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Thiessen Will '
Head Justices
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Of the Peace
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; 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 '
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:- 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
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Comedy nit Nov t
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"At the Caxe Door Cajateea"
Air-Naval Battle Reported
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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
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. Vcierans Hall"
Corner Heod and
Church Streets
Meste by
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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
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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 '
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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
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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
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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, -
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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. ;
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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. '
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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
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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;
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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 -." ' ; :
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