Jff spares VW POOLS rs fX f - r . T N 'v rcn - -v . : .-.; i . ': rr-r-T-, Maxlmom lempertor Thursday -Si decrees, mta taatttt decrees, ,2 raU, river -2ft. 5 la. Cloady with ccxslonal rata friday and Saturday; la xnoanUlns; little chanxe la temperature. . I I 1 J I 1 i I i I t I I II I I t . t T . 1 .V.TTAv I i v I ' I I ! I V I I I v n i' f. v. . . .' .. i :.........( ........ . . , . f V. -, ; Speaking before the Salem Ki wanif dub this week Dr. Paul 1 Haver, administrator for Bonne ; ville 'power, defended the policy ' of constructing transmission lines from, federal power projects to rnake the power available over the area I to be served. He warned that while opposition to the build ing of dams by the government was quiescent there was a per sistent opposition to the construc . tion of the transmission1 lines. ; He also reiterated the limita tions on government activity in I the field . of distribution, stating that the law did not permit the . . government to engage in retail distribution but allowed it to serve as producer and wholesaler of i power. So far as the people of Oregon are concerned I think they recog- j , nize that the government which has built the dam is justified in constructing the general trans- ' mission , lines. Otherwise power would not be available all over the area save through some inter mediary. The spread of the pow- erful transmission r lines also i makes possible a spread of in dustry utilizing power and per mits a blanket rate over a wide area. The two latter features have appealed to communities situated at some distance from the power . plants themselves. f .While it Is true that private companies are interconnected, ' their lines are not heavy enough to carry the full load that must be moved from the huge gener ators at Bonneville . (Continued on Editorial Page) Central fJontrol Of World's Air Lanes in Issue CHICAGO. Nov. 2 -m- Cen- tral control of world air transport clamp on Ormoc last Japanese economics became the declared escape port Issue f the international civil The Japanese appeared to be at viation conference today '. with tempth nasty d bomb-blast-tnada and the United States pre- withdraWal from Ormoc. . sen ting opposing views before the jap jjtes nigh ' delegates from 51 countries.. ? Estimated Nipponese battle cas- iIk" it ,g deleEatetde- ualties exceeded (0.000 including clared tte US plan for making 1200Q counted dead on Leyte. world " air routes by . two-party ' - , - . -- . agreements among nations was r Disorganized Japanese remnants -unrealistic.-while -the United were in driven toward Ormoc Btatef spokesman called- the Brit- - I - Statements ' of policy by the leaders of the delegations from the two North American nations outlined sharply the basic differ ences In concept of the confer- ence goal, and subsequent speeches Indicated lines of support for the opposing views. . Canada clearly is spearheading a British empire plan for an in ternational air authority tanta mount to the United States civil aeronautics board with power to allocate routes and schedules, fix rates and fares, and govern com petitive practices for airlines con necting nations. ,75 to 80 Per Cent Vote Expected in Oregon Between 75 and 80 per cent of registered voters of Oregon cast their ballots at next the will Tuesday's general election, state election bureau officials' here esti mated Thursday. " f K" 1 ' oeveniy nine per cent 01 tne A .. t registered voters Went to the polls at the presidential election fourt yesxs ago. The-percentage of reg- isierea voters wno cast their bal- loU at the primary election in 1942 dropped to 54 per cent Batter Up ! ! ! There will be a complete pic ture of the forthcoming general election in The Oregon SUtes aaaa of Sunday, November 3. National campaigns charts of electoral votes' and trends of recent years, state candidates, local candidates, personality sketches, complete prospective set-ups of the state legislative assembly, precinct voting place this and other pertinent in formation will be presented, im partially, in a FULL PAGE OF POLITICAL INFORMATION. And next Wednesday morn- big's Statesman, November' 8, will carry later, fresher election as well as war newsby several hours than any other morning newspaper circulating in the mid-Willamette valley of Polk, Yamhill. Marion, Linn, Benton and clher counties. If you're not taking The Statesman, it still can be made available to you. ' ' y And Just a reminderif you haven't renewed your subscrip tion, ifwould be a bad time to miss out on the news now. It's Sound, Independent, Com- pliie, Up-to-the-minute Tour t Home Newspaper oCrc:nOlatt an The T7orld ct Your 1J iliV IIEIETY-POUSTII YEAR u rauAJuu vu ii ... . i y -n : : i i pi . t&& n n - n : n n !' ' - i ' , v '"!'-. 'li' ."V -J'-,' iV .- I '..1ik-'.-.V 1 i 'ir'v.-r-:":"! htt 1 l( : 1 ji amtees Capture Carieara i -i , i American Force Tightens Clamp ! Un Escape rort GENERAL MacARTHUR'S f HEADQUARTERS, Philippines, Friday, Nov. S--The fEnd of the Leyte-Samar campaign is in sight," Gen. Douglas MacArthur Hounced today- American forces completed a juncture at Carigara, key town on the northwest coast of Leyte, and another column thrust across this central Philippines island in the south to tighten a gigantic from the north, where American I v ati m Kn ,f a m enivwl avt4 frnm tna 4iet whafa Duaw puu ivus uiv sut, v a.a Yank infantrymen pursued . ene- my groups through the mountains. Elements of the 24th division. 34th regiment, marched unopposed into Carigara yesterday from the I?1?10 ioiniD forces ftt dismountedcayalry division probing westward along the coast Nipe Withdraw . The Japanese had made a sur prise withdrawal - from ' Carigara, .nvrW;.f' f tra- t1 T7 J 8 several i indications they : were abandoning the, defense of Leyte. ' Powerful American forces im mediately struck out in pursuit of the retreating : Japanese who evidently were attempting to reach an escape highway to Or moc. i TntYlid lVTlllll v "lllc;o 11 AlXlcH. Speaks Today More than 500 Marion count teachers will meet in Salem today for the one day institute. Mrs. Buena Maris, dean of women at Oregon Stote college, wil), be the guest speaker at the morning ses- sion. Dr. James Millar, field man. for the Oregon Council of Churches, will be the guest speaker this af ternoon. Because of possible local I interest in Dr. Millar's talk those interested are invited to attend. It is scheduled for 2:45. All ses sions will be held in the new high school building, 14th and D streets, Mrs. Agnes Booth, county school superintendent, is ; in : general charge of the institute. Besides the Salem teaching staff and pub lic school teachers throughout the county staff members of the pa rochial schools of Salem, Wood burn, Stayton, Gervais and other points in the county are-invited to attend, Mrs. Booth said, f ; Three Oregon Spectacular Gains in Payrolls Despite -Multnomah county's 300 per cent rise in payrolls dur ing war years, Jefferson, Tilla mook and Curry counties have re corded the most spectacular war time percentage payroll gains In the state. 1 Multnomah's reported ' wages covered by state unemployment I compensation came close to $544,- 000,000 last' year, totaling more than twice the entire state's cov ered payrolls for 1940,' a survey of the state unemployment com 1 pensation reported .upon today iteveals. 'X ;:L.' ;;:",w-:'::, V ' Jefferwm county, with covered payrolls of $1,243,661 reported for 1943, had an increase of 677 per cent over 1340. Tillamook's peace It PAGES Gen. MacArthur Has Close Escape From Jap Bullet GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Philippines, Friday, Nov. 3-(F)-Gen. Pong las MarArtbot had ene el his closest escapes from death to day when a Japanese strafing attack pot a J&9 calibre ballet Into a wall just a foot from his head. Hearing the bullet hit, CoL Lloyd Lehrbas,' the general's aide, rushed into the room to find the American commander examining the hole. Unconcernedly nodding to the hole Just above his head, Gen. MacArthur said: , -, "WelL not yet." U.S. Casualties Reach 90,000 In Italy Battle I. - -, H- : ROME, Nov. 2.-(flJ)-AmerIcan troops alone have suffered at least 90,000 casualties in the 14-month-old Italian campaign and there still is no sign the Germans are pulling out of the war-torn country, Gen. Sir Harold Alex ander, allied ground commander, said today. xi y-' - t (This apparently -represented ( an increase of nearly 8000 In the US casualty toll in Italy since the Sept 21 figure by Secretary Stim son). : . : '' In acknowledging that the allied assault on the enemy's Gothic line had come to an almost complete halt in the mud of the Poj valley and the peaks of the Appennlne mountains; Gen. Alexander said "I can't tell how long it will take to drive them out, but it will be done." I'X,':,1, I i--; . The Germans have continued to send reinforcements Into Italy, despite their reverses on the east ern and western fronts, the allied commander disclosed.' He ; admit ted puzzlement at this energy stra tegy, pointing out that Hitler al ready had suffered 194,000 cas ualties in Italy, including 34,000 killed and 104,000 wounded. Quads Have Good Chance For Survival PHILADELPHIA,; Nov. 2 -Cffl5) The Cirminello quadruplets with the most critical period since their births Wednesday already past were given a 65 per cent chance for survival today by Dr, Ralph M. Tyson, pediatrician in charge at lying-in hospital. i "The bigger the premature baby the better chance it has to live,1 Dr. Tyson said, and pointed out that since the quads weigh on an average of three pounds each they have a "good two-thirds chance' of living. If they live through the first 48 hours their chances are excellent, he said. ' V ' The quads three girls and a boy held their own throughout the day, and hospital authorities said, their condition remained the same as It was when a bulletin Issued this morning said "all ap pear to be in food condition." Counties Show time payrolls of $1,934,069 soared to $8,772,426 last year, a gain of 354 per cent, while Curry led all counties in percentage gain from 1942 to 1943 with payrolls more than tripled , (other comparisons quoted 'are over the period 1940- 43). In! 1943 Curry county's cov ered payroll was $1,059,793. Multnomah's share of the state's total increased from 53.2 per cent In 1940 to .69.2 per cent last year, but has eased off considerably in 1944. ; "v; . .. .. Marion county's 1943 " covered payroll of $19,210,143 represents a 110 per cent increase over 1342 Lane county had a 130 per cent Increase to boost its payrolls to $27,423,517. Salem, Oregon. Friday Morning. Uorembr 3 1844 208 Nazi Airplanes! Destroyed Enemy Airforce Appears Again For Savage Fight LONDON, Friday, Nov. 3.-WV" American fliers destroyed 208 German j planes yesterday .... when the luftwaffe made its long-prom ised reappearance and was whip ped in one of the great all-time aerial battles a savage, whirling dogfight of 2400 US and nazi planes over Merseburg In central Germany.' Following quickly on this' de cisive allied triumph, more than 1000 . RAF bombers roared out over western Germany after nightfall and delivered one of their heaviest blows at Dussel dorf, Rhineland Industrial city be hind the western front . Targets Blasted In the huge daylight raid, 1000 American heavy bombers blasted the Leuna synthetic oil plant at Merseburg and rail yards at Beil efield and Rheine. Yank fliers in 800 escorting Mustangs and Thun derbolts set a new fighter record of 153 planer destroyed I their and on the ground. 'Another light er record of 130 shot down and a new combination- bomber-fighter record 20S in " planes destroyed Oils year during one day were compiled. . " 69 Planes Lost Officials reported that, of the 2000 American planes, 41 bombers and 28 fiehters failed to return. The5 pilots flew through the hea viest flak they have encountered in months ?It rattled like hail on the wings and fuselage, one pi lot said and met upwards of 500 German fighters, Including many green and black jet planes which, friers' said, "Climbed straight up off the ground.-' ,r "V- '. '." ' In, shooting down the 130 na zis, ' the American; fighter pilots surpassed the previous mark of 117 kills in aerial combat They were opposed by many Jet planes, four of which officially were re ported shot down. Lay ton to Die On December 8 Dallas; Ore novji - Richard Harry Layton, 39-year-old ex-police chief of Monmouth, Ore., was resentenced today to die in the state's ; gas chamber December 8 for the rape-slaying of Ruth Hil- debrand. ; ' ' 3 T The 1 17-year-old-girl . was slain June 8, 1943. Layton lost his final appeal irom the-death penalty when the US. supreme court re fused to review the case. Layton has been held in the Ore gon state penitentiary in Salem since he was sentenced to death in August 1943. He was taken to Dallas ! Thursday j afternoon by prison guards to be sentenced by Circuit j Judge Arlie .Walker, and later returned to the prison here. Japs Make Attempt To Envelop Kweilin ' CHUNGKING, Not. 2. -(installed' after four unsuccessful frontal attacks on Kweilin, the Japanese have sent a column sweeping around 12 miles to the south : in an attempt to envelop this Kwangsi province gateway city, the Chinese high command announced tonight The Japanese stormed ( the northwestern suburbs of the 'city and fighting raged in the north railway station, but the enemy was driven back after pulling up to the south railway station. ; f4 Pvt.: Harry Buell - - . Killed in Action ' SHISWC5l-Pvt Karry R. M. Buell. whose mother. Mrs. Con stance IL LIalsan, resides at route one, box 23, Eherwood, has been killed In action in the European theatre, the war deparbnect eh nounced Thursday f" UJ. UNJ Havoc of War in Aachen - - - ? t i ' - Destroyed and gutted buildings line the rabble-filled streets ef the German city of Aachen, enemy strong-point near the Belgian bor der, after lta capture by US forces following a severe artillery and aerial pounding. (AF wirephote- from signal corps ( . : I ,: FDR Raps Congress Only With Dewey L; WASHINGTpN, Nov mgni asseruons uiai congress wm cwperw: umjr wim m eyuu lican president constitute "a threat to build a party spite fence between us and the peace." .: , r 1 : In a speech prepared for radio delivery under sponsorship of the democratic national committee, the president proposed "con- French Invite A Churchill, Eden To Visit Paris LONDON,' Nov. S -()- Prime Minister Churchill and: Foreign Secretary . Anthony. . Eden j will visit Paris, soon at the invitation of Gen." Charier- De Gaulle, the British foreign office' announced tonight The date will be arrang ed later. ' - - - Except for XhurchilTs Inspec tion trips In Normandy, this will be the first 'time that he has gone to France since the tragic days of 1940, ! when he flew, to the headquarters of the French gov ernment and "sought to persuade the French to remain in the fight ' The foreign office announced: i . "The French ambassador has transmitted to the prime minister on behalf of Gen. De Gaulle' and of the French minister of foreign affairs an invitation to visit Paris in the near future, With the secre tary of state for foreign affairs, as the guest of the provisional gov ernment of the republic. The prime minister accepted this in vitation j with great pleasure in his own name and. in that of Mr. Eden. The date of the visit will be arranged later." , 475,000 Due to Pay i Oregon Income Tax Approximately 475,000 state In come tax blanks will be required to supply all Oregon income tax payers In 1942, based on incomes for 1944, Earl Fisher, state tax commissioner, reported here Thursday. - '-Cr trr-i-' Approximately ' 400,000 Income tax blanks . were used this year. Fisher said the 1945 blanks would be mailed out starting early in De cember. The -returns, for .1945 must be filed with the state tax commission on or before March 15 avoid penalty and interest . Isolated by Yankees, Japs Devour Horses . SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2.-Fh On Invaded Leyte in the Philip pines, the Japanese fortified a 1,- 403 foot peak up which they had to bring equipment by pack horse. George Forster, NEC correspond ent reported today. " "Vhca they were Isolated by the American drive Forster added, "The Japanese ate their hrrffs." ' v Charge Will Work 2-(ff)-President Roosevelt declared to- uance of the teamwork; that we have demonstrated In this war.? He said that by carrying forward plans already made the can: r vjfe :" t nation "Provide employment for; our veterans, and our war workers we can achieve an orderly recon version. . i i ' -L "Above alt we can avoid an other false boom like'thft which burst In 1929, and . a dismal col lapse like that of 1930 to 1933 -. The president said tne presi dential campaign : fhaS -been marred by even, more, than the us ual crop of Whisperings and ru- mormgsw and declared !fl do not propose to answer in kind. "AS we approacn eiecuon nay, more wicked charges maj be made with the hope that ' someone or somebody i will gain momentary advantage.!. I I. J : ' -Hysterical, last minute accusa tions . or sensational revelations, are trumped up in an attempt to panic ue peopie tin acvuuu "But tne American peopie are not panicked easily.! "This election will not be de cided on a . basis of malignant murmurings or shouts. It will be settled on the basis of the . re cord"; i FR Proclaims ...... - - j i TKanlcsgiVing WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 JPf- Proclaiming Nov. 23 as Thanks giving day. President Roosevelt called on the nation today to ob serve it in gratitude for a "year of liberation' and the; "promise of an lenduring peace- i , : But the9 date, even ; with the backing of a 1941 congressional resolution T setting I the fourth Thursdar In November for the ob servance, ran Into conflict In eight states; TheJ disagreement has been an annual affair since! 1939 when the president tried out the 'third Thursday Instead of the tradition al fourth dr last Thursday. ;- iniB' xime tne vouoie comes front the calendar: The month has five! Thursdays this year, and the last ! one, ' Nov. 30, : will be ob served in six states j Florida, Idaho, Nebraska, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. ' i . I S ; a . mmmi .mm - . . Yugoslav General Dies On Duty, Says Report NEW YOIIX, Nov.) 2-(V The Free Yugoslav radio heard by the FCC,' said today that Gen Ivan llilutinovic, a member of the su prcme headQuarters of the Yugo slav national army it liberation, "died recently while executing -his duties." : i . ; Pric 8c Am ericans M iles.Near On Pusli Rolls Through Nazi Toims -Of i Vessenack, .Germeter; Scope, Objectives of ::';f l;-'?-! "'By James M. Long -V I SUPREME HEADQUARTERS i ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY JORCE, Paris, Nov. 2-(P)-The US first army shattered the Sieg fried line lull today with a new drive ion a front of 4000 yards southeast of Aachen that swept nearly !i wo miles to within eight miles of the big German road center ot Duren 20 miles beyond which lies Cologne and the Rhine. ! , 1 i ' The drive rolled through the German villages of Vessenadc and Germeter, 13 miles southeast of Aachen, and up to the for Soviet Troops Only23Mfles From Budapest LONDON, Friday, Nov. 3.-0V Russian troops fought their way to within 23 miles south of the Hun garian capital- of Budapest yester day, swiftly rolling back a shat tered foe on a 60-mile front In -their big drive aimed at knocking out the last big axis satellite, Mos cow announced last night Northeast of Budapest other so viet forces -cleared the enemy rfom a 65-mile section of the east bank of the middle TIsza river on a front between Csap on the Cze choslovakian border down to Pol- gar, 93 miles from the Imperilled capital, the Moscow bulletin said. ; ' The flash of the battle on the plains outside Hungary's first city and ; major nazi arsenal was vis ible by night in Budapest and the roar ; of approaching guns also could be heard, dispatches said. German and other European broadcasts Hast night and early today strengthened a belief that Russian troops might smash into Budapest 'or Unrest the city over the weekend. DNB, German news agency, said four strong soviet ar mored , columns were converging on tMb capital and that It had been "impossible" v for axia troops to halt them. - , -, Mission Wm Go to Qiina WASHINGTON, Nov.v 2 -(P)- An American mission under Don ald M. Nelson was ordered to Chi na today to undertake a vast re organization of that country's In dustries. VJ : . "' Nelson was asked to proceed at "the earliest 'possible date," the White . house announced after a long conference between President Roosevelt and the former war pro duction board chairman.: He is ex pected to leave some time next week.' --r :, - The special talents of those to accompany him Indicated that par ticular emphasis will be laid on stepping up output of ' explosives and steel the chief components of aerial bombs which are among the simplest to manufacture of all modern war weapons. : James L. Fly Quits FCC Job . . I . ' ' ..V WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -Wh James L. Fly, storm center of controversies over radio policy. Is stepping out as chairman: of the federal- communications commis sion.' -;.t .-ij ;W ' He announced today that he has resigned effective Nov. 15 and will practice law In New York. Wil liam Benton of Benton and Bowles Advertising agency is understood to be seeking Fly's aid in estab lishing a proposed "subscription' radio service. '' il Fly's resignation had been ru mored a ' long time. Speculation on a successor has : centered on Paul Porter, publicity director for the democratic national committee. J. Leonard Reinsch, radio director for the committee, also has been mentioned.: ; Titoans Ta!;e Zsra " . .- . ... ; LONDON, Nor. 2.-(-!P)-CspUire of the Dalmatian port of Zara aft er a three-day battle was announ ced In a broadcast communique from Marshal Tito's headquarters tonirht. : No. ICS Gain 2 Dnren Coloene Moacl Push Not Known tified village of Hurtgen, often at- tacked but not yet conquered by Lt Gen. Courtney H. t Hodges' doughboys. '. 1 The j attack, whose . scope and objectives have not yet been dis closed,' ! exploded In the face of hastily! ; strengthened German de fenses , in the' morning after a heavy j artillery ' barrage that re sounded through the ( Hurtgen forestlii-r--,'l':i' : Infantry Gains , ,- i By evening American ; Infantry men still were slogging forward against " stiffening resistance. It was announced at supreme head quarters. '. - r . r ' ' Three hundred prisoners were routed j from pillboxes j and fox holes as the Americans broke clear out of the eastern fringes of the battle-chewed forest across the road leading south from. Duren to Lammersdorf , and" on j into : smaller woodland beyond. ; . : It The j battle was : bulging; ; ; Into' country behind the old prepared positions of the main j Siegfried belt but it was by no means in the open. ; Seached Before I Germeter and Vossenach, adja cent villages, both - had been reached before by patrols of the First army, but the new thrust had carried beyond this ,area. , The strength of the attack has yet to .be weighed, nor? is thera any way of . telling this early whether the full force of the pow erful First army has been com mitted.' V: . . n ; - V. ;. 7, j , ..4-l-rv .; K the width of the, front lav such heavily' defended country 1 appeared to be an assault of fair size, but it was pointed out at supreme headquarters that there war no indication yeC that it wag anything - like an army offensive. The attack on the gun-studded rim of i dunea on western and southern: Walcheren I has made satisfactory progress," it was. announced. Baiik Robbers Getll5 Years DALLAS, Nov. z Male Stone 38, and Elmer Riley Lane.32. were each sentenced to 15 years in tha Oregon j penitentiary J by Circuit Judge ; Arlie Walker .: Thursdar afternoon. They were convicted last week on a charge Which re sulted from the robbery of the Grande IRonde bank" last August 2. . I Kober Kreason, district attorn ey,, at once filed an Information against Stone chargiryf him with being habitual eriminaL Time' for heating on this charge was set for November 17. Stone and Lane were Represented by Earle i P. Skow, i attorney, when they ap peared in court Thursday. Special Norway Police To Be Returned Home ; j - - -. . . STOCKHOLM," Nov. 2-()-Part of the Norwegian security police force specially trained In Sweden will depart for liberated northern Norway soon, it was officially an nounced today. V "; j : Representatives of the Norwe gian government In exile from London have been In Sweden ne gotiating with the ; Swedish , gov ernment for return of the police force of, 11,000 men, built up in this country in the last two years and consisting of Norwegians who escaped j from Norway bift .who could not get to London. ' 'Pretender in Lisbon LONDON, Nov. !2.H5VReports reaching here from Madrid today said Archduke Otto ot Hapsburg, pretender to the thrones of Aus tria and. Hungary,: had arrived in Libson, Portugal, by plane from , New York. V- '