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PAGE TWO" The OHTGOH STATESMAN, Salem, . Oregon, Thursday Morning. December It, .1344 Soviet Forces Push Through Nazi Def ehses LONDON, Thursday, Dec 14.-(P)-JRed army armored - columns, smashing through strong nazi' 'de fenses northeast of Budapest yes- . terday, captured Kisalag, seven miles from the Hungarian capital, Moscow announced. In addition they seized the rail way town of Isaszeg, 10 miles di rectly, east of Budapest, as the Russians increased their pressure from that direction' and hammered the northeast and southeast en- i trances to the city with artillery ' and aerial blows. Isaszeg was captured in a five mile push south from Godollo, which fell Tuesday. The broadcast Moscow commun ique also announced the capture of seven other towns farther northeast of Budapest, Including Szurdokpuspoki, 12 miles north of the Russian-occupied rail junc tion of Hatvan and on the rail line leading north. from Hatvan to .. Losong In Slovakia-, i ' ire Artillery F i Gives Safety To Infantry By George Tucker WITH AMERICAN TROOPS NEAR LORIENT, France, Dec 8 I Delayed) (JP) American artillery demonstrated today how perfect ' Integration of firepower, can cre ate a "cylinder of . security' through which infantry can get right up to enemy positions with out being harmed. ; Doughboys cleaning out Ger man pockets south of the Etel .river in France's coastal region advanced at dawn with bazookas and flame throwers across half a mile of open ground and over whelmed 28 nazi bunker and pillboxes without losing a man. Solid Curtain , When the attack began heavy artillery and direct fire weapons ' laid down a solid curtain of fire t around the enemy's positions along a 1500-yard front. I - As the direct fire weapons drove enemy gunners away from i the, embrasures in the bunkers arid pillboxes, Yanks sprang from positions taken before daylight and rushed toward their objec tives. When the wave reached a point where it was in danger of coming under the Americans' own . fire, the direct fire weapons lift- - Bazookas Used Then the bazookamen, two of whom flanked each flame throw er, fired rocket after rocket into the embrasures, immobilizing the enemy guns. Finally the flame throwers cut loose and across the entire front of -the attack the scene was one of incineration and utter devas tation. The Germans came out of cover with their hands raised and crying surrender. : So sharp and decisive was the fighting, and so complete the sur prise, that within an hour and a half after the opening gun there was not a single live German south of the river except the pris oners. Senators on Search for Lost Report ! WASHINGTON,, Dec. l3-(jp)-Senators turned "firom cotton and poetry to a search for a myster iously "missing" diplomatic docu ment tonight as they delayed fin al committee action on six state department appointments. . The foreign" relations commit tee, meeting behind: closed doors, decided to hold an executive ses sion tomorrow morning to delve into a question raised at public hearings today by Senator Guffey (D-Pa).- -, Train Stalled -By Snowstorm GRAFTON, wl Va Dec. 12-Jf) A shipment of wieners and a box of bread kept the marooned pass engers of a "lost" railroad train from hunger while they waited ouLWest Virginia's worst blizzard, if developed tonight. - Conductor Charles W. Cogar of a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train which left Charleston at 7 -JO ajan- yesterday, reported upon his arrival at the .northern terminal that no one had suffered during the enforced wait along a snow covered section of track. ' - The train which became to day's train rather than yesterday's under railroad rules about delays "of more than 12 hours came into Grafton 'at 6:53 pja. without .any - of the original two dozen passen- Boy Drinks ICferosiene; But Will Be Alright Clayton Taylor, year old son of Mr. and .Mrs. RusseU, Taylor of Gates, was -dissiisstd -: from, the .oc'tal Wednesday evening after treatment there. The toy wns Uien to the hospital after : j .w.f :mnmm kerosene at bis fcrme. Attr-ftsi that he was thumbnail (By th Associated Prat). ' Wet tern Europe - Yanks launch new attack on German' defenders of Duren, while nazis withdraw to ne fortifications between, Roer ana Rhine. Rassia Reds capture nine towns at outskirts of Budapest ' Italy Canadians drive 3-mile 'wedge intonazi defenses across Lamone river.? :. Greece Leftist JXAS report ed ready to accept British armis tice after vain attack on British I positions In Athens. Pacific Americans mop up Nip pockets around Ormoc on Leyte; Superforts bomb v aircraft factories in Japan's third biggest city. Chins Japanese retreat to ward border town of Wanting, where Burma road enters China. State to Have $45,000,000 For Highways The Oregon state highway com mission, under a post-war federal highway aid bill approved by the house Tuesday, will have approxi mately $45,000,000 available for highway construction operations during the first three years fol lowing the close ' of the current world war, R. H. Baldock, state highway engineer., announced here Wednesday. Senate - approval of house - modifications is still re quired. '-"", Oregon's share of the federal appropriation' is 'approximately $12,000,000 a year with -an add! tional $3,400,000 of forest funds. Amounts for expenditure each year include: , ; Federal aid, funds, - including- rural and urban, $3,745,000 in fed eral funds and $2,580,000 in state fUnds. Secondary highways, $2,545,000 of federal fuhdrand $L750,000 of state funds. . : " ' Urban districts on federal high ways, $815,000 federal and $565, 000 state funds. Forest roads, $3,400,000 federal funds. Baldock said that passage of the federal aid highway bill, would make it possible for the Oregon highway commission to speed up the formulation of its post-war program which has been in prog ress for several months. Drive Starts To Prevent FolW Deatli PORTLAND, Dec. 13-Pi - A drive to enlist public support to prevent the execution of Robert E. Lee Folkes, 23, negro, convicted in the "lower 13" murder case, reportedly was gaming momen turn here today. The case will be carried to the president of the United States if an appeal to the governor for clemency and a request for a re- neanng by the u. S. supreme court fail, Nicholas Granoff, at torney, declared. He said a com mittee of California negro women headed by Mrs. Clara Folkes, the youth's mother, had employed him to direct the move. A pamphlet reviewing the case will be sent to every attorney and clergyman in Oregon and to prominent business men, Granoff said. The American civil liberties union and the national association for the advancement of colored people are supporting the move he stated. Folkes was resentenced to die. next January 5 after the Oregon state supreme court and the TJ. S. supreme court refused to disturb the verdict. A former dining car cook; he was convicted of slashing the throat of Martha Virginia James, 21, of Norfolk, Va, as she lay in a lower berth on a train speeding through Oregon in Jan uary, 1943. Ensign Richard F. James, Nas- sawadox, Va., the slain woman's husband, met death last Septem ber 29 in a plane crash near Pas- coon, Wash. Blotting paper was known as early as 14(55. . Too Late to" Classify WANTED: Low mileage '41 car from private party. Will pay cash. Liberal reward, mono asm. bast Times Tonightl I Doors Open 7:30 Show Starts 8:30 p. AdalU Lit Children M .. Men. In Uniform .71 . , )TnES0IG0Ff iBERMDE rjasxmxm- . I . : Is htr Academy Award 1 1 I r Wmnag ftwawtat . J Salem Chamber oirits Planning Commission Meeting Wednesday night at the rectors of the Salem Chamber of brief review of the past and a long of the latter was announcement of the appointment of a planning com mission for Salem, headed by C B. McCullough: as chairman, and the employment as assistant manager of care for the growing .volume of business which the chamber han dles. Present besfde the board mem bers were the staff of the cham ber and the members of the new planning commission. All . were guests -of Joe Randall, proprietor of the Golden Pheasant, at dinner. Christmas decorations of big red candles, holly, poinsetta; and' red carnations gave? a festive air to the ji occasion; j and the -bountiful turkey dinner . that was served brought many expressions of grat itude to the host for his hospital- Program Discussed The routine business of the di rectors was quickly disposed of, and the meeting was resolved into an informal discussion of the program which the planning com mission should undertake. Mem bers' of the new civic j agency, which is intended to function as an arm of the chamber In close cooperation with municipal bod ies,;; are besides Chairman Mc Cullough: C C. Cochran, manager of the chamber, vice chairman; Mayor I. M. Doughton, W. W. Chadwlck, George Putnam, W. M. Hamilton, J. N. Chambers, Paul . Wallace and ' Charles A. Sprague. ! " President Carl Hogg stated that the commission is to serve not Just as postwar planning group, but to outline long . range plans for Salem's "development. He called on ' commission . members and chamber directors to present their views on the program. -To Start at Once Chairman McCullough announ ced;! that the commission would begirji its work , immediately, that it would seek to assemble full in formation and then project plans for the city's future. I Other speakers pointed out the need to look ahead tor a city of greauy increased population ana emphasized the importance of making proper provision for high ways, industries and various com munity services. , Directors of the chamber for 1944 have been Carl Hogg, presi &t i ; Loyal Warner, first vice president; Frank, Doerfler, ; second vice president; Lester Barr, Secre tary; Lynn C. Smith, treasurer, and Winnie Pettyjohn, Lowell Kern, t Robert Kfstrom, Ralph Johnson, Fred Anunsen, Ralph Campbell, Elmer Scellars, W. L. Phillips, Grover Hillman Albert Ramseyer, Frank. Cha-ta, Ed Schreder and Wendell Swing, A new directorate is to be chos en Monday. Two. places; oh the new board already are assured- Sidney McNeil . who succeeds Frank Chatas as head of the Cher riahs, and Burr Miller, who sue ceeded Ed Schreder as head of the retail trade bureau. 1 Japs Retreat Toward Burma Border Town CHUNGKING, Dec. 13-CP)-The retreat of Japanese units toward the I border I town, ot Wanting, where the Burma road cuts into China, was reported tonight by the Chinese high command. An enemy withdrawal began after an artillery duel in the Man pang region northwest of Wanting three days ago. Chinese forces have captured a high position about 12 miles north of Wanting, west of the Lungchwan river, the high command said. Bay That Extra Bond NOW? ' w urn y-g frftj T fTT OPENS C:4S F. M. How Playing! aeazATMom ' asacATCAST - " SOKCAT raoDucta-onrcToat tlfaMfTlTW I i ('.' KAT - , I-nLLANDV JOIOf WAYNE" wuaxm GODDARD Cecil B.MiEe't M Txcmncotox FUN CO-FEATURE! O HE'S IN THE MIDDLE . . . a if rwrws n 11 f . . r.cr-:i JI of Commerce Golden Pheasant, the board of di Commerce wound up its year with look forward. Principal feature the chamber, Paul Corr, to help Britain, Reds Cause Fight In Congress ... WASHINGTON, Dec 13 -P) Congress rang with loud and an gry debate oyer criticism of Brit ain and Russia today, with ad ministration supporters accusing the critics of "careless talk" which might ! prolong the - war. On the house side razor- edged exchange was touched off by a Pennsylvania congressman's attack on Prime Minister Church ill and British draft policies. Churchill, declared Rep. Gavin (R-Pa), "seems content to let us thrown thousands of our boys into action to carry on the fight. hundreds of whom -are liquidated every day." : Ud leaned Rep. Luther A. Johnson, Texas democrat, shout ing "the gentleman has rendered a disservice to his country and to the allies." ' ' More Rockets To Be Made WASHINGTON, Dec 13 -(P) Production of rockets to blast the way onto enemy beaches will be J steppea up Tneariy juu per cent within the next few months,' the navy reported today. Rear Adm. George F. Hussey, it- chief .of j the. bureau of ord nance, cited three reasons: 1. The stepped-up tempo of the Pacific war, where every of fensive must of necessity be an amphibious operation calling for thousands of rockets." 2. The success of the navy's latest airplane rocket. , " . -3. "The fact that the navy i now producing navy-type rock ets for all the armed forces.?. Earthquake iFelt Through ! Connecticut i l ' - t ! NEW HAVEN, Conn- Dec. 13- (PV-An earth tremor which lasted approximately six seconds at 11:16 o'clock tonight was felt through out Connecticut The tremor was felt in ' such .? widely . divergent points as Willimantic and Hart ford. Norwicp, New Milford, Mid dletown, Bridgeport, Torrington and Meriden were among the first to report buildings teing shaken and street lights flickering. No property damage was reported. D D its C H 440 A M n ORE.S.D.A h4 1 O D Take time to" visit our market compare the values and compare the quality, too. Thrifty shoppers save every day at the MIDGET. Here ara; Mine values that are sure to reduce tour food budget: " i Veal; iileah Pom Boiling BfgqsS o5 Ths llcro Bcsds Ub Bny iks Lcsi GcH Stars in Gzr Uinaus-Bny ILnEcIi EJeaiSs' Ue7Ccrry a G::d;Ssp?ly; cld Erai:?! l;d E::! lb Uzzzb zzi EtsMidxQ Di:a Pen!?! Friiay and Coat Salesman On Trial for ; Fur Fraud John Martin Gorman, who al legedly represented himself as an Alaskan trapper - and a stock of rabbitskin coats he carried in his car as' Alaskan squirrel, went to Salem justice court Wednesday on charge of obtaining money by false' pretenses. The case continues at 10 1 o'clock this morning before Justice of the Peace Chris Kowitz. By -WedhesdayT night,'; the of ficers- hadi reports of more "than half dozen 1 of the coats, sold from door to door, in city .and country communities. Three were said to have, been sold in a poolr room, and they went lor $100 down and "$300 tomorrow for which the return can was never made. The coats, which furriers de clared could be purchased for as little as $18.75 wholesale,, were said to have brought prices rang ing from about $35 to $165 here. Eighth Drives Wedge Into M Faenza Lilies ROME, Dec , 13-(P)-Canadian units of the British Eighth, army quickly took advantage of newly won Lamone river bridgeheads northeast of the northern Italian highway town of Faenza today to drive a wedge nearly three miles deep into German defenses. Establishing their bridgeheads across .the rain -swollen stream about nine miles from Faenza the Canadians straightened their lines along a continuous front of 6000 yards.' t ' . " s Following a heavy artillery, bar rage and 24 hours of fierce fight ing, they caught the enemy by surprise and stormed across the 50-foot river at two points simul taneously on Sunday night, it was disclosed. . . r Basque whalemen are believed to have fished in Newfoundland waters in the 14th century. Today and Friday 1Lt .SSk St limit CO-FEATURE m'mi" iff'"' ' ""7 j TT' r T "Mfmi nonoonaooonnnnaonnnoannnoig Salens Ileiail P&c!nng Phnl - no FoniTS Milk Fed Young Pig 638 Plate Bib Thd Bczd Tcday. Tfcen 6 Open Kettle Assorted, Sliced Lean Veal Saturday W WO Have a Limited Acouat ct OMtheHOME FRONT By ISABEL CIHLD3 - The British Information Ser vices (something like our OWI) has, sent its 1945 calendar, and no one will think me unpatriotie in this winter of calendar short ages if I hang it above my desk. close to the window through which I can see the Stars and Stripes; almost, any fair day. The picture which' accompanies December, 1844, too," turns my thoughts not to England but to a small green valley in Oregon.' For the picture is the sinking of the Graf Spee, . and I have it direct from a mutual: friend in Cardiff that a certain British sea captain was a prisoner aboard the formid able German battleship during that crucial ' battle (she 1 scuttled herself, you will remember,, but only after 'three cruisers under the Union Jack had pretty well gummed her works). ? When I think of the Graf Spee now I think of the white-haired young-faced captain who In 1838 thought of retiring in Oregon, the green country which reminded him of England. He told us about his family, wanted them to live here, ' where, said he, : you will never know ' the dark clouds of war threat which even now blow over the channel to us. : United Government Due In Yugoslavia, Report - LONDON, Dec 13 -0rV Agree ment on the formation of a united provisional Yugoslav government and for elections to a constituent assembly was announced Tuesday by the Yugoslav radio. : BUY WAR BONDS TODAY NOW SHOWING n C1S3BABA0TI Ann I SOTHERN EXTRA SPECIAL! March of Time "What to Do with Germany" a a 351 Sids SL a La LB. LB. LB. a a n Bay Anciicr Cz: LBS. LB. LB. ji 11 i t Pins ORE.S.DA. 2D! at i Kinks Appear In Plans for Salem's special election call for February, 9 trembles on the brink today with the' discovery that so rigid are the requirements for an annexation election and so differ ent from those for any other type of city balloting that the question of ' extending the city's suburbs cannot be; presenjted .An. conjunc tion with the Bush pasture pur chase question." : " -': " But this is not the onlyreport which will be, placed. before the city ' council Monday, night con cerning its . plana- .for the ; election; The special committee on ; "park surveys Aldermen R. A. Forkner, R. O. Lewis and David O'Hara and City Park Board Members Eliza beth Lord, - M. I Meyers and George Riches, will present ! a re quest for a survey of present park properties. ? In this -requesixAl-derman Al H. GiUe, head of xhe committee which negotiated the Bush pasture : sale specifications, allegedly sees an underlying move to sabotage the. purchase. . The park - survey committe claims the promise of the Pioneer Trust 'company "for a second ex- tension of fhe option period in the TTrer Too Late to Buy Special Vote Continuous Shows from 1 P. M. How! Anazhg Advenlares! -V0 Prodoced ond Filmed ARMAND-DENIS and LEILA Narration by CONRAD it Gay "Captured German when a showgTrt meets a j " f stronger in the bridal suite I I. I The season's gayest X .,7' ' V,... I musical set to 5 - ,,-f groovy tunes! , ; y , vy: art N 4. H;lemt I ' sua '.trfcS ... Army vs. Navy lion! wait -m I . ' r;Uuil:livil,Vii.-iUtii-,(jlWiI proffer of the 43-acre tract of the Bush property still held by mem- ben of the Bush family. ' The committee report will show that Salem as a municipality now holds approximately 25 acres pos sibly suitable for .park purposes in addition to the 57 acres of Bush's pasture to which it has held the deed for 27 years. It will ask that it be' permitted to em ploye a landscape expert to make a survey at a cost of not more than $300. Surplus War Property - Nominees Are Approved ' WASHINGTON, De&Vl3vrV The senate military affairs com mittee today approved. President Roosevelt's first two nominees for the task of disposing Of $100,000, 000,000 worth of surplus war property, yvi'":';r;-:pj t''r" v. - The committee voted on Robert Hurley, former ' governor of Connecticut, and Lt Col, Edward Heller, wealthy California busi ness! man 'was along party lines. Senator Gillette (D-Ia) is slated for appointment as the third member of the disposal board af- tpr Mrninitinn nf ht nat torn Chimney Fire Reported ' Firemen were called to put out a chimney fire at 105 E. Owens about midnight VfednesdaynighU No damage was reported. " That Extra W4r Bond by ROOSEVELT. NAGEL Co-Fealnre! arc txsrs DARtlI I M -V-1 v. .-X 'km Oonii Phislp SHIRLtY DAY'TERRY Al ami km rm BRILL . . I CKA.DE mm and its ORCHESTRA Latest News Flashkl Films of Adolf Hitlerl FootbaU uassaci j Back Onr Boys - BUT BONDS! iUl;4drV, OPENS ;4 P. M. . 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