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S1 " i - .PAGE TWO Thiessen Will ' Head Justices ' - '.-r-i -: -. ..." Of the Peace . . .... v ' ; G. W. Thiessen, justice of the peace at Milwaukie, ' was elected president of the Justices of the Peace - association of Oregon at the annual meeting held, Friday in the . offices of Justice of the Peace Joseph B. Felton. Other of ficers elected include M, L. Boyd, Newburg, vice-president, and T. H, Arested, Canby, secretary- treasurer. . ..... ,'- ...J.',. .:-: A legislative committee was ap pointed to . discuss legislation in cident to the betterment of the lower courts. On this committee re: Alf O., Nelson, chairman, Sil verton; Walter H. Bell, Stay ton; -M. 1m. Boyd,; Newberg; Joseph B. Felton, Salem, and Constable Earl Adams, Salem. ; Recommendations approved by the association include: that jus tices of the peace be elected on a non-partisan basis; that justices of the peace paid on a tee basis receive a maximum of $2400 a year instead of $200 a month maximum. It was pointed out that gome months a member collect- Vedj sufficient1 fees to exceed the $200 but in others his fees were considerable lower than $200. The! Salem office is not affected. by this recommendation: I Justice of the Peace Felton being on straight salary. Another ' recommendation calls for 10 cents a mile for constables . instead of the five - cents being paid now. It was pointed out that much work which should be nan , died by constables is being shift ed to the sheriffs office because the constables would actually lose money serving, papers in a grea many instances. i Thiessen succeeds Felton as president He has been acting president since Felton entered the army. Nisei Arrive In Hood River HOOD RIVER, Jan: 12 (ZD Three JapaneserAmericans, the iirst to come back since the Hood River American Legion post de clared its opposition, returned in conspicuously to their valley farms today, Ray jSato and 3,Noji of Park dale and M. Asai of lower Hood Ribr valley, all .apple growers, arrived on a train in early morn ing! darkness and went unmolest ed jto their homes. Reports that a "reception committee"! might be n hand to discourage their return did. not materialize. IJeighbors of the three Nisei Whi have -been 'employed in in dustry and farming in the mid West, took their arrival as a mat terf of course:' Baggage had ; al ready come in ahead Of the trio. t" The American Legion post has, ealfed a special meeting for Mon day night to consider placing Ni sei soldiers' names earlier erased to I show we don't want them bacjjc here" back on the county honor roll. 1 Recruiting Officer . Yor Nurses Rushed ' . . . :- PORTLAND, Jan. 12 H-Red Cross nufses recruiting oflices here have been rushed by nurses peeking to' serve in military hos pitals, Mrs. Elithe Kell, state re- cjiiiting secretary, said .today. fw of them are in "available falsifications, ' however, because most of the applicants are now in charge of hospital floors or stu dent-nurse teaching and cannot be accepted, she said. Army Will Take Ove Huge Lumber Stockpile PORTLAND, Jan. , 12-iP)-A 20-million-foot lumber stockpile at Trcscott, Ore , will be under army control Monday, the army engineers said today. - The lumber Is property of the Clark & Wilson company; which has ceased operations. Wilcox Resigns Post On:"' Racing Commission The resignation of T. B. Wilcox, Portland, as a member of the state lacing commission was received by Governor 'Earl Snell Friday. wjicox has served as a member of the commission since its in ception 12 years ago. Governor Saetl gave no Indication as to when he would appoint cessor. a suc- Recruit Film Ready ; WASHINGTON, Jan. U VP) An army motion picture designed to bolster the drive to recruit la bor tor war plants will be releas ed to the public January 18, the ar department announced today. 1 Donald O'Connor .Susanna Foster 1 j Continuous from Z P. M. Comedy nit Nov t ".risen Acer - E: CSeefe "Up la Haiti's liooa : - ' w ''Cartoon""r i ' "At the Caxe Door Cajateea" Air-Naval Battle Reported ? &r J4 : - '-r c a4 ' i ' WSwo- J ""fS",SSftV? PHILIPPINES WW V . - MS3 DAV AO) An air and naval battle was believed in progress off (he coast of French Indo-Chlna between U.S. forces and Japanese warships eseertinr relnforcementsrte.the Philippines where Americans have Invaded Lnxon In the Llnrayen area. The U. S. navy announced that Pacific fleet carrier planes had attacked the enemy off the Indo-China coast between Saigon and Camranh bay Japanese . bases. (AP wirephoto map) . 1 ;. j Stringent Neip PrrfunJiU Steer Employes of Less Essential Work to War Job v WASHINGTON: Jan. 12-tiP)-A employees-of less essential firms in effect nationwide by next month, it i Drawn up by the war manpower commission to implement a di rective of War Mobilization Director just been dispatched to WMCs regional directors. 1 I It calls for a national inventory I of less essential firms and provides J for; establishment of employment ceilings' for all of these companies with eight or more workers. K ' also grants ah authority to C area directors to bring un- the program businesses with than eight workers. Informed sources predicted that this author ity! probably will be exercised in umber of areas.; To! Recruit 150.000 I tended to help recruit 150,000 war workers needed immediately ant) another 55,000 . required by miti-year, the new plan wifi trans late into a working program the Byrnes' directive to cut down the rolls of less essential employers. jrroviamg "teem- lor inis eaici. Byrnes authorized the WPB to im pose sancuons in me case 01 re calcitrance." ; These include with holding of materials, power and other operations essentials. In broad outline : the new pro gram is understood to provide for: Surveys Planned Local area surveys of less essen tial firms to determine which have skilled or unskilled workers need ed in war plants. Where such workers are locat ed, employers will be asked to "lend" them for "must" war pro duction jobs. -Where cooperation is not voluntary, ceilings will be imposed. As a last resort WPB will invoke sanctions. In most areas cooperative com panies will be permitted to em ploy women to compensate for male workers lost, i Russian Relief Drive Reported as Success By Lions Auxiliary SILVERTON That the Russian relief drive sponsored by the Sil- verton Lions auxiliary was a sue cess, the chairman, Mrs. A. L. Y. Smith, reported at Monday night's meeting. Mrs. Clifton Dickerson presided in the absence of the president, Mrs. Gene Smith. A total of 47,054 tin cans were collected by the grade pupils of Eugene Field school, it was re ported, j - - Changing the regular meeting nights from the second Monday to the first of each month to avoid conflict with the American Le gion auxiliary's new program, was discussed. It will be voted upon in February. 1 I Items of the past, few months' accomplishments are to be sent the auxiliary; bulletin for publi cation. Each member in Oregon is entitled to a copy of the bulletin. Mrs, C. J, Towe and Mrs. A. L. V. Smith will be hostesses in Feb ruary. Mrs. John Wilson and Mrs. R. L. Boe entertained Monday. Waldo Hills Telephone Group Elects Officers MACLEAY Waldo Hills Tele phone ; company elected Claude Ashby president, jFred Goffin vice-president, M. M. Magee secretary-treasurer, and Harry Mar tins director at the meeting Mon day night. A $7.50 assessment was voted. ' i VJ.W. Victory Club Old-Time Dancing -:;:T0HIGEiT:; . Vcierans Hall" Corner Heod and Church Streets Meste by THE OnEGOIIIAIIS rTnU (TamluiH nl Tlx stringentf new program to steer to war jobs will be ordered into was learned tonight James F. Byrnes, the plan has V-Bombs IGU 367Britoiis In December LONDON, Jan. 1 2 JF-G erman V-bombs tilled $67 British civil- J ians and caused serious injuries to 847 during the month of Decem ber. . This toll represented; nearly a 50 per cent decrease from No vember figures, the ministry of home security announced today, December figures brought the total casualties for 1044 to 8465 killed and 21,984 seriously wound ed. During England' worst blitz periodf-1941 20,844 Were killed and 21,788 were seriously injured. The five-year total for civilian casualties was 54,592 killed; 76,799 seriously Injured. U . The 1 latest V-bomb casualties reported today.were injured when tions division to consult with pub a rocket projectile crashed into a I lie relations officials i for . several crowded children's theater -in southern England. A number of actors f and spectators ; mostly children Were hurt. 1 ! Feed Wasting As Livestock Raising Lags WASHINGTON, Jan. 124-(m The nation was confronted today with the paradox of a tightening meat supply and dwindling live stock production amidst millions tllfVJ: . iaj4 factor j in the farm-belt criticism of thejnewlceilings oni livej cattle. It is the farmers' contention that the government should encourage full use of feed supplies for step ped up production of meat, That! feed supplies lure hot be- ing fully utilized is a fact reported by the:; agriculture department it - self Stocks of feedj grains on farms on January 1 were reported at near record levels; Yef num bers of livestock,- particularly hogs, poultry -and sheep, are far short pf record livestock levels. Bus Now Links Siletz Willi Outside World SILTTZ, Ore Jarw lZy-K river community to the tmtside world, I providing its first ? public overland transportation service. Prior to completion U the road north from , Toledo, residents made the "trip out by rivr boat Meningitis Reported PORTLAND, Jan. 12-(P-One case of spinal meningitis, a 18 year old boy, was reported: to the city health bureau today. j ' t-n n Fi n n t CONT. FROM 1 ' , j ; TcssrrowJ DOUBLE TUWt Ji rx y " vv,v C ITS ; I fb ' jp v ' J" '? elm y vk: TII2ILLING CO-FEATUEE O ! THE EVE Y OEEGON STATESMAN Salem. 4 More YxinKs: Found 'Guilty Of Looting"'-; PARIS, Jan. .12 - W - Heavy prison sentences were imposed on t four more j enlisted men in to- " day's- session of the j general US ' I army court l martial j trying - 184 soldiers, 1 1ncluding two officers,1 accused of ! looting army : supply ; i trains and. diverting cigarets and other rations into' black market channels. ' . .. T r ' ; Those i -sentenced: and thejir terms at hard "labor: j u ' - r - Pvt Robert L. Cosgrove, 21, Co lumbus, Ohio, T4 James E. Lem- en; 31, Fresno,'; Calif, and .T5 Howard A. Raubolt, 22, of Wyan dotte, Mich,- 40 years .each, .and Sgt Paul W. Hart, 28, St Joseph, Mo, 35" years. All were dishonor ably discharged and lost their pay allowances. ; 1 For the first time,- since the trials began," the defendants took the witness; stand, told their side of the story, and threw themselves on the mercy of the court. One defendant ! begged the court to keep their names out of the news papers because "our folks at home won't want us any more. British Take Burma Town SOUTHEAST ASIA COM MAND HEADQUARTERS, Kan- dy, Ceylon, Jan. 12 -(JP) Budalin, Japanese stronghold; 60 miles northwest of Mandalay, has been captured by British forces after hard fighting against enemy troops who resisted fiercely from concealed bunkers, an allied com munique announced today. The air-supported British col mnn, which yesterday; was report ed righting into the : outskirts of the rail town, Was forced to root the defenders out almost yard by yard. This possibly was an indi cation that - the Japanese, after giving up ; hundreds 1 of square miles of central Burma almost without resistance, would stiffen as; the fighting neared their vital Mandalay base. Early Gbins to Eurone To Arrange FDR's Trip SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Jan, 12 OP) Stephen Early, secretary to President Roo sevelt, will; come to Europe early next month at the request of su preme headquarters public rela weeks, supreme headquarters an nciunced tonight - I i It is expected that Early will make arrangements for a visit by President Roosevelt to France. which Is generally anticipated here. j :: i ; 4rF Draft Registrants Swarming Draft Boards PORTLAND, Jan. 12-(P)-4-F draft registrants some on crutches - are swarming draft boards and; army-navy recruiting offices here trying to get into uniform. ; r Goodwin of Portland, said the rush tarkd wh on WncViJntrr.ri' Impugned the patriotism of 4-Fs and talked ; of drafting them. Boards have told the men "stay on their jobs" until given official notice to leave Yankl Pilots Knock ! Ou 1 Tl, t i Y J L 1 f1 aP "j- EASTERN ii AIR - COMMAND HEADQUARTERS, India, Jan. 12 U. S. Seventh bombardment group , Liberators knocked down three enemy railway bridges along vital Japanese lines of communi cation yesterday and ran their score to Is spans destroyed in the last. 18 days. ; J 7 e laKes IeW Job - MIAMI, Fla., Jan. I2-(VEmiI 1, with a won and lost record of 16 find 3, took his seat! today as a , member of the Florida racing commission! He assumed office at ; a time when there is no horse and dbg racing. I think1 baseball Is doomed Just as .racing was," Yde commented, - LAST DAT! ' Bo& iHop nrrsTACE rr Dala Erans west side nrr r Oregon, Saturday Morning, January 13. 1345 TEiumbnaiS .War!::. ov (By VMt AjaocUted Pratl Pacific Air-sea naval - battle continues off Indo-China coast, with 25 Japanese ships sunk,1 IS damaged.' - ; "-'"v:- Philippines Yank sixth army takes San Carlos, vital ; Luzon highway 7 function, adv ances three more miles ; to encounter stiffening resistance. -- Western f Front Three allied armies chase ,German : - troops toward reich,' slicing -off entire west part Of Ardennes salient . Kusslarlnolent: battles mark beginning if soviet winter . of fensive in southern Poland; nazi Budapest garrison squeezed Into five-mile pocket. London RAF ' bombers raid Bergen, German submarine base in Norway' . ; ;. - Burma Air - supported Brit i s h troops capture Budalin, stronghold 60 miles northwest of Mandalay, in bitter fighting. , Gamp; Misses LogginTopls Law enforcement officers -Fri day were engaged in investigation of the theft of logging equipment and 4ool valued at $1103.83 from camp one anij one-half miles east of the f Karl Steiwer place, souyi of. Salem. L. M. (Duke) Larsen, 1130 South 22nd street. and ,S. E. Duncan, : Salem .hotel, owners of the equipment report ed the theft to Salem police,! Mar ion county sheriff and the ! state police. ' " - ' Principal items taken included 1000 feet of wire rope valued at $247; two pairs of climbing sets valued at 4102; 14 chokers, $358. 48, f six choker bells, $123: eight Royal Chinook bucking . saws. $100; and two falling saws, $38.50. The remainder of the missing property Included wedges, axes and mauls. ; 1 1 ... ' Patrols Busy In Italy W ar ROME, Jan. 12-rUPFThe entire Italian front has stirred- with sharp patrol action under improv ing weather conditions, and the American Fifth ' army has sent raiding parlies deep Into enemy territory andf fought bitter skir mishes with firmly entrenched German troops, the allied com mand announced today. Oner strong American party slipped into! the hamlet of Bar chetta near highway 65 less than 10 miles south of Bologna and found the town unoccupied, but a few minutes "later drew a barrage of enemy fire from high ground north of the town. This thrust marked the' furthest allied ad vance up the main Florence-Bo logna highway to date. ' rVfBY tW-f-vi' thoc obnq ;noT n 1 fofc CONT4 FROM ; 1 t 1 i How Showing! . . . . ' J . Ccanplot Owl Show After 12 P.M.! . , . . j Wild Exdtexnent ? cmd Romcmcel NIGEL BRUCE LEO CARR1LLO CO-HITl jr. ' " GLORIA JEAN r a 1 1 -.5 (...- 1ITVVS1 Flashes from Wccld Plane Firms ! To Concentrate On Superforts WASHINGTON, Jam -!-( UJS. aircraft factories this year will concentrate on B-29 Super fortresses, jet-propelled planes and other types classified as "hot," including several new navy fighters. . . ." ' i ? The goal is 82,250 pf all types. Oiairman J. A. Krug of ' the war f production board disclosed this - todays along ; with an an nouncement that the Boeing plant at Wichita, Kan, one of the four producing the Superfortress, turn ed out 100 of the giant bombers ln-December. He called ' this1 a wonderful job." . r Krug also, told reporters that the , Boeing plant at Benton, Wash., produced 35 s Superfort resses last month. :U , Press Meeting War Casualty EUGENE, Jan. 12-jP)The Ore gon Newspaper Publishers associ ation's 27th annual convention, scheduled for the University of Oregon February 9 and 10, ;has been cancelled, George TurnoulL acting dean of the school of Jour nalism, said today. I t ; Turnbull . explained . the state publishers were complying with War Mobilization Director; James F. Byrnes request that conven tions not vital to the war effort be abandoned. ! L 1. The decision was announced: af ter Lawrence E. Spraker, publish er of the Stayton Mail; Orlando J. Hollis, acting-president of the uni versity, and Carl C. Webb secre tary-manager of the association, conferred with Turnbull. Eugene Alan Is Guilty Of Violating Mann Act SACRAMENTO, Calif, Jani 12 -(P)-Lawrence Padilla Gonzales, Eugene, Ore, ' was sentenced; in federal court today to three years in prison for violating the Mann act; i' I 1 Gonzales, acting as his own at torney, i denied he transported Wilms Veda Ross across the Ore- gon-Calilornia border for pur poses tf prostitution. Mrs, Ross, held as a federal witness, was re leased. ENDS TODAY! ij BETTE GRABLE JACK BENNY "Mom About Town" ' ii " Bill . T.TJMBER Boyd JACK? tHC HOUSE THT HITS niltT" J - ? I CONT. FROM 1 PJ&L - Tomorrow! 11 I . - j ' ! ROMANCE! FUNI RIP-ROARING THRILLS1 muz . cmcx . may (3) . i CO-HIT! lays Kilter JnAillxdl Inf, Herd K!U Ins Meter Of The Plains! ."'MS TDMBLIIIG i . ' ' yfrainfflw ft - I A I 0MBLEVEEDS Fliers With 39 Jap Missions j Are Decorated 11TH AIRFORCE HEADQUAR TERS. ' Aleutians. Jan. 12 V- S The first crew of army airmen to j complete 39 successful missions over the Japanese homeland was decorated today bv Mai. Gen. Da venport Johnson, commander of the 11th airforce. and started ior home in the states. ; ! The crew of four officers and six enusiea men, who jjcviuwuj had been awarded r the Distin guish Flying Cross, today were given the Air Medal 4y General Johnson. - First crew to land in these bleak islands - a year ago, the group - Is returning without a scratch, and their plane, a Liber ator named "Lil De-icer," never once has been touched either (by an enemy bullet or anti-aircraft shell on the hazardous i missions over the northern Kuriles. " j In awarding the medals, Gen eral Johnson added: ' . ,"I flew! one mission "with you men and I am proud of you." None of the crew is from the Pacific northwest Pregohf Posse Elects Eyerly Oregon Mounted Posse mem ber reelected Capt Lee U. Eyer ly as their president at the an nual meeting- held late this week around the dinner table at the Golden Pheasant A large birth- Aav rlrm' with nuullei m. resenting the five years of the posse's ' organization . was ' cut by Eyerly. " - j The 'organization will . partici pate in more events this year than last Eyerly declared as he ad dressed the horsemen. Extra ef fort will be made to participate where, promotion of the sale; of war bonds or some other needed war work is" required, the organ ization agreed. i; t m 7 SlarlsTodav 2uS? : I 1 heir Lips vere v . . sriS - - j:-v lu ViCTO WA4 'III ...uaunuu... BIGGEST... tii BEST ... tin rot FJLCITIXS EIT Mi xr Mwmm j I 1 1. . 1 j rs Flags to Fly Over Firms With Veterans Urging all business and Indus trial leaders in this; area to co operate in the program-to em ploy veterans, Cmdi. W i 1 1 1 a m Croghan of Salem chapter No. 8, Disabled American Veterans, an nounced Friday thaV flag now being designed shortly will fly over establishments where World War II veterans are employed. ' The flag will Indicate the num Vr - of ; veterans on ! the payroll wherever it is hung. Industry should be iust as DTOUd to dis- play.it as it has been to fly star studded service nags; snowing nw number of .employes who have, gone into the armed forces, Croghan maintains, j.. The DAV Is, of course, espe cially interested in the employ ment of disabled veterans. We of the DAV are proud of the fact that surveys show the disabled man can be as godd a worker as an able-bodied man," tne com mander said. " I -." ' ; : CONTINUOUS . tODAY How Sfeoning! 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