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'We Sighted It 100 Miles Off ' 11 - . , ww m 1 ;j , ...... y v x it i i . r ... . i- i . .. r .. - ... : -. .V-;,,. - i . 'TV V;b This U tnow.epPed Mount Fuji, also known u FnJIyam. which Brif. Gen. Emmett (Kosle) O'DonneU, who eomnunded the spec Uevlsx 3009 mile 8aperfortress raid on Tokyo, said ho could see 109 mllevawiy but s(Ul "we took them by orprlse.' - i 1 nr? tFCDOjJS The solid south . remains the folid south,' solidly anti-republi-an, that is. : Texas, where the re Volt against Roosevelt reached its height in capture of the first state convention and election of aa anti Hoosevelt delegation to the demo cratic national convention and nomination of electors unpledged to Roosevelt, was just as solidly anti-republican as most of the oth er southern states. The "Texas Regulars- polled only 134,757 while the Roosevelt-Truman elec tors polled 823,790 and the Dewey Bricker ticket 188,903. : i - -The south, to hear many of its loaders talk, is more strongly anti feoosevelt than Wall street or even Maine and Vermont But south erners do not carry their opposi tion through at election time. I have compiled some statistics about the vote in the 11 states of the old south. In 1944 Roosevelt polled 2,929,339 votes against 1, 020,470 for Dewey. In 1940 Roose velt polled-1,634,092 votes T against 982,685 for Willkie. Roosevelt's ' majority in 1944 was . 1,909,089 compared with 2,871,407 in 1940. But the decline in Roosevelt's majority was not represented by a corresponding increase in the re publican vote. While Roosevelt's popular vote decreased 724,533 in the four years, the republican can clidate in 1944 polled only 37,785 fnore votes than in 1940. The vote bows tffet some C86.748 . persons ust stayed home on (Continued on Editorial page) Russ Clear Estonian Isle Of Germans LONDON, Saturday. Nov. 25 (AVRussian army and naval units yesterday cleared the last Ger mans from the fortified Estonian Island of Saare (Osel) dominating the gulf of Riga, and supporting Red airmen sank four nazi war ships offshore and damaged four others, : Moscow announced last uight -r:::.: '"vJ t ConqiTest of the important is land freed Riga gulf for future S o v i e t amphibious operations against .Germany's Baltic' coast and also for landings in the rear cf 30j axis divisions isolated in western Latvia. ; . i. : s-. - Berlin, meanwhile, said the Russians had hurled 52 divisions gainst their troops in Latvia, punching out gains on a 50-mile front ' ' .. 1 . i . - . s i ....... Plenty ; of Turkeys Still Are Available . )On Salem Market . 1 There was no shortage of tur keys on the Salem market Friday, dealers reporting their stock of Thanksgiving birds depleted but nore than sufficient for an aver age weekend's business. Because khipyards and j mills operated jrhursday, many a Thanksgiving 'dinner was postponed and will be fceld tomorrow, one market owner declared. . . iBuicides Reported as Jbernians' Hopes Fall BERN, SaUirday, Nov. JS-P)-riany sulcidiss among despondent Germans wb had hoped the war 'Vould end UJs month are report ed from the reich by Berner Tag- Svacht ' " - " 1 iV7eatlier ' trtes, minis ira 39 degrees, Jt Inch II-, -f 4 to - Crrrca: Clociy wltlt nia north- -t rcrllsa fjiiuriay. Sandxy : :'r- tlmSj,' EUffttly wanner . " r. Four-Ship Jap Convoy Sunk To Boost Toll GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Philippines Saturday; Nov. 25 -JPy Low-flying American fighter planes de stroyed a four-ship troop-laden Japanese convoy, bound for Leyte Island, yesterday and brought to approximately 15,000 the toll A of Nipponese reinforcements killed before they could reach the em battled island. Headquarters announced today that approximately 3500 of an es timated 8000 troops aboard three transports and a destroyer escort were killed or drowned during the assault Ashore, the American 32nd di vision crossed the Leyte river, below Limon, and continued driv ing southward. The division's vet eran , infantrymen occupied ' bit terly defended Limon and reach ed the river Wednesday in an im portant break through at the northern end of Ormoc corridor. Bond Sales Iearirig Half Million Mark i -V " the post-holiday lull failed to develop Friday at sixth war loan headquarters, which reported ac tual sales aggregating $430,000 and many other purchases not yet on the books which put the total well on the way toward the county's quota of $5,000,000. Of the amount actually recorded by Office Manager Lawrence Fish er, about 60 per cent was in E bond sales and an additional 20 per cefet were to individuals, leav ing so ,far only - a comparatively small figure to represent several hundred thousands worth of bonds actually disposed of to groups. Chairman Robert Minton of the industries committee reported a $50,000 bond subscription from the Salem water commission, while Chairman Arthur Smither of the special solicitation division said $235,000 worth had been sold to large purchasers in a few hours' work. County Chairman 'Douelas Yea. ter Friday reiterated that no aban donment of the present easy re demption procedure was under consideration. Ensign Teats9 Mother Will Christen Carrier At Tacoma Thursday TACOMA, Nov. 24-KffV-Mr, Bert Teats of Sheridan, Oregon, mother of former Ensign Grant W. Teats, heroic navy flier who lost his life in the battle of Mid way, will christen the big aircraft carrier Puget Sound at the launching next Thursday at the Tacoma . plant of Todd Pacific shipyards. a Stalin Approves New Federated Yugoslavia MOSCOW. Nov. 24-Mn-Premler Marshal Joseph Stalin's approval of the agreement between Marshal Tito and Dr. Ivan Subasic, pre mier of the exiled Yugoslav gov ernment for a "new democratic federated Yugoslavia," was an-1 nouncea oinciauy tonight Commissioner Landis . In Critical Condition CHICAGO, Nov. 24 P)-"The condition of Kenesaw M. Landis, 78-year-old commissioner of base ball who has been 111 since Oct 2, was reported as "low" tonight CHRISTMAS BUYING HEAVY PORTLAND, Nov.' 24 -(ff)- The Christmas shopping rush ' has started in Portland and , retail stores predict an . all-time high sales mark. Stores listed sales from 10 to 43 per cent greater than last year," ... IndividuF v a OfBon'al Over Hali Million WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 The treasury announced today to tal individual sales in the sixth war loan are $563,000,000. The national quota for individuals in the drive which began Monday and closes Dec. 16, Is $5,000,000, 000. ' . PORTLAND, Nov. 24-;P)-Sixth war loan headquarters announced tonight that Oregon sales to date are $7,762,861, or 7.2 per cent of the quota. The E bond sales are $5,158,480 or 15.2 per cent of quota. . AMARANTH, Pa., Nov. 24-UP)- Orden Hebner, 49, blinded in the first World war and so badly wounded that he still uses crutch es, is walking to the homes of four families "per evening in the sixth war loan campaign selling and delivering bonds. He made ' 274 sales in the fourth and fifth cam paigns. . . i Output of Small WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -UP) An urgent appeal from General Eisenhower today brought an. or der for a 100 per cent increase in small arms ammunition, which was cut back about a year ago. - Eisenhower reported to the war production board that his forces are using about four times as many small calibre bullets "as any one ever imagined they would.! WPB Chairman J. A. Krug, re porting this at news conference, said that production will be "roughly doubled" at 13 plants as quickly as possible. . Battle experiences of the . last few weeks make the boost neces sary, Krug said, in adding this type ammunition to the list of urgently needed items that already Includes heavy trucks and tires, heavy artillery and shells, assault ships and radar equipment More than 77,000 additional workers will be needed to achieve the 'new goal. ; ' War Chest in onNears Its 1944 Goal The Oregon War Chest with 28 counties over the top of " their quotas, is within $38,000 of its $1,340,600 goal Charles A. Sprague' president, . announced Friday. . , County and Salem chests in Marion county,, with a total bud get of $120,530, has raised $136, 427.31, figures released by Irl S. McSherry, executive director of the state - chest organization, re vealed. .. , ' Linn county, with a $27,500 budget has reported $30,790.77 in cash and 1 pledges. Polk county is $500 over its $14,500 budget, while Yamhill has reported raising $10,- 000 of its $24,700 quota. 1 Death Camp of 2000 Found in East Prussia MOSCOW, Nov. 24 -UPS- Red Fleet, official Russian navy news paper, reported today that a death camp had been found on the East Prussian border where 2000 Lith uanian women and children were killed and I buried in common graves by the Germans. WILLAMETTE LOSES TO OSO CORVALLIS, Ore., Nov. 24 (JP) The Oregon State college Beavers opened their pre-season basketball schedule here tonight with a 43 to 30 victory over hard-fighting Willamette university. (Details on sports page.) Arms Ordered Up Immediately Oreg Tivin Assembly Lines at World's Greatest Bomber Plant f I t ; . : The werld's sreatest bomber plant Is the Ferd WtUow Ran plant at nave been turned toward casc'Jne asJ service areas. vcwmrB, icn. ricww are z iwia assembly liaes.slf wtieni g ta tie Cljit arrcn ai ttrlr EiJ.-za trls s'.;:l . taa-xtj every taoaia. la Ue tut&tzzl U.J J test I always at "rei'y." (Litertiz). Drafted I.-'.........,.. - : Soldiers Protest I Captain Struck t Down In Attempting to Stop CanadaDemonstration VERNON, BCj Nov. 24UPWCP) Nearly 1000 soldiers from Vernon military camp paraded through the streets here tonight shouting "down with conscription," and a captain from the camp was struck down by one " of the marchers when he attempted to halt the parade. P. ; ' "Conscript wealth and industry as well as manpower,' the march ers shouted as they streamed four abreast through the main thor oughfares of this interior British Columbia town. : f i It was learned that the parade idea took form immediately after the man had been listening in barracks' to radio news broadcasts in which it was announced that men of Canada's Sixth division stationed in this province j would be among the first to be sent overseas j under the government's new partial conscription policy, Mackenzie sticks - l with new policy OTTAWA, Nov. 24-VPrime Minister j Wr L. "MacKenzie King decided today to stake the life of his government on his new policy of partial conscription for over seas service, which has caused violent! demonstrations in Quebec and has resulted i in defections' among government supporters in that traditionally, anti-conscription French-speaking province. ! Emotion ran high in . Quebec; where Provincial Premier Maur-4 ice Duplessis in the face of dis turbances by draft i- age 1 youths called for "respect for , the laws of the country" and appealed to the people of the province to work 'for national unity in consider ing the point of view of the other side."..' . j ' ' ..-J v This afternoon ' a union Jack was torn from its staff at Chicou- timi, Quebec, after " a half-hour demonstration. , : Prime Minister, King announced he would open a debate in parlia ment Monday on a vote of confi dence motion, and he appeared to have yroa control of the cabinet end of the crisis at least for the weekend.; i Taxi Drivers V Defy Beck in ; Seattle Row - : ij ' SEATTLE,! Nov. 24frVA group of 363 taxicab; drivers (local 465 AFL) me today in direct defiance of Leader; Dave Beck of, the AFL Teamsters union and appointed a committee of five to act leaders "until an ; election of officers can be held." . f 1 Cabs operated during the ses sion, although one company said it was answering only emergency calls. There are 800 members of the union, AH tabs were tied up for 38 : hours prior to midnight Thursday by the Insurgent group, which demanded "an election and an accounting of union funds. ; At least i two1; drivers were re ported discharged ; by their em ployers for attending the meeting. The group scheduled! an elec tion meeting for December 11. ' William Schaeffer Is Killed in Action DALLAS, Nov. 24(Speclal) William Schaeffer machinist's mate third class, formerly report ed missing, was killed in action in the South Pacific, while serving with the navy. His mother, Mrs. Matilda Schaeffer, has been notified. Marines Can Be In Salem Again After December 1 Bans, against Salem as a recrea- uon place for marines of the Cor vallls jurbase will be lifted De- eembe J, Maj. Robert W. Gallo way, new commander of the base, announced Friday. Salem was de clared - out-of-bounds for marines several weeks ago bx Lt CoL Neil Mclntyre, then commander of the base, who predicted the order would be in. effect for a limited period. . - s- Mclntyre, now on leave, has been transferred to the Atlantic coast. Major Galloway said Friday mgrA Announcement of the nend tag coming change in the rejrula uona came first to Alderman Tom Armstrong, chairman of a special committee from the city council appointed to confer with marine officers.. S ,...;..! Rationing May ast Into 1946, WFA Indicates WASHINGTON. Nov. 24 UPl - Rationing or other restrictions on civilian consumption of ' better grades of meats' may be maintain ed, throughout 1945 and possibly into 1946 even if the European phase of the war should end early in the year. ; ' This prospect was pictured bv the 'war food administration today in a report indicating that 1845 production of all meats will be 1, 900,000,000 pounds less than this year's indicated output of 24,600,- uuo.ooo pounds. : ; ) j The food agency said the per capita tupply for civilians will be aooui ia pou-nas next year if the wars 4a. Europe Should i continue through 1945, and -about, 132 pounds should the Germans be de feated within the next.: few months. . In either case,! the per capita supply Would be consider ably , below this year's estimated consumption of 143 pounds, r Lifting of $40 ' Aid-Limit Will Be Requested PORTLAND, Nov. , 24-6PV-Re- moval of the $40 maximum on monthly old-age pensions will be recommended to the state legisla ture, the Oregon public welfare commission! voted today. The commission decided to rec ommend lifting of restriction against giving old people and oth er beneficiaries extra aid (aside from medical) if urgently need ed, Amendment of general assist ance laws to permit federal par ticipation . also was advocated. , Oregon ranked ninth highest in the country for the fifth straight time last month, with an average old-age benefit payment of $34.25. The largest, number of. public assistance payments since April, 1943 $949,564.44 to 25,785, cases was reported in Oregon during October. Nazi Field Marshal v . Reported .Removed - -. LONDON, Nov. 24 JP) Field Marshal Gen. Johannes Blasko- witz was reported today, to have been ' removed from the . German command in eastern France where the lower end of the nazis west ern front is crumbling before the allied offensive. f " t : BEMINGWAT "AT WORK" PARIS, Nov. 24-m-The novel ist Ernest Hemingway Is working hard as a correspondent with the US ! First Army," supreme. head- qfuarters reported today to quiet rumors that he was taken pris- oner. 1 ' . . . ' . Allies Battle oil Jap Plane Factory Blasted Tokyo Fires Burning Long After 'Forts', Re turn From Epic Flight By Tern Baogland TWENTY-FIRST U.S. BOMB ERS COMMANDS Saipan, Nov. 24 - Un American superfortresses skimming more than 400 miles an hour lugh over Tokyo today (Jap an time) smashed. the huge Musa- shina aircraft factory and left col umns of smoke and fire over other industrial targets. First reconnaissance photos tak en hours after the raid showed fires still burning in central To kyo after the attack,", said a com munique issued at headquarters of .the army air forces. Pacific ocean areas." . -Opposition Slight The scores of Superforts In their surprise daylight visit deliberately worked over the vital Japanese production targets with apparently alight fighter opposition and meager and inaccurate anti-aircraft lire, - if- l "All but two of the participating aircraft have, now returned," the communique said. It did not say whether the planes were lost to ackack or operational difficulties. The B-29s, their exact number undisclosed by American sources (Japanese . imperial headquarters said there were about 70) struck from Saipan, one of the Marianas islands which United States forces took from Japan only five months ago. , Clear Over Tokye - , Brig. GenTEmmett (Bosie) O'- Donnell, -commander of the 3000 mile flight, said the atmosphere was very hazy over the Japanese mainland, but there was a clear spot oyer Tokyo. ' if " "Substantial bomb ' tonnages were dropped upon the Musashina airplane . plant located in '(he northwestern section of the city, and on c4ber--Icted targets in the industrial area,! the commun ique said. , Although previously reconnais sance flights had spotted a ring of fighter-plane fields around Tokyo, and enemy radio broadcasts had boasted their air defenses were "air tight," ODonnell said oppo sition was almost nfl. r Public Power Transmission Is Approved WASHINGTON, Nov. 24-GP) - Unrestricted authority for the sec retary of interior j to distribute surplus power atr government constructed ; hydro-electric proj ects was written into postwar flood control legislation by the senate today. ' Thus backing up ? Secretary Ickes and Majority Leader Bark- ley (D, Ky), the senate also put Into the bill a provision permit ting federal financing of trans mission lines oT other facilities if necessary to make power avail able to wholesalers, private or public I i Preference In the sale would be given to rural cooperatives , and public bodies. r"j' Navy Huts Are to Be Built in McMinnville McMINNVTLLE, Nov. 24 -4JP) Wooden frames for navy huts to go overseas will be built here by the . Spaulding Logging - company on an $805,000 contract, Manager Howard Anderson said today Be ginning Dec. 10, the project will last six months. i ' from wlich tey A vtri'.alla arrry Span E hirie in aron Jap Ships Sunk, Crippled in Hits at Celebes, Borneo . GENERAL M a e A KTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Philippines, Saturday, Nov, ll-ift-A Jap anese destroyer and a transport .were sank and 11 frelfhten and a ran boat damagedJn bombing assaults on Celebes and Borneo, Gen. Douglas MacArthor an nenneed ln a supplemental cemmunlqne today; Twenty-six enemy fighter planes and bombers were de stroyed en the. greond at Ce lebes. Bacalod airdrome en Negros Island In the centra Philip pines was pounded Wednesday by liberators and Mitchells, the eemmunlane added. Victory to End Lend-Lease, es : WASHINGTON, Nov, 24 (JP) President Roosevelt put the allied world on notice -today that lend lease ends with victory. ; "Neither the monetary totals of the'lend-lease aid we supply, nor the totals of ' the '.reverse lend lease aid we receive are measures of aid we have given or received m this war," the president also declared in a letter to congress. there are no statistical or etary measurements for the ue of. courage, skill and sacri- ce." ; : v , "Lend-lease, and .reverse lend- lease are a system of combined , , -: . : - mr suppijr, . jr. xiooseveit as- aerted 4They should end with the Waf. But the United Nations part nership : must" go on and must grow stronger. Zone Plan for iBeaten Nazis Is Agreed on WASHINGTON, Nov. 24- (ff) -British, American and Russian representatives . in ; London have agreed on military rule of Ger jmany under a coordinated policy land zone plan, directed by a su preme allied council. , The zone plan applies only to the period of post-war military occupation. It provides lor Rus sian occupation of eastern Ger many, British occupation of northwestern Germany, and Am erican control over southwestern areas. j i y'l '--"y-. ... The Russian zone is understood llin. However,' the three main oc cupying powers are expected to share control in the capital. Governor Donnell ' Wins dose Senate ' ' Race in Missouri I ST. LOUIS, Novj 24-P)-Gov. Forrest C. Donnell ) elected US senator from Missouri by the scant margin of 2,152 votes, a tabulation of official canvasses! from all ex cept Sullivan county showed to night. -. - - .' - The only republican to win In statewide Missouri voting Nov, 7, Donnell win' succeed .Bennett Champ Clark, democrat defeated in the primary, by a home and absentee total vote of 779,734 to 777,582 for bis democratic oppo nent. State Attorney General Roy McKittrick. t. Plans Eyed to Aid -Cities "With Airports - PORTLAND, Nov:24-)-Plans enabling cities to take over gov eminent facilities at airports and expand them as needed were pro moted at a meeting of the execu tive committee of the US confer ence of mayors in Washington, I!aycr Earl Eilcy said on fcls re turn here today. - . ., w WW Biggest ?etFront 9 Strasbpurgers Greet , Conquerors1; Almost . All of Gty Captured SUPREME i HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, i Paris, Nov. 24 () French armor and American in fantry drove the Germans tonight ' from all save one small bridge head in France's great city of Strasbourg and unconfirmed re- 1 ports said patrols had struck on. -Into Germany in the first cross Ing of the Rhine since Napoleon's . ky. II I::,' . As the German-speaking Stras bourgers greeted the conquering allies with mixed emotions, the ' , lines before the Cologne plain far to the north were swaying to ' blows and counterblows as the Germans threw in 10 to 12 divi sions against three allied armies .. in the greatest battle of the west- - ern 'front, ijjj x-1.. - i Across Bisiorte Barrier A battlefrdnt dispatch from As sociated 1 P r e s s . Correspondent Thoburn Wiant contained the first reports that! the s allies had suc ceeded in! j stabbing ao-oss the - rain-swollen ! Rhine bSirte bar- - I . tier guarding the Reich from in- , vasion ' beyond which lies the , Siegfried lint and formidable hills 1 and mountains. ' f If so. the crossing probably was accomplished only by reconnais- i sance patrols. Wiant said the Ger- ' :- - man foothold in Strasbourg was '. compressed ito one small sector at the western end "of the 'main v Rhine bridge, which,' the enemy - was defending fiercely. 20t Prisoners Taken ; (A dispatch' from Sixth Army group .headquarters said a bitter ' battle was in progress in the dock area and 2000 prisoners had been . token.) . i . Almost tnej entire 180,000 pop- ulation of Strasbourg- long ' since had been evacuated. Most of the German - speaking . civilians on hand when , the French and Am- . ericana charged in stared blankly, although a ; few smiled, Wiant said. .'.!'Hj- ; V ' . Meanwhile, the US First Army fought into j Weisweiler, 13 miles inside Germany and 28 miles west , of Cologne, amid indications the Germans were withdrawing un- j der the pressure. ' - ( LL Gen. Courtney H. , Hodges' i troops registered slight gains all along its frtwi t The Germans also , were firing 'sin increasing number ' of robot bombs at the First s sup-. ply lines. George ;C Will Music Store Is Sold to Saul Janjs "-.'The George C. Will Music store, 432 State Street, established in . 1800; has been purchased by Saul and Thelma A. Jam, it was an nounced Friday. Janx has been as sociated with; the store for the last 15 years. Will died last July and Mrs.. Will had been in charge of the store since that time. r ' Mr. and Mrs. Janx filed certifi cate of assumed business . nam in the .Marion county clerk's of fice Friday. The change in owner ship of the store was shown in the notice. -m.I . : ' y Consideration Involved was $13, 515.83, court records Indicated.' ;; i - Britisb Troops Expand Five New Bridgeheads -Across Cosina River ROME, Nov. 24 - CP) British troops driving on Faenza, 28 miles southeast of Bologna, were fight ing an apparently successful battle tonight' to expand their five newly-won"" bridgeheads across the Cosina river tour miles southeast of Faenza.! ' V- - . Srsiio'ppiN(5- Ml