,PAGriY70; Ttt OIIGOII GTATECMAIL Zdssu Or-ca. C-sdaj Kcrsla- tfcccz-btr 31, Zl( 0regoii'19M;,War. Effort Impressive In Finance, Output r Plans Now Laid i Hold Promise of r Progress in 1945 ; By The Associated Press , I Oregon looked approvingly over Its 1944 wax effort today, and peered ahead toward glimmering hints of a return to peace! Promises of post-war develop ment popped up through the yean $409,216,877 worth of projects submitted to the state post-war planning commission; snowball ing plans for veterans; a new power record at Bonneville; ap proval qf an aluminum-from-clay plant at1 Salem, an alcohol-from-wood p 1 a n t at Springfield, an electrometallurgical laboratory at Albany. S f Oregon's war work stacked up impressively top state in meet ing war loan quotas; a record harvest garnered chiefly by pinch hitting women and children and 5800 Mexican workers; 420 ves sels turned out by Portland area yards. There were but two ma jor strikes. The year brought several "back - to - normal" signs. Camp Adair, Camp Abbott, and Camp .White all but closed up shop. Lights went on again on the coast Some firm returned to civilian production; Japanese were author ized to come back. Forest fires burned a below average total of 13,340 acres. . -Traffic and other accidents took the usual toll in violent deaths. Campaign! for the 1944 gen eral election gobbled up any of the year's headlines. Oregon went for Roosevelt for the fourth term but voters chose an ill-republican congressional delegation. In the sports world, Ashland high copped the state basketball crown; Medford the football; Portland came out second in the Pacific Coast baseball league. Y '44 War Year anting For America - WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 American officialdom is winding up 1944 acutely conscious that for the United States this has been in many respects the most dis appointing and disillusioning year of the war. Unjustified optimism about mil itary progress led them to' be lieve when this 12 months starts that by tonight the war in Eu rope would be won and the shift of forces to the Pacific well start ed. I Now estimates of the date for victory In Europe run into', the fall or winter of v 1945. Optimism has given way to the conviction that the Germans really mean to fight all the way to Berlin. . Perhaps the basic error in mili tary thinking, allied as well as American, has been to underesti mate the enemy's determination. It was believed that when he was surrounded and battered by land and air he would surrender. A tremendous series of victories east, south and west, lightened the ring around Hitler's fortress Europe but fell so short of break ing Germany that the enemy was able to" wind up the year ; with western front; offensive which ' probably added months to the -war. . -. t -Matching the toocheerful view j of military progress has been pop- ular belief fostered by cheery of ficial statementsthat politically the great allied powers were in accord on most or all great issues. InHtact, little accord has been ob tained. Hence recurrent outbursts of mutual criticisms and suspi cions among the United States, Britain and Russia - ' 'Slate' Marion? Invited To Sportswriters' Fete PHILADELPHIA, Dec; 30.-() -The Philadelphia sporting Writ ers association has selected Marty . (Slate) Marion, St Louis Cardi nals shortstop to be guest of honor at its 41st annual banquet on Jan. 23. Marion was named the na tional League's most valuable player of the 1944 season. ' ' t Top Late to Classify WANTED: Experienced -Ooman gro cery cunt, now m ooa jsrc ' LOST: Transfer title, driver's lie nee.- IMS sucker for Dod ear and truck. P. T. Oeckard. B.U S. Box 117. o EXPERT O , RELIABLE : O DEPE3SDABLE Disajmc Two oi Oregon's Most Up-to-Dcrte Ollces to Serve Ton ClWCJt 4 : ? . V. "Oregon's Largest r i iii r I ' I 1111111 - I - i J 1 J YMCA to Hold OpenjHouse On New Year's Salem YMCA's 25th annual New Year's open house to which the public is invited, is scheduled for Monday, with afternoon activities devoted especially to younger groups. , Demonstration gym classes for boys from 2 to 3 p. m.; the holiday All Star basketball game from 3 to 3:30; junior leaders' gym class, 3:30 to 4; men's and women's bad minton, 4 to 5; volleyball, 530 to 6:30; Senior Church League jam boree, 7 to 10 and a special dem onstration, Chet Page -and his whirling fire clubs at 8:30 p. dl, are to be featured in the gymnas ium." . .-. J. ,". Frpm 2:30 to 4,:30, swinuning classes and demonstrations will constantly occupy the pooL At 8 p. m. exhibition y the All American swim stars, ? Suzanne Zimmerman and Nancy Merki and and diving and life-saving exhibi tions are to be special attractions. In the den movies will be shown from 3 to 4 p. m. , . A reception will jbe held In the men's lobby from 1 - to 5 p. - m with the radio tuned to. the .Rose Bowl game broadcast while the game Is in progress and music by the Parrish junior high school or chestra, Leslie Carson, tconductor, from 4 to 5 p. m. ' - 'While the open house draws the public to witness the varied ac tivities. of tie "Y" regular parti cipants in sports and games there will not be disturbed." The boys lobby is to be open all afternoon and evening. Finals in holiday ping pong and checker .tourna ments will be played; there during t the day. Movement of in Italy ROME, Dec. 30-f-fThe Germans have stepped up; movement of troops and material on the west ern coastal sector of the Italian front and .. the situation in this area, where the; enemy has pressed a counterattack all week, remains "fluid, the allied com mand announced today. I Nap Field Marshal Kesselrlng f "has not renewed his attack on pie previous large scale" in the Serchio river valley 15 miles in land, official reports said, adding that "our t r o ops occupy com manding positions on high ground in this area." .. However' the exact situation in this region, where American 92nd Infantry division units earlier were shoved from forward posi tions, remained obscure. Junior Citizen Named PORTLAND, Dec. 30.-flV-Jack Matlack, 30, advertising manager of a Portland theatre chain and civic leader, was named Portland's junior first citizen, for 1944 today by the junior chamber of com merce. ' '.' "- i : ' ' Economist Resigns WASHINGTON, Dec 30-(P-President Roosevelt today accept ed the resignation of Philip Reed of New York as chief of the Ame rican economic affairs mission In London, effective December 31. Reed said he must return shortly to private life. t w . . Thumbnail off War! . (By fee Associate- Press) Western Front Von Bun stedt hurls three ; Nazi divisions at both sides of Bastogne corridor held by General Patton. 1 Russia Russians enter final stage' of annihilating Budapest garrison after Germans kill two red army emissaries carrying a white flag. Italy Situation on Serchio river , valley remains obscure, as Germans fail to renew attack on previous large scale. - v : y . Pacific Japs withdraw troons from 'Manchuria in effort to stop Americana on Leyte. ; ' CHirr i Upstate 4 Sncy Stepped Up SERVICE 4 ' " Honored - .? , " - .- : " 1 T. A. Livesley Hopgrowers9 Lunch, Honors T, Livesley Honoring on his 81st birthday T. A. Livesley, who shares with one other man the deanship of Oregon hopgrowers,' the .state's hop fraternity met around lunch eon tables at the Marion hotel Saturday afternoon. ; Speakers were James R. I .inn, Custer K Ross and Dean Walker of - Independence, . who presented a parchment scroll signed by the guests and inscribed: "The hop fraternity extends greetings to Thomas A. Livesley. In gracious appreciation of 'our association during 50 years in the hop busi ness in, Oregon; in deference to a forthright man; and a slight token to your gracious nature and the many good deeds you have done." Linn and Livesley entered the hop business in Oregon in 1895, and the 50 years of the industry in this area were recalled by linn as he paid tribute ' not only to Livesley ; but to the business and the country m which it has de veloped as welL Rosa spoke of Livesley's accom? plishments in business, in civic life (he. was twice mayor of' Sa lem, a member of the state legist? lature and builder' of the First National bank building here) and business accomplishments.. Lives- ley, whose first hop interests on the coast were acquired in 1889 while he was still a resident of his nature Wisconsin, at one time owAedl among the largest in dividual' hop holding in the world. Nazi Big-Wigs Still Predict Reich Victory LONDON. becr?3T- UPl-Nsal big-wigs filled German air waves today, with promises of victory in new year's proclamations. Rotund, long - silent Hermann Goering remained silent, but a proclamation purporting : to come from turn declared that "It is our duty 'and our task in the coming year to carry war again into the enemy's country." Reichminister Paul Goebbels. the No. 1 nazi propagandist had a brand new story to tell in ex planation of why the equally gar rulous Adolf Hitler has not been heard from lately. : Goebbels on the German radio said he purposely planted rumors that Hitler was ill as part of a deep and far-flung scheme to lull the allies into complacency; and set them up tor Field Marshal Xarl Von Rundstedt's winter offensive.-" 7-'H' : Sloan's Funeral v To Be Held on Monday : SJX.VERTON, Dec. 30 Funeral services for Mrs. Mary E. Sloan will be held Monday, January 1 at 2 o'clock from thai Friends church in Scotts Mills. Ekman's Mortuary will be in charge of the funeral. . - - Mrs. Sloan was burned to death Thursday night when fire of un- V known origin destroyed the house in which she lived at Scotts Mills. - Cape W4 by Jot vU Cl if Liho tt-ri2 UIzqsYou? c3 810 II Ubertj C , Denver Young Takes Sheriff Post Tonight Only change in county official dom as the ' courthouse clock strikes 12 tonight will be in the sheriffs office, where Denver Young , succeeds A. C. Burk. And in the office, where Burk has held forth 7 the"-past " 12. J years, few changes are contemplated, Young has announced. James Garvin, who was an in vestigator onthe ataff of Thomas Dewey during the prominent New Yorker's service as militant attor ney general of the great eastern state but who has for some time been a resident of Marion county, becomes criminal deputy, suc ceeding Orville -Dunigan. Sarah Brown, once a cook at the state hospital and v more - recently in charge of the school lunch pro gram at Richmond school, will be come county Jail cook, succeeding Harry Tracy,' who has taken over a Salem restaurant . - Alma Johnson remain ni rhif deputy, in charge of -the office. and Bert Smith, veteran deputy of more than 20 years service, re mains as civil deputy. Harold Do mogalla Is to continue as chief tax deputy. Others in the courthouse com mence new terms: Commissioner Roy Rice commences bis first elective term; he v has previously been filling the unexpired term of Ralph Girod. who left to enter the Sea bees. - County Assessor R. (Tad) Shelton commences his third elective term. Cap! Har land Judd's second term commen ces with Henry Mattson servina in bid place as county clerk pro tem wnile Judd Is in the army. This week marks the ooenmc of the second term for County Treasurer Sam J. Butler and County School Supt. Agnes C Booth. Surveyor Hugh Fisher starts his third elec tive term and Constable Earl Ad ams, of. the Salem district, his fourth. . f Arrow Order Holds First Annual Meet Members of the Order of the Arrow, national campers' honor society, were at home Saturday following the first annual meeting of the organization in this area, held at Smith Creek recreation area. , Frank Deckebacb, Sea - Scout ship 12, Salerd, was elected lodge chief; Don Dunn of Boy Scout troop 24, Dallas, secretary; Rob ert Wagers, troop 42, Salem, treas urer; Bob Schachtsick, troop 50, Stayton, . and Nerval Hadley of Explorer troop 21, Albany, mem bers of the executive committee. Thirty Boy Scouts end Scoot ers from Silverton, Dallas, Al- oany, saiem, banon and Stayton participated in the two-dav camn. Second degree ordeal honors were conferred upon Harry Wiedmaie. Sea Scout ship 12, Salem; Norval Hadley. and Frank Deckebach, in recognition of their records the past summer as campers, i The de gree was conferred by District Qpmmissioner Robert Lantz,- Sea icout ship 12 Skipper Ted Roake, Vernon Merrick, Council Scouter and YMCA staff member, and Scout Executive Lyle Leighton. ' ' Of the 40 charter members of this chapter of Order of the Ar row, 18 are now in the armed ser vices. Several pf these sent let ters which were read at the Smith Creek meeting. Next regular meeting of the order is to be held during the Spring Camporee, and future annual meetings are to be held during C3uistmas holidays. An accommodating six-Inch fall of snow Thursday night added zest to the football game played Friday morning. Two Fires Reported firemen were called; to two chimney fires within Jtt minutes Saturday night, first being at 765 South liberty and the other at 170 South 15th street No damage was reported either place. " - w L Aimr? Y i Oracja - n.a w7l I J j ft w o: Turner, Pease Biff on Monday PORTLAND, Dee. 3t-(A)-tea Turner, : Oregon State middle weight champion, and Mickey Pease tapered elf training today for their headline boat ia jthe New Year's boxing card here Monday night . Tarner will defend his title. Eddie Whartea wiU meet "Steady t Stedman of Salem la the six-roand special event Huskies Sink Gonzaga 7847 SPOKANE, Dec SO-iflA! fast ball-hawking team of Washington Huskies used both speed, and height tonight to smother Gohzaga University 78 to 47 in one windup of a two-game : basketball Series. Imman, Washington guard,' drib bled through - Gonzaga's defenses for 21 of the Huskies' points. : ' WASHINGTON 7) (4? ) GOHZAGA Vandenburf 4) (11) Carpenter McMillan (10) F (b) Ely Anderson (4) C. (8) TreadweU Burton (9) G (9) Kenwood Lemma a 121) G (fit iPresteT k Substitutes: , Washinston King 10. i-ariutvaie a, urooxs sac-ett a, Jorgenson 2, Cleveling 2, Blowers 2. Conzaga Kyla 6. Sitton 1. j . " f. ' Albany Quintet Dropped 39-15 f I! ' ALBANY, Dec. SO The dead-eye tossing of Os iSutphin and Walton Speedy gave' Myrtle Point a 39 to 15 victory qver Al bany high school here tonight. From the start the Pointers "never were headed. At the half they led 19 to 9. 350,000 to ViW Bowl Grid Tiltl By Joe Kelchler i NEW YORK, Dec. 30.HffVIn keeping with the trend throughout the regular season, capacity crowds totalling more thai 350, 000 gridiron addicts, are' etpected to witness football close, put its hectic campaign with a Sroj crowd of 96,000 attending the Rose Bowl at Pasadena, California,' !' Besides California's annual grid classic, there are eight other post season-dashes including the Sug ar, Orange, Cotton, Shrine, Sun Spaghetti and Vulcan Bowls on New Year's ray In addition to the Lily Bowl at Bermuda, l-and. 7. .!,.- ! i Canlsius Nips Frogs ! BUTFALO, -N. :Y, Dec.30 -W) Ridclling Texas j i Christiar's rone defense with a spurt of 18 suc cessive points in the second half, Canisius college basketball team scoreda 40-30 victory toinight in the first game of the doublehead er, played before 3783. Once- beaten Tennessee ' nipped Ohio university 40-36. ' Skyjackets Spill Tech .Y- ( : ' NORMAN, Okla, Decp30 -Jt) Forward Harley Day went on a 24-point scoring spree tonight as the, Norman Navy Skyjackets polished t off Texas Tch for a 61-33 basketball victory. la erery community there is do Aram oat as Prescriptiott Head-. quarters. It's a place where yon go secure in the knowl dg that service, quality mad prices will be tight at alt timet. Your Pbysictia will assure yoa that "this is it" CcMne la, let's get acqntintc rtt I K I' ' ' ' I t ' -, a ..v .? . . ... Cor. State A liberty lhoae XI IS Mexicans Underdogs V ln Sun Botsl Scuffle IX PASO. Tex-, Dee. 31 -(JP) Mextce aniversltr's Pomas are a the short etui of the adds fat betting en their Son Bowt game against Seuthwestern 1--erilty's Plxalea from Geerge l towa. Tex-, bat the fans here- abeata bank ea the strategy af " the Mexican . mentor te make vp tht ather sherteeming en New Year's day. r. ' City Leaguers Back to Action The YMCA-SDonsored Citr Bas ketball league swings back into action Wednesday of this week af ter taking a two-week j holiday breather with three games billed for Willamette's court starting at 7. pjn. The league-leading Wil lamette Frosh, victorious in their first two tries, meet the strong General Finance five In the Wed nesday opener. At eieht. o'clock the Talbot Mintmen clash with Funland and at nine the Maple's Sporting Goods oldsters tangle with "hettf1 Wilders Chemawa All-Stars. Finance, Funland, Ma- pie's and Talbot have all won one and lost one while the Stars have yet to notch a victory. .. . " - ? : " -v Buckeyes Win Qppner, 44-41 ANN ARBOR, Mich-, Dec. 30- (ff)-Ohio State's powerful Buck eyes, defending Big Ten 'cham pions, were forced into overtime here tonight before squeezing out a 44 to 41 decision over Michigan in . the Western Conference lid- lifter. Michigan held a 23 to 19 lead at the half but Ohio' rallied to tie it up at 39-all before regu lation time ran out Yacht Club Planned "SEATTLE, Dec 30.-()-A new northwest yacht club is being planned here it was disclosed to night with jthe announcement the next meeting will be held at the Leschi park club house January 12. The club, to be known as the Corinthianj Yacht club, issued an open, invitation to all northwest yachtsmen ! interested in promot ing the racing and cruising of sail boats, y GVs to Hear 9 Em Too WASHINGTON, Dec 30.-F-Play-by-play accounts of the lead ing New Year's day football games will be sent to soldiers overseas and navy men afloat through the shortwave facilities of the armed forces radio service, , Andils - Sysiecs i Bookkeeping i Income Tax Anssn 0. Bridges Aecenntant Auditor I .' Phone 8617 ( 401 Pioneer Trnst 4 Building store that staads I t OllihellOIJE FRONT Et PAEIX CI---03 We take our text stoday from Pope, not the Pope, nor Carl Pope, but TvtHA LiL II Pope, who (we think) wrote: "Know! then thy self.. " . ' The slender girl whose overlong bob of golden hair cascaded down the back of her black coat looked cold to me and I was ii a aympa thetic mood as X drew abreast. At first I though we were the only two persons' on that: side of the almost dark street Then beneath the theatre's lighted marouee I saw the man. And I heard her say to him before I was two steps past, in a stage whisper; you could have heard at Ladd & Bush's bank "Look at that hat! Isn't it AW FUL?" . -I Y-r : Death Claims Sam Dolan, 60 ; CORVALLIS, Dec. )0-ff)-Sev-eral months' illness ended in death last night for Sam Dolan, 60, for mer Notre Dame football star and Pacific coast gridiron official for 26 years. ..(--r;;f'.;1 Y'.i. -tx Dolan, born in England;-wis an outstanding gridder. at ir Notre Dame, where he received his civil erigineenng degree. A 1907 Ore gon State graduate, he returned to OSC in 7910 as assistant football .coach., and :civC engineering in structor. He was head coacli "in 1911 and, 1912 and has been on the staff ever since. 'Forgotten War tront names Into Action PARIS, Dele 30 -SiThe -Forgotten Front" along the French Italian frontier popped into the news today with the announcement of a series of bombardments by the French Navy.' The misitry of ma rine announced that the! destroyers Le Fortune, Trombe and L'Alcoypn IT'S WOT 1 " I TEETH lAM HH1SSING Protect your natural features with dental plated. Avoid hollow cheeks, and sagging muscles. Dn Painless Parker Says:- - ; ' Tear once pleasing expression becomes completely altered un less lost teeth are replaced. The mo-th sags, the ehla loses Its grip on yeth yej dare not mile through fear of giving offense. Dent Invite-, leas of good looks by dental seeled." Make Your. Oim Terms, Within Reason, For Dental Work Of All Kinds 'y-:y.::lY;---"Y There Is no need to postpone dental visits with Accepted Credit, .because yon can bodxet the expense. Arrange to pay In weekly and monthly amoonts. Start work Immediately and pay later. 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Crystal-clear palate Brings greater resemblance to new style plates. It reflects the actual tissues of : the ? mouth. The onfading color of ttheae plates blends mora easily with that of the gams of jthe wearer. . neutlata every where have lauded this refined' material for Its adaptability and faithful re production. ItPSjiE:I?MS r Y Y l srwf-Wr-V.'l-''VJ' L "'Y ': 123 LIEERTY ST. CORNER STATE TELEPHONE SALEM E825 Other Offices in Eojrene, Pcrtland, Tacbcia, Spckaste, Seattle - And ia AU LeadiBi) Pacific Ccst Cities V. . ; Europ victory 4 Possible in '45 Says Ghiirchill IjONDON, Dec io-PV-At the end of the year which had brought the United Nations far along the . road to their goal, Prime Minis ter Churchill; expressed hope to day that at least half their task would be completed in the new year that victory in Europe would be achieved in 1945. Observing that the allies were entering upon a year "that should , bring us victory in Europe," he said in a New Year's message to the Primrose league, a conserva tive organization of which he is grand toaster: ' .- v "Before many months have passed the, evil gang that has long dominated that unhappy' continent will be wiped out. -.runta that end has been achieved, Jhere can be no return to our normal habits." In Earthquake LONDON, "Dec 30 -(A3)-" No serious damage or casualties have been -reported in a survey taken throughout northern England fol lowing a two-minute . ; temblor which rocked widely, scattered areas at 1:36 ajn. today. Although light earthquakes are not a rarity In England this, was the sixth since 1923 today's was the worst since before, the last war. Residents ' of : one , large city dashed for air 'raid shelters in belief .the long-absent,, luftwaffe had returned, and in other areas many buildings were felt to sway as crorJcery rattled and pictures moved Ion walls. had shelled effectively German concentrations and barracks at Ventimiglia several times between December 21 and 28. f Select ' plates of balanced stability for greater wearing efficiency. ' i . Terms to Suit You Lifelike dental plates made with the Improved material all dentists use and recom mend ' , Pay For Plates As You Wear Them. ' Use Accepted Credit Bay. bonds and 'stamps. Do rav part in vrtnnlng 'the war. Damag Oght THE