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1 1 Column res ...... - - ui vauuiuu VT i : i : - ' ' ' ' ' : ' ! To my desk has come a beauti fully printed brochure on . "Me morials that Live," a publication of the American Commission for living War Memorials. It con tains suggestions for utilizing re creational facilities as .war me morials. The program is encour aged by the national committee on physical fitness. The idea is to divert community cash that might otherwise go into bronze or mar bla statues into parks, play ground, sports centers. r Certainly there is need for com munities to provide adequate fa cilities for recreation and athlet ics. A playneld, a bridle path, swimming pool, a ski run, a itadi urn they are valuable in promot ing the physical well-being of the people, particularly the youth, of community. As such they serve -. appropriately, as living war me morials. : i Nor is there much to be said in defense of many of the stock mod . el statues which have absorbed the dollars of communities after our various wars. In the middle west fsoldieii,s monuments' of 1 post civil war vintage provide doubtful adornment of many town squares. But if the idea of the "living memorial" is that expenditure of a f waste" "then I beg to dissent There are statues and statues, -and the, copybook bronzes sold out of catalogs ought not to be compared with the real works of art (Continued on editorial page) ; GI Given Life Term for Sale U.S. Gasoline - PARIS, Jan. 13--Pvt. Level Eaiy was sentenced to life im prisonment today by a court man tial at headquarters - of the Oise section for . the -illegal sale of 20 gallons of U. S. army gasoline to the French black market. . . , Two other enlisted men were sentenced to 25 years at hard labor for their part in train-looting black market deals by members Of a U.S. army railway battalion. j , They were found guilty, in a general court martial session en livened by th. protest "of ' Sgt. Frank C. Pozzi of Chicago, that army investigators "threatened me with perjury until I decided to sign the confession.', '- . The second defendant, Sgt Wal ter O. Torsell of Portland, Ore., testified ; that an investigator threatened me verbally with a rubber hose," Iut he admitted par ticipating in the thefts of post exchange supplies from trains and ellinf the cigarettes and other Items to the black market. , The testimony of undercover agents pictured an atmosphere of corruption along, the railway line from Dreux to Paris. Unbelievable sums of maney" circulated In poker games 'among these men, they added. Wayne Seif er Dies in Action GEKVAIS, Jan. 13 Wayne Seller, son of "Mr! 'and Mrs. Mar tin ! Seif er. - was killed in action December 13, in Germany. Infor mation was received by his par ents from the war department. A letter written December ! had just been received by his par ents when the notification of his death arrived. Requiem mass was celebrated at Sacred Heart Cath olic church, of which parish his parents are members. PFC Lloyd Reed Is Killed in Action PFC Lloyd Reed,' son of Mrs. Nellie Reed, route 4, was killed in action December 8 on Leyte. Th. information was received by his mother Thursday in a tele- cram from i the , war department. He was with the 77th infantry di vision. Lloyd Reed was an only son. He was born January 5, 1919 : lr.;: , - Cattle JMen Assail Ceilings, Subsidies , DENVER, Jan. 13-ifl-Western cattle men demanded the abolition " of ceiling prices on beef .cattle and termed the government's-subsidy program a 'grave threat" to pro ducers and feeders in resolutions adopted at the American, National Live Stock association convention in Denver today. . - The farm census and the AAA were cited as :"rieedless activities.' j Partly Cloudy f with tain "showers developing late today in the mid-Willamette valley area, predicts U.S. weather bureau at McNary rield, Salem, " s inNETY -FOURTH YEAR Americans Patrols Hit Inland Within 90 Miles Eight-Mile Gain Chalked Against Light Resistance By James Hntcheson GENERAL Mac ARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Luzon, Sun day, Jan. 1 4-(P)-American motor patrols have pushed inland 20 miles at two points along the Lu zon island invasion front, to the vicinity of the towns of Urblz tondo' and Bayambang. . Gen." Douglas MacArthur's com munique covering action to mid night Friday said the advances were eight miles ahead of the pre vious day positions, against con tinuing light resistance. Urbiztondo' is about 18. miles rom the Lipgayen gull coast, where the - Americans made a beachhead last Tuesday, and Bay ambang is around 20 miles inland. Both towns are located' on road junctions, and both are on the Agno river which cuts across th northern Luzon plain - and then swings northward to the gulf. The Agno river is the first for midable natural barrier to be reached in the southward, drive of units of Lt. Gen; Walter Krue- ger's Sixth army, j "The enemy is as yet either un able or unwilling to seriously challenge our offensive drive into the (Luzon) central plains," tho communique ' said, j The central plains, which form the bath southward toward stra' tegic Clark field and Manila, he latter about SO miles below Bay ambang. range from 30 to 50 mues wide and will provide perhaps the" first opportunity for the wide employment of tanks. During the daytime Wednesday fighter planes destroyed 50 small enemy craft along! the west coast of Luzon near Vigan, The craft were mostly barges which may have been attempting to get sup plies to Nipponese troops in north ern Luzon. ! American air units continued their bombing and strafing of Japanese equipment on highways and railroads from Manila bay northward. The Japanese made one bid in strength in the air, choosing allied shipping in Lingayen gulf and to the west of; Luzon for their tar gets. Twenty enemy planes were shot down by allied air patrols and ships' antiaircraft The Nip ponese planes succeeded in doing only minor damage, the comma nique said. Nis6i Finds No Prejudice PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 13-)- Not "the slSghtestj hint" of racial prejudice has greeted Ted Hachi ya, 25-year-old Japanese-Ameri can who returned; to Portland two days ago to take: over his small hotel, he said today. "I am happy to say that my re port to fellow Nisei will be that the people of Portland bear us no ill will because of our ancestry,' declared Hachiya, former Univer sity of Oregon student He said greetings from his many friends have been whole-hearted. Relocation camps were "great opportunities fori romance," he reported, explaining that it was there he met his wife. Before his return ' here he worked in Salt Lake City. : Cpmpuhory Compensation and Three-Way Insurance Sought Compulsory compensation for workers, a choice of three kinds of insurance in fact, a virtual re vision of a major share of Ore gon's - workman's compensation law would be j effected under provisions of a j bill now about ready for introduction In the 43rd legislature. ; V . I Nearly all employers would be subject to the compensation law, under the proposal, and employ ers would have! their choice of state Insurance, self 'insurance, or private-company insurance, unof ficial sources disclosed: Saturday. Farm labor, domestic servants and certain other classes of work ers would be ; excepted, but any employers exempted could elect to come under provisions of the law if they so elect i (The present law applies only to employers In haz- 23 PAGES of Nayy Shrouds Sea Attack in Secrecy ; Continuance Likely Uj S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD- QUARTERS, Pearl :; Harbor, Jan. li-yry-iiiv&i secrecy today drew a curtain over the US Third fleet's assault on Japanese convoys off the French Indo-China Coast, -and the silence suggested perhaps a new phase of the operation. The regular fleet communique made no mention of the attack, which began Thursday (US time) with! carrier raids which sank 25 Japanese; warships and I damaged 13 others. , I ! - :- ' -: ' Apparently the Japanese had been trying to sail, 1000 ' miles cross the China sea to Luzon. 6 Takes OveirVitM I Power Plant CLEVELAND, Jan. 13HPHn- dustrial production in the Cleve land area returned to full wartime tempo today with army! officers in charge of Cleveland ! Electric Illuminating Co., facilities, seized to terminate a strike by 1400 coal passers and maintenance men. President Roosevelt ordered the war department to take over the utility after 40 maior waif Droduc- ers Voluntarily . reduced power consumption SO to 75 per cent be low normaL Industrial! its jMid countless man-hours of w rk were lost. The company pulled no switches but appealed for curtailment as it warned that the striket which broke out yesterday ' noon, would strangle .the community's indus trial and transportation facilities and halt service to 300,000 domes tic consumers. Acting Secretary ci wan John J. McCldy stated Cleveland! district factories were "building! a sub stantial part of all our tanks, guns, trucks, planes and other! critical war equipment." Patrols Jab Near Bologna By Sid Feder ROME, Jan. 13 -iffy- American Fifth army combat patrols jabbing deep 'into the enemy's lines at the center el' the Italian front have struck less' than nine miles from Bologna, industrial metropolis and gateway to the central Po valley, and i encountered Vicious resist- ancejj the Allied . command an - nouncea tOdWr , p , i j -This penetration at Canovetta, just west of the main Florence- Bologna highway, and another by a patrol which attacked San An- sano a mile southwest of Cano- vettatj both ran into blazing Ger- man rme, grenaae ana mortar fire. The company assaulting Cano - vetta withdrew under Cover of Allied wtillery after: an exchange Of fire. eThe San AnsanO group ancmpiea w cross s uie oavena river, a stream which runs north ward almost into the Bologna city limits before curving eastward, but as thev reached the shore the doughboys were greeted by strons mortar barrage and Were forced to return to their own lines. ardous businesses, and even they may reject the act). f - Sponsors said benefits, under the 'proposed measure, would ap proximate 17 per cent higher than those) currently obtaining; A sev en-day waiting period and a max imum of $7,500 for death or dis- abUity would be provided. Emnlovers. some of whom have evinced no desire for the; change, would a.hsnrh th mntirtt rrtst nf providing the compensation, as ; 4,- h wherein emoloves also contribute Several labor leaders have said M ahila Arniy they would oppose I the proposal John - Brysonf .. correspondent of and indicated they intend, instead, the Blue network, reported from to ask amendments to the present London tonight. . The 1 Swiss re law, ! including increased benefits ports said the Germans felt their and more attention to the ecu- estimated SO to 24 divisions on pational disease phase. , (Legislative news page 6.) Satan. Orqaxw Sunday MofxJng, Jaaaarj 14. 1S4S Senate to Meet At 10 Tomorrow; House Set for 11 The Oregon ; state senate and house of representatives will re convene tomorrow morning for the second week's session which state- house sources said Saturday may see the beginning of a veritable deluge of bills expected to be introduced before the 43rd meeting ends. The senate will take up at 10 a. ra, the house an hour later. Expected to receive prompt ac tion is the senate-aDDroved resolu- tion providing "for an investiga- tion of Oregon's liquor dealings, including the WaterfiU and Fras jer purchase which unofficial sources estimated Saturday al ready had netted the state a gross profit -of $2,400,000., ? pther controversial measures also were understood to be ready to run the gamut within the next few days. ' l; (Legislature stories page f ) Gordon Makes For Academy WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -UP)- Senator Guy Cordon (R-Ore) has Introduced a bill to establish a federal naval ' academy, "on the Pacific coast, similar to the mea sure sponsored by his predecessor, the late San. Charles L. McNary. Cordan said experiences in this war may change the status of the war and navy departments, whose Opposition thus far has prevented ?" - ln ioe scnoot would : strengthen coast defenses, he asserted, be cause men trained in that area would have a : more thorough knowledge of geographical factors, meeting every type of climate, terrain, and navigable water. pverRuian Pact Eliding ' By the Associated. Press Japanese! concern over possible Russian moves in the Pacific war Were expressed by a Nipponese commentator beamed to unoccu pied China Saturday night ( Japa nese time). j "Stalin will be forced to show his hand in the Pacific war be fore April next," said the Domei news agency commentator. He was referring i to the prob able meeting 'Of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin and ' the April deadline for a declaration 6f intention by either party to the j Japanese-Russian non-aggression f pact. f -The Domei comment, broadcast 1 j v e r -the Japanesecontrolled Sinpannr radio and lntrrentjd by the federal communications commission, pointed out that the non-aggression pact with Russia, signed in April, 1941, for a period of five : years, ! provides that j should either of the parties de- sire to terminate the treaty it must give notice of ; the intention (one year in advance of the termi Uatioi date. Failure to cive such n0Uc4 automatically renews the ( fratv for nnnthor fJv vm tV,o Domei broadcast said. Q,eck Up 0n this t"'" r r ajFelloW Next Year I f PORTLAND,. Jan, 13-)-Rolf Passer, metal telepathist who stated in New York City's Rain- TS& 1941 that declare war on Japan the following. Dec. or 7, predicted today the European wor would end Nov. 28, 1945. The war with Japan will end Jan. 6, 1946, said Passer, here for a night club engagement. I "Nobody wrote me a -postcard or sent me a turkey when toy 1941 prediction' came true," he lamen ted. g . Na2g ReaJy J , To Leave Italj I.. , I NEW YORK, Jan. 13 -(J)- . The German hicn command has ae- J cided to abandon all of Italy, say reports from Zurich, Switzerland, the Italian front had accomplish New Attempt Japs Worry led their main purpose. inter Campaign Started i ; j ' I i-t ..;--:v-Reds Smash 25 Miles; Big Vise Qoses on Nazis By Skhard Kasischke LONDON, Sunday, .Jan. 14-W Premier -Marshal" Stalin an nounced last night that the . red army had, opened its eagerly awaited waiter offensive on the eastern front, breaking through 25 miles toward the heart of Ger many on a, 37-mile front in south em. Poland. Striking powerfully beyond the Vistula river, the Russians swept to within 69 miles of industrial German Silesia, reaching , the Nida river, lasts big water barrier be fore the reich frontier. A "deci sive'' soviet barrage 'from massed cannon payed the way across the frozen plains, Stalin said in a spe cial order at the day. Millions en Move Berlin reports said 2,500,000 Russian troops were on the move. The newf blow put Germany in a giant vise with more than a dozen' allied armies striking con ceitedly from east and west Overruning more than 350 places in two days the Russians drove to within 36 miles north east' of Krakow and to within 11 miles southeast of Kieloe, threat ening to collapse the entire Ger man, front between Warsaw and Krakow. l' The northern end of the west ward-moving Russian front was 100 ; miles south of Warsaw and 45 miles west of Sandomierz, Vis tula .river bridgehead base. Defense Lines Smashed Over jnuddy ground the Rus sians smashed three successive German : defense lines in attacks supported by an artillery barrage which, prisoners said was so "hell ish" that someunits lost half of their personnel, reported a mid night soviet bulletin. Russian engineers picked a path hr ought thick minefields for waves of Infantrymen, and the communique supplement said the terrain wai strewn "with thou sands of enemy corpses, broken equipment, arms and war ma terial." i . ! i . Berlin: reports, describing the Polish offensive as "the, greatest of all time," said that two other major soviet offensives had be gun in German East Prussia and southern Czechoslovakia accom panied by smaller attacks at in tervals along a 600 -mile front from Memel in the, north down to stricken (Budapest in Hungary, where the German garrison ap peared to be on its but legs. Bombers Hit Rhine Bridges LONDON, Jan. 13 Ameri can I heavy , bombers ' struck at seven Rhine river bridges from Bingen to south of Karlsruhe to day in the first blow of a systemat ic assault designed to wreck every span over the stream and make it is7 impossible for the enemy to supply -or to rescue his armies on the western front. 4 ' Swarming over " western Ger many again after two days of idleness forced by the weather. more than 900 Liberators and Fly ing Fortreses, protected by more thon ,400 Mustangs and Thunder bolts, pounded vital railway spans at Rudesheim, Worms, Mannheim, Germesheim and Karlesruhe and two at Manx.' U Later in the afternoons force of RAF Lancasters with a Mustang escort dumped a -concentration of heavy bonibs " on railway yards at Saarbrucken, immediately ; be hind the Nazi- counteroffensive aimed at Alsace, and Lorraine. Newsprint Cut : Little in 1944 NEW YORK, Jan. 15-(VConi- blned 1944 : newsprint paper pro duction in Canada, Newfoundland and the United States at 3,531,383 toas was only one per 'cent under that of 1943, the news print ser vice. bureaii reported today. " Canadian output for the - year at 24)91,782 tons compared - with 2,982,797 In 1943 and with 3,425, 865 In 1941, base year for current newsprint use restrictions. " - ' United States mills turned out 719,802 tons, against 804,853 In 1943 and 1,014312 in 194L AS TOM Britain Status T6 . , ' ,' ..;.: ;J .... Be Aired Change in Times Indicates Big-3 Conference J Set LONDON, Jan.' lS-ThJ gov ernment announced tody1 it bad' decided to hold full-dress debate on the general war situation a week earlier than previously, plan ned, and this led : to speculation that a date already had been set for the impending conference of the "big three." , Prime . Minister Churchill .will open debate next Thursday with his report to commons reviewing the war and the Greek crisis and the debate will continue through Friday. ', - I - Meeting Believed Near i ' I With President Roosevelt's in auguration Jan. 20, there is little or no chance of the "big three" meeting before then, but there is a general feeling here that the pres ident, Churchill and Marshal Sta lin of Russia will meet either late this month or early, in February. Britain's whole military and diplomatic position faxes a full airing after the return of commons from the holiday recess Tuesday. Already laborites and independ ents have drawn up a list of sharp questions to fire at the prime minister in an attempt to clarify the situation in Greece. J An announcement by the con servative whip said the general war debate would open Thursday instead of Jan. 23. Previously, onlx the Greek situation had been expected to be considered next week; 'i In the face of admitted differ! ences among the Allies, diplomats here looked for the president's in augural address and - Churchill's war review to give a possibly:fur ther exposition of both American and British policy, clearing the path for the "big three" 'meeting. Planes Attack Nazi Cbnvoy ! Off Sweden ! STOCKHOLM, Jan.US.-ij-Al lied planes today attacked a Ger man convoy in the Kattegat off Sweden's west coast in the heavi est such battle yet observed Swed ish press reports declared. Observers on the coast reported seeing a great many Allied planes attacking German vessels and said they could "clearly see bomb hits' on the ships. The sky was alight with tracer shells. At the same time several waves of foreign planes were reported flying toward 1 Germany through fog at low attitudes over southern Sweden south of Goteborg. wheth er they were German or Allied was not known here. ! Sailor Eludes Japs for Two Years inlPhilippines MIAMI, Fla Jan. 13.-(iip)rThe navy permitted a 23-year-old sail or to describe for the first jtime today how he outwitted the ! Jap anese for two years and two weeks on half i a dozen enemy-infested Philippine islands after; his escape from a prison camp. f !f - Aviation machinist mate; Charles O. Watkina of St Petersburg, tFUu, was rescued Aug.; 81, 1944, before American forces invaded the ha ippines. ' Once Watkins and two other escaped Americans killed, a Japa nese sympathizer who was plan ning to betray them; The - sailor was awarded a purple heart be cause of a knife wound received in the fight - 4 : - His worst experience came when he was stricken with malaria in January, 1944.- . ' ; .- ;"ljwaa pretty sick for a while. I was with a few . soldiers, ; and we managed to get a little quin - Price Sc . - ' I V-Bombs Bring Puzzles; Humor Termed Feeble By the Associated press V-bombs which fell recently in southern England also' dropped English language crossword puz zles, the London radio said yes terday in a broadcast reported by the OWI. Black squares on . the puzzle, the broadcast said, formed -a "V-l". and the questions and ans wers j accompanying the puzzle were described as "rather feeble and heavy, handed" attempts at humor. For. instance, the -answer to "He - wants . 11 you've got," turned out to be "Roosevelt,'! the broadcast added. . . Allies Land Behind Japs g SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND HEADQUARTERS, Kandy. Cey lon, Jan. 13-(VThe allies have made a new landing on the- west coast of Burma behind retreating Japanese ' forces below Akyab, establishing a bridgehead with the aid of naval'and air bombardment against strong oposi tion, the allied command announced today. I . The allied forces stormed ashore on Myebon peninsula in Hunters bay, approximately 32. miles southeast of the city of Akyab, big Burmese port captured in an amphibious operation Jan 3 with out firing a shot Commando troops pushed two miles north of the landing scene, reaching a point 800 yards from the town of Myebon. The entire operation threatened the road and river., escape routes of Japanese forces pulling back all along the coast. Unlike the capture of Akyab, the landing on Myebon encountered firm Japanese opposition, partic ularly artillery and machinegun fire. U. S. Editors in London to Ask Press Freedom : By Komney Wheejer LONDON, Jan. 13-- Three members of a committee of the American Society of Newspaper Editors which hopes to prevent barriers in the future exchange of world news arrived in London to day on the first leg of a Journey around the world. Wilbur Forrest of the New York Herald-Tribune, chairman, said that the group probably would re main in London 10 days for talks before proceeding - on a similar undertaking in liberated and neu tral countries of Europe and; the Middle East - ' Other members were Carl W. Ackerman, dean of the Columbia School of Journalism, and Ralph McGilL editor of the Atlanta Con stitution. ' ine, but not nearly enough." j . Watkins was captured by the Japanese when Fort Hughes; fell May , 1942. : He escaped from a camp on the island of Palaman in August 1842, with a buddy, aviation ordnance- man Joe Paul little of Seattle, Wash-' who was rescued before Watkins. . , The life of a fugitive was rug ged, the sailor said, but was much better than in a Japanese prison camp. - ;-. The' fugitives lived mostly n rice, although, they occasionally they killed wild cattle., : "Then we would really feast on fresh cooked meat and dry the rest for future use," he said. But at least three times their fortunes ebbed and they ate mon key meat : f - f H "It tasted pretty fair anything tastes good when you get hung ry,H he explained. ;; i Akyab No. 257 i ' 1 General Assault Begins Air Force Hits; Germans Pulling" Out of Salient ' ' tj i By Asstin . Bealsaear PARIS, Sunday, Jan. 14.-fl Field Marshall Karl Von Rund stedt's German armies continued to fall back through their Arden nes salient last nigh as the U. S. First Army in a grand attempt to ' cut off from the reich these re treating enemy forces scored gains of up to two miles in a general assault against the Ger mans northern flank. ' ' The first army , struck before dawn from south of Malmedy and Stavelot toward St Vith, Belgium town four miles from the German, border, where Von Rundstedt was expected to make his next stand against the mounting! Allied drive. Near Escape 'Bead 7 j J 1 To the southwest tanks reached Mont-LeBan,' a village only . mile from the last j good escape road from Houffalize German base which once was the center of the shrunken Belgian salient German resistance; was light at first but stiffened during the day. The enemy used tanks against the advancing. Yanks, and supported his infantry with heavy artillery fire especially in thj area north and northwest of Stj.Vith, which the Germans apparently mean to hold as long as possible. They need it to protect the junction there through which a large part of their retreating forces must pass. Air Forces Hit Hard I As fair weather enabled Allied -air forces to strike I hard at the withdrawing " Germans, returning, pilots reported heavy enemy move ments eastward. Among the col umns attacked was one proceed ing to the northeast toward Prum, indicating that some; forces have been pulled out of the salient al together and not only through the Siegfried line but deeper into Ger many. i British troops from the west ranged ahead to within seven miles of HoutfalizeL The Third army on the south flank sped the German withdrawal in gains of two and, a half miles on a seven- mile front west of Bastogne that Ironed out a three-mile corner on the southwest of the 'salient V Retreat Indicated ' These blows, coupled with the menace posed by thp First army far to the northeast, Indicated that the -Germans . might ibe forced to fall back all the way to the Sieg fried line inside Germany. It was disclosed that the U. S. Ninth army had taken over almost all the Roer river front to the north. (German broadcasts made nd claims of gains,, but ! asserted that the French had lost 8000 troops in the bitter fighting south of Stras bourg.) i Girl, 17, Drowns 'After Jump From Broadway Bridge PORTLAND, Jan 13-P- Har bor patrolmen recovered the body of Maxine Parker from the Wil lamette river today an hour after she Jumped from the Broadway bridge. A pedestrian crossing .the span notified police.! Stockman to Push. For Umatilla Dam WASHINGTON,! Jan. IS Rep. Stockman (R-Ore) will ask congress to authoriie the Umaf tma dam near Hermiston" ai i separate project if the omnibus rivers and harbors hill is reject ff ed in this session, he said today. Stockman said the dam would- be, named "McNary dam" as man ument to the late republican sen ate leader. ,,.--! - i