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.. .. . . r- . I f ITT' leather - v. imm yatfttv TVednes7 4S derrees, nln- irnsm 1 (emperatart 11 de grees; raia; riTcr -I ft. Clear nndsy aatf TrUay with ftlfht and mmtng , rUtj feci morth ftad west porttons. IMtlm iemptntar chaact. ' i' ..... .. fy&:jf.&Z:f2 rnKETY-roiTH yeah 12 PAGES S tm, Oregon, Tkurtdar Morning. Dcembr 14. 1944 Pric 5c IE - C I - I ft I " 1 I I ft . - I a " -wv w - ' 1 U UJ LUUUPl i 1 - . . r--. . ... ; -: - - - . - i - y - .. . : v:, .. - . -V.' v ... -; y - v.: Miss Katherlnt F. Lenroot, chief of the children's bureau-of the government, in her report issued last week painted a very ' sorry picture of the physical condition of the. nation's children. In fact che set it down that the health of the youngsters was in "a shocking state." She boiled her statistical knowledge down thus: . Ten million boys and girls under 21 have defective vision. Two - million have impaired bearing and 17,000 of them are deaf. ' Close to 1,000,000 have congeni tal syphilis. A half miUipn have orthopedic or spastic conditions. ' . .. Four " hundred thousand hive : tuberculosis. j Nearly half a million have. or are being affected by rheumatic lever. Nearly three - fourths of all school children have dental de fects. ; The instinctive reaction to these statistics is one of alarm precedent to "doing - something about it," Which Miss Lenroot says is Bp to the people and the congress. How ever, a few days after this report was published came a release from the information service of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company which shows very denn lte' improvement in the physical condition of youth. This report says: " "American young men of today re, On the average, nearly an ' (Continued on Editorial Page) ELAS-Emissary t t V Athens, Dec n--As calm descended tonight on Athens for - the first time in a strife-torn if week, it 'was' reported in . leftist v Quarters that an emissary of the Has : (fighting branch of the left-, f wing Earn party) wwUUcall on . Mai. Gen. Ronald M. Scobie to- - morrow to announce acceptance of British terms to end the civil war. This- report was contrary to the announcement made - earlier to "dav bv Elas . town criers who roamed the streets with mega phones saying the terms offered by Scobie, British commander in Greece, naa oeen reiusea ana w shaU Tight on if it means smash- lng Athens. Mish AcceD C7 British Terms According ; to the information t from the leftists, the Elas will ask in return for their acceptance of the British conditions that they jKt be prosecutedVas a party and that Scobie accept sT new national i. government headed by : someone other than Premier George Pa pandreau. . c Chinese Score Further Gains JCHUNGK1NG, Dec. lS-(iPi-As . Chinese troops scored still further gain in Kwangsi province, Cabi tt nun m. , nounced today that the high com- mano w" -Mr"':" "r" meet possible new emergencies and plans lor making the best use of every opportunity to take the military initiative. J In an overnight a d v a nc e of -about 10. miles, Chinese forces battalion, had been killed In ac- drove more than 20 , miles .Into tion in France on November 15, f Kwangsi in pursuit of Japanese, was .received here this week . by units retreating from Kweichow Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Lulay. In ci province.: They;' were -reported to vilian . life, Lulay, graduate of be. about 15 miles from Hochih, Aumsville high school with the which is some 95 miles northwest, class of 1938, drove a logging of Liuchow, former site of an im- truck for Lulay: Bros. Lumber portant US air base. ; company. . Additional Bond Purchases r Sought of Large Investors 1 Doubled and redoubled efforts to induce large investors to sub scribe additional amounts toward the Sixth. War k- Loan campaign were being made as the drive swung into the last half of the last week still more than a .mil lion dollars short of the $5,000, 000 quota. , ' . , - ' "Ail of our workers are making special appeals to their friends to increase their purchases and put Marion county over the top be fore ,: Saturday' night," declared Chairman Douglas Yeater, who with Co-chairman Francis Smith is organizing forces for the final push. ' t . "We can't let the boys at the front down at this critical Junc . ture all of us have confidence that loyal Marion county citizens will come through as usual," add ed the chairmen. ' ' ': Under the direction of Arthur Cmither. spedat solicitation chair- csa, mtnj large buyers of for Japanese f actory CkvM dty TransferYj- r , - ;;f0 liuren .. : Blasted Superfortresses Rain Bombs on Nips' Third City By Vera Bancland 21ST BOMBER! COMMAND, Saipan, Dec. n.-rj-Superfort' resses today rained bomb on Na- goya, Japan's third ' largest city, centering x their attack upon the largest aircraft' factory. Numerous explosions and fires . were - ob served. Returning crews tonight said they concentrated on the Hatsu doki aircraft plant, the largest op- era ted by the vast Mitsubsibi company, at the northeast edge of Nagoya. Mission Success Brig. Gen. Haywood Hansell Jr., said at a press conference shortly before midnight that '.'the mission has been a success.' n 'Many bomb strikes have been obtained in the Mitsubishi aircraft works," he said. "Damage was quite extensive. I am not prepared to asses, that damage until I have had a chance to study photographs but I think, it's a good mission.' Ne Planes Lost - He aded that early indications were that hone of the B-29 was lost over the target. Hansell said leading units found fighter interception but this dwln died as, other Superforts- came over Nagoya later; There was con siderable antiaircraft fire. Both interception and ack ack were In effective. Senators Find Fag Shortage m aO T1T7" 5 hj Q yl y OFSC WASHINGTON,' Dec., 13.-ff)- Sena tors probing into the Cigaret scarcity discovered today that the wont is yet to come. The armed forces overseas, they were told, are getting about 30 per cent of the supply now and will neet a lot more " next year, and there isn't much that can be done to boost production. The senators, members of the war investigating committee, un covered practically no suspicion of industry skullduggery in a three hour Interrogation of witnesses. The testimony indicated that the scarcity on retail shelves is due to an actual lack of fags. ' J Leonard Francis Lulay Killed in War Action I SUBLIMITY. J5ec. 13-(Special) Notification that their son, Tech. 5 Leonard Francis Lulay, 24, radio operator with a tank destroyer mer campaigns were being con tacted. Purchasers were urged to Invest idle funds for the next 90 days or longer in bonds and treas ury certificates. " In a stirring appeal over radio station KSLM Wednesday night, Col. Carle Abrams, Legion chair man, admitted he was somewhat crestfallen over the slow progress of the drive but that he had every confidence that citizens would respond to the committee's request to strain every effort to buy additional bonds immediately. Steams Cushing, chairman of the employes' bond committee at Keith Brown Building Supply company, reported that $8300 had been, subscribed against a quota of $7300 and more was in sight. One man who had Just bought a house and had no money left for bonds induced the seller , to take part of the down payment In new bonds purchased during the sixth campaign. . w ' t - . . . ; " ? ( i .. . ' t " . - - !'.: ' I' . . , Blaze Rips Through Capital City Transfer ... ,i ( Household Goods of I Over 100 Families Destroyed; Loss Partially) Covered A spectacular downtown fire left in ruins today, with a loss esti mated from $73,000 to $100,000, the interior of the Capital City Trans fer company at 226 State street and the household furnishings of well over 100 families. ' : j . ' - Starting from an unknown source In the basement of the 48-by 100-foot brick building, the blaze after an employe of the transfer Company noticed smoke about 2 p.m. Wednesday, Within a matter of minutes the fire, spurred, by fuel and inflam mable finishes oh stored furniture, broke through to the upper stories and sent flames and smoke hun dreds of feet into the air. Bandreds See Blase Hundreds of persons witnessed the spectacle. Firemen played water on side and, front walls to prevent their collapse from heat, and the flames were confined - to the transfer building. There was no appre ciable damage to the Bosler Elec tric company adjoining the burned structure to the east, or to the Sa lem Seed and Implement company on the opposite side. - The safe was removed from the Bosler firm a precaution. In one instance, a fireman's lad. der caught fire when flames broke through a aecond-story window, and at least two had narrow es capes from falling bricks, .but there were no serious injuries. Several firefighters suffered from the cold and exposure. . ' Lass is' Heavy f;;.Vv if - ; ' The building and transfer com pany were owned and operated by Mrs, F. E. Loose and her son. Loren Loose. Insurance officials estimated the structure could; not be replaced for less than" $40,000- It was estimated, also, that the av erage value of household foods owned by each of the families in curring loss was somewhat , ever $500, for a total personal property loss exceeding $50,000. ' ; Loose said - the building vras V swept swiftly out of control soon partially covered by Insurance. Insurance men - estimated ' not more than 20 per cent of the household goods were : similarly protected. A considerable portion ha,d been stored for months far beyond .the. expiration date for. protective clauses which in some instances are in force for a time after furnishings are moved from the site. where insurance was in force on them. f ' '' Scare Article Born : t - A certain percentage. of owners probably had taken out insurance for & the specific location of the transfer company, however. - . A large share of the goods de stroyed constituted all-but-irre placeable items such as stoves, washing machines, mangles. I On lot which burned belonged to Rep. James "Mott. . , Another was owned by Harry Michelson, now of . th Elaine apartments, who had stored his furnishings because he war- un able to find a house "and I was just going down there to get some of our! stored Christmas decora pons, . too," - Michelson said. -Undecided en Plans Lack Qf housing in Salem, and the temporary removal , of some families to war Jobs- In other towns, were among reasons why so many furnishings were stored. Loose did not immediately an nounce future plans, pending fur ther: investigation of damage. It was believed most of th com pany's records were intact in safe.. '--w-'" - .... ..Vfc. r : ', vwr:.-. .13 'A .0 1 ' Anyhow, He'll Have Plenty of Time to Measure DENVER, Dec! 13-(P)-Patrol- men Joe Hale and Robert Riley, called to the scene of an auto mobile collision,; carefully meas ured this way and that. A bystander grew critical of their methods. The measurements he complained, were all wrong. ' The policemen measured, again! The - bystander kibitized some more. : "K :s.r.-:X'-- The cops rolled up their tape measures and . trundled the by stander off to jaiL He was charged with Interference. Railroad Freight Rates Will Remain Same, '45 WASHINGTON, Dec. U-iJF)A further year's suspension of emer gency railroad freight rates In creases was ordered today, by the interstate commerce commission. They were first suspended fci May, 1843.::,: ' y v,: The 10 per cent increase In pas senger fares, in effect since Feb ruary 10, 1942, was continued. Japs Report U. S. Ships In Inland Island Waters (By the Moclate4 Tnm) The Sppearance f big Ameri can warshipt hi Inland, waters of the Philippines was reported It may be a Tokyo fishing expedi tion to ascertain disposition of the' fleet by the enemy's radio today (Thursday). ..-. Heavy Detonations Heard Inside Norway : STOCKHOLM, Dec 13 - (") -Heavy detonations in Norway were heard tonight In Karlstad, several 'miles from the Swedish- Norwegian frontier, Indicating Os lo was being bombed, the news paper. Dagens Nyheter reported. i.. 4 i 5 Pacific Chiefs With Nimitz U, S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Dec. 13 -(A3)- American army and navy commanders of the Central Paci fic and Aleutian war areas have ust concluded secret conferences with Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, commander of the Pacific ocean areas, dealing with future opera tions against Japan, f Disclosure today oft the. meet ings ' and names of the ' partici pants directed attention toward the Aleutian and Alaska theatres, from which planes and warships have beat operating in strikes agamsi me rvurues. ,v ? From the northern t war front came Lt. Gen. Delos C. Emmons, commander of the Alaskan de- pwtoenv and vice Adm. Frank J. Fletcher, -commander of the North Pacific. Lt Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, former com mander of the .Alaskan depart' ment, also attended.' Weather Halts Air Offensive LONDON, Dec. 13-(ff)-The mists and clouds of Europe's win ter stifled the allied air offensive against Germany today, holding the heavy bombers away from! enemy targets which; in the two previous days had been rocked by 2G$00 tons of explosives from some 8000 planes. Bad weather closed. In after a strong force "of RAF Lancasters and Halifaxes, plus night fighters and Mosquitos, completed the sec ond day of around-the-clock as - sault on enemy transportation and oil , refineries with a shattering blow at Essen and a smaller strike at Osnabruck late last night, HoldMeeting ashes 2 Hodges' Troops Drive Germans From 5-Mile i Stretch on Roen Seventh Army Stopped by River SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITION ARY FORCES, Paris, Dec 13 (AP) A long awaited as sault by the US First army against the left wing of German defenders of Duren smashed two miles eastward on both sides of the Roer river in the" Moinschau area today while), farther north troops of the same army drove the Germans from a five-mile stretch on the west bank of the Roer just south of Duren itself. The iiew offensive has two prongs, both pointing jeast I from points east and southeast of Rotgen, first German ward sses te Japs CENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Philippines, Thursday. Dec 14 -UPi- American troops are making gains against I the Japanese north of Ormoc on Leyte island, Inflicting "extraor dinarily hea-y" losses on the en emy, Jheadquariers said today, jfl - The Japanese continued their efforts to "get supplies ashore for their " troops ) pressed w Into j the northwestern part of the island by troops of the 77th, Seventh and 32nd divisions,;' rf" V-'',' ' r' Three small enemy vessels try ing to land 'near Ormoc.w fell toJthe-j::Americans";. Sunday, ere-sunk yesterday by Yank gunfire. Catalinas and Mitchell medium Yanks Inflict Heavy Lo On Ley bombers -sank . or damaged five fried line on the outskirts of Saar enemy coastal vessels and damag- lautern. Although the Third's ar- ed a shipyard and docks in raids oh'Sandakan, North Borneo, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's communique i said. ' Allied fighter planes set fire to oil tanks - and refineries on the north Borneo coast. Big 3 Meet Imminent Due til To Conditions LONDON, Dec, 13 Diplo- itic problems clamoring ! for Swift solution drew . President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill and possibly Marshal Churchill and possibly Marshal Stalin closer to another of their historic meetings tonight fii v A ?T" "fSf vf such ' immediate - problems as the coordination of apparently : di verging allied policies in Europe and the necessity for ' speeding plans for the treatment of. Ger many after the war. Amonff the'sien nosts nointinir to an eariy meeting was the sharp decline In Anelo-American' rela-i jjo, now possibly at their low- est ebb since the outbreak of the war Roosevelt' Plurality - iteacneS 0,000,UoJL t WASHINGTON, Dec 1J - (Jt) - President Roosevelt's plurality in his fourth-term victory over.Gov. Thomas E. Dewey has reached 1,- 585,081, with returns of the No vember 7 election nearly corn- Five weeks after-th election, officials of several states have not completed the canvassing and cer tifying of votes. i; A total of 47,811,587 presidential votes is shown in the nearly-com- P compilation. Finding Markets Chief Problem of Agriculture ST. PAUL, Dec. 13-P-Postwar agriculture's greatest problemin the face of an abundant capacity J to produce will be to find good I markets for all, that farmers can efficiently produce, : Claude , R. I Wickard, secretary of agriculture Isaid here tonight ' -1 v - Nazi Defenders town captured by American troops This drive along the Roer is south of the Hurtgen forest The five-mile stretch on the west bank j of the Roer was not clearly defined by dispatches from the front, although Hodges' troops were reported to have come with in less than 3000 yards of Gur zenich southwest of Duren and cleared the village, of Gey, farther south. ."'..,-' ( . Today's action extended. the First army's front to 25, miles On the south end of the western front, meanwhile, the spectacular ' drive of Lt Gen. Alexander it. Patch's Seventh army toward the uerman paiaunate was .checked by blown, bridges across the wide Seltzbach! river east of Haguenau and by jarring enemy counter attacks south of the border city of Wissembourg.. ' t BetweexLlbeireHmTthe Sev Qth armies, Lt Gen. George S. Patton's Third army measured its gains .in scores of yards as it fought through a maze of pillboxes and fortified houses of the Sieg- tillery continued to blast Saar- brucken, there were no reports of gains against the Saar capital. ; Ready for Weeks j For weeks Hodges has had troops ; stationed south of - Mon. schau on the east side of the Roer, s . which flows-from Belgium past Monschau a n d j northward past" Duren, Julich and Linnich before bending . west again to join th' Maas in Holland, f . I While other armored and in fantry units slugged 1 their way steadily toward j Duren on both 1 d e i of A the Aaachen-Cologne highway,! these idoughboys' today I jumped, of f in a - surpris attack that might turn the whole left flank of the German defenders of I the Cologne plain. OT TiJ TP"' O UW TOlTt : ; i A . ono icstorm as By the Associated Press) Clearing weather moved slowly I eastward across the nation last gradually dissipating a snow torm that had enveloped a widi nd caused 81 deaths in the United States and southeaster Canada since Sunday..' - 'Snow flurries in the great lakeSL Ohio v a 1 1 e y. and northeastern, states will subside largely by to night the weather bureau . pre dieted, and a somewhat wsnnef , . air mass now west of the Missis sippl river will move in. . . . Sixty-seven deaths attributable to the storm were recorded in th United States and an adltional 26 in Canada. Pennsylvania had thf highest state toll with 15, Ohl(j was second with 12, and Colorado I MiMourL and New York ranked l third1 with Cv each. 1 h K. ...... j .- . -U v ,-. , , . c - - "j .