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J. The present most popular deity
teems to be Research,'
Certainly it hai taken the place
of such virtues as Honesty and In
dustry which were the touchstones
of success in the- Horatio Alger
storybooks. It has succeeded Alad
din's lamp as ! producer of magical
wonders. Research - the key to
happiness, riches, beauty, abun
dance. A chunk of coal, a cup of
water, a liter iof air and you have
nylon to rival silk for milady's
favor. A few pieces of copper
wire, some funny-looking tubes
and you heajr a clock strike in
London' or a choir sing in Salt
Lake City. '
.' Research jit has become-a j
household god. A few sulfa pills '
and a bad case of pneumonia is
cured; or penicillin from a vege
table mold stops an infection; or
a spray drives away flies and ver-
mm.
I
; Research the magazines are
full of pictures of men with test
lubes busy revamping the atomic
structure of molecules. Catalysts
and polymer are the new genii
of chemistry. ;
Do we have an ache or pain?
more research De w want wealth
out of waste? more research. Do
we want ills io disappear? more
research. !
This glorification of research
gets new recognition in house bin
134, by Representatives Adams
and Moore, which would
(Continued en Editorial Page)
Manpower Bill
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( Goes to
Fate Uncertain
. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26-(-A
manpower billj laden with explo
sive issues headed today for an
uncertain fate jin the house.
; Leaving the way open for
amendments dealing with strikes,
closed shops, and racial discrimi
nation, the; rules committee sched
uled the measure for house con
sideration next week after its
members indicated keen dissatis
faction with its present provisions.
The committee's action came af
ter; disclosure that the military
r committee, which wrote, the legis
lation, had first approved and
then rejected an amendment that
would, have given statutory back
ing to the fair employment prac
tices committee created to prevent
discrimination of race, creed ; or
color. . t
The FEPC amendment came out
of the bill. Representative Kilday
(D-Tex) revealed at the rules ses
sion, in a compromise that also
tore ' out an anti-closed shop
amendment.
New or Added
Tax Foreseen
By Governor
A drastic increase in property
tax or a new form of revenue will
have to be effected after the war
if the legislature is to meet de
mands for additional funds, Gov.
Earl Snell said Friday.
In a' radio (KOAC) talk spon
sored by the state federation of
women's clubs, the governor said
there were "sound arguments in
support" of requests for larger
pensions, an added $5,000,000 for
schools, and mece highway funds IT r ff - npA-ta -for
cities. He cited these factors f ,U 3 Olll , X CoLl5 .
.iiiuitlnn with InrrMtMl T1A
-SSSL.' - - uiiL
000 i increase in , property taxes
Willi be essential if the current
$26,000,0(50 annual payment in in
come taxes drops to the 1934 levelj
of $1,500,000, he declared. He ad
ded that these were among the
reasons he had asked the legis
lature for a complete, study of the
state's tax structure. J-:
Allied Planes; Grounded
For Third Day in Row z
LONDON, Jan. 28 -WP)- The
longest lull in operations since the
pre-Christmas weather blackout
that aided the Germans in their
drive through the Ardennes found
ieavy ? bombers .of the U. S.
" Eighth air force pinned down to
their bases in Britain today for
the third , day in a row. .
: The RAF bomber command
likewise curtailed its operations
during the past week, although
curing me pas w-, nwumu
Mosquito, and Halifaxes
rnastai comnmnu ' u"w
home a series of attacks on uer
rnan shipping near Norway.
Only 11,000,000 Not
Mobilized In i .England
LONDON, Jan. 26-iP)-Describ-ing
what it termed "a mobiliza
tion unprecedented . In history,"
the British ministry of labor to
day said only 11,000,000 people
had been left to carry on in homes
all oyer England. Out of 33,250
CC0 in this age group, including
women and children, ministry fi-j
gures listed 22,250,000 of them, as
-ctbllized manpower.
WNETYFOURTH YEAH
14-5 Vote
Rebuffs
Nominee
Group Approves
Removal Bill
.Of Sen. George I
, By Tom Reedy
I WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 P
The senate commerce committee
coldly rebuffed Henry A. Wal
lace today, voting 14 to 5 against
his nomination as secretary of
commerce and federal loan , ad
ministrator. j r: t.
The adverse report went to the
senate, where; the nomination may
be acted on early next week. -
Critics of Wallace," contending
the former vice-president is with
out the experience necessary to
handle the big lending agencies,
are claiming 48. to 50 votes in the
senate -enough to beat him.
Gives Btaek Mark
The committee's-decision after
hearing the deposed Jesse Jones
and Wallace himself, amounts to
this: It sends f President Roose
velt's nomination to the senate
with a black mark against it Sim
liar actions in j the jsst however,
have had varied receptions by the
full body, which sometimes backs
up its committees and sometimes
overrules thacd.ryy-
At the same time, the commerce
group decided,! 15 to 4, to report
out the bill of Senator George (D,
Ga) stripping J the commerce de
partment of the reconstruction fi
nance corporation and all its sub
sidiary financing agencies. ,'
Strips Cabinet! Post
j i
This leaves the cabinet post only
such routine bureaus as the coast
and ; geodetic survey, the census
and kindred activities.
The committee vote came on a
motion by Senator Overton D,
La) to report the nomination fa
vorably. Overton was joined by
Senators Bilbo i (D, Miss), Mead
(D, NY), Pepper, D, Fla), and
Magnuson (D, iWash). Against it
were democrats Radcliffe of
Maryland, Bailey, CDaniel of
Texas, McCarran of Nevada,
Chandler of Kentucky and Mc
Clellan of Arkansas; republicans
Johnson of California, Vanden
berg of Michigan, Brewster of
Maine, Wiley of Wisconsin, Ro
bertson of Wyoming, Burton of
Ohio. Cordon I of Oregon and
Brooks of Illinois. i C v
Nazi Defenses
ROME, Jan. 28 -(ff)- American
Fifth army patrols tested German
defenses south of Bologna today
and found them: extremely sensi
tive, with several lively, skirm-
ishes resulting despite snow and
rain which continued to limit ac
tivities all along the Italian front
Allied headquarters reported
clashes in the area of Monte Bel-
monte and Sanansano, near high
way 63, and: at Castel Nuovo,
Monte Palazzo and .Villiana. near
highway 64 about 20 miles south
west of Bologna, in the center of
the Italian front ,
Two German raids at Querdola
were beaten on jwitn losses.
Chind9s War Production f Now
f " . 19 ' - rTI ";
Coordinated TOT t USt 1 11110
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 - JP)
On the basis of two personal sur
veys, Donald -Ml Nelson has in
formed President" Roosevelt that
China's war production "is now
coordinated" for the first time and
should double by, spring. : ? :
The formeri war production
chairman, who visited, China last
fall as a personal representative
of the chief executive, said in a
report to the president that this
imProvxi
the next lew weeks on the fight
ing fronts :- -.;''-'.
In addition, he said, there should
be a resultant boost for Chinese
morale, a strengthening of. the
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. an adaptation of the German V-l, being launched at an army air
x; farces experimental station. The bomb is ready for laanehlng in the
bottom picture. The top picture shows the esrrlsgv dropplnf off and
A the bomb soaring toward its destination (AF wirepbot from army
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Japanese Forces
Show First Signs of t ight
In Central Plains Sector
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S
urday Jan. 27-lr'l-Lt. uen. romoyuxi xamasnna s Japanese ior-
ces bn Luzon showed thei first
plain south of the Bamuan
tillery also opened up onunencan-seuea uarK iieia air center
Today's communique reported no sizable gains anywhere on
Superf orts Hit
Japan's Bases
In Indo-China
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (Saturj-
day)-i4PH5uperforesseS of the
20th airforce continued ..their
blasts at Japan's bases in Indoj
China today Jan. 27 India calen
dar) General of the Army H. H.
Arnold, announced this morning.
Results of the mission, which
stemmed from India bases of Brig.
Gen. 1 Roger M. Barney's 20th
bomber, were not disclosed but
will be announced as soon as more
complete reports are received.
Text of the communique: : f ;
Superfortresses of the 20th en
force ? attacked military .installa
tions' in Japanese-occupied . Indo
China today Jan.; 27 (India calen
dar). General of; the Army H. H.
Arnold. : commanding I general of
the 20th air force announced In
Washington. i ? r
French Mobilixalion Set
- PARIS, Jan. 28 -CIV The war
ministry announced today, that
mobilization of the class of 1343
would begin February 1 but that
no other classes would be called
for military service before Mar. L
government and eventually
start for China toward replacing
Japan i "as the leading industrial
nation of the orient" That would
mean, he said, an enormous mar
ket for American exports. -
I Nelson's report, handed to lit.
jKooseveii AJecemoer zo, was re
leased in part by the White House
today. itintktc at additional trips
to China for the former Sears,
Roebuck executive, it, said "the
relative lack of a constructive war
effort" has been largely correct
ed but j that " post-war - problems
had been put aside by mutual
agreement
Salem. Oregon, Saturday Morning.
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on Luzon
HEADQUARTERS, Luzon, Sat-j
signs of a fight in the central
river aaysna Nipponese w-
Luzon ft the;; enemy, mamtained
his bitter resistance I against: the
US First army corps; on the left
flank. S This resistance has been
almost constant since the Jan. 9
invasion. ' , t ' -A I
But the 14th corps, whose spear
heads yesterday- were reported to
be at Angeles, a little more than
40 airline miles from Manila, got
its first real taste of organized op
position after easily passing two
natural ! enemy defense lines
along the Agno and the Bambart
Wha lew gains were chalked up
occurred - in the Rosario area
where the Japanese have made
such good usage of ridge terrain
that it has been necessary for guns
of American warships in Lingayen
gulf . to i support the j 158th regi
mental combat team and' 43rd di
vision. ; I ' fr
(George Thomas Fplster, NBC
reporter, said In a Luzon broad
cast the enemy opposition' was
near, highway No. 3, the Manila
Baguio highway, at points north
east of Clark field. ;
Yamhill County's :
Fox Hunt Echoes ,
In Bill on Bounty
The "tallyho'? of a imuch-publi-
Yamhill county 1 years ago, had
an echo in the house of. represen-
tatives Friday. .
Rerx Carl Franda of Dayton
and Speaker of the House Eugene
E. Marsh of ilcMinnville intro
duced n bill to provide a bounty
far foxes, both red and &J
Marsh said more than 100 xam-
hill county residents asked for the
bill in a petition declaring mat
f oxes are' a serious i danger : to
poultry 1 and small Evestock. A
lime red fox was the . game In
the. hunt a decade ago.
Women in 60'a Figlit
Over fHoy Friend,' 70
PORTLAND, i Jan. 2S-tfVMary
Fisco, 68, 1 was held in Jail here
today charged with striking Alice
Dean, 62, with a hammer because
shej stole her "boy friend."
City Detective M. A.' McMee
ken said the Vboy friend" was
age 70.
January; 27, 1S4S
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Nazi Gain
Allied Positions
Only 25 Miles
From Diisseidorf
By Anstln Bealmear
PARIS, Jan. 26 -VP)- All Ger
man resistance collapsed ' today
west of. the Roer river system at
the eateway to the prize Ruhr
industrial ; valley, and , the U. &
Ninth and British Second, armies
- with 35 miles of the west wall
behind them - seized assault po
sitions only 25 miles from Dus-
seldorL-i r. " ; ! .
The Ninth: broke a; six-week
lull and pushed to the Roer on a
five-mile front as the V. S. Sev
enth army far to the south threw
a new German drive into reverse,
erased ; all' its northern Alsation
gains: and lifted ' the threat to
Strasbough by driving the enemy
back across the Moder river.
Flxhttnr Slows
By nightfall the fighting had
dwindled to sporadic machine gun
and: rifle fire' along the entire
20-mile front - ; ?
The U. S. First and Third arm
ies crushed virtually the last of
the , Ardennes .wedge in Belgium
and Luxembourg.
The - Third army rushed east
ward to a number of points where
the S enemy's December1 offensive
kicked off, moved .Its lines up to
within a. mile or two of the Ger
man frontier along most of the
V - 1 . . J 1.. I
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overlooking the west wall.
First Advances
The First armr to the north
captured; five : more towns and
edged eastward within two and
j
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it wu asserted officially German
troop shifts to meet the Russians
na aeimiieiy y3uje u
me west. i
In' southern Alsace, French and
American troops of the 1 French
First army fought -into Houssen,
three miles north of Colmar, for
the closest approach yet made to
that 1 stronghold in the Rhineland
pocket - Other ground ' lost to
counterattacks in this area was
re-won. i - ! '
Germans Shift
to
MOSCOW, i Saturday, Jan. 27
(fl5)- It was reported here today
that I part of the Sixth', German
panzer 'division, which parti6ipat
ed in Von Rundstedfs Ardennes
offensive in Belgium, had arrived
on the east front . . ! "
Other troops are being rushed
from the western front "without
break" to stem the soviet tide and
aft German railway facilities were
placed at the disposal of the army
for this gigantic troop movement
It was stated. " ' :"" r
Allied airmen have been at
tacking heavy German troop
movements from the Ardennes
area toward central Germany,
Sgf. V. Onyaer
Ti-;1 . , ' - :
lYUieU in ACUOn
TDRNER, Jan. 26 Sgt O. S.
Snyder, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. S.
Snyder, was : killed in action on
Leyte November 30. His wife and
their "young son live at Veradale,
J Spokane county. Wash, with her
parents,; and visited at the Sny
der home here in December. Mrs.
Snyder "was notified by the war
department of her husband's
death,., and she notified his par
ents. . . -
Another son, S. Sgt Frederick
J. ' Snyder,
Is with the army in
i Germany.
Clear Today
except for morning valley fog
in - the mid-Willamette ; valley
area, predicts US weather bu
reau at McNary field, Salem.
Prica So
Dies at 72
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TOM J. PENDEEGAST
X. Pendergast,
Political Boss,
Dies in Ho s
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 28 -(ff)-
Thomas J. Pendergast. 72, former
Kansas City : machine boss. died
tonight at Menorah hospitaLf ;
Democratic boss who made gov
ernors and senators and 'whose nod
of approval has been sought by
Missouri politicians for years be-i
fore his downfall; in May, 1939,
had been' in the hospital of an un
disclosed ailment since Tuesday.
It was in 1939, after years at the
top of a political machine which
ruled Kansas City, Jackson county
and at times Missouri, that Pen
dergast was sentenced to the fed
eral penitentiary at Leavenworth
for income tax evasion. l i-
lUpon his release be was placed
oh probation for five years and
, forbidden to participate in any
way in politics. " -
Pendergast in 1911, took over
a small political machine molded
by a saloon-keeper ' brother,' Jim
Pendergast and built it . into a
powerful force - in Kansas City
politics. :...'-T
Canada Will
All TW1 1
A 1 11 IT f I fill Oft
Transit Rights
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 26--(P-
Acceptance of the "two freedoms'
agreement by Canada may change
the TTnitMl State man at nrntMWMi
world air transport service to give I
siich cities as Chicago and Detroit!
direct routes to Europe. -1
CD. Howe, Canadian minister
of reconstruction, announced, .in
New York his government's de
cision to join in ,the exchange of
the right to fly across or make op
erational stops in another country
The announcement - followed ; a
two-day session during which; a :
new trans-border air services
agreement was worked out with
the United States. I f I F
The ' civil - aeronautics boards
(CAB) omitted Canada when : It
published its proposed world fair!
plan for American carriers last '
June, and again when it revised
the map for the world air con
ference at Chicago.
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P-38 Fighter Planes ' !
Fly Over Balikpapan
tf
The Japanese-controlled Hong
kong radio recorded by the FCC
planes, "apparently on reconnais-
sance," had appeared Over Balik
papan on the southeastern coast
, of Borneo Thursday, and claimed
that , Japanese ' interceptors had
shot down one In addition to dam-!
aging several. , !.
pital
Definite Cancellation Policy
For Food Stamps Set Forth
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -
Acting to allay fear 1 of - another
sudden invalidation, the OPA to
day set forth for houawives a
definite policy on cancellation ; of
food ration stamps, "
Hereafter,' the agency an
nounced, red stamps for meats and
fats and blue for processed foods
will expire four months from the
date of issuance. This replaces the
program of indefinite validity for
these coupons which had beenlin
effect since last spring. - !
Sugar stamps also .were, given
fixed expiration dates again.
Number 34, now in use, will be
Invalid after February 23.' The
next sugar stamp, number 35, will
be valid February 1- for five
pounds and remain good through
No. 2S3
talker
Act Ban
Sought
Tax Would Go in
Reserve; Police
Pension Asked:
A new broadside of bills left
enough ammunition on the vacat
ed desks of the senate and "house
today to assure that the remainder
of the '43rd session will be a lot
livelier than the first 19 days end
ed last night
The repeal of the Walker -act
permitting income tax refunds;
provisions for a state-police insur
ance and retirement plant; a pool
system for the serving of liquor in
private clubs these were but a
few of the issues thrown into the
legislative grinder Friday.
Final Action Monday
And - coming up Monday to
plague the house once more will
be final I action on a proposal to
eliminate the provision that coun
ty courts, in filling legislative va
cancies, must choose an appointee
of the same party faith as his
preaecessor. a ao no. pass : mi
1 . 9 . mm
nority report on the measure was
downed after heated arguments.
Most warmly debated proposal
passed Friday was the house bill
providing for a fine, of-$500 for
selling liquor when election polls
are open.
The state police act would pro
vide a maximum of $75 monthly
pension at age 63 and make pos
sible $7500 Individual policies un
der group insurance.
xn mn,m
- twit i m a. irrit-. x
I w,un corporauon
excise as well as income tax, was
proposed: by - Sens, , H. H. Chind-
gren and RCrisbiaas a means
to create a reserve for postwar
construction.
Similar to Washington ,
The pool system . for serving
liquor in non-profit clubs was
sought in a senate bill introduced
by Sen. Earl T. Newbry and Reps.
Robert C Gile and Frank Van
Dyke. The plan would' be similar
to that in effect in Washington
and to a measure passed and ve
toed at the 1939 legislature. ,;
The house adjourned, until 11
ajn. Monday,-and the senate af
ter considerable debate ; as to
whether to meet today---decided
to t-ke up Monday at 10 ajn.
(Legislative news, page $.
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-I-AJ11U.U11 J. U1CO
Make Proposal
WASHINGTON, Jan! 26-(P)-A
proposal by the London govern
ment of Poland that administra
tion of its war-ravaged country
be taken over temporarily by an
allied ' commission is receiving
serious consideration here; i
But there is little evident hope
in diplomatic quarters that Soviet
Russia, having recognized a pro
visional government in the former
Lublin committee of liberation,
would agree. i
Nonetheless there is speculation
that the proposal could form a
subject for discussion by Premier
Stalin, Prime Minister Churchill
and President Roosevelt . ! f
i December Industrial
Payroll Shows Gain
The industrial payroll in Ore
gon for December totaled t58,
584,741, a gain of $19,000,000 over
the preceding month, ' and $13,
000,000. more than in December,
1943, the state industrial accident
commission said Friday.,
June 2. Sugar stamp number. 3 8
is scheduled to .validate - a new
series of red and' blue stamps at
the start of each month, usually.
five of each color at a time. Since
they will be good for four months,
wis means tnat iour diocxs ox
each kind will always be in use,
expiring on a staggered basis.
The first red and blue stamps
to expire under the new system
will be those which came Into use
December 1 and 3, respectively.
Red Q T, R 5, and S 5; blue
X 6, Y 8, Z 5, A 2, and B 2.
The new policy clears up un
certainty which has prevailed
since late last month, when OPA
invalided without warning all food
stamps put in use prior to the
start of December. - - -
Russians
Outflank
Poznari
Soviets Roll Past
Hindenburg, Get
To Danzig Line
By W. W. Hereher '
LONDON, Saturday, Jan. 27
(Ay-The Soviet high command an
nounced last night that the Red
army has killed or captured more
than 381,330 Germans in its two !
weeks-old winter offensive, which ;
yesterday rolled on. unchecked -through
the big Industrial city of
Hindenburg in Silesia, reached the
Danzig -free state frontier, and cut
off East Prussia with a thrust to
the Baltic coast ' '
From 20 to 25 nazi divisions
perhaps 200,000 Germans noar,
are trapped in East Prussia. -136
Miles Away -
Outflanking Poznan, big Polish'
stronghold, the Russians also
crossed the Warta river 10 miles
south of the city and speared to
within 136 miles of Berlin with
the: capture of Moslna. This was
the; closest approach to the Reich
capital yet announced by the So
viet command. .
Earlier a Berlin military
spokesman had said that Soviet
scouting units had raced around
Poznan -and struck close to the
Brandenburg province frontier
whose nearest point to Berlin is .
91 miles due east of the capital.
North of Poznan the Russians
took Rogozno, only 20 miles from
the! German frontier and, '140
miles northeast, of Berlin; other
units striking toward the coveted
Reich capital from the southeast
in Silesia , were only 143, miles -away.:
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Staggering Losses . Y-rvU,
Aj special. Russian communique
announced the staggering losses
inflicted on 'the Germans in the
gigantic offensive between Janu
ary: 12, when it began at the Vis
tula river bridgehead below War
saw; and January 24. '.; : V; -f '
Moscow' said that five Russian
armies had killed more than 295,
000 'Germans in that period and
captured 86,330, and also had de
stroyed or captured 692 planes.
:"295 tanks , and i self - propelled
gems, . 7932 guns of all calibers,
7386 - mortars, ' 20,019 machine
guns, 34,019 trucks, as well as vast
quantities of other war' material.
Capturing more than 960 local
ities during the day on a front
from the Baltic to the mountains
of Slovakia, the Russians drove to
within eight miles of Konigsberg,
East Prussian capital, and to
within two miles of Torun, big
North Polish communications cen
ter on the Vistula river at the
southern entrance to the Polish
corridor below Danzig. Berlin said
Torun was surrounded.
t.f Bud9 Taylor
Started Flying
At Salem Field
First Lt Benjamin A. (Bud
Taylor of Salem, who teamed to
fly because he loved It and whose
small plane was often in the air
above the Willamette valley be
fore he enlisted in the royal air
force' in the summer of 1941, was
killed in a plane crash near Rans
buryj England, on December 22.
Confirmation of the report of, his
death was received here Friday
by his mother, Helen Taylor, 1370
Nebraska street . Z . -
The first 'notification rom the
war department preceaea Dy-e
few days a letter from an Eng
lish friend telling some of the de-
tails pf the last flight of the young
Salem . man, who had transferred
to the American army air force in
the fan of 1942.
(Further details on page 2.)
Severe Coal
e Felt
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26-V-A
coal shortage so severe it closed
some schools and threatened more
brought drastic fuel limitation or
ders today for homes as well as
amusement , places in the winter-
struck northeastern states.
The .solid fuels administration
specifically denied that it was or
dering closure of any schools, C
J. Potter, , deputy : administrator,
saying its order "does not contem
plate the closing of any schools 11
they have coal or can get coat If
they have ample fuel, it would be
silly to shut down." I
But Mayor Frank S. Harris in
Albany,1 NY, ordered schools as
well as libraries, duseums, night
dubs,' theaters and bowling alley
to dose Sunday until further, no
tice. . . -.
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