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Log Overload
Action to Be
Taken Soon
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' PORTLAND, Jan- 23-(;T)-Log-'
ging - truckers who have seldom
violated weight regulations should
be allowed to continue with full
loads on the few occasions their
cargoes . are overweight, T. H.
Banfleld, state highway commis
sion chairman, suggested today.
A small number of truckers are
committing most of the over
loading offenses, Banfield said,
backing his statement with high
way department figures.
Action will be taken later on
loggers' requests for increases of
.2000 pounds on the permitted axle
i load and of 12 feet on the load
: height Z': '
j Delegates from the Eugene
. ; planning commission asked, j the
commission to speed purchase of
right-of-way $or; relocation of U,
S. highway 89 into that city.
Support of senate bin No. 5,
. getting' no time limit on granting
. permits for oversize vehicles On
certain Oregon highways, was
' urged' by E. J. Barry, executive
: secretary of Oregon Motor Trans
: port. He opposed a bill . which
' would end the grants after the
'war. j '
; .The1 commission promised to
r spend an already-pledged $150,000
sum for three bridges and road
improvement in and near the
Klamath Indian reservation.
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Handling Nazis
. LONIDON, Jan. 23.-iP)-An Am
erican official placed tonight at
the topi of 'the agenda of the forth
coming "big three" parley the
quest! an of an agreement on a po
litical (and economic pattern to
guarantee the military impotence
of Germany.
'.' What specific proposals Presi
dent Roosevelt may have to pre
sent tot Prime Minister Churchill
and Prfemier Marshal Stalin when
they meet were not mentioned.
- The I implication was left that
some form of international ad
ministration of the Rhineland in
dustrial areas, has the support of
some American official circles.
Major preparations for the con
ference" were stepped up here.
There was no indication whether
Gen. Charles De Gaulle had been
invited j to attend the French
pews agency broadcast that it was
possible no decision had been
reached. - ,
; Without discussing French pari
ticipation in the parley, the offi
cial made it plain that the UnitedJ
.States regards French participa
tions in post-war settlements as
essential to enduring peace. .
Practice Bomb Strikes
Tavern; No One Injured
PENDLETON, Jan. 23 -(JP)- A
100-pound practice bomb acciden
tally released from a Walla Walla
air base plane ripped through a
Stanfield .tavern, but no one was
injured,! army officials said today.
Only about a dozen were in the
tavern. ; The place " usually is
crowded .later. :
The Imlk of the bomb casing
tore a four-foot hole in the floor
'and buried itself, six feet in the
earth beneath. Loaded with five
pounds of powder and some sand,
: the bomb' partly; exploded on
contact; :'' -
Nazi Escapees Picked
Up by Medford Deputy ?
MEDFORD, Jan. 23 liP)-Wal-"
iter Wenner and George Sauer
beck, nail - escapees from Camp
White, surrendered to) a deputy
sheriff today on the Pacific high
way two miles south of Medford.
The : Germans, who escaped
Sunday night, yielded when Dep
uty Verne Hastings, patrolling the
region, stopped to question them
after noting them at the roadside.
Three Gift Planes to
Honor Chinese Flyer
. PORTLAND, Jan. 23.-(flVPort-landers
will present three training
planes to the army air forces in
ceremonies on Lincoln's birthday
in honor of Major Arthur Chin,
Fortland-born Chinese hero.
Chinese pilots training in Ari
zona are to use the planes, pur
chased with a fund first designed
for a fighter plane.
Sun Yat Sen, Chinese philoso
pher, held Lincoln in high esteem.
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By ISABEL CHHD3
These are the questions we
could now put into a quiz with
ease and the assurance we could
correct the papers because people
told us. the sure-thing answers
Tuesday, January 23:
1. Who will be Oregon's next
governor?
2. How long will the war in Eu
rope last? " , .
3. How long will the war in the
Pacific last?
4. How long will the 43rd leg
islature last?
5. What will be John's exact
words when he comes home after
three years overseas and finds
that his wife has let her hair
grow? '
Now, that we've admitted we
can answer all those, will someone
tell us Just what time it is so we
can set the watch that has made
us late or early at every public
gathering since Christmas.
Education Talks at
W.U. Start Tonight
First of a series of three discus
sions on "Education and Interna'
tional Relations" is schedul8d for
8 o'clock tonight in the auditorium
of music hall, with Dr. Frank Parr,
executive secretary of the Oregon
State Teachers' association pre
senting "Education and the Peo
ple's Peace."
Walter Snyder, curriculum di
rector for Salem publie schools,
will present the next discussion
on "Education for International
Security" next Wednesday. A
week later. Rex Putnam, superin
tendent of public instruction in
Oregon will present a discussion
of "Education for a Free Society,
Opportunity for discussion from
the floor will be provided at each
meeting. Dr. Lawrence Riggs, pro
fessor of education at Willamette
university, said Tuesday. The
meetings are open to the public
without: charge. They are jointly
sponsored by the Willamette de
partment of education, Marion
county division of the Oregon
State Teachers' association and
Delta chapter of Delta Kappa
Gamma, educational honorary so
ciety. :
Wirth to Co Into
Tax Business Here
Ralph Wirth, chief auditor, for
the state tax commission; .whose
resignation was announced Tues
day; will go into business for him
self, he said Tuesday. ;: He has
rented I office spacer with 'the -As-?
sociated Employers In the Marion
hotel and plans to specialize in
federal! and state income tax, mat-
ters. lAn earlier announcement
said be had joined Dan Hay and
Associates. That organization is
no longer existent. Hay and Wirth
pointed out Tuesday. .
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London Slavs
Back. Subasic
Against King.,
Br John A. Parris, Jr.
LONDON, Jan, 23-C55)-Defying
King Peter and refusing to re
sign, Premier Ivan Subasic and his
"dismissed" cabinet ministers pre
pared tonight to take "protective
steps" within the next 48 hours
to establish with Marshal Tito a
federal democratic government in
Yugoslavia. r, j ; k j. ; '. ;.
An authoritative source s a i d
Subasic, Iwith British approval,
had decided to ignore King Peter's
request that he resign and would
proceed to put into effect the
agreement he signed with Tito.
At the same time all Yugoslav
associations in London unani
mously demanded that the Subasic
government continue in office and
return to Belgrade to put into ef
fect the agreement with Tito. ; :
The agreement, which was sign
ed by eight Yugoslav associations
in London led by the powerful
United Committee of South Slavs,
charged that Peter's dismissal of
Subasic was unconstitutional and
that the young monarch was "at
tempting to provoke civil war in
Yugoslavia and disagreement
among the allies so as to create
favorable conditions for his ; sel
fish political aims and his anti
democratic political game." f
Cushing Heads Labor
Temple Association j
Stearns Cushing, jr., of Mill
men's local 1411, was elected and
installed as president of the Salem
Labor Temple association at its
annual meeting in- the new labor
temple. E, E. Davis of Painters'
local 24 is new vice president; U,
F. Weiderhiser of Papermakers
230, secretary-treasurer.
D i r e c t o r s are Theodore C
Amend, Salem- Trades and Labor
council; H. E. Barker, Butcher
Workmen 380; W. G. Ross, Postal
Clerks ; 604, and Fred "Siewert,
Building Laborers 44L ,
Installations of officers was con
ducted by WiUiam J. Entress, Op
era ting Engineers 878. Next meet
ing is to be .held February 20.
Logger in Hospital
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Norman Bowen, 18, choker set'
ler of . Valsetz, was in the Dea
coness hospital today with cuts
and bruises about the, head, caused
when , an accident occurred at his
work at the Western Logging. Co.
of Valsetz? His condition was re
ported . good by. attendants. -
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Senate Holds
Up Action ori
Wallace s Job
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WASHINGTON, Janj 23 -(JF)-
Henry A. Wallace's nomination to
be secretary of commerce was
shoved on to a senate sidetrack to
day, while j his critics j sought to
hack away the job's vast financial
responsibilities. ; ! 4,
, . The commerce committee voted
10 to 2 to defer consideration of
the nomination' and take up first
(D-Ga) to strip the government's
the proposal by Senator George
big lending agencies from the
commerce department. I Hearings
on the George bill were; called for
2:30 pm. j (EWT) t.o m o r r o w.
George and; Wallace were invited
to testify as was Jesse Jones, the
backer President i Roosevelt re
moved as commerce secretary to
make room in the cabinet for the
former vice president, V
Senator I Pepper (U-ria), a
warm supporter of thej ; Wallace
nomination, told reporters; "it is
obviously a move to make passage
of Senator George's bill a condi
tion precedent to a vote? on Mr.
Wallace's confirmation.' ;-s"
Pepper ! also . described the
George bill as "a slap in! the face'
for Wallace; He added; 4This is
another way of undercutting the
president i and glorifying Jesse
Jones as if he were the only man
in the world qualified to hold the
Dlace." " . J ! '
Senator Taylor, freshman dem
ocrat from Idaho, and Rep. Coffee
(D-Wash) i endorsed Wallace for
the cabinet position. - "
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Tax Due Soon
WASHINGTON, Jan.
23--
The bureau of internal! revenue
announced today that
bills are being mailed
separate
to about
4,000,000 citizens -who postponed
paying part of their "unforgiven
income taxes.
'The collection will be
no later than March 15.
taken up
The total
amount due is $900,000,000.
. - When 'the pay-as-you-go sys
tern started,! congress cancelled in
most cases at least 75 per cent of
the 1942 or 1943 tax; whichever
was smaller.- At least half of the
unforgiven portion if any was
due by March 15, 1944.
is coming due now.
The rest
Cltiitiey Fire Reported
; firemen ? reported j chimney
fire at 194 S. Church street at
8 p. xn. Tuesday. No damage was
reported. ' : ? ;t 1 i
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cargo plane C-S71
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Farragut to
Be Used for
Receiving Ship
SPOKANE, Wash, Jan. 23.-iffV
Rep. Compton Lj White (D-Idaho)
indicated today that reports of a
high rate of infectious disease at
Farragut, Idaho,'; naval training
center, caused a high- naval offi
cial to recommend abandonment
of the center at a time when its
possible future use was being dis
cussed. ';'s'vL:1;;'';-,v'fi.i;.-y-
However, he said, E. G- Young
er of the Coeur d'Alene chamber
of commerce produced data to
show that the Farragut area was
"one of the most healthful in the
nation,, and that the high inci
dence of disease for a period was
just an epidemic." -
The naval official was cqnvin-
ced, said White, and plans went
ahead for putting the base to use
as a barracks unit housing 15,000
men as a "receiving ship" for the
western sea frontier.
George McCurdy
Rites Thursday .
George A. McCury, 85, died
Tuesday, in Oregon City following
I paralytic stroke . suffered last
Friday, j Tuneral Iservices will be
held Thursday morning at 10 am
at, the ilrst Presbyterian church
in: Oregon City. Burial will be
made at the cemetery in Gates
with graveside services conducted
there about 1 pn. . i- r
. Mr. McCurdy had lived in Gates
for many years but a few years
ago went to live in Oregon City
where a brother, Charles Mc
Curdy lived. Mrs.fFrankvTaylor of
Salem is a step daughter, and
other survivors are a sister, Mrs.
Rebecca i Goodman, Portland;
brother Fred McCurdy in Seattle
and a third brother in the east
Ration Orders Hit ;
Portland Restaurants
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PORTLAND, Jan. 23--Many
family groups who have been try
ing to save points by dining out
since the "surprise" rationing or
der s have been disappointed, an
OP A Official said today, because
restaurateurs, too. must limit
their menus. - , ;j
.Frequently, restaurants here
serve 'no butter except for: a hot
cake order, and other high-protein
foods especially the best meats
: are scarce. Proprietors said
fried foods would be difficult af
ter . Monday, when fats and oils
will be restricted.
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By the Associated Press
Russia First Ukraine army
poises for leap across Oder riv
er m German Silesia as other
red forces narrow huge trap.
Western front Yank troops
close; to within four f miles of
reich frontier with gains up to
five miles in Ardennes salient
Italy ' Germans fail in raid
on Serchio river valley front.
Banna Chinese troops drive
Into Monghyo, junction of Ledo
Burma road, as truck convoys
near BunnaCnina border.
j Paeifle American troops
continue drive toward Clark
field on road to Manila, seize
huge Jap stocks of supplies. "
Ammunition Plant -
Can't Use Soldiers
LOUISVILLE, Ky ' Jan.
-The army today, withdrew its au
thorization for the use of 150 fur
loughed soldiers to work Ion the
ammunition line at Hoosier Ord
nance Plant. Charlestown,' Ind, as
labor and industry officials here
joined in criticizing "army-bossed'
war plant labor.
The army's action came only a
day; after the Louisville area labor-management
committee of the
war manpower commission had
expressed its opposition to the as
signment of soldiers to war jobs
without prior approval of the
WMC.
Writer-Reporter ;
Dies in Portland ? -
PORTLAND, Oer, Jan. 23.-ff)
Harry ; Steinfeld, ; 40, veteran re
porter and deskman for the Ore-
gonian, died in a hospital here
today after being found unconsc
ious in bed in his hotel room.
Steinfeld had been 21 "for sev
eral weeks. His detective stories
were published in many national
magazines and in 1937 one of his
newspaper stories received rec
ognition as one of, the year's hun
dred best.
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room, kucnen and nook, z oea rooms,
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Bombers Cut
Railroads to
Northern Italy
- By Sid Feder ,
ROME, Jan. 23-CD-AHied Fifth
and Eighth army patriotjs, operat
ing today along the entire Italian
front, probed the positions of Field
Marshal Albert -Kesselrings rein
forced German army reported now
to total 28 divisions, its greatest
strength since last spring. . '
(Additional men. It is possible,
were; .transferred from .gamson
duty in northern Italy. Prime Min
ister Churchill said last Thursday
that the Germans had 27 divisions
on the Italian front). i
Bitter weather gripped the snow
bound front as. Allied patrols en
gaged the Germans near Bologna.
Allied bombers cut northern rail
lines in the Po valley in 59 places
and destroyed of damaged . many
bridges.' : .
New Typing Class
For High School
An additional hour of typing in
struction, is to be offered next
semester at Salem high school, it
was . announced following the
board's approval of the plan Tues
day. Mrs. Gilbert Wremv now
teaching part time, will handle
the additional class. -
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Bride in Camp
PORTLAND, Jan. 23-)-Tht
first message from John Nichols
since interment on the Philippines
disclosed that a Japanese prison
camp romance had flowered into
marriage. j-' ' "'. r. jf .
"I was married May 2 and we
are living as comfortably a pos
sible in a 7 by 12 foot cubicle,
said a note at the bottom of a ard
received by his parents, Dr. and
Mrs. Herbert S. Nichols.
" Ray Cronin, Associated Presa
correspondent, had earlier inform
ed tha Nichols that he and John
knew "an awfully nice English
girl named , Claire while they
were - imprisoned in the islands.
Otherwise, they have no hint askto
their, daughter-in-law'i identity.
Former Klan Dragon
Dies in Portland
PORTLAND, Jan. 23HrVFred
L. Gifford, 68, who as grand drag
on of the Oregon Ku Klux Klan
led a revival of hooded Klansmen
in this state in 1937, died in his
home here today.
For the last eight months he
had been bailiff of Circuit Judge
Walter Ll Tooze's court.
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