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Jap Snipers Killed , f - - u - - - - dfe ( o J ) tic M 1) lit vi lll .ll.Tl Mill PCUNDDD 1651 - KBITTY-FOUBTH YEAR 10 PAGS3 Caltm. pr90o, Wednesday Mocnlng, Dctmbr S. 1944 Wet' 8c No. 223 ......... . , I . ; I- ."V . ' 1. - ' ' -'-, - i f - . i, ,,,, , , .. . : j . . . - . . ... - - . . '. 1 ' ' 1 IL- " " I ' - ' V . .... .. V 1 JMmmmmmmmJk:."-' Foar JapaneM snipers who attempted U flee thronch the Leyte Island Jonxle Ue dead ta a shell hole where they were killed by parsalng j r Tanks who trapped them ta the look them ever durlnx a luU in photo from Coast Guard). T , 1 Marion E Bond Purchases Spurt Past Halfway. Mark As Sales Reach $76287 Purchases of E war bonds Tuesday as the Marion county the drive that was expected to close to the three 'million dollar of $1,500,000, Chairman Douglas ' . Despite several confirmations " ' ; ' " ' '.' The actionof the Hood River post of the American legion In or dering erased from Jts, honor, roll t -attea In .ho oeryieo from Hood Rlvr county oil names of persons of Japanese origin is a perversion of patriotism which will only l suit In bringing the post itself into ; disrepute. y , ;'..'. I The explanation of the comman der that the erasure is not intend ed as a reflection on the men themselves but as a warning that return of Japanese to the county is not desired offers little excuse The reflection, in truth is not on tho Japanese-Americans who have reported 1 for military duty the game as other Americans, but on the legionnaires themselves, who re not without knowledge of our' constitution and its principle of no discrimination on account of race, creed or color. The record of the nisei in combat proves the quality of their loyalty to America. As far as contributing to -prevention of "violence and- blood shed" said to be feared if the Japs return, this action is Just what is needed to' provoke town hoodlums to resort to violence. For political or economic reasons a group In Hood River have been periodically fanning the flames of race preju dice, although the large body of sober citizens there are entirely law-abiding and not disposed to trespass on the constitutional rights of other citizens. There is a rich stake in the property-holdings of Japanese in the Hood River valley. Some may want to get hold of those prop erties. Others may be envious of the Japs; others , may not want them as neighbors ' (Continued on Editorial page) Oregon Backs Postwar Plan Oregon 's post war program, based on its population and re sources, compares favorably with similar programs now being for mulated in the larger and more wealthy states, ' members of the Oregon Post - War Development and Readjustment , commission greed at a meeting here Tues day.- A report prepared by John W, Kelly, executive secretary, showed tentative and authorized postwar projects aggregating a cost of ap proximately $400,000,000. Some of these are classified as cash in re serve projects $61,901,493, author bed projects $194,992,181 and ten totive projects $151,615,898. The tentative projects include. num ber of costly government projects. V7cather - "-: Maximum temperature Tuesday Z0 derrees, minimum 41 degrees. .1 fcich rain, river -.8 ft. Partly cloudy with. Hrht show ers i west ami northenl portions V.'e'nesiay and over the state T.-.'-rs !iy. Warmer southeast por- f-r.s Thursday. ; -. . -' . ' 1 IJtD MB A 1 enter. A grovp of Tank riflemen tne rnuippines iicnung-. vat wire- spurted past the halfway mark campaign swung into high for boost totals by Pearl Harbor day mark. Against the E bond quota Yeater reported sales of $762,587 of big industrial allocations, to- tals reported to bond headquar ters failed to go far past the two million dollars reported Monday Unless the drive speeds up con siderably in the next couple of days, the Pearl Harbor goal may not be realized, officials declare. Plans for the big infantry, show at the armory and at Sweetland field were rapidly approaching consummation. ' Bob Jackson, a Wood burn man is in the show. The armory exhibition will be open to the public all day Thursday, fea turing bazookas and much other modern army equipment The main indoor show, . however, starts at 8:30; following the. outdoor spec tacle at 7:U jinv Unread .7:15 as--inadvertently stated yes terday). . , . . ,- - ,'Jt Following the band concert at 8 JO will come an exhibition by the US infantry team of about 40 men, who will demonstrate with actual equipment their preparations for battle. . In the outdoor show at Sweetland field will be actual demonstrations with flame throw ers and other terrifying weapons in action against an imaginary Japanese . pillbox. : Admission to both shows will be entirely free to everyone. (Additional details on page 2). Robert Folkes To Die Jan. 5 ALBANY, Ore., Dec. 4-iF)-The bizarre "case of. lower IS" spun to its final climax today as Robert E. Lee Folkes, his lait appeals vain, was sentenced to die Friday, January d. The 23-year-old negro will en ter the state's gas chamber almost two years after the night when Mrs. Martha Virginia James, pret ty bride of an ensign, was found with her throat slashed in berth 13 on a Southern Pacific passenger train speeding through Linn county. Free Skies Endorsed ; At Aviation Confab CHICAGO, Dec. 5 -P)- A pro gram for international cooperation in providing air. transport services and opening the way to free skies for commercial aircraft received quick approval tonight at the world aviation conference. - H. L.Steicart Named to Head State Bean Growers9 Group By Lillie L. Madsen Fsrm and Garden1 Editor. -Harry L. Stewart, West Stayton, was elected president of the Ore gon State Bean Growers' associa tion Tuesday at the Salem cham ber of commerce rooms. A total of 5000 acres of beans is represent ed by the Oregon growers. ! j Other officers chosen were Ej ner Hentze, Junction City, vice president, and H. L. Pearcy, Sa lem, secretary-treasurer. . " . A committee was appointed by President Stewart (E. A. Kurtz, Salem, chairman; J. H. Tumridge, Jefferson; Otto Sistel, Salem; E. L. Cox, Eugene, and Herbert Den nett, West Stayton) to meet with R. B. Taylor of the war manpower commission at Corvallis on De? cember 13. . The committee also was author ized to relay to Sen. Wayne Morse a protest of any income tax on co operatives! . ;, I Labor situations in bean fields, Fating Fierce In n T 4 "." BritlSh Disperse f, 4 ' . 1 i r OrCCS VliaCllIli; Police Barracks By Stephen Barber ATHENS, Dec. 5 - (Jf) - Fierce fighting continued in Athens to day as the elas, fighting force of the left-wing earn, national liber-" ation front party, laid siege to various police barracks and; were disnersed ' by British tanks and Greek mountain brigade troops. Meanwhile, ! Themistokles Sophoulis, 85-year-old d e a n of the Greek liberal party, charged that Prime Churchill, through in- ner had vetoed replacing Pre- X a A. W t A I - J!-1..U mier George Papandreou mier George Papandreou in a change of government which might have solved the nations crisis. I Called "Impossible" He said Churchill had sent word that replacing Papandreou was "impossible." Among elas prisoners taken hi inHav'a firhMnff wr anmt ' Cer4 mans, but it was not proved! whether they were political agents or merely I deserters from the nazis. . ' V Elas units reportedly are assem bling in various outlying parts of the c o u n t r y and preparing to march on the capital, j Outcome In Doubt , ;': 1 . ) It still seems touch and go whether an attempted elas; coup d'etat will , succeed. The' , British may enforce the Papandreou gov ernment's, control.. of. jAthens, but iv. n.MiJnu ninl fnrmi4iM I ProbS "Rlghm: .... J:. : tf-7r "v.A. uj been lying low until the present cHu hava rami out In th oon. embarrassingly ', supporting j t h e government and the British. Stanley Brown Of West Salem Dies iii Action PFC. Stanley "W. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence R. Brown, 1043 Ruge street West Salem, was killed in action November 5 17- In ; France, the war department an nounced. I -; The young infantryman entered the service four years ago last August He was in Alaska 2Mrl years with the 75th coast artillery. .. In a recent letter to his folks, he told of being made a squad com mander and commented that the "going" was "tough". 'IT Survivors' include his parents, one brother, CpL Keith A. Brown, Buckley Field, Colo; a sister-in- law, Mrs. K. A. Brown, and one niece. (Picture on servicemen's page). Storm Warnings Up In Oregon District k SEATTLE. Dec. 5 -UPf The weather bureau tonight ordered southeast storm warnings hoisted from the mouth of the Columbia river) to Tatoosh 1 and small craft warnings displayed from the Co lumbia sputh to Newport, Ore., and on the Straits of Juan de Fuca and the inland waters of Wash ington. wtih emphasis on harvest formed the chief theme ; of meeting. .- i time, the It was Indicated efforts of the aMpnriation would fa directed to- ward maintaing the same picking price for 1945 as that of 1944, In order to hold pickers. Miss Flor ence Mills of the farm, labor office forecast an . "easier supply" next year. Ben l Neweii, assistant county agent, urged growers to depend even more on women's groups and other local help which he said harvested 95 per cent of the 1944 crop in Marion county Bill Bailey from the Salem labor office urging tho appointment of a committee to study bean grow ers problems. , .- i, U--S President Stewart reported the government was asking a 28 per cent reduction In bean acreage for 1945, but he expressed belief this would affect the east coast more than the west as more bush beans were grown there. . y - . ... t V j -.'j; .' ' . T'." ' .. Athens cd Planes Sink i Hospital Ship Nazi In Adriatic Sea ROME. Dec. M-The slnWnfc of the unilluminated German hos pital ship Tuebingen by planet of the allied, coastal; patrol shortly before. 'Sunrise, Nov. 18 was an- nouncea xooty oy muiea neaa- quarters. , Rep-eU over the Incident have been conveyed to the Germans. tne communique saia.. .. - Headquarters said,- "a full in- quiry into this unfortunate inci- dent is in progress," adding that it was understood casualties among the crew were very light. ! The ship at the time of the sink ing was in the Adriatic sea en route to Trieste and was not car rying any wounded. Mf Tj o TT 1 Uerllll KaiQ LONDON, Dec. 5-(tf)-American fighter pilots today sent 91 nazi aircraft hurtling down in flames on the German capital along with j J1500 n of bombs dropped by more than 500 "Flying Fortresses. Twelve bombers out of some 550 which hit the Berlin area as well as the big rail center of Mun steir, 50 miles north of the Rhur industrial region, are missing. Twenty-two fiahters failed to re turn to their British bases, but at least 11 of them are believed to have landed In France. , A heavy overcast forced bom bardiers to aim by Instrument Most of the attack was centered on the capital's great industrial suburb of Tegel, on the northwest I Dcrimeter. Of the C tr TCSel . hs I been transformed into GWny : imo t imnortnt military H.not nmw . wnn mumon works ana aircrait engine ana tanx lactones. Japan Loses 4QQQ Planes 3 Months By the Associated Fres JaDan has exoended nearlv l.i Allied Planes Sink Enemy Planes 000 warplanes : in the. last tbreJ1rtpra-..rpfr months ;in defending the Philip- Vittll UClvS i UllO pines ana 11s water approacnes, a tabulation today of official reports iwweq. . Of these, 1,153 were 'tX by American aircraft in ber 571 in aerial combat and 582 on the ground. In addition, 44 were, probably, destroyed. The costliest month for the en- emy was October, ; when l.isa planes ) were lost in the air over the archipelago and 523 on the ground. September losses were 387 in the air and 627 aground.' Bipod Donors May Put Names on Their Gifts ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -(JPh Red Cross blood donors will be permitted to label their gifts with their names and dedicate them to specific service .men, beginning . Thursday. '. -; ' Basil O'Connor, chairman of the American Red Cross, said bipod plasma labels were - devised as a result of numerous requests by relatives and friends of service men. i -. - : "'' Japs Attack Convoy, Sink Ships, Report By tho Associated Press Tokyo radio said last night i Japanese torpedo planes had at tacked ; a "huge enemy transport concentration", east of Mindanao, t rlV " M sank two merchant shins, one h aftd bo other medium. There j HH. . J A.J,, . - A. iam DoaacM oireciea 10 wap - anese nationals overseas, was re - Soldier Spans Seas in Plane al HteY Order A US EIGHTH I AIR FORCE BOMBER STATION, ' England, Dec.. 9 HJPr- Seventeen hours af ter General Eisenhower had tfv - mr. kta ri ! ! ii 1 -Jm ,Vi. Mn j Albert H. Wolfe, operator of ... uas PVIIWI VI ucil ivt iuk . rt a bomber refueling truck, was at the bedside of his critically ill wife in iiarrisourg, jfa. Flown home on the first avail able air transport command plane, j Wolfe was informed by doctors that his wife" would recover, but ! their ' baby's ' life could not be saved.: I . i ." r:f W r - . v v IT g pi V KTl VtJB HandsOff Allow European People to Select Own WaV PolicV . " . J I By John M. Bightower WASHINGTON, Dec. I 8 - (JP) The United States today pointedly told Britain and indirectly Rus- Ua that European peoples should be allowed to work out their own governments without interference. The notice, given in a statement ; issued by the state department. was interpreted to mean that this government is sticking one foot tentatively in the door, of Euro pean politics. : 1 :" Applies to AU r ' j The declaration applied specif ically to Italy. It was given the widest possible application, how- Warning ever, by the concluding sentence sagging German resistance in west which said that whUe we oppose ern Hungary yesterday to within "outside" interference in Italy 50 mil of th Austrian ftww "this policy , would apply to an ven more pronounced, degree wiin regard 10 governments 01 tne 1 United Nations in their liberated I territories." 1 . It was the first declaration, of foreign policy issued sine Secre- I tary Stettinius took charge. Stet- tinius told a news conference that he had worked hard on the state-1 ment Taken as Policy Diplomats studied it with view to its possible application to Greece, Belgium, Poland and oth er, countries - whose governments have recently ., been involved in political upheavals. There is an nwwm jenuency nere 10 mier IJjt conflicts Icontest for power between Britain uouupmaiii I in the smaller countries which would favor, their own interests. tion is complicated by the fact that th rnimU I. .HH ,V. I to the controls imposed on "a de feated foe though it has attained full diplomatic recognition and the technical status of "co-belligerency." ' " : ! 1 f- xirro 1 Ha Venna V llll Brilliant Move ROME, Dec 5.-ffV-Hard-strik ing Canadian forces have smashed ( through the center of German Ad- 1 nauc deienses and Captured Rav enna, the allied high command announced today, forcing the na- us w iiee wj uie wen oanx 01 uie j-amone river, six mues west A brilliant encircling movement yesterday enabled the Canadians to capture the onetime capital of the . ancient ostrogoths without a fight and thus preserve its ancient treasures undamaged. - j -; The bulk of Field Marshal Al bert Kesselring's forces 'which held the Ravenna area were be : lieved already well behind the La- mone.-which is expected to be the Germans next important defense I line. Such a line would i have ' its left flank on the shores of ' big lagoon called Valli dl Commac chio into which the Lamone flows. Chinese Push Enemy Back CHUNGKING, Dec 5.H4VThe Chinese high command i announ ced tonight . that Chinese troops of Pachai, 63 miles southeast of . .L j yang, uie iweicnow provm- 1 ciai j capital , iorwartt . wmcn tne I V 1 r.. tMvviouslT had 1 . v.j i ,i , an .n were ' reported moving 7 to that front while other Chinese were making small gains in diversion- j ary attacks in Hunan province. General Easlej Hit; lln. Levte 1 MEDFORD, Dec. S-i&h Brig. 1 Gen. C M. Easley assistant com I mander of the 96th infantry di- vision now engaging the ; Japanese on Leyte, is recovering from a wound in the right arm, friends here have been notified. The 96th division' received part of its. training at Camp White be-Lj fore being sent into action - Nazi Fire Fighters Cat Winhen Yanks Are Around . LONDON, .' Dec. . q"u r Mustangs Ted by ' Capt Gerald E. MontjomeryV r,ort;Worth,.Tet today .. spotted a crew . of ' - fire fighters, trying to ! extinguish v a fire on the roof of a' German fac tory, ' ' -We circled . and f watched the firemen put out the f ire," Mont- down ndstarted it again by. fif- faff incendiarr hullts: When th truck crew began fighting " those flames, we blew up the truck and everything burned, the truck in cluded." , i Soviet Forces LONDON, Wednesday, Dec. 6(AP) Red army troops hinged through with the capture of MarcalL eight miles below the southwest" tip of lake Balaton. - - -..:- W Other soviet forces' seized the Hungariah rail Junction of Szi- Igetvar, 22 miles south of Kapso- var and SO miles northeast of Za- greb, while Russian! troops aided by Marshal. Tito's partisans"1 cap- tured Ilok on the Danube river in Yugoslavia, 95 miles southeast of Szigetvar. These last two operations imper illed lines of communication , for 100,000 German troops, seeking to retreat from western Yugoslavia into Austria. Marshal Feodor I. Tolbhukin's third Ukraine jtrmy; seized $0- Ile front- aldhf -thiTiauth shore of lake Balaton, safeguarding his ZZZJZ iTt"r , t r" v east on Budapest H nil fiP MnCGPG -WlioV CtOOCO Bill to -Freeze Old AgeTaxt3s 1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 - (UP) - Defying administration wishes, the house today passed legislation to block an increase in old age in surance taxes.' '! -;f.' :. It sent to the senate by a vote of 283 to 72 bill pegging the tax at one per cent on employes and one per cent on employers. Under present law, the levy Is due to go up to 2 per cent each on Jan. 1. Early senate approval of the "freeze" is bredictd : hv house backers of the measure, but President Roosevelt is expected to I veto it . : ? 1 Today's linurilndiiid ,ffl- Ulent votei in th- hfih t AV.rrirf. . Veto. A two-thirds mWlN t. necessary to ovei-ride. Buzz Bombs Exploded By British Ack-Acks LONDON, Dee 5 VA cur tain of fire from anti aircraft guns- exploded several flying bombs n midair tonight just before they reached the eastern coast Night fighters also went Into ac tion against the German renewal of flying bomb attacks. ' , ! Oiuy 50 Miles From Austria Marion, P6lk Officials to Talk Over Postwar Plans Monday MARION Polk 2-25-2 PG 1 City officials of : Marion and Polk counties, and civic leaders interested in postwar municipal programs, will meet in Salem next Monday evening under the spon sorship" of the: League of Oregon Cities and the City of Salem. . 1 Invitations have been sent - to ra, Donald, Falls City, Gervais, Hubbard, Independence, Mon mouth, ML Angel,! Scotts "Mills, Silverton, St a y t o n. Sublimity, Dallas, Turner, West Salem and Woodburn by Mayor I. M. Dough ton of Salem, the ; league presi dent, Fred C Inkster of Oswego. ' Proposed federal and state leg islation of particular interest . to cities, postwar planning; and .ex change of information on local municipal problems will feature the evening' program. 5 Meeting with the local officers of the coun ty will be Herman Kehrll league executive, secretary and director of tho University of Oregon's bu- reau of" municipal . research .'and 1 service. New Wedge Driven In Siegfried One Allied F6rcej8 Eliminating Nazis At 9000 Daily Rate, 5, Divisions Per Week; Own Losses Heavy ? By AUSTIN BEALMEAR SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITION- V ARY. FORCE, Paris, Deci 5 (AP)Break!no; across the , Saar river at a new point south of Saarlautern, Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's American Third army hammered a sec ond wedge into the Siegfried Germany, six months af ter abated. . ' It was estimated tonight of them fighting on German along the Reich's Rhine river euminatuur Germans at the rate of 9000 daily, a loss of aboujt five nasi divisions every week, j ' -: Heavy: fighting, costly to the al lies as well as to the Germans, slowed, the advance on miich of the western front but theThird army, now holding a stretch of Germany 40 miles long, made gains of Up to three miles during the day, grinding within six! miles of the bomb-battered , industrial city of. Saarbrucken and ; jvithin three miles of Sarreguemins. Location Not Known . The exact location of the new bridgehead across the Saajr was not disclosed, but Associated! Press Correspondent . Lewis Hawkins said the f 5th division, which; made the crossing, had driven a mile be- I NEW TOEJC Dee. The German radio tonight claimed recaptnro of the elty of Baarlaa tern. The broadcast was' heard by the Blo network. . yond the river and penetrated in to the outer defenses of the Sieg fried line. f 'Other elements of the same di vision widened the original bridge head across the Saar to 1 miles at the base and stabbed beyond the arsenal city of Saarlautern al though fierce . fighting contihued inside the city 4taelf as speciai' de tails of doughboys rndeavored to clean out resistance- there. f H . French Do 'Well ''T ': ". From the headquarters of Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tassigny It .was announced today that the French First army had ' destroyed three German divisions since taking! the offensive, leaving the equivalent of two full -strength divisions how facing the French troops. . " '1 Casualties inflicted upon ithe Germans by Tassigny's troops (In eluded 10,000 kUled and ; 15,000 captured, it was stated. Allied losses were secret, j of course, but the grim war of attri tion has not been all one-sided. In fighting as bloody as that of recent weeks they are bound to; be heavy. Normally they might jbe expected to be as great, if hot greater, than the enemy's because the allies are doing the attacking. Tinfoil, Cellophane y Oliav for Qgarets ; i WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 Clgarets (remember?) once more may, be packaged with' a combin ation of aluminum foil and cello phane, under a WPB ruling today. Local arrangements for the meeting have been made by May or Dough ton, member of . thb League execute committee, and City Recorder Alfred Mundt Among federal programs and poli ides scheduled lor discussion artf the two Mghway aid bills now pending in congress, federal sur 4 plus property bills as they relate1 to cities, and provisions of the war, mobilization recovery act with reference to local planning, and proposed federal airport aid legis lation. Proposals for the revision; of the local budget law for retire mem legislation, planning - con trols in the suburban and metro4 politan areas, and new: revenue sources for cities also will be dis cussed. 1 "Every city, every community must be prepared to assume Its proper responsibilities in the post- war period," Inkster said in Issu- ing the call for the meeting.. "It M futile to hope for a tetter world unless we. can. prepare or better Communities right here at home,. I i .... v - 1 .t ' ' - - 1 1 line today as the baltle for the allied invasion? raged - nn .-j . -:.-"' .:::.-: - 'fV,-: .. - that seven allied armies five . soil and two others drawn tip boundary in the south were 11 BactJapanesei bnLevtc GENERAL 1 MacAKTHURS HEADQUARTERS, Philippines, Wednesday, Dec. 9 -Ft- Using powerful bazookas," ' American ground forces turned back a tank supported Japanese attack Sunday bight on the roadblock established on the Ormoc highway a mile and a half south of the Leyte river bridge below Limon. This futile attempt of the ene my to break out northward from the restricted Ormoc area was. an- nounced-today by Gen,! Douglas MacArthur along ' with the tie- T struct! on of Japanese destroyer and five small freighters by Leyte 1 based .warplanes: f ' ' i The destroyer was sunk by pa i trol planes In the Luzon area. Ar. small freighter was sunk by fight er planes in Ormoc bay, and thre others by fighter - bombers in tho Sibuyan sea. The fifth freighter was destroyed by Brunei bay, Bor neo, where patrol planes also sank a 3000 ton tanker. H i t ' A sixth freighter was sunk by US naval units in Ormoc bay. ) Planes Carry Peace Goods -For Russia v . v.. .. -j: ;c,-':'r;, EDMONTON, Alta, Dec. 5-(CP) , It's no longer news that American ' built planes are streaking Over Ed monton to Russia, but US officials . now have lifted the secrecy from another important lend - leas movement to the Soviet union, tho j shipment of large quantities of , "weapons" J for the rehabilitation , of Russia and FAirope. - I ' These have included wheat seed, tractors, farm implements, rube ber, plant seeds, sulfa drugs, sur gical instruments and medical supplies, - artificial limbs, clocks, drugs, magazines, and cloth. ' . ; Supplies have been flying on tho huge planes that pan over Ed monton every day of the week, but the story of this aid has been restricted until now because of , military security. , Willkie Left $20,000 In Trust for His Wife NEW YORK, I Dec. 5-(ff)-Wen- dell L. Willkie, I attorney and re- t publican presidential nominee In 1 i; i , ..:M.r r- ran ianliees liir Attack 1940, left his estate, formally val- ; at more than 120 Oflfi -in trust ' for his wife, Mrsl EditLilk WU1 kie, hU will filed for probate bvt surrogates court revealed today. 1 The wilL dated July 14, 192S, ! directed that on the death of his wife, the principal of the estate bo paid to his son, Philip H. Willkie. Willkie, a native of Indiana, died last October 8. ..' '-':-':: SHOPPING