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The OHEGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregcnv Ytidaf Morning," December 8, 1344
Sweden Feels
War Although
Still Neutral
L Sweden, though a neutral emin-
try, is feeling the war in rationed J
ttothln and food and in tha auf-
ifcrm Swdih Mi. amon
,t heir neighbors, Commissioner
:Karl Larsson, -commander of the
' i Swedish branch of the Salvation
jArmy, told Salem Lions at their
pnursaay noon luncaeon meeung.
V Today Sweden hai 400,000
:pounds of food it has thriftily laid
' ;aside to be used in feeding of war
fcidden nations of Europe, particu
larly those of Scandinavia as soon
!aa the allies have opened the way,
Larsson said. Already, he de-
flared, his country has provided
100,000 pounds of food to its Scan
dinavian neighbors, has contract'
ed to provide and is providing one
Imeal a day for 173,000 children
. near its borders and has in its
Imldit sqme 240,000 refugees.
i American pilots interned in
-w Sweden are receiving - excellent
treatment, the speaker said.
! Adj. Ivar Sorman, the commis
sioner's secretary, played and sang
;Long Live America, with Lions
club members Joining in the cho
rus preceding Larsson's address,
i, Questions concerning the neu-
traiity of Sweden, tossed at the
sneaker at his own request.
broughf diplomatic and often hu
morous responses.
- J- CaptI Ronald Husk, United
States infantryman, who describes
himscli as having been "nicked"
While on active duty In the South
Pacific! spoke briefly in the inter
est of jthe Sixth War Loan, de
scribing difficulties of getting sup
plies. tor the army.
Bad Weather
Slows Allied
Air! Assault
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:. LONDON, Dec. 7 Bad
weather interrupted the allied air
attack on Germany from British
bases today, but soon after, dark
tonight a force of RAF Mosquitos
blasted the industrial citjrof o-
logne with two-ton blockbusters.
This assault was a continuation
of the great aerial campaign to
seal on enemy men ana supplies and friend Allen Smiley,
f rum the fighting front an et- bringing to a merciful end the
fort which sent 14,000 warplanes gcrewiest hodge-podge of Juris
ts Inst IS of the relch's cities Id prudence this city has ever seen,
the 72 hours preceding today. stm unaniwered after eight
4 Smoke and flames still rose hectic dava of bewildering con-
from Berlin, Osnebruck. G lessen,
pberhausen, Munster, Soest and
Karlsruhe and the big Leuna yn-
thetic oil plant at Merseburg, as
weu as other transportation cen-
rs m me aunosi unorocen wree-
dy offensive.
Canucks Take
Rail Junction
ROME, Dec 7 -m-Canadian
troops, who captured the Adriatic
. city of Ravenna two days ago,
advanced six miles northwest up
the Ravenna-Ferrara highway and
seized the important railwar-junc
Von of Mezzano on the Lamone
river, It was announced today.
With Mezzano's capture the
itazis were deprived of one of
lueir main supply routes between
ports along the Adriatic and their
troops defending northern Italy.
An ' allied announcement aaid
enemy resistance east of the La
snone river was "virtually at an
end" all the way from north of
Ravenna to south of Faenza. In
the latter area British forces
strengthened their bridgehead
cross the stream and Poles seised
the town of Brisiahella. .
U.S. Stand on
Sticks
tt Aoninuiun, uec. a
r ot ." aecQna nme in inree days,
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vie unuea suites' today spoke out
fr political freedom in a European
Country where Britain ha ln.r
vened. This tune it was Greece.
"The action, by secretary of state
Stettinius put the United States
on record to let the Greek people
rnoose their own rulers regardless.
In the words of Prime Minister
Churchill, of - whether they "form
government of the right or eft.
In thus enunciating again a pol
icy which has already brought! i
clash with foreign secretary Eden
of Britain over Its application to
Italy, Stettinius used words cau
tiously a?6 with very evident re
gard for kind of effect they might
Have.
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YMCA Older Boys' Conference
To Open 2-Day
More than 100 bovs from Willamette valley high' schools will
gather here today for the 2llh
sponsored by the Salem YMCA
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-"Strength to Match These Times ' is , tneme xor au coherence
session, with four addresses centering about the idea of discovery
Thumbnail
off War! I
(By the Associated Pta)
i Western Europe U. S. 3rd
army, fights to 3H miles from!
Saarbrucken against stiffest
German resistance? since open
ing of winter offensive; 7th
army joins drive on Saar ana
1st army reaches Roer river.
Russia Reds strike within
40 miles of Austria from west
ern Hungary, while a Russian
plncer operation squeezes with
in 19 miles of Budapest from
both rforth and south.
Italy Canadians seise Mex-
aano, railway junction on u
mone river 8 miles northwest of
captured Ravenna. "
r.fn Prltleh nlinM fttrafe
resisting Greek leftists around
Athens. ; r
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Pacific Americans land near
Ormoc, center of Japanese lines
on Leyte, and i wipe out 13-ship
convoy just approaching AJrmoc;
Nips land 200 paratroopers on
other side of Philippine island;
Superforts down record bag of
63 Nip planes during raid on
Manchuria.
China Japanese sweep to
within 53 miles of Kweiyang in
drive to' cut Burma road, tend
lng Chinese civilians fleeing 4o
Chungking and report invasion
of Kwangsl province from Indo
China.
Dorsey Case
Is Dismissed
By Howard Heya
superior court dismissed today
felonious assault charges against
Band Leader Tommy Dorsey, his
plquant actress-wife," Pat Dane,
fllctlnf testimony counsel called
u perjury was this once-burning
question: Who carved up Screen
Actor John Hall's nose and cra-
nlum during a bloody fracas last
August on the balcony of Dorsey'i
apartment?
Superforts Hit
Iwo Jima Isle
WASHINGTON. Dec. 8 -(Yx
day)-VPi-Superfortresses, sulk
lng from bases on Saipan, bombed
Japaneae installations 00 Iwo
Jima island in the Bonin islands
today. '
The attack was carried out by
B-29's of Brig. Gen. H.S. Han
sell's 21st - bomber command, it
was announced by General H. H.
Arnold, commanding general of
the army air forces and the 20th
air force.
A communique from General
Arnold's headquarters said de
tails of the attack will be an
nounced when more information
is available. i
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 7 -OR
The house voted today to allow
iU members $3000 more yearly
lor clerical help.
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annual Older Boys' conference,
and in session tonight and Batur-
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and development 'of strength and
the need for it in the world today.
Supt Frank B. Bennett of Sa
lem public schools opens the con
ference tonight with the princi
pal address at the 6:30 dinner,
which like most other of the
weekend meetings . is to be held
at the First Presbyterian church.
The Rev. Willard Hall of Knight
Memorial church will be toastmas
tef; conference president Jack Sla
ter will call the meeting to order;
George Adams of Salem Hi-Y is
to make the invocation; Jack Sla
ter, the welcome; Chester Good
man and Mrs. Gilbert Wrenn will
lead the group singing; Hap Engcl-
bart, president of the Hi-Y coun
cil. Principal Harry B. Johnson
of Salem high school and Vernon
Merrick, YMCA staff director of
the conference will participate. A
series of three-minute talks by
high school boys is on the pro
gram. ; r
Dean U. G. Dubach of Oregon
State college will deliver the main
address at the 9 a. m. session Sat
urday and will lead a forum dis
cussion. Dr. W. J. Stone, Marion
county health officer. Is scheduled
to speak and to conduct a forum
at the one o'clock meeting. Fol
lowing recreation under direction
of Physical Education Director
Dimit, Bill Barlow, Bob Strebig,
Jim Barlow. Frank Bales and
Dick Gatke and visits to state pen!
tentiary and state capitol build
lng under leadership of Jim Hess,
Bill Ready, Curt Coe, Wilson Wilt
and; Jack Larson, the convention
group will return to the church.
Wendell Webb, Statesman man
aging editor, will speak at the 4
o'clock session and the Rev. Clay
Pomeroy, assistant pastor of the
First Christian church, will sum
marize the session.
Hungry People Storm
Rome Black Markets
ROME, Dec. 7 -(ffj -Three of
Rome's black markets, where all
kinds of edibles are sold openly
at high prices, were stormed to
day by men, women and children
who overturned carts and tables
and spilled the food in the street
The crowds also smashed win
dows of stores in' various 'parts
of town. Anonymous circulars
have been distributed calling on
the : people to stage a "hunger
march" on December IB.1
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-M)-
Chalrman J. A. Krug of the war
production board called upon con
gress today for penalties against
employers and employes who ig
nore decrees channeling! labor to
ward key war Jobs. ' )
A! present ' shortage of 311,000
workers will! "be overcome -this
month by voluntary methods, he
told; the senate war investigating
committee, but cautioned: .
If recurring shortages are to be
prevented in j key industries, the
war manpower commission must
have statutory backing for its reg
ulations preventing workers from
leaving key Industries and pro
hibiting civilian employers from
hiring jabove fixed quotes. '
In 1 a spirited exchange with
Senator Ferguson (R-Mich) Krug
testified that only 59 workers
(net) had been added in tire man
ufacturing plants since last spring
because the commission ' needed
more teeth.',
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Fag Shortage-
inue
WASHINGTON, DecJ 7-)-An
adequate supply of cigarettes is
available for overseas troops,
senators were advised today, but
the shortage for civilians -.may
continue indefinitely, 1 ,
Announcing the opening oz a
full-fledged inquiry Into the na
tionwide scarcity of fags, Chair
man Meadf (D-NYf of the sen
ate war1 Investigating committee
said a preliminary Inquiry had
developed that:
1. Failure of troops to receive
cigarettes in some war theatres is
due to shipping, unloading and
delivery difficulties.
2. The war department has
procured adequate supplies for
soldiers and has assured senators
all efforts are being mad. to
deliyer cigarettes to the troops.'
Qiib Slates Meeting
juemoers ana menas or El cirt
culo Espanol de Salem will meet
at the YWCA at 7:30 tonight Raul
Valle will give a birdseye view
of Bolivia, j ' 1 . . - j
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ON the HOME FR01IT
By 13 ABEL CIIHD3
Mrs. Virginia Adams, 1145
North 15th street, is pretty much
upset over the loss of a billfold
for several reasons. She has sug
gested that, although it contained
"all my money ; for "food .for De
cember for myself and children"
(four of them), if whoever found
Vcan't return money she
would be glad to get the billfold
back. It belonged to her husband,
now dead, and the pictures it
contains are of him and of her
children, she says. . ..
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As one of a great organization
of billfold losers, we are crossing
our , fingers, saying our prayers
and hoping this msy.be one time
when the billfold, AND money
will be returned.
V-Bomb Explodes Near
U. $ Army Ilosnital. -
Kills 26; Wounds 50
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS.
ALLIED I EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE. Paris. Dec. 7 -HV A V-
bomb which exploded recently In
the courtyard of an American ar
my hospital in Belgium killed 18
American military personnel and
eight Belgian civilians and wound
ed 50 persons in the medical corps.
It was disclosed today.
The victims included doctors.
nurses, enlisted personnel and oa-
tients. Four ambulances. In the
courtyard were demolished, and a
three - story ' wing of the hospital
waa. destroyed. Fire started In
the pharmacy, where oxygen tanks
ana alcohol exploded.
Only Fraud on Loans
Will Affect Pension
i WASHINGTON, Dec 7-WV-
No deductions will be made bom
a veteran's disability nenaiona in
connection with GI bill loans
"unless there is evidence of In
tent to defraud -
! Even then, firig. Gen. Frank T.
Hines, administrator of veterans
affairs, said today, deductions will
be made only if col'"-" nnot
be made in any other way.
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QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7
(V One Superfortress was de-
troyed and 4wo others damaged
the morning of December ,6 in the
strongest counter - raid ; the Jap
anese have made on the B-29 base
on ' Saipan, - the navy, announced
today. . i" v
About 10 twin - engmed "Betty"
bomber, made the attack on the
base from which the American sky
giants are attacking Tokyo, said
Adm. Chester w. Nimitz.
Six of the enemy bombers were
shot down by antiaircraft fire
from shore gun. and warships.
Personnel casualties suffered on
Saipan were one man killed, one
seriously wounded and a number
slightly wounded.
Japs Push to
Crush Chinese
CHUNGKING, Dec. 7 The
Japanese drive in Kweichow prov
ince is within 53 mileiof the prov
incial : capital, Kweiyang, it was
disclosed today,, as simultaneous
thrusts toward; Kunming led to
belief the Japanese were imple
menting their long-standing master
plan to crush China.
Extent of the Japanese gains in
Kweichow was disclosed by an
American communique announcing
the P-51 Mustangs 'had bombed
and set afire the town of Tuyun,
northern: terminus f the Kwei-
chow-Kwangsi railway, M miles
south-southeast of Kweiyang, in
one of si aeries of attacks on ad
vancing Japanese columns. '
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PORTLAND, Dec. 7.-0$VThe
first Oregon county to top its E
bond quota Is Sherman, where
sales , of $110,179 went 10.2 per
cent over the $100,000 goal.-war
finance commlttmen . announced
today..
The county exceeded its quota
for all series bonds by 28.5 . per
cent, reaching a total $189,793. .;
Shortly 'afterwards I Gilliam
county climbed jover. the E bond
goaL It had already" reached ' the
all-over quota.
Meanwhile total sales in Ore
gon climbed to $87,181,360--U
per cent of the 107,000,000 quota,
while E bonds $13,313,015 sold
toward . a $34,000,000 goal sUU
hung behind.
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Valley Packing company yester
day joined the growing list of Ea-;
lem industries that have gone ov
er the top during the Six War Loan
drive.' The company : subscribed
for $20,000 worth of bonds. Other 1
industrial purchases Included Sa
lem : Laundry with - $3000 and
Blake, Moffit & Towne with $1000.
I Residential block leaders under
Miss Hazel .Harper, . chairman,
made several substantial reports
of purchases with the following
showing' the way to the others:
Mrs. Viletha Bort, $4394; Mrs, W.
N. Thompson, $1988; Mrs. R. M.
Bishop, $1730; Mrs. EsteUa Teal,
$975; Mrs. Albert Gille, $937; Mrs.
H. C. McVThorter, $900; Mrs. Leo
i.C Dean, $619.
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