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tte OSTGOrr fnATTOl&I 21. 1S44
PopePmsXn
Gives Message
For Oppressed
By the 'Associated Press ;
" ' A special Christmas - message
'from Pope Pius! XII to prisoners
of war, internees, refugees and all
"who are suffering from this pro
longed 'conflict"..;. -was broadcast
last night by the Vatican' radia.
The text lot the pope's message,.
' as broadcast in German, French,
' Italian and Polish, and recorded
by the - federal communications
''commission: ' -;" I v ; ' j
' "To our beloved sons; prisoners,
internees and refugees and to all
- who are suffering from this pro
' "longed conflict,' and who on all
paths of this world continue on
. . their way, f suffering, , mourning
'J and weeping: may the saviour of
V-mankind grant you strength - j
(He who giveth freedom after ag
' ony so long endured. He only and
.-. omnipotent regenerator of down
trodden humanity.
The message of peace - - sent
("forth anew unto a sorely tried
i . world the' message of peace
proclaimed by the angels on the
; fields of Bethlehem will be to you
;. a sure omen for the approaching
v end of your sufferings and a harp
..binger -of life renewed and reju
: venated through fertile works of
"Charity and goodness. That all this
. rjay find fulfilment we extend to
Y Trou. as a token of divine merry.
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iNew Gadget
Bombardiers
' CINCINNATI, Dec. 2(Hff)-The
army air forces lifted secrecy to
. day from a revolutionary method
of training its air crews a gad
get which, employing a Norden
bombsight, a strip of film and a
' mirror, enables a bombardier to
simulate almost any situation of
combat s '
- The device, known as .the A-j
.bomber trainer and brought into
. production only four months ago,
'already is in use in many of.- the
AAF's bombardier schools and in
addition, overseas, is the means
of giving fighter and bomber
crews up-to-the-minute previews
of their run to any scheduled tar
' g2t, on the basis of "spot recon
naissance . photos.
1 The trainer is designed primar
ily to prepare AAP airmen foj-Jing-
the Norden bombsight. The
Draincnua oi Maj. Eduard Mel
Kaba.of the Midland. Te:. "armv
flying school, it can simulate
Domomg missions with a wide va
nety of targets.
Phone Strike
Threatened
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NEW YORK. TW 9ftsr
finals of local 101, federation of
long lines telephone Workers, in
dependent) announced tonight a
majority of the 6000 long distance
operators m New York had voted
to strike if the war labor board
fails to approve a $5 weekly wage
.increase. . i
;; In compliance with the Smith
Connally act, officials said, the
ptrike would not go into effect
before 30 days.
'' Operators . favoring the strike
fiandle only interstate calls. Th
do not include local or intrastate
operators,! who would not be ef
xected ,
Children
Set Cantata .
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- The school children of the , Ore
gon Fairview home will present
cantaU "A Topsy Turvy Christ
mas, tonight at 8 o'clock. The
f public is invited to attend.
i ; For many years it has ' been
customary for the children who
: attend school , at Fairview home
to present some kind of an enter4
tainment especially for the public
to give the children a chanc to1
.-show what" they are able to-accomplish
under instruction. All
persons who are interested in the
y achievements of these "children are
cordially invited to attend. I
Thumbnail
of War! .
1 (By the Associated Proa) .
Western Europe The situation
' was confused and serious as the
- 'Germans continued to attack
'along a 60-mile front
' Knsaia Reds capture 13 towns
- in southern Czechoslovakia and
outflank i strong German posi
"Uons on the Slana river line.
Italy Polish and Indian troops
'wipe out enemy resistance south
of Senlo river on eastern end of
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! Faelflo Yanks completely de
' stroy Yamashita line on Leyte;
.f rou n d resistance continues
slight on Mondoro. .
j China American planes raid
' Jap shipping- at Hongkong;
bombs start landslides that block
: Burma road,
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Training
INDIAN SIN ACT I O N An Indian mortar crew wit British' forces in Italy fires across
snow covered hills on the Fifta Army front. British of flcialpnoto.
Yank Troops Bear Brunt of Npzi Attack;
Inflict and Suffer War's Heaviest Losses
By Wes Gallagher
IN THE STAVELOT SECTOR,
Belgium, 110 p. hl, Dec. 20.(JP)
-American troops bearing', the
brunt of an attackby at leas J 13
German divisions are suffering
and inflicting their greatest Single-battle
losses of .the war on the
western front , '
This northern flank held firm
today as a new. series of German
tank and ; infantry attacks shat
tered in bloody waves vainly try
ing to breach the positions held
by the American veterans.
To the south, however, elements
of five German armored divisions
and eight infantry divisions sur
ged forward in - new advances,
with the end not in sight
More American troops are in
volved in this struggle than in any
single battle of the war. They are
opposed by : the most powerful
punching force they have yet en
countered. JThe price on both
sides is. heavy.
The struggle thus far dwarfs
State Liquor
Stores Report
Record Sales
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 20.-CSV
Salesof alcoholic beverages by .the
state in the first 11 . months of
1944 have passed the $29,400,000
mark, the Oregon state liquor con
trol commission reported today.
The figure for the. 11 months
is greater than that for the en
tire year of 1943, which reached
$24,000,000. Administrator Ray
Conway said he believed the cur
rent figure ah all-time record.
Conway also announced that
sales ! of wine containing more
than 14 per cent alcohol by vol
ume have decreased since Decem
ber 7, when they were restricted
to state stores by a new law.
' In the last two weeks of No
vember 2314 cases were sold while
in the first two weeks of Decem
ber the figure .drooped off to 2225
cases. . ,. -' ; . '.,
Air War Over
China Active
CHUNGKING, Dec. 20-(jp)-Th
stepped-up air offensive over
China's scattered battle! ronts
overshadowed . ground activities
tonight at -Maj. Gen. Albert C.
Wedemeyer's headquarters an
nounced successful raids on Japa
nese: shipping at Hongkong and
blocking of the Burma roadby
landslides started by U.S. bombs.
Speedy P-51 fighter planes of
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault's
14th, air force have swept over
Hongkong's water front and sunk
one large enemy tanker and
probably a Japanese destroyer
and two large freighters. They
also destroyed two enemy fighters
in the air and three on the ground
at nearby Kaitak airdrome. '
Fire Reported
. Firemen were called to a house
fire in West Salem late Wednes
day night Little damage was re
ported. . : L: - . A . .
. OrUSS 6:45 P. M. . .
BOB HOPE
PAULETTE GODDARD
lOTimiG DOT
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Co-Feature 1
the two other main American set-j
backs, at Kasserine pass in i North
Africa and at the Bapido river in
Italy. '- ' .; if .. 1
A typical. experience of some of
the units overrun by the Germans
was that of an anti-aircraft out
fit which landed in France On
D-day and has been fighting ever
since. Many of its members are
from California.
. After being overrun and having
to flee in trucks without their
equipment, the flak crews organ
ized salvage parties and crept
back under machine gun and ar
tillery fire to salvage 'some of
their guns. ,
MWe got out several half
tracks, but the machine gun fire
drove us away. We were operat
ing just ahead of what is now the
front line," declared Lt . John
Conroy, New York City.
CpL Warren Holden of Flor
ence, Ore., a bearded GI from the
same outfit, was saved because a
lieutenant insisted he save the
lieutenant's bedding rolL
OMeHOME FRONT
, . By ISABEL CHILDS
From the top of her shining
head to the tips of her well-shod
feet, one of the pair of girls was
the picture of what money will
buy. . ' "
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- The fact that her companion on
the bus was inexpensively, almost
shabbily clad, apparently made no
difference in the friendship. For,
as girl friends, they were enjoying
the self-imposed task of exploring
one-another's handbags. .
- Caught in the sunlight the ex
pensive bauble on the lapel of
girl No. Ts Jacket glittered and
so did her eyes (my informant
declares)- for she had -located in
the purse of her friends a small
yellow pasteboard carton. j
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The last time I bought one it
cost me 35 cents, but the beautij
fully dressed damsel would have
traded her costume, lapel jewelry
and all, for the little yellow pack
age. On It she might' have re
corded a bit of the family's Christ
mas for a brother overseas, a smil
ing replica of a sailor lad she may
not see again for marry a year, the
way the trees , have of looking
like lace on a grey winter day, the
antics of the golden red cocker
spaniel, the neighbors', baby at
play oh, who can say what are
the possibilities of an unused roll
of film? ' . I
Investigation Started
On Velez Sleeping Pills '
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec
20-P)Four , separate investiga
tions were ' instituted today into
the origin of the sleeping potion
with which Lupe Velez, Mexican
screen actress, committed suicide
a week ago. .
Inquiries were started by thj
federal bureau ' of investigation,
federal food and drug adminis
tration, the sheriffs vice squad
and the police narcotic squad aft
er their representatives conferred
with Police-Chief C. H. Anderson.
IIov7 Stowing!
Two Top Hit!
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JANET BLAIR
"ones ofoi
"I was just putting on my shoes
when I heard a burp gun' and I
finished dressing in a hurry.' I
was stopped by the lieutenant who
insisted ; I go back' and get his
bedroll, so I, turned around- and
hurried to his house. I was lucky
I did, because later I found out
that Tiger tanks were, coming
down the street I was going to
take.?--:. -s -
Holden had no sooner got - in
the house and started hunting for
the bedroll when another tank
came down the street and the rest
of the GI's jumped out of the
truck and dived into the cellar
of the house, f
While Holden and the others
watchedV the i Tigers rumbled by.
One blasted the truck and knock
ed the top off the house, but the
cellar was safe.- For the rest of
the day the GIs peered out of
the cellar window while tanks and
German half-tracks rolled, by.
That night they made a run for
it and reached the American lines.
Joan Berry
Sure Chaplin's
Baby's Father
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2fc-(aV-
Joan Berry today testified under
oath that Charlie Chaplin 'is the
father of her' 14 - months - old
daughter, Carol Ann, and that she
has had sexual relations- with no
other man since the time she met
the 55-year-old comedian. V ;
Her testimony was given over,
the heated . objection ot. Chaplin's
attorney. Charles E. MOlikan,
who interposed when Joan's law
yer, Joseph Scott, asked her:
"Who is the father of that
baby? .. J , - - , '
"Charles Chaplin," she replied
after the objection was overruled.
-CDid you have any Intercourse
with any other man from: the
time of your last menstration pe
riod in December, 1942,until the
baby was born?" Scott continued.
T have had no relations with
any man since the time-1 met Mr.
Chaplin,' she replied.
Last Rites Held for
Albany Minister, 79 .
ALBANY, Dec 20 - OP) - Last
rites for the Rev. James Edward
Blair, 79, who had been 61 years
in the Presbyterian church,; were
held here yesterday. A former La
Grande resident, he had lived In
Albany for 18 years and in Ore-
gon 52 years.- ! "v.
laly 3 Shopping ) ays
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FOR THE .CONVENIENCE OF
OUR CUSTOMERS ;
Onr Siorc UUI Domain Opsn
Till 9 P. El. Each Evening
Until Chrislnas -
French Slate
Discussion on ;
Red Alliance -
PARIS, Dec 2HffVThe French
cons ulative assembly' today pre
pared to open -debate on the
French-Soviet ; alliance junid au
thorative reports that the Moscow
conferees had agreed on mutual
support1 in projected amputations
of German , territory on bom the
east and. west, in -eventual . peace
setUementSwV-:f -iC i :
Assembly members who heard
foreign minister- Georges Bidault's
report on thettreaty in a, closed
session of the foreign affairs com
mittee yesterday said France con
sented to retracing of the Soviet
Polish frontier, along: the Curzon
line and giving to Poland German
territories east of . the Oder in
compensation for territory she
would lose to Russia on "the east
Russia, in turn, they said, prom
ised to support -French claims' to
the Rhineland and Ruhr t indus
trial ; hasin in western Germany.
This ' territory, according to the
most prevalent French. view,
should be cut off from the reich
and set "up as an independent
state under French and Belgian
suzerainty.
Meeting Set
On Log Loads
EUGENE, Oirc, Dec. 20-(-A
walkout, in protest against dump
ing of - overweight logs from
trucks at . weighing-ih '-'stations
started to break up this afternoon
when drivers climbed .back .into
their logging trucks, idle for . a
day.. ' ; . -
Many of this area's sawmills,
forced. to shut down when small
reserve supplies of raw timber
were-exhausted, were again roll
ing full steam. The truckers, who
finally yielded to pleas of lum
bermen, said they were returning
only to keep war production mov
ing on schedule.
They were awaiting the out
come of a meeting in Salem to
morrow called by Governor Sriell
to air the grievances.
More than 200 drivers were in
volved in the walk-out They as
serted that when overweight logs
are dumped there Is no, reloading
equipment at the scales. Another
complaint is that precious haul
ing time Is wasted because driv
ers are marched to justice court
at once upon' discovery that their
loads are too heavy.
ExrMinister
Held as
NEWARK, N. J Dec. 20 ;(JP)
A former New Jersey minister,
whose name and address, in se
cret ink allegedly were found on
a German saboteur who landed
from a submarine on the Atlantic
coast two years ago, was held in
$30,000 bail here today" at ar
raignment on charges , of violat
ing the sabotage, censorship v and
foreign agents statutes.'
, The arrest of 'EmiT Ludwig
Krepper, 60, Newark, was an
nounced earlier today simultan
eously a& Washington by the de
partment, of justice and at New
ark by Acting U. S. Attorney
Thorn Lord. .
The jusgce department said
Krepper had been instructed to
establish himself in this country
as a . contact lor. German spies.
Isolated Nazi Troops .
Supplied by Bomber
. lONDON, Dec 20. (ff) - A
bomber flying from Germany; has
delivered a cargo of food to 16,000
Nazi troops who have been isolat
ed -on the channel , islands since
,the invasion of the continent June
6, the German radio said today,
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JSVILEQS OPTOMETniSTS
CdngressiondrGr
to Modernize Machinery-1
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 2Q-(ff-A special joint committee of sen
ators and representatives set out today to lift congress out of the
shu-box-and-wig-era. - ' t i . - - - ' 4
..Its aim is to transform the lawmaking group into a modern,
smooth-working organization. "'K.
wBut please don't call it streamlining' pleaded Senator Ma
loney (D-Conn), named chairman
at today's organizing session., ,J ;
dont like ,that word. ; j , '
Creatiom bt 'the committeev long
advocated by Maloney and Rep.
Monroney (D-Okla), " was , one ' of
the last acts of the 78th .congress
which adjourned yesterday, lion
roney .-. taQ, ', youngish, former
newspaper, man," was named , vice
chairman. ;"v ,.:: .. ',-' $k'
Ask . Suggestions -,-:;':'''. ' j i. v;
: As its first move, the f commit
tee of 12 decided to send out a cir
cular letter to all ; their, colleagues
seeking suggestions or Improve
ment of the present cumbersome
machinery. -
They will procede slowly and
cautiously, though. Both .houses
art Jealous of their traditional du
ties and perquisites. Certainly, lt
is. agreed; there will be! no such
drastic recommendations as abro
gation of Seniority rules which de
termines y' committee chairman
ships, or of the right of the sen
ate to indulge In unlimited debate.
Full Study Due ! " . . v 4. ! -' -v
The concurrent resolution which
set up the committee directs it to
make "a full and complete" study
of the organization and operation
of congress and to recommend im
provements and operation of con
gress and to recommend improve
ments designed to strengthen con
gress, simplify its operations and
improve its relations with other
branches of the government
The study will include but will
not be limited to the . organiza
tion and operation of both houses
and the - relationship - between
them, the employment and pay of
personnel by the members and the
various committees, and the 'struc
ture and' relationships between
those committees. M - ,
U. S. tBombeirs
Hit Jiap Isles
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl" Harbor, Dsr.
20-(A3-American bombers: struck
Monday at Iwo Jima and Marcus
islands, chief bases for Japanese
attacks -on the Superfortress air
field on Saipan; Adm. Chester W.
Nimitz announced today. M -H"
The 100-ton bomb attack on Iwo
Jima by the Marianas-based lib
erators, escorted by Lightning
fighters, was the 12th consecutive
daily strike against the small Is
land on the B-29 road to Toklo,
and theJ5th blow of the month.
The Lightnings shot down qpe en
emy plane and strafed ground tar
gets. , ;; ' : M '
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Needy.CaUers
To Get Uothes
It's Christmas at the Salem Elks
club today, tomorrow and Satur
xiay-when gifts of : clothing i will
dc preseniea ,to neeay cauers ai
the clubhouse's east door from 10
ajn. to 5 pjn. Chairman P Joe
Krauger and his Christmas cheer
committee are in charge . of the
distribution of clothing.
Tickets : for 10 xtk. Saturday
matinee at the Capitol theatre, for
which Carl Porter, Warner Bros.
manager here, will be - host,
being - distributed - . through
I-the
schools. Following the show
the
young guests, wilt go. to the
Elks
temple for gifts of toys and Christ
mas goodies. X Charles. Fauliner,
veteran toy repairer of the
fire department, " will be ' there
with his dolls.
Rokirians Attend
Annual Christmas
Party Wednesday
The annual Christmas Rotary
party was held Wednesday hoon
at. the Salvation Army citadel-on
State street. The dinner was bre-
pared and served by members of
the women's league of the Salva
tion Army and turkeys were roast
ed by the Marion "hoteL
Col Holland French of San
Francisco, chief secretary of I the
western territory of the Salvation
Army, was thesoeaker. Maj. Fred
Capon, in charge of the Portland
corps, lead in. singing. One hun
dred and nine members of the
club were, present Seven members
ex the Salvation Army board were
present for. the party, of which
six were Rotarians.
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Burma Drives
CALCUTTA, Dec 20-(fVBrIt-
ish troops opening up iwo pew
drives in. Burma have slashed 'IS
and. 18 miles .respectively through
Japanese defenses under, strong
Allied air support, front dispatch
es disclosed today, f '.-1 ;M
One column advanced 18 miles
southeast from .the. Gawlaik 'sec
tor to the vicinity of Pyingaing
against negligible enemy resist
ance.' This force is strildng east
from the Kaleymo .area south of
Tiddim la the Chin hills. -A
second force is driving south
from' the town of Pinlebu in the
hills between the tipper Chindwin
river and the Irrawaddy. It has
advanced 13 miles - toward the
road-hub town ol Shwebo, wliich
is 140 miles northwest of Man-
dalay. . , -i
Sforza Declines Post
ROME, Dec. 20 -(")- Count
Carlo Sforza, who was disapprov
ed by Britain as foreign minister
of the Italian government, declin
ed today , an offer by Premier
Ivanoe" Bongml to appoint, him
ambassador to the United States.
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