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There Is Sji old saying, uncer
tain of origin, that is frequently
quoted:, "Let me but write the
songs of a people and I care hot
who writes its laws." The aphor
ism bears' eloquent testimony to
"the power of song.
- .It remains a mystery, though,
Why some songs live and others
' die. Why, for example, does the
Star Spangled Banner with its in
appropriate words and its almost
impossible music survive as our
national anthem?
From Tinpan Alley comes
continuous stream of . music, and
from more sedate music publish
- ers a - steady flow of music of
. higher graded As with books, the
fates deal variously with this out
put of song. Songs live or die as
public favor "is given or withheld.
very few have lived through
the centuries and become part of
the musical lore, of the people.
; The immediate popularity of a
song doesn't determine its length
' of life. I remember a snatch of
a song of 1898, about the sinking
tot. the Maine, perhaps because
our hired girl sang it with such
feeling while she washed the
dishes: -
Then came the death-dealing
crash, . '
Rending the vessel in twain,
Down went my sweetheart to
death,
Down went the crew of the
Maine.
r Well, that song didn't last any
longer than the Spanish war. Er
nest Ball's "After the Ball Is
Over had a much longer vogue r
and (continued on editorial page)
Scobie Rejects
EAM Proposal
For War End
By Stephen Barber
ATHENS, Dee. le-iLt. Gen.
Ronald M. Scobie rejected neace
proposals of the Earn left-wing
uaumwiuuuauuu iiuui (Mtrijr; 10- i
day because the leftists' offer
failed to provide immediate cessa
tion of resistance and fighting con
tinued in the capital.
, A British headquarters state
ment said, "General Scobie must
continue to insist upon satisfac
tory fulfillment of this condition."
Scobie- the British commander
In Greece, has demanded that all
Has (fighting branch of the Earn)
supporters in Athens and its port,
Piraeus, stop fighting against Brit
ish and Greek government troops
and surrender their arms,
The tone of his reply to the Earn
peace offer today, however, was
regarded as hopeful.
Allies Occupy
Ridge in Italy
'i ROME, Dec. lS.-WPBritish and
Polish troops and tanks, closing a
ring around strategic Faenza on
-the edge of the Po plain, gouged
out a foothold today on a dominat
ing ridge two miles west of the
city as heavy fighting flared ab
ruptly along nearly half of the
Italian front. . .
-. The ridge runs between Ceile,
a mile and half west of Faenza,
to Pideura, four miles southwest,
uiu uic vtermans uieu vainiy w
blast the British Eighth army fore
to from it with an artillery bar
rage.
i As the barrage lifted, four Tiger
tanks and infantry, sprang to the
attack, but they were hurled back
and the allied forces took more
than 200 prisoners
Senate Okehs
Hurley r Heller
WASHINGTON, Dec. J
The senate confirmed tyt mem
bers of the surplus property dis
posal board , late today and by
doing so cleared the way for de
bate next week on six disputed
State .department nominations.
r -Former ; Governor Jtobert A.
Hurley of Connecticut and Lt
CoL Edward hT Heller, an army
finance officer from San Fran
' ctsco, were approved as members
" f the surplus property - board
which will handle the sale of an
"etsimated $100,000,000,000 worth
of government-held commodities.
machines, factories and land.-The
president har designated tiuriey
as chairmaiu i:- - s
2 f .The votes of ,approval--4I to 28
for Hurley, 43 to 28 for Heller
adhered very closely to party
lines. Both men are democrats. :
Weather
! lliximam temperature Satur
day 17 degrees, mlalmnn 23,, ne
nia. river -2 ft la
Clar Snnday and Monday, ex-
nt for local Taller legs; little
tmiETY FOURTH YEAR
r(i
Seventh
Pushes
Nazi Blow Made
At Dozen Points
On First Front
: By Austin Bealmear
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLEID EXPEDITIONARY
FORCES, Paris, Dec. 16-()-Ger-man
counterattacks were opened
today at a . dozen points on the
70-mile First U. S. army front
between Duren and Trier, the
heaviest fighting occurring in the
Ardennes forest.
The counter thrust were an ap
parent effort to draw off pressure
against the Duren sector.
Although the full extent of the
assault can not yet be determin
ed, it included attacks at widely
separated points including the
area of Monschau, the neighbor
hood of KrewinkeL eight miles
north faf Prum, at Peterskirche,
14 miles southwest of Prum, and
Echternaeh, 10 miles northwest of
Trier.
The -drive was pointed at the
Ardennes region or mountain
forest through which the German
army passed in 1940.
Mere Men Sent In
The Germanf drew an armored
division from another front and
nuriea n xoaay ai loe.uu.a. oev
enthvarmy, which poured, more
teoopi into the reich's Palantinate
after smashing the enemy stand
in the French frontier city of
Lauterbourg.
All along a front of more than
200 miles, ' where four American
armies .have invaded Germany.
the enemy loosed artillery bar
rages which reached an intensity
of 100 shells an hour on some
tjs. First army sectors, and up
to 250 an hour on the U. S. Third
army front in the Saar basin.
Destroy Bridget
The thunder of explosions set
off by the Germans' destroying the
last bridges across the Roer river
indicated that they had 'given up
hope of holding back the First
army on the west bank of that
stream.
The - Germans! counterattacked
for the first tone in two weeks
. against the U. S. Ninth army north
of Lindern, but were thrown
back. . , ; '. .:.
(A German broadcast said the
U. S. Ninth army had turned on
giant loudspeakers which blared
out "advertising" of an impend
ing offensive.)
Jrp e T?
1 TailSler firm,
Ca-.li l-y 17'
J SirUCK Dj , T 1T69
l Ml T ,D.iV21-
I 11 111 JUC 11C11U1II
The Capital City Transfer, the
interior of which was destroyed in
a $100,000 fire Wednesday, will
be rebuilt as soon as material can
be procured under current war
time regulations, Loren Loose, co-
owner, and operator, said Satur
day-i - -A-.'.
In- the meantime the transfer
business is being operated from
an office at 246 State, two doors
east of the company's former lo
cation. No trucks were burned tn
the conflagration, which destroy
ed a good share of the stored
nousenoid effects of more than
100" families. : 7 " -
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22 PAGES
11 Curb
Worker
mover
No New Civilian
Goods Output
Will Be Allowed
By Sterling F. Green
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 - (JP)
The war production board today
threw its weight ' into , the drive
i f ii . ,
u Keep worxers on uie muni
tions lines by freezing its pro
grams for civilian goods produc
tion at current levels. I
A spokesman for the office of
civilian requirements, however.
gave this assurance: "Civilian pro-
tion necessary to meet essential
requirements will be fully pro
tected," , . V
At High Level
He noted also i that ' authorized
production in the present (quarter,
the yardstick for future civilian
output, is at the highest level
since the conversion of Industry
to war production- . :'
The ceiling will stand until fur-
ther notice which probably
means until German collapse is
at hand or imminent and is de
signed, an official announcement
said, "to prevent reconversion
from interfering with production
for military needs. '
Blocks Early Plans
The order, a policy guide to the
WPB's staff signed December " 7
but only now made public, blocks
earlier plans for expansion in
1943 in a number of durable goods
programs. , ' .- 7. t- "J .
It applies less to clothing, tex
tiles, and other "soft" goods and
to parts and raw materials, ,WPB
said, than to Hard goods.
The ruling is expected to exert
stabilizing influence on man
power. - ,
Oregon Lags
In Purchase
O f E Bonds
; PORTLAND, Dec. 16 -(iP)- The
curtain falls tonight, on the actual
selling . campaign for the sixth
war loan drive, and Oregon is
still poking behind toward a $34,
000,000 E bond goal.
Although bond sales of $23,
085,757 . reached today were 12
per cent behind the ratio of the
fifth war loan drive, sales up, to
January-1 will count toward the
quota. . ?: -:
i The state's all-over total climb
ed still further past the. $107,
000,000 goal today, reaching $121,-
942,792. One of the drive's largest
single, investments was $3,200,000
In bonds purchased by the city
of Portland.
Governor Snell made a state
wide appeal today for increased
E bond purchases
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Tu
Salem, Oregon. Sunday Morntag
rns hi a
Morgenthau Says
6th Loan Will Go
Above 19 Billion
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 -JPy-
Treasury secretary Morgenthau
predicted tonight the sixth war
oan will go above $19,000,000,000
when all returns are in.
He said he was "thrilled" to
report that it , now seems clear
the crucial quota of $5,000,000,000
for individual bond-buyers will be
fully achieved.
Soviets Smash
On Westward
--'.;' ...... ; i
Toward Vienna
JLONDON, Sunday, Dec. 17 (jfP)
The Red army salient 100 miles
northeast of Budapest was ex
tended virtually to the Slovak bor
der at a new point yesterday while
other Russian tanks and infantry
smashed westward towards Vien
na from the newly-won bridge
heads at Ipolysag in western "Slo
vakia northwest of the Hungarian
capital. ; " . ; " t"
Moscow's - broadcast communi
que last night restricted; Itself to
gains some 27 to 30 miles north
and : northeast of Miskolc, which
is 8.5 miles north and northeast of
Miskolc, which is 85 miles north
east of Budapest, but the .Germans
announced withdrawals to new
positions north and west of Ipoly
sag in the face of continual Rus
sian assaults..
Unofficial Moscow dispatches
also said the Russians were
strengthening - their i bridgehead
over - the . Ipoly ' ; river at Ipolysag
and thrusting toward the Slovak
capital of Bratislava, 87 miles to
the west, and towards Vienna, 115
miles in the same direction.
U. S. Bombers
Hit Rail Yards
LONDON, Dec. 1 t.-iP) A force
of 100 U. S. heavy bombers dump
ed explosives ' on railroad yards
north of Stuttgart today, blasting
the enemy transportation hub for
the second time in eight days in
support of Seventh army columns
invading Germany north of Stras
bourg. '-. ; '- ',!'."
Pilots of 100 Mustangs which es
corted the Flying. Fortresses re
ported the; Germans failed to in
tercept the attack concentrated on
freight yards at Kornwestheim,
northern 1 Stuttgart suburb. One
group of heavies bombed Visually.
Others used the "magic eye" in
the overcast. - S ..
British Experts Arrive
For Supply Discussion'
WASHINGTON, Dec.. 18 -JP)-
Bntish minister of state Richard
Law and a party of "experts ar
rived" in Washington . by ' Royal
air force transport plane this
afternoon. They are here for dis
cussions with American authorities
of supply 'problems In .liberated
European territories. - ' i
December 17, 1944
mi
Marion
Gets Just
Over Line
E Goal Reached;
Final Report Not
Ready for eek
In a photo finish that kept
workers on the anxious seat right
up to ' the last minute, Marion
county topped its sixth war loan
quota of $5,000,000 shortly before
8 o'clock Saturday night-j-last day
of the drive.
Bulletins from Salem's issuing
agencies and outside communities
streamed in all day Saturday, but
final reports will not be available
until next week, according to
Chairman Douglas Yeater. Bond
headquarters with Lawrence Fish-
i i 1 I .
er in cnarge wuu De open' ai leasx
two days and possibly three days
of next week to check up reports,
receive stubs of sales and clean
npi'other odds and ends , of the
successful campaign. ; I ' '
Yeater Happy i.!.v; v . ;:-:;
"Of course I'm very happy
about going over the top," de
clared Chairman Yeater last night,
"but1 the most gratifying aspect
of the entire . campaign was the
cooperation of all workers and
the fact that Marion county went
over the top on its K series bond
quota - of $1,500,000 even if we
did have, to wait until the last
day for that tod." -
Final check on E bond sales by
Accountant Fisher revealed that
$l,502,Q0O actually, was on the
books and that probably another
hundred t thousand or two would
be reported during the coming
week and certainly before the
official ending of the! campaign
December SI. All purchases of
E, F, G, and C bonds bis month
11 A - J . a . -
ww count in we anve Due only
the $4000 Victory dream house
bond sales ended last
night The
house will be . given
way at a
public program during the 'com
ing week.
Large Buyers Short
Corporate purchases also went
overtheir two-million-dollar quo
ta, but large individual buyers
still were, somewhat short of the
$1,500,000 expected ofj them. Late
reports also may put them over
the quota, officials hoped
All But 2 Lost
As Ship Sinlts
WASHINGTON, Def 19.-tf)-A
giant American tanker i carrying
supplies to the European theater
went down in the Atlantic several
weeks , ago following a -terrific
explosion," it was announced to
day. There were, only j two surviv
ors. ". r '.: ... ;: ; :; y. '
In announcing the loss today the
war shipping administration said
the ship was believed a have been
torpedoed. N
, The survivors, were a merchant
seaman and" a navy gunner who
escaped the flame-covered waters
that Quickly surrounded the' ves
sel.
No announcement was made by
WSA al to the number "of casual
ties. ?,;; - W:
Elliott Rooseyelu '
Visit BrideV BlcttherJ
FORT WORTH, Tex, Dec. 16-
UPhA change in plans sent CoL
and Mrs. Elliott ' Roosevelt on to
Beaumont: today, for a visit with
the bride's motherA Mrs.'' Jean
Young,' after the couple had. spent
a few hours in Fort Worth.
v After arriving here by private
plane early .today they said they
planned to spend the weekend in
Fort Worth. i : .
Red Cross Coal Set
. WASHINGTON, Eec. 16 (M -The
minimum goal for the 1945
Red 'Cross; fund will be $180,-
Philippine Casualties Removed
I- J?X Jl
These two Yanks, who paid with their lives at Leyte for the foothol
which gave their comrades a chance to posh on se Mindinoro. are
being removed In preparation for burial at sea tn the traditional
navy manner. They were killed
r Navy gunners shot don 13 of
swooped in for the assault. (Associated Press wirephoto) ,
Historic Portland
Hotel, 61 Years in -Operation
Is Sold
PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 16 -P)-The
historic Hotel Portland, 61-year-old
city landmark, has been
purchased - by Meier and Frank
company, officials of the depart
ment store announced today.
: Meier and Frank, located on the
adjoining block, will operate the
280-room building as a hoted for
the present. The hotel was sold at
an undisclosed price byfthe stock
holders, headed by Henry L. Day,
Wallace, Idaho president and Mrs.
Eleanor Day Boyce, Wallace, secretary-treasurer.
.
FDR Election
To 4th Term
Due Monday
By the Associated Press
. WASHINGTON, Dee. ii Presi
dent Roosevelt gets elected to a
fourth . term Monday. ;The vote
won't be counted for -nearly -three
weeks, but it will be 432 for him
to 99 for Governor Thomas E.
Dewey of New York, r
If you think that's a' combina
tion of stale news and rash pre
diction, hunt up your copy of the
constitution 'and it will remind
you mat it wasn't a president you
voted for on November 7 but a
set of electors.
Those electors get together in
each state December 18 for the
voting ; which technically r determ
ines who will run th pountry in
the next four years. Congress does
the counting on January , at a
ioint senate-house session. And
that makes" the result of the elec
tion official.. ' it -:"Z-
Oregon Reclamation Congress
Slates Meet Here This ' Week
The meeting of the Oregon Rec
lamation congress her Tuesday
end Wednesday coincides- with
the revival of the Willamette Val
ley Project committee, which has
remained a dormant organization
during, war years." ;
Called for 1:30 -pm. Tuesday in
Salem Chamber - of Commerce
rooms, 'the committee brings to
gether the men "from; over the
valley who a few yearsagowere
active in pushing to congressional
f acceptance a plan for flood "con
trol, navigation i m p r o v e ment,
water storage , and jirrigatioarf speakeiv Dr W L. Powers will
Their new assignment lis to de
termine the' value of irrigation to
land of this area and the interest
of landowners in it. '
" First of the two-day series of
reclamation , meetings has been
called lor the School Office (old
high school) building at 9:30 ajn.
Tuesday. It win deal with "recla-
natica today - krinr'xx -iicss
How 233
In aa serial attack en fleet units.
the 25 Japanese bombers ' which
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'Memory Lapse
Over Charter
- LONDON, Dec. lMPrime
Minister Churchill had "a lapse
of memory" when he erroneously
told the house of commons thai;
an insertion in the" Atlantic char-i
ter permitted "mutuallyi agreed-i
territorial changes prior to the,
peace, it was acknowledged today.;
It was announced incidentally
thai- he might "quite possibly
broadcast to the world Sunday
night a review of the war and the,
political situation. He iwas pe-
lieved working on this tentativei
address at his official residence,'
No. 10 Downing street j ; :1 r
One of the prime minister's!
private secretaries explained to;
the 'Associated Press that Church-!
ill., while dealing with Polish ter-i
ritorial chanaes in his address to;
the house of commons,! had coh-i
fused the wordmg of the Atlantic;
charter with the British govern
ment's statement of foreign poli-j
cy drafted in September, 1940. j
While both sides of jlhe Atlan j
tic -r were considering e r portent
of Churchill's statement that an
insertion had been made in th4
Atlantic charter, and mutually
agreed on by the three great al-
Kied powers , v that territorial
changes could be settled before
the peace conferences, the aecre'r
tary gave his explanation. '
LumbeSd'. lute in
Excess Quarter Million
EUGENE, Dec 1MP-The lajte
Robert A. Booth, pioneer north'
west lumberman; left! an .estate
valued at $263,75 1X8,1 an. inveii
tory filed In probate court showed.
from persona who by! experience
have learned how to make sys
tems work despite lack of 'ma
terials and sufficient labor. ,.; ! .
The first session of the congress
prober is to be held at 3:30 pin.
Tuesday at " the- School Office
building. Reports of standing com
mittees .are scheduled. eU-: ' j
.'A' banquet at 630 pjn. at the
chamber , of commerce will fea
ture, Robert ; W 'I Sawyer, K Bend,
president of the" National : Recla
mation association, as 'principal
show colored pictures illustrating
reclamation: Venezuela.
. Wednesday morning's session.
called f or . 930 in chamber ;of
commerce' rooms, .will ' deal with
"reclamatioa tomorrow.V Maor
consideration will be "given th
Willamette valley project, Frank
T. Morgan, president of the con
rrc:s.- tss annouaced.' ,: Y
Pric5c
mm
I
Churchill Had
Carrier Planes I
Destroy 235 Nip
Crafty 17 Ships
GENERAL Mac ARTHUR'S
HEAD QUARTERS, Philippines,
Sunday, Dec. 17-()-Yank invad
ers of,Mindoro on the China sea
side of the - Philippines captured
the town of San Jose, seized "ad
jacent airfields" and pushed seven
to nine miles inland, headquarters
reported today. ; , t
Engineers quickly began getting
the airfields, within easy range of
Manila, 155 miles to the north, in
US PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Dee.
1 (MP) American ' carrier planes
In three nights of constant aer
ial blanketing of Luzon, Philip
pines, sank or damaged 17 j Jap
anese ships, destroyed 235 air
craft and damaged 138 more
planes, Adm. Chester W. Kim
Its announced today. ' " '
operation as the inland - pushing
Yanks still encountered only neg- .
ligible resistance. ' J
(The communique reference ia
"airfields live miles inland from
the coast on the Busunga river"
apparently referred to more than ;
one airstrip near San Jose. There 1
is a second airfield bordering the
river but it is more than five miles
inland. A third airfield is at Man
garin bay southeast of San Jose ;
in the beachhead sector.)
; Twenty-four . Japanese planes ;
were shot down over the beach- i
head and the protecting American
warships, ; ) today's communiqu
said.' ;lJr ';
Destroyer Sank ; -"An
enemy destroyer, crippled;
and seeking refuge' in Pandaro-
chan bay, was destroyed by US.
naval units- ?y f; ' " ; !
The invaders, put ashore on :
southwest Mindoro by a convoy !
whichjnoved 600 miles by a cir- '
cuitous route from Leyte, advanc
ed on a broad front' --- i
j;- The communique said the seized
airfields were, "on excellent sites.
with favorable terrain." -r
17th Advaneev : :
On embattled west Leyte, the
77th I division which captured Or
moc itown a week ago pushed
north and seized the town of Co
gon as well as the road junction
to the north, thus securing com
manding ground for a further ad
vance. :. '.;:-: . - . ,-' .;
In the corridor extending north
from; the 77th position to the posi
tions of. the 22nd infantry division
and the ' first : cavalry division
crunching south from Carigar bay
trapped Japanese are making their
last stand on Leyte. I
3352 Nips Killed j .
MacArthur announced today
that 3353 more Nipponese have
been ' "killed in the last two days
along the crumbling Yamashita
line." A Japanese counterattack,
employing tanks, was repulsed. In
the corridor trap, Yank fighter
planes : attacked : the Nipponese
strohgpoint of Valencia..- , I.
South and: east of Ormoc, the
Seventh - division "is completing
the destruction of isolated enemy
forces of the trapped 26th Jap di
vision,, headquarters said.
FDR Signs Tax
Freezing Bill
WASHINGTON, Dec 16.-jP)-
President Roosevelt's Jreluctant
signature on legislation freezing
social security taxes started a gen
eral congressional . exodus from
fWashington todays ' v.
Except for some state depart
ment and surplus 'property board
nominations under fire in the sen
ate, -the social security legisla
tion - blocking a scheduled in
crease from one to two percent
in- payroll and paycheck taxes on'
January ' 1 was the last , major
hurdle between the 78th congress
ana its nnai aajournment. - ,
Announcement of the president's
action, drew i. burst of applause
when speaker Rayburn made.it in
the house, : where members gen
orally had expected a veto.
Ward's Seek, Injunction
DETROIT, Dec IB -VP)- Mont- .
gomery Ward & Co- confronted
by picket lines of striking CIO
unionists at its four Detroit area
stores,' sought a second injunction
today against violence and inter-.
terence with its non-striking em
ployes. i ; : ; " ; "-'X-v ' ' K'? '
SHOPPING-,