater because money
could be obtained Quicker in event
of emergencies. "Hang on to those
you have, and buy more, they
ran ww-
lroousH
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urged. -
Oraeon, Tuttdar Morsiag, October 3, 1844
Nichols field, former American air
blasted the Philippines m a two-day strike. In the attack 169 enemy
and US were destroyed en the ground. (AP photo from navy)
LONDON, Oct S -jP)-Strong
allied forces have landed on the .
northwest part of Crete, the Mo
rocco radio asserted today.
The brief announcement,
heard by the Associated Press,
gave no details.
Thai Germsat " garrison T at
Crete, however, appeared , m a
hopeless position m view of the
allied occupation earlier at
Kithera, which la between Crete
and the nuvlnland of Crepre,
-. -The Germans nave been re
ported to be withdrawing their
forces from Islands ringing the
southern tip of Greeee, bat there
have been! bo , indications that
they had evacuated Crete a
symbol i of one of the nazis
greatest triumphs In the day
when Hitler was on the march.
Army hoses'
42.000 Planes
During War
' WASHINGTON, Oct 2-(flVAp-proximately
42,000 airplanes have
been lost by the army air forces
since Pearl Harbor, the AAF dis
closed today, , with, operational
losses accounting for twice as
many as combat operations. .
f Since the start of the war, Gen.
H. H. Arnold said in a summary,
the air forces have dropped a mil
lion tons of bombs on the enemy
and have destroyed more than 27,-000-of
his planes.
A total of 27,400 planes I have
been lost as the result of what the
army describes . as "other than
combat causes" since Pearl Harbor
17,500 in the United States. Pre
sumably a substantial part of the
planes lost in .the United States
were in training operations.
Crashes occurring during the rou
tine transfer of aircraft or person
nel and the accidental destruction
of planes! on the ground accounted
for smaller proportion. In over
seas operation, 9900 have been lost
elsewhere than' in combat V-; ,
Strong Earthquakes .
May Have Hit Japan"
PASADENA, Calit," Oct 2iff
Seismologist at the California In
stitute of Technology reported to
day two strong earthquakes about
5400 miles distant and said "they
might have been in Japan."
The quakes, recorded at 1:4120
and 1:50:43 pjn. (PWT) Seismolo
gists said, were strong enough to
cause heavy damage if they oc
curred in a populated region. They
were unable as yet to specify the
exact direction.
WPB Gets Additional
Authority Over " Plants
W A 45 II I NGTON, Oct t HT)
President Roosevelt today trans
ferred ! to! the war production
board the authority to determine
when privately owned war plants
and armament making equipment
are no longer necessary for war
purposes. -
Prior to the executive order the
authority was held by the - secre
taries fTwar and navy.-' ,
I- fri ' miles -into Nazis'
Prlca
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field near Manila, as navy carrier-
Salem Plant
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Permitted to
Double Output
r Plans for additions to the Rein
holdt and Lewis plant at 580 South
21st street which are expected to
double present capacity, were
made , known Monday by Lloyd
Reinholdt who said the war pro
duction board had authorized
$10,000 construction program. "
rJThejtlant has been turning out
mouldings, but Reinholdt said the
additions also would permit re
sumption of work on the Boeing
aircraft contracts disrupted by
fire which destroyed the Rein'
holdt and Lewis factory on South
Commercial street September 13,
Reinholdt also saidthe company
probably would re-enter the win
dow shade business within 60
days, and that ia-the meantime
retail business in shades and Ve
netian blinds would be carried on
at the 21st street plant - V ..
' It was understood . unofficially
that portions of the fire-stricken
plant on South Commercial might
be rehabilitated sufficiently to
handle retail trade later. '
No Cigarettes ; Girls
Start Smoking Pipes
i PORTLAND, Oct 2 -(ff)- Four
girls who work for the Radio
Specialty Manufacturing Co. here
have ' found a r solution : to , the
cigarette shortage. They're smok
ing pipes. ... L ,
V rWe, figure it will save quite
a few smokes for the soldiers if
those who smoke cigarettes change
to pipes, explained Mrs. Alma
Hunt '-- . -1
Does" pipe smoking make them
111? Welt not very . ' ; "
Gales eJForecast,
Storm Warnings Up ;:Y-
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SEATTLE, Oct. 2 South
east storm, warnings were hoisted
today from Astoria, Ore,r to Ta
toosh, . .Wash. . Southerly - gales
were forecast north of the Co
lumbia early tomorrow and small
craf tL warnings were ; flown from
Astoria to Newport, Ore, and in
Puget sound and .the Strait of
Juan'de Fuca. -
Young Republicans to
Hold Portland Meet
The executive board of the Ore
gon Young Republican clubs has
been called to meet fcT Portland
Sunday, October IS, when a num
ber of matters 'pertaining to the
November campaign will - be dis
cussed. Lofton y Tatum, Portland
attorney, is chairman.
Spain 7iU Enter
Postwar Afislion
MADRID, Oct 2-i-Spain en
tered the field of postwar interna
tional airline competition today
with a decree awarding the Iberia
company a monopoly not only for
Spain and its colonies, but also for
all foreign lines which Spain may
operate on a reciprocity basis."
Sc.
Bombers'
Plaster y
Germ
2500 Airplanes
Sluig Siegfried
Defense, Cities
LONDON, Oct 2.-VMore
than 2500 allied warp lanes crowd
ed the skies over Germany today.
blasting a path through the Sieg
fried line for the US army's new
offensive and plastering the great
enemy cities of Cologne, Kassel
and Hmrn,
Twelve heavy bombers, one per
cent of the force of 1200 Flying
Fortresses and Liberators that
heaped destruction on the three
cities, failed to return, and seven
fighters are missing.
Resistance light
About 500 Marauders and fight
er bombers joined in the awesome
barrage against the Siegfried line
before the First army went over
to the offensive. Returning pilots
said the German air force offered
little resistance.
About 900 heavy bombers took
on the industrial plants of Col'
ogne, little more than 30 miles east
of the fighting front and ranged
on deeper Into Germany for a big
raid on' Kassel's smoking factor
ies. - -Ran
Yards Blasted
A force of 300 Liberators swept
northward and plastered Hitler's
biggest freight yards at Hamm,
through which the enemy- high
command would ; be expected . to
rush men and material to the new
fighting front
vi
Dwight D. Eisenhower warned the
residents of two Dutch islands in
the Schelde estuary, where Ger
man gun deny allied entry to the
Belgian porjt of Antwerpy to take
refuge because. There is. every
likelihood that severe and pro
longed aerial bombardment will
be carried out shortly against en
emy troops." t
Report Gives
Nelson's Role
WASHINGTON, Oct j (ff)
Expanded industrialization of
Mexico and certain South Amer
ican countries reportedly is among
the major projects to be placed in
the hands of Donald H. Nelson in
his future role as presidential em
issary tor "postwar economic co
operation with other nations."
Nelson will work outside the
state department and foreign eco
nomic administration, it was re
liably stated, and will perform his
economic liaison job mainly by
moving between President Roose
velt Roosevelt and the heads of
foreign governments. He probably
will be- a member of President
Roosevelt's personal staff
The former war; production
board , chairman ia - expected : to
turn his attention to Mexico when
his present White House assign
ment that of spurring China's
war industry and planning Chi
nese postwar -Industrial expansion
is farther advanced.
" About the tame: time. ' GenHloon, in Holland just south of Brit-
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fBacfe to CommitteeSlogan
O f Monday Council Meeting
' "Back to committee" was the
slogan at Monday night's meeting
of: the' Salem city councfl. .
; The I. resolution which would
have' ordered Terminal Ice & Cold
Storage company to ; 'remove its
loading platform went to street
committee, a resolution approving
Installation of street light at or
near 1825 Center street went back
to the committee on lights; an or
dinance accepting jurisdiction of
parking problems in the drive
ways of the county )' courthouse
was referred to the police com
mittee and the ordinance approv
ing establishment of a Southern
Pacific spur track on Front street
near Western Paper , Converting
company went to the street com
mittee - 1 v '
The resolution which . would
have ' required the tee and cold
storage company to slice off its
loading platform (and with it a
portion , of two-story budding)
was presented without knowledge
of company officials, who declar
ed following the council session
ciat the piatrona was bunt 4 ca
company property with a toot to
spare between it and the' street.
Eireet Committee TChalrmin Llcyd
T. rj-iori said he would ask City
Earth-Shaking Barrage of Bombs, ,
Shells Precedes Attack; Bombers
Wipe, Out Two German Villages f
.. SUPREME HEADQUARTERS AmED EXPElV
TTONARY FORCE, Tuesday,
army, loosing a powerful drive
rage of bombs and shells, smashed two' miles into the Sies
tried line on a new front yesterday, ; and a furious battle
raged last night as the Germans fought from pillboxes bar
ring the way to the Rhineland. '
. Infantry with bayonets, tanks and mobile suns hurdled
the tiny Worm river north of
and fought into Germany on
mna . an artillery .barrage , paceao-
by 10-inch howitzers planted
along ; the frontier almost 'three
weeks ago, j ST- " ' -Xt-
Gen. Courtney H. Hodges'
battle-wise .veterans Jumped off
two hours after the first of 500
medium and fighter-bombed cam!
hammering out of the clouds upon
the startled Germans, shattering a
comparatively lull of; two weeks
while the First army mustered
strength for the blow.
2 Tillages Destroyed
-rf-.
The bombers wiped from the
map two German villages, Merk
stein, a mile inside Germany, and
Palenberg, four miles north,' both
in the path of the big push, which
may be aimed at Jthe enemy's fifth
largest city, Cologne, 35 miles east
of the crossings; or Dusseldorf to
the north, standing at the gate to
the Kuhr industrial valley.
Another drive appeared to be
gathering some 30 miles' north of
this fighting, where allied forces
pushed southeast eight miles from
Deurme to the Dutch town of Mei
jet only 10 miles from Roermond,
where a good , bridge spans the
Maas (Meuse) river on the road to
Germany. .
Two Other Punches
t The Americans also threw two
other punches . at the Germans.
One was at Havert just inside the
relch, 12 miles northwest of this
fighting, and the other at Over-
Ish positions on the west bank of
the Maas.
The Germans again struck back
with flame-throwing;, counterat
tacks, striking at Berg, 24 miles
southeast of Aaacheow
The focal point of fighting was
between Ubach and Herzogenrath,
nine "and five miles respectively
north of Aachen. They were about
four miles from the main highway
to Julich, a road junction 52 miles
from Dusseldorf and an equal distance-from
Cologne. : " .
..This was the largest of three
main attacks which Hodges lev
eled at the enemy on a 50-mile
front extending northward into
Holland, where the British were
poised in position to strike at the
Siegfried line's northern terminal
at Kleve, '
NaluralKai
Fee Increased
Henry Mattson, ; county clerk,
was notified, Monday by the US
department of justice, immigra
tion: and ' naturalizatfon service,
that the fee for naturalization pa
pers has been increased. The fee
for. first papers, or declaration of
intention, has been. raised from
$2.50 to $3, and the second papers
from 15 to $8. :"
According to Mattson, the fee
was formerly $3 and $10, but was
lowered to half that amount dur
ing depression years. '
Engineer J. H. Davis to survey
the property in question.
The Center street light not
available now anyhow, because of
lack of materials ; and manpower,
would be within a: block of a light
now in service Which could be in
tensified by some wis! pruning of
trees and 'use of a stronger bulb,
Alderman L. H. LeGarie main
tained
A few weeks ago the council,
having considered the matter for
a fortnight indicated it would ac
cept responsibility of policing , the
driveways ot the' county: court
house,' where half the parking
space was to be used by county
officials and employes. Monday
night the same body sent to police
committee the ordinance to put
the policy into effect after Le
Garie had suggested that 'This
seems merely, a way to get' the
city to ' take the responsibility of
guaranteeing to county officials
that they will have a place to
park."
The spur track proposal drew
no comment although the suggest
ed removal of the cold storage
plant's loading platform came up
because methods of widening the
street to handle motor as well as
rail traffic were being studied.
ense
Oct. AP) Thf US First
tinder an earth-shakine bar-
the frontier fortress of Aachen
a six-mile front, advancing be-
Nazis Violently
vein
ROME, Oct MAVGerman re
sistance ' officially described as
"very strong" had brought the al
lied drive for Italy's industrial "
north to a virtual standstill toi
night along the last mountain rim
Italy
guarding the broad Po river val- '
ley. r v ' ' r
American troops met particular
ly violent enemy resistance, fight
ing off nazi counterattacks for the
fourth straight day as they clung
to Monte Battaglia. v a towerinx
height 11 miles from Imola on the
Gologna-Rimini highway. Neigh
boring Monte Cappella was' cap
tured by Yank assault units after -a
bitter "battle. :
Skies cleared over , most of the
front' after nearly a week o un-
broken rain, permitting the allied 1
tactical air force to get back into
the battle.4 Mountain streams be- -gan
to subside and there was a
possibility that both the allied 5th
and 8th armies would be able to
resume full-scale attacks within
a few, days.
Despite heavy concentrations of
nazi artillery along the entire 8th 1
army , sector, near the AdriatU
coast British; troops ;ydeared' the
last .enemy snipers from Savigna
no and struck cn across the Fiunw
icino rivezl To the southwest other
British, unit reached jhi riumici-;
no's . banks north of Mot Ibano."'
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Highest Couri ;
Begins Term
WMi Flurry
WASHINGTON, Oct 2 ff)
With the court marshal pinch hit-i
ting as crier, the supreme court
today formally began its 1944-45
term from which may come many
a far-reaching decision on war
time litigation. ; f .
The session, devoted only to ad
mission of attorneys and a routine
motion, lasted only a few minutes.'
Then the . court recessed for a
week, during which the jurists
will decide whether It will re
view some of the more than 500
cases piled up during the summer.
The , nine black-robed justices.
tanned and refreshed by their va- ,
cation,' were ushered into the
packed court room by the "Oyer,
oyez, oyex" intoned by Marshal
Thomas E Waggaman. He took
over the job of crier temporarily
because 18-year-old J. Alco Ken
ning, crier at the last session, en
listed in the army. ;
Next Monday the court will an
nounce the cases it has elected to
study. Arguments will follow and
the first decisions probably will
not come ; down until November.
Filbert Pickers and
Berry Trainers Needed
I- The harvest of filberts is wait- -
ing and the Mexican help Is
gone. Thus, farm placement office
personnel ' Monday explained the
urgent need for help in the filbert
groves at the outskirts of Salem.
Needed - also are women and
children to train boysenberries,
Mrs. Florence TurnbuU at the
farm tabor office in the 300 block
of Chemeketa street said, j ; V
Moseow Radio Says
Nazis Flee to Spain ?
NEW YORK, Oct 2 HfiV In a
broadcast from Moscow a spokes
man tor the soviet-sponsored free
Germany national committee said
tonight that nasi leaders. - were
fleeing to Spain and South Amerv
lea on the pretext of "secret missions."-'
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Al Smith Gravely Sic!
, NEW YORK, Oct 2 -tfV For
mer Gov. Alfred E. Smith, 70, "is
a, gravely sick man," despite, the
fact that his condition is :bettcr,
than It was Saturday, his personal,
physician, Dr. Raymond. P. Sulli
van, reported late today. - . . .
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