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PAGS TWO. Tk CZZGOll STATESMAN. Salsa, Oregon. Thursday Homing. January 4, IS 45 - Air Offensive Against Nazis Going Strong' . LONDON; Jan. '-()- Heavy bombers of the US Eighth air force, continuing the greatest sus tained winter air offensive-of the war, dumped more than -3000 tons of explosives today: on congested hiirhway hubs and raihrards alone I xne supply routes ior tne uerman Belgian bulge.; , , . i '. I . . Threlt bombers and nine fight ers failed to return from the day's operations, but at ; least seven fighters were j believed safe la j friendly territory. ! 'During the afternoon separate forces Of RAT Lancaster escort ed by Mustangs of the: RAF fight er command struck industrial tar gets : in the Ruhr, bombing the Castrpp -Rauxel and. Hansha plants near Dortmund through thick clouds. ) - The clouds-and snow and rain kept fighter-bombers grounded on the continent, but 1100 American Fortresses and Liberators support ed Yank infantry and armor by smashing at German communica tions for the twelfth straight day, setting u record for sustained win ter operations. ' ' " ; r - i L. R. Foster Lt. Dies in Plane Crash Lt. Leonard R. Foster, who died when the army transport plane he piloted went down over Leyte December 2, had enlisted in the armyjin June, 1941, after serving with the Coos Bay national guard unit j After training at Fort Mon ; moutfe, NJ, he was transferred to the air corps, graduated in Ag 'mt, 942, from Ellington field, ,Tex., and in December of that year piloted a plane ; to New Gui . riea. He had not since returned to the United State . ' Foster, wiiose mother, Ellen Foster, is house mother at the YMCA dormitory fwj Willamette university women, was a former Coos Bay Times employeheld the Distinguished; Flying Cross, the Air Medal and several Oak Leaf clusters. j j j - ! ' Survivors, besides ibis mother, ' ire a brother. Pvt. Robert Foster, stationed "in Texas with the air corps,! and his father, S. J. Foster, now in the state of Washington. "Auto Wrecking Bid Refused ! Marion county court has re fused to approve an application of Albert Fried, j route two, box 347, Salem, Ifor license to conduct an Automobile. Unwlrin tuiainaoa the Pacific highway in the La bish district Codntv Ji Murphyi said Wednesday. The re fusal was based on the fact that the business has been operating in the location for some -time with ; out conforming to provisions of , the law which require that such an establishment shall be within a six-foot-high enclosure. Licenses for such business oper- eVions are granted by the office ; flf the secretary of state but re quire the approval of the countr 1 Court of the; county in which they re located. - -j- Benefit Card Partyv. I (eld by Lyons Lodge i - ' LYONS '..Five hundred furn ished the entertainment for the benefit card party sponsored by the Rebekahs at the haH Satur day night. High scores went to Bert Morris and Roy Hieneck, low to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Carr, EI , nr Hiatt had the traveling prize. - Too (Late to Classify : LOST: 790x30 truck tire and wheel on i Shr. Bd. Hrward. rircstone Stores. Center and Liberty. Phone 9144. Leyt Cr.ESKS 'DOVli UNDER t r:!i Crocih the streets of Sydney, N.S.W, to the cenotaph ta 1-y a WTtati La celc-ratba cf Crttk cailoBal diy. r? - Salem Naval Station Signs 13 Young Men Thf navy's 1945 enlistment pro- cram 1 was off to a firing start Wednesday, with the - announce ment of Al Friesen, recruiter In charge of the Salem station, that IS 17-year-olds have concluded thdf I preliminary exarnmations. aniii aire awaiting orders to pro- ceea to Portland for final; screen ing. The better than "four enlist ments a day" average, for the first three days of the new year, tops previous records of Oregon sub stations, it was said. ! j The j recruit enlistment roster follows: Armon L. McDowell. Kenneth M. Crossan, Wesley A. Hamilton. Thomas ' G. - Disbrow. Donald G. McLaughlin, and Har vey w. Young, all off Salem; Blaine I R. Veteto. Gervais: Carv L. Mcintosh, Perrydale; Arnold R. Snyder, Idanha; Juddie Ji Pinson, Wood burn; Leonard K. Galeo, Dayton; Oscar E. Phillips. Che- ma wa; Paul L. Murphy, pallasl "Conjunctive iwith mid-rear graduation of Salem district high school i students,? we full expect the enlistment of better ; than 80 per cent of eligible 17-year-old graduates," Friesen saidi ?Navy tadar, air-crewmen, and; general service programs offer tfctualified young men an unusual opportuni ty to supplement their education while in the service, and at the same time prepare for ipost-war onmployment" Three of Salem's Soldiers Arrive i - e e From War Zone - r -i;; :. FORT DOUGLAS, Utah, Jan. 3. -(Special)-The Ninth Service command said today - the follow ing Salem, Ore., servicemen have arrived in the United States on furlough from! the. southwest; Pa cific theatre of operations: SSgt Waldo Gilbert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph' Gilbert; route seven; who served 34 months with the infantry. . f; ' I CpL John T. Simons, nephew of tne Misses Maud and Mildred Simons, 555 S. 21st street, who served 36 months with- the-, field artillery. f He. Robert E. Fletcher, son of Mrs. R, E. Fletcher, 420 McGil christ street, who served 33 months with the infantry. 1: Lemthal F. Halxnan, seaman first class, has been visiting his wife and damrhtcr at C51 North Sth street, and left Sanday night for Sheemaker, Calif. jBe reeeatty cempleted training at qnarter- master'a scbeol. Fasrant. While In Salem he visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Merle F. Holmaa, rente six, box . His brother. Elvon Holman at with the uwr air corps band. It MedeOan, Calif.; - SILTEBTON Ed Geechie has notified his parents he is in Los Angeles and will be home soon. He is convalidng jfrom wounds received in the South Pacific 'JT S - Greek rhuag V Lt. Roy W. Pnrns, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. f W. Barns of 525 Jadson street have received word that be has ! been mlasiag ia action ever Germany since December 5.. Barns is a nsri fator of a B-17. He was awardi d. his wtacs at Hando. Tex, io r Jane and went rerseas la Oc4 tober. Burns hasl been , In' th army air corps since' March, 1943. and was a Willamette uni versity student when he enlis Ail ed. A brother, I. William C, Barns, nharmaelsta mat third rd class Is m the naval hospital at Corona.; Calif. J ' j- ' J Ltl Edwin Alaerz ' Back FromjWar MIAMI, Fla, Janl 3.-Special -Returned from overseas via fl&t ATC airplane, a Salem,; Ore, man was clearing air transport com mand's Miami army J air field to day, en, route home.! He is First Lt i Edwin Maerz,- 26. of route three. Box 620R. S'a lcm. who served 14 months in the European and Asiatic theaters is a B-25 pi lot and has flown on 61 combat missions. He has been, awarded the distinguished flying cross air medal and three theater ribbons Deaa BUtchley Donald BUtehlcy LEBANON Dean Blatehley. now In Baxter f General hospital In Spokane is; expected home on a three week furlough. I Later he wUl ro to Falo Alto, Cglif, f or sorcery en his left ankle.: He landed in Normandy Jane and was wounded Is the left ankle After some months in a hospital In Oxford. England, he waa re turned to this country in Sep tember. He is the sea! of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Blatehley. His wife is employed in Portland. Donald BUtchley, the ! second son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Blatehley is j now stationed at 8an Diego where he i has been assigned i to' the advanced boat division. r I 1' LYONS 2nd IX Lynn Raye, sonj of Mr. and Mrsj E. J, Roye, came from San Antonio,! Texas, to spend a few ; days with his par ents. I He received his I winn ai San Antonio and has gone to Rel Kid, Texas, ;i - y ; -:. CpL Donald HuberJ USMC, who has been stationed at Columbia, SC, came Tuesday to spend a week with his parents,! Mr. and Mxjs. Roy Hubert..!, - H' i ir.-. Pfc. James Nye who is stationed in j Texas is spending ai furlough with his wife at the home of her mother, Mrs. Fred Bassett. LEBANON 2 Lt. Lawrence Schmidt received the. distinguish ed flying cross for reconnaissance work in the f area between Cob lentz and Karlsruh. He is assist ant flight officer and jrilots a P38, member of the tenth photographic group. His low altitude flying made possible exceptionally good pictures for lise by the ground forces. , . I " LEBANON Mr. and Mrs. Ber nard Michels have received word their son, Lt. Harold j Michels, US army air corps,! is now piloting a P61 Black Widow , nicht Aver in the Philippine area, j ? SILVEXTON Donald Olsoa has been promoted to staff sergeant He is with the army in the South west ! Pacific, where he has been serving 33 months. He is the son of Mr, and Mrs. Egil Olson and has not been home for three years. inirmowmdfD Bzrgah IligLi Ends Tonight! i nus i nVEIRD W05IANW ll Len Chaney, Jr. ane G wynne 20 c Genera f Admlssioi ii in mil m .. , j tr i i i i mii 1 1 '"MMmmHimMMmi Sift t . Wallace Gilchrist Keeps Promise to 'Get Extra Jap5 j Ed Schreder had an extra-cheery smile at his downtown Salem market today there was a dead Japanese on Leyte for which;; he felt considerably responsible i - Sometime ago, Schreder asked Pvt. Wallace p. Gilchrist, jr, son of Mf . and Mrs. W. D. Gilchrist of 115 Liberty road, to "get an ex tra Jap for me." , . The soldier -did just that and informed his- father in a recent letter that he "was thinking of Ed Schreder when I drew a bead. i Schreder- promptly - bought a war bond fori the private's little son, Wallace Daniei Gilchrist. r Lorea N. Christiansen. 23, son f Mrs. Henry ; Christiansen f box 171, Salem, who wen his wings and was appointed an effleer; la the army air fereea apon com pletion of twin-enxined advanc ed training at the ramps, Tex, army av field. ! : f, ft ': I 1 I .... . WOODBURK P r o m o t Ion ; of Edwin Daniel Bacon, military bo- lice, , 1039 Second j street, to first lieutenant, was announced Wed nesday in Washington, DC. McMINNTILLE S e e o n d Lt Drexel Dean Sparks has been or dered to active duty with the US army, the war department an nounced Wednesday. Robert! G. Basick. sen of Mr and Mrs Claude Busick, Salem has left for Fort Lewis as ah sir caaei. ne will transfer from there to Keesler field. Miss. Busies: was president! of the freshman class at Willamette university and master counsellor of the DeMolay chapter hre.j ;:',4 1" - !! SILVERTON Mrs. LeyaB Beals has learned that her hus band sustained third degree burns while in jthe Pacific area but does not know particulars ? SILVERTON F light Officer James E, Ekman, student fighter "pilot, has reported, for duty at van Nuys army air field, one of the largest Fourth air force fight er bases in southern California. He is the son of , Mr. and Mrs. EJ R. Ekinan of Silverton. ' 'V ! - : i - t SILVERTON tr. .and Mrs. Emit Loe have heard from their son, Pfcj Wendell, Loe, reported seriously j wounded in action In Europe recently. He wrote that he was recovering in a hospital in England and had met Robert Swanson, also I a i patient there. Pfc. Loe shoulder. was wounded in the jeffersoH U- Ens. Erei g. Hdwell, USMS.l spent the week end with his father, E. E. Howell. He was on a transport in Alaskan waters and has just returned from four months training in New York. He expects to be at sea again soon. : 'l . ; ' J . )' .;; : U Ollinger Reappointed To State Parole Board l . I1 v.---: --i; ' a 1 Reappointment of Dr. H. K. dinger, Salem,! ai a member of the state board of Darole and nro- bation was announced bv Gov. Earl Snell here;, Wednesday. He will serve a six-year term. : Other members of the board are Gerald Mason,, Portland, and John Gary, West Linn. 1 It is estimated that during O. Henry's most; , productive - period (the first decade of this century) he drank i two Quarts of whisky a day. ; m m Ma v.- ; . j I TUANK YOUit 1 V,-- - Mr 4RG Recrtiitinff Hundreds for Overseas Dutyi ; A call for aDDlicants for over seas duty, with the American Red Cross was issued Wednesday aft ernoon as the initial action of the new personnel recruitment com mittee of Marion county chapter, ARC , ; ,. IKV-fL :.-! F our hundred positions paying from $150 a month and .mainten ance to I $250 and. maintenance must be filled rapidly by men and Women with specific qualifications In the field of social recreation. Adelaide XL' Nelson. Pacific area Red Corss field worker, told the committee, which is headed by R. R. Boardman, USO director here.- . , - Most of the 400 will go into the South Pacific to do work which is requested by the armr and naw. and their service will be in the nature of a distinct sacrifice. Miss Nelson declared, pointing out lack of comfort and danger which Red Cross workers share with mem bers of , the armed service there without : benefits of pensions or other than meagre insurance cov erage. ..,' I The new - committee here will mike possible rapid nrocessin of applications to fill immediate needs. Justice George Rossman, Marion county chapter chairman, declared. Applications for the va riety of jobs, ranging from steno graphic to athletic, may be se cured from chapter offices in the MtGilchrist- building, above the Wpolworth store. Interviews will be arranged to meet the conven ience ox applicants, i i - v Jolni Williams Dies in Action T. Sgt ' John F. Williams, son of Mr. and -Mrs. George E. Williams, route two, Salem, was on his 38th mission over enemy-held territory when he lost his life as his plane went down over "France on July 19,) Williams entered the service in 1942 and had been 'overseas ap proximately U months when he was killed! He was a former, em ploye of the Capital Journal. Survivors besides his parents are a brother, George Williams,' Jr Salem, and sisters, Marie Williams of Salem and Sarah Williams, liv ing in the state of Washington. Death Sentence Passed On Plot Ringleaders; LONDON. Jan.' 3-UPV-A broad cast German Transocean dispatch announced' today that death sen tences in absentia had been passed by the supreme court in Bratislava against six ringleaders of a plot to overthrow the nazi puppet regime of Joseph Tiso in Slovakia. . 1 Thumbnail ' (By me Associated Press) Western Front U, S. first ar my clamps 'down on north flank of nazi : salient in- Belgium to combine with U. S. third army in huge pincers movement; Ger mans make gains -of" five miles in some sections of Alsace-Lor raine, "'i a---"" ' ' t 1 ' Paelfle B-29s blast Industrial Nagoya ' on Honshu island in first raid! from new Guam base, setting great fires. rhlllpplnes Yank troops un opposed in two new landings on Mindoro island; bombers sink of set afire 25 Japanese ships west of Luzon., V ' - Burma Chinese offensive to clear Burma road reaches cli max with capture of Wanting on Chino-Burmese border. Russia Nazis launch . first counterblow since October in effort to rescue trapped Buda pest garrison; ,- grab several towns on Danube northwest of Italy Fifth army grinds to ward Massa, German stronghold in Tyrrhenian area; allied and nazi raiding parties active all along front; ; Canadian troops reach suburb - ot Alf onsine on Rimini-Ferrara highway. - ! i ChinaNipponese begin new drive in; Hunan province, cen tral China, attempting to close Chinese-held gap in Canton Hankow raflroad. ' ' Tmc h(v-c that rr mm.r"mmmm Opens : F. M.- I jllumphrey Boggart nosemary Lane Gay j Star-Stadded Co-Hit! 11 -:MWiT'- mir LUCKY STAltb 79th Cona ress Opens Amid j Warnings War Not Over Yet WASHINGTON. Jan. -VThe 79th congress, which many had termed the congress that : would make the peace, convened today amid warnings the war ; "isn't .over by a long shot? i At high noon, senate and house came to order and inducted newly-elected members with simple ceremoniea. Senator; Barkley of Kentucky, majority leader, sound ed the keynote when he said: v I think events--niUtary s and political have .made the congress and the' country more conscious of xne iact max tne wan isn t over by a long shot." ' . - s i ' Fervent prayer that this may be a congress ot high destiny opened both, branches , with j most of the seats taken in the chambers and the galleries packed with; visit ors. The chaplain j intoned then woras in tne senate; tne enure membership of the house said the Lord's; prayer. : . In 46 minutes the senate quit until Saturday when President Roosevelt submits his message on FR AppnWesj - Firm Payjment WASHINGTON. Jan. - UPS President Roosevelt has approved payment of $5000. to) M. Senders & Co of Albany, Ore for prop erty taken over by te army, j - The. firm; had certain property near Wells, Ore under lease and had constructed certain buildings when the army decided the prop erty was needed In; connection with nearby Camp Adair, - . Congress completed congres sional action on the bill during the last few dayg of the 78th jses sion. , Santiam Valley Grange lias Watch Nignt Party LYONS Sent a m Valley grange members held i witch party at the haH Sunday night Five hundred furnished: the en tertainment; high score went to Elmer Taylor; low to B. E. Frank lin. A no host supper was served. Morley Cuts Finger UNION HILL -p Glen Morley, who is at the home oi Mrs. Jessie Carter, cut his right finger with an axe. Several stitches were needed, to close the wound. , By ISABEL CHUDS She seemed a bit ut of place in the brightly-lighted! coffee shop with its rows of gaudily-covered fiction magazines. But' perhaps the woman in the silky brown fur coat, with the neat blue matching accessories and the smooth wings of brown hair surrounding a delicately-chiseled face, like myself, had found it difficult to get a cup of coffee so late at night in any restaurant to which she was ac customed. She might have been to a show. I thought after I had heard her comment to her woman compan ions. But I ha vent figured out just which show it was lid like to go. For what she said, in a matter- of-fact voice was simply Then she laughed from the grave. , ; ; ; J NOW SHOWING "noUyuood - Canlcon" hypruisixAva , NOW SHOWING j i I CO-FEATUSS ' JTTfpXl t Su,3 " t r "t r:mTi ; ONtheHOME FRONT "J the state of the union and. his im mediate program. In the house, Speaker Rayburn (D-Tex), elected to bis: fourth term apealed for unity, asserting "We are being tested whether free - . ..... i i .. . government wui uve on tms earth." . " ' " I ' A surprise marked the house proceedings when the members voted, aftera sharp debate -not only to continue tte committee on nn American activities but to make it a permanent part of the house setup. The vote was 207 to 185. Vast National Health Set-up - i A Recommended WASHINGTON, Jan. S-(P)-A senate subcommittee recommend ed today ja. vast national health program 'centered about post-war federal-state construction pf hos pitals and' health centers. I The group, headed by Senator Pepper (D-Fla.), also rexmmend ed:. ;.v -: :- r:. i i j (1) Federal" loans and grants to aid in providing sewer, and water facilities and 'milk pasteurization plants in communities which-lack them. " . v. ;: 4 .! ; x (2) Full-time pubUa health de partments in all communities as soon as needed personnel becomes available, with increased federal grants to state health departments. (3) Army consideration for in creased Induction and rehabilita tion of meiT rejected because of mental and physical defects. ' (4) Preservation of ' selective service's medical records -rand ap propriation of funds for study of them. M '- ' I : " - I - - i jl (5) Immediate steps to provide more medical men with training in psychiatry f with a view to pro viding child-guidance and mental hygiene clinics on a far wider scale.".- .;X--- (6) Federal -: scholarships : or loans to assist qualified students both men and women desiring medical or dental education. (7) Federal funds be t made available to the states for medical care of all recipients of j public assistance.- ; French Croup . Formed To Exhalt Dead Author PARIS, Jam S-(ff)-A grpap of writers, painters, newspaper edi tors-: and literary - leaden! today formed a a "Romanian y Holland cornmittee,, urging that the gov ernment name Rolland to be in cluded among the nation's ereat in the Pantheon in Paris. The No bel prize winning author died tw cemoer 30. Canuck Casualties for November Total 1998 OTTAWA. Jan. S.JPV-T!ana- an. army casualties for November totaled 1.998 ' the lowest total since the invasion of north western Europe,;, defense I head quarters announced today. The war total: to NovmW so w 6041, with 16,720 dead, ,37,722 wounded and649fl'.missinffi. nri. oner ; and interned. , . ...... . - r m Brazil-becan as a Portiimeae colony, became an empire lin the early 19th century, with the son of the King of Portugal as em peror, and then emerged as a re public in 1889. ! Opens :45 P. M. How Skoi7isg! Two Top Hits! I 9 Co-Feature I o COSART term rjrr . sa re' fJsaiett r- swctvral Army Seizure Of Ward Firm Tension Eases. ' CHICAGO, 'Jan. 3-P)-The first week of army occupation, of Montgomery Ward and Com pany properties in f i r e n cities ended today in an atmosphere of eased tension. , ' j ; -. Ma. Gen. Joseph; W. Byron, ; military- manager who took over last ; Thursday under presidential seizure order, and big staff me thodically went about . running parts of the mail order business, replacmif some company , officials . who, they said, refused io co operate, .;';.-. :;-. -.. A riitraco federal errand iurr investiratina: to determine . whe ther there had been company in terference with army; operations here recessed until Friday. Fed era! -prosecutors declined to say whether testimony! would conti- nue then, although earlier In the day they indicated they might finish' with witnesses I today and thereafter simply hold the in quiry open. In St Paul, Minn, A. R. Wilkes, manager of the mail order house, was replaced by Mai. B. A. Nors- worthy. Other company, officials there agreed to continue in their jobs, but with the army as . their i boss. ' . - I Patrols Busy In Italy War : ROME, Jan. 3.-(fls)-Fifth army patrols have pushed out in the di rection ; of Massa, strongest Ger- . inan position to the Tyrrenian area as Allied and German raiding par ties stabbed into opposing lines virtually all along the Italian bat- ijr a. im i. a ueuwi Aiucu ucauuai u:i muu today. ;; , . i ' The Fifth army patrols made, contact with German positions in the Massa area at several points after mcning their way 'through dense minefields and booby traps. On the Adriatic sector Canadian forces closing in on Alf onsine, on the Rimini-Ferrara highway, were reported in a suburb of the town after overcoming German resist- ance between the Fosso Vechlo and Senio river. i Dr. Blarcotte Leaves Today; for Berkeley. , PORTLAND. Ore- Janf 3. Dr. Henry Marcotte, Portland, who has acted as "ad interim,, minister for p astorles s Presbyterian churches in the northwest since 1935, will leave Thursday for Berkeley. Calif, where he has been called to the First Presby terian church, i - . , He expects the temporary as-- signment to last at least a year. Dr. Marcotte said. Churches h has served include those in Spo kane and Bellingham, Wash., and !aiem, Ore. . i Portland Office of Sute Land Board Will Qose ' , .;, ;--.. .-. ..... . The Portland nffin tk f land board will be closed. Anril t Lewis Griffith, secretary, announ- cea nere Wednesday.. Only two employes will be affected. Tne manager of the Portland office will be transferred to Sa lem. . - Griffith said ft was HrldMf tn, close 'the Portland office because of a lack of business. ' I - CONT. FROMlPrMTT NOW SHOWINGI ;. Sweet and Hot! BEIIIIY GOODMAN and his sand; . . LI11DA DARNELL LYMII BARI JACK OAKIE rJt vr CO-FEATURE! ''Vfc'iaBAdlail wtlifr'k News! 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