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PAGE TWO J- Olympia Solon Seeks Oregon's i'r OLYMPIA, Jan. 29 -VStat Sen- Earl S. Coe (D-Benton-Klic-kftat, Skamania, Franklin,) called Cpon' th state land board today ia' adopt j( policy of selling state timber in the interests of Wash ington "industries. ! ,"ln , KBckitat and Skamania counties aldne, we have lost 15 mills in the past "four years be cause powerful Oregon interests were able to come in and outbid. them for the timber they needed to keep running, Coe said. '- V "What we need in our state is . land board policy of protection and' legislation that will do for i "Washington industries Just what Oregon has done for its own." Coe : said - that under an Ore- . gon act of 1937, the right la re served to award the timber to a bidder other than the ' highest bidder "in order to provide a con tinued suply of timber to local Industry so as to assure the per manence of the community which Is dependent -upon such industry. f Continuation of the present 'system, which he said has cost te lumber industry m his dis trict an annual payroll loss of t :.0UO. means large interest 1-t'i"atly will entirely freeze out mall "gyppo" loggers, Coe con ' tended. ' . '' ' Portland Irked Over Trains at Crossings PORTLAND, Jan. 20 -JPf- City Commissioner Dorothy , McCul lough Lee today asked the South ern Pacific railroad to find some way of breaking , trains and allow ing street traffic to continue when freights are stalled at crossings in the city. ' In the last three weeks traffic was blocked seven times at three principal crossings for periods of 10 to 1 44 minutes and many other times J for shorter periods, she said in a protest to the railroad's sup erintendent, L. P. Hopkins. re u or Timhc Policy !. - J ivv- ;?vi "ia- erA 1 ? rvv - rs Js J V VN i.ui ONtheHOME FRONT - By ISABEL CHILDSj We've ordered- a microscope, black scholar's cap, . an oversized notebook and a filing cabinet with alphabetical- indices and shortly expect to undertake a momentous bit of research which our friends have urged upon vs. V '. , ' v-' -. " Already, we've caused a survey ef the salvage boxes on" street corners, the scrap paper baled in our- own - shop, the Congressional Record and other places where such musty materials might be found. . What we have been asked to do is not simple. , ' We may have to call on the reading public for as sistance. Our research will have one goal: To discover whatever happened to our Y-day plans. Political Asp ect Brightens in Weary Greece. ATHENS, Jan. 20.;p)-Ciarifi- cation of the British attitude and reports of release of a high pro portion of hostages, held by the Elas brightened the political as pect of Greece's troubled truce to day. ; " . ' ' ' -, An international Red Cross dele gate from Switzerland, returning to Athens tonight after 10 days in Elas territory, said Elas cen tral committeemen had authorized the chief of the international Red Cross committtee mission here to take possession of all hostages ex cept those which Elas considered responsible for bringing about the crisis among the Greeks. The Elas retained the right to held prisoners who had been de tained in the Averoff prison, most of them for political reasons, said communique issued by the Red Cross. The Elas captured more than 100 prisoners from Averoff, including many suspected of col laborating with the Nazis during the occupation of Greece. Ban . vu choice olwars ptivaie ttlolist' XrWt""10 Uoo'. A0 , requited. -. The Traffic Deaths Total 250, Gain Of 170vcr'43 Traffic fatalities ill Oregon for 1$44 totalled -.. 230 persons, in street and highway i accidents, Secretary of State Robert .S.. Far- jr, said Saturday. It . was that the figure was sub ject to reisions later reports are received. The' 1944 toll was" 17 higher than that in 1943. I Pedestrian toll. for 1944 was 74, compared to 86 in 1943, a decrease of 14 per cent- .' - - Grade crossing fatalities soared to 24, compared -to seven in 1943. Astoria was the only major city to go through the year with out a traffic fatality. ; Count by Cities ". Tollowing were the fatalities for cities of 10,000 or more- popu lation (for 1944 and 1943 m that order): ' $ Portland, 48, 52 r Bend 1, 0; Eu gene 2, 1; Astoria 0, 2; Klamath Falls 1, 0; Medford 1, 4 Salejn 4, 1. ' jv'T; ' ; . "' During the period from June 9, 1943, to June 30, 1944, jr total of 46,364 owners or driver! were in volved in j traffic accidents com ing under the state motor vehicle financial responsibility i law of 1943, Farrell reported to the leg islature. - . Proofs of financial responsibil ity furnished within 45 days as required by ' t h act numbered 3907. -. ; f - Revocations of licenses aggre gated 1978 and suspensions 2981. Of the revocations, 1709 swere due to : driving while intoxica ted, 18 for hit and -run while intoxicated and 168 for driving while licenses were revoked. Of the suspensions, 2765 resulted from traffic acci dents 'and 92 for unsatisfied Judgments. . 5 I . Safety Werk Ctte4 f Operators cases7 (drivers oper ating ears not registered in their names) numbered . 2668. -There were 1244 cases where, proof was furnished by certificate of insur ance. The number of Judgments satisfied subsequent to suspension of Judgment debtors' license since , ; -Private . cotl. TO wi f.:-::l ':!:r" co vUin W ..todtiqn ! .. j . CSEGOri STATESMAN;' Salami 7iumbna!3 off War! IBj th Associated Press) - . Western Front French First army gains, 3 miles J south of Americans r toC strike I powerful blow for liberation of "Alsace. : ; Russia Red troops span, War ; ta river in JO-mile drive away ! from Warsaw, reaching 210 miles east of Berlin. j ' " '. Italy Planes raid Nazi sub ; hideouts in Mediterranean, caus ing explosions and fire; Canad- lank -capture i. strong 'points v.on. - Senio river. ' ? " China Army' reveals mass movement of Chinese troops by ? plane to halt Jap threat against Chungking. ... ; y Pacific cArthur.1 troops "secure. 37 miles of, Luzon's! pruw s cipal north-south highway, sev- ering enemy forces. :' x 15 j y r . I . ; State Pioneer . CORVALLIS, Jan. 2Q - (ff) -Williamj Edward Fendali, born in Willamina December ' 15, 1834 and one of the oldest Oregon natives, died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. G. E. Wilson, - at NortonaY Lincoln 'county. ' His father Charles E. Fendali came to Oregon with the Apple fate wagon train in 1843. Parents of his mother, Amanda Rodger Fendallj came to Oregon in 1848. The family claims early American ancestry dating from 1620. : Re is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Wilson, Nortons; Mrs. Otis Hamar, Nashville, and three sons, t. C Fendali, Corvallis, and Fred and Arthur Fendali, both of Port land. Rites will be held at Willa mina Sunday.' j July 1, 1933, was' fixed at 247. Farrell said that because of the traffic safety campaign, conducted under an act of the 1937 legisla ture, and other safety measures Oregon's traffic' death rate has been reduced from the peak of nearly 16 fatalities per 100,000, 000 miles of travel to nine fatali ties, i ; The Salem Deaconess Hospital Service Plan as presented is for the determined purpose of guarding the Health bf every indi vidual and every family in Marion, Polls and Linn Counties. I.. If you do not rocoivo in the mail an Application with detailbd information; write or phono the! Salem Deaconess Hospital I 1 Oregon. SjiadayIorniag. Jcmuaryil 1945 Architect Hired To Plan New JaU Quarters- Frederick II. ELcy, Salem archi tect, Saturday Xwai awarded the contract by the county for furnish ing the plans,. specifications, in spection and supervision of the re modeling of the old sheriff a living quarters into additional jail quar ters for women and Juveniles. He will receive $350 for the 'work, j f ' The basement will be divided into two compartments. The one to be used for boys will be divided into, iour cells, three "of which win accomodate two boys each, the fouth, four boys. The woman's compartment will accomodate sii women or girl,'-:.-1,'; ' ' ' . ! : The, floor will be of concrete, the , walls ' of some heavy metal with bars oyer all openings. There will be two separate rest rooms, with; showers.' After estimates of cost of material are furnished the court win decide whether to un dertake the venture! as a county work: project or whether to ask for bids from contractor for work and material. : i ' SUyerton Man Dies Saturday SILVERTON, Jan, 20 James W. Eskew, 57i city employe of Sllverton, died unexpectedly Sat urday night here. He had suffered a heart attack at noon while at work at the city ' hall and had been taken to bis home. He had resided here for a year, coming west from Nebraska. H j 'fWvhring are the widow, Cora Mae Eskew of the home; six chil dren, Lyman G. with the U. S. army in France, Vernon ; W. with the armed services in the PhiU tppines, Mrs. Dorothy Carlson of Sioux Falls, S. D, Alma, James, Jrand Wilma, all of the home; l a brother, C L. Eskew of Belling- fiin,i wasa and two sisters, Mrs. Lula Wlghtman and. Mrs. John Gray of Sidney, Iowa. I Funeral . arrangements will be announced later from the Ekman funeral home, . : f 665 S. m n .' r n ! Ambassador to Brazil WASHI NGTON, Jan.: 20 -( Adolf A. Berle: was sworn in to day as ambassador! to Brazil and said he would j leave 'Monday by plane f orchis newj post i J- ju . Berle resigned recently t as as sistant secretary of state- iHe re places Jefferson Caffery, now ambassador to France, : in Brazil. Marion4HClub Leaders Elect Mrs. William Wiederhehr bf Sid ney was elected president of the Marion County! 4-H club, leaders association at Jthe annual meeting Saturday. Mrs. Willow Evans f Eldriedge'was elected; first vice president and Elmer Jeskey of Aurora, second vice president; Mrs. Ralph . Cartwright of Pros pect was named secretary-treasurer. Esther,KipejH.of doverdale was named member at large on the board. " j f ; i Between . 35 and 40 members attended the meeting at I which plans for the year were discussed. James Bishop, Marion county dub leader, and Marjorie Tye, Marion county home demonstration agent, addressed the meeting, h ? The Marion county ; 4-H . spring show will be held April 23 through 27. .This was decidedNat the Mar ion county leader meeting in Sa lem Saturday. j , ' Installation of the officers will be held at the meeting March 10 when final plans 4 for the t spring show , will be ' again discussed. - 3185 Yank Officers, Men Court Martialed W A SH IKGTON Janl 20 jp) American general courts martial tried 3185 officers: and enlisted men for offenses committed in the United Kingdom during a two-' year period, the Army and Navy Journal said today.) The unofficial publication add ed that of the ' total, 2858 were convicted and 327 acquitted. mm: Winter j H Phone j 4127 or 459 !: Salem Oregon Jplin Stulir Dies as Res uli 0 In juriesg t John Stuhr. 67 1545 T r d e street, died late Saturday as j re sult of injuries received in art) ac cident at his work at the Call fornia Packing company Friday. Stuhr fell from, a; ramp in f the warehouse of' the companr,Jand broke a leg. He was immediately rushed to a Salem hospital and seemed in good condition, but failed ; to revive from surgical treatment bite, Saturday.' - ( ' Stuhr had been an employe of the company for the past two sea sons. He is survived by his. wife, Mary of the home; two daughters, Mrs. - Velma KnapkQ. and Mrs. Dorothy Nixon of Salem; five sons Clifford, of Sublimity, Marvin and Herbert of Salem, Leonard, with the U. S. army at Ft Knox KyH and Robert with ; the U." S.' army overseas. .-;;-v;V v;;-:;t..v . Other survivors Sxe three broth ers, (Henry, Chris, and Charles Stuhr of Manning; la.; seven sis ters, Mrs. ' MoQie Bohnsack, Mrs. Louise Windish, v Mrs. Minnie Frahn, Mrs. Lena . Coleman and Mrs. Tillie Bohnsack, all of Mason City, la, Mrs Doris Stoelk of Manning, Ia, and Mrs. Eva Kruse of Carrol, Ia and 10 grandchil dren. ' - : " -' Funeral - arrangements . will ; be announced later from the Clough Barrick company. " ,i - Man Found in Alley,s Stabbed and Beaten i ; VANPORT CITY, Jan. 20 -() Walter Thomas Jones, 38, negro, was held incounty jail today in the stabbing of Peter Arthur Gil bert, 35, ; Brazilian, who was found seriously cut and beaten in an . alley near, hut war housing apartment . - ;..; - ti Gilbert was cut about the head and legs and suffered two wounds in the chest believed - to - have punctured his lungs. Police seized Jones after the victim recovered and told them he and Jones, both Swan - Island shipyard workers, had quarreled. I- Service Ilnfl Bala Hospital Benefit ' ' ' ' ' Wards Semi-private Private Individual 7.20 . $ 9.00 $12X0 Husband and wife $14.40 $18X0 $24.00' Sabscriber and one . . . child bet ween aires of V '-' 1 1 and 19 yearn $i4.40: t $i8.00 $24X0. Husband, wife, and - ; . , . children between ages t . i - 1 and 19 years $18X0 . , $25X0 $30X0 n . ...... " . , . . " (.. .- i-.: ' - v - 1 Portland Traffic Toll : In 'Temfying.Trcnd' tZ PORTLAND, Jan. 20 -V The city traffic commission today warned the -terrifying trend" of one auto fatality every two days the past month may go higher. i foace xiaum . - . hartley said five of the eight deaths in the.first three wees oi January ! were pedestrians run - down after dark, the highest traf- : fic toll record of - any ., sunilar .; period.' ''... -' Closing aps Ramvay trap CHUNGKING, Jan. 20-ff)-Jap-anese forces -in Hunan and Kwangtung; provinces have launched Simultaneous and con verging attacks designed- to close the C3unese-held gapf 1st the Canton-Hankow railway, the Chines high command disclosed tonight . Fighting also has erupted in dif- ' ferent localities within the angle formed by the ' Canton-Hankow andlBunan-Kwangsi railroads, the command said. ;v r ' . The Chinese announcement also indicated that the Japanese had . extended the protective area which they , are forming around , Hongkong as a safeguard against any American landing on the Chi nese coast Italy Action Bogged Dora ROME, Jan. 20 (flV-Action of the -fifth and eighth; army fronts ground to a virtual standstill to- day. . . Even patrol activity in the fifth army sector fell to the - lowest point In several days as rain and snow left lakes of slush through the mountains below Bologna. Beaten back in an attempt to establish a bridgehead across the Senio with a 100-man force in the vicinity of Fusignano, the enemy continued his infiltration efforts in several plaees on the east bank of the stream, in the Adriatic sec tor, but all patrols were repulsed Scheflnle For Service Plan I II.J r t
