PAGE TWO Th OnZGOir STATE2.XAJT, Colesa. Orio, Satarday Morning. January 27. ISiS Charge Made Ickes Errors In Affidavit CHICAGO. Jan. 28 -WV The state attorney' office announced today It would investigate an as sessor's charge that Harold L. Ickes, secretary of the interior, ob tained an $8348 tax reduction on a building he owned by filing an erroneous? affidavit. In Washington Ickes asserted ' that '"Never, to my knowledge, did I at any time' make an affi davit to the board of tax appeals." He described the statement that he had as' "a strange mixture of smearing tactics and politics of a low order" State's Attorney William J. ' Touhy said he had assigned an as sistant, Gordon Nash, to investi gate the tax case. 1 The charge that Ickes had filed : an ''erroneous" affidavit was made by John S. Clark, Cook county (Chicago) assessor, who contend ed Ickes obtained tax reductions totaling $8548 for 1943 and 1944. 'Allied Planes Blast Burma ; Jap Supplies j CALCUTTA, Jan. 25-jF)-Allied warplanes attacked supply dumps and knocked down at .least nine ! bridges in - Burma today in far- i flung attacks designed to seal off the retreating Japanese. ; Japanese lifelines and key tar gets around Mandalay bore the ; brunt of the storm of bombs and . machinegun bullets. ' Ground f or- 4 ces apparently marked time to ; permit Ma. Gen. George Strate . meyer's eastern air command to (get in punishing blows. " ! (A Tokyo dispatch broadcast by 'Berlin radio said the British were ' steadily enlarging their Irrawaddy bridgeheads at Singu and Tha beikJcyin, 80 miles north of'.Man- -dalay, despite heavy Japanese pressure, and that a fierce artil lery battle was in progress.) :YMCA Leaders Hold Supper J. 1 ' t - j First of a series of monthly so cial events planned by and for the Junior Leaders club of the YMCA's physical education de partment, a no-host supper was held Friday night at the "Y." Par ents of club members were guests. ; Following the meal, the boys, all leaders in YMCA gym and awim classes, played a volleyball game with their fathers and won it by a narrow margin. A swim ming exhibition by the boys for their parents was also a feature ef the; evening. ". In the group were Bert Eshle- man, Gordon Sloan, Mrs. Marian Sloan,1 Sanford Weinstein, Darrell Lawrence, Don McCracken, Chet Goodman, Oliver Bollne, John El liott, Glen Garrett, Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Garrett, Mrs Mabel Bo- line, Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Bangert, Bill Bangert, ' John Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Taylor, Bill Olinger, Mrs. Minnie .Olinger, Jim Dimit :and A. Fratier. . . Woodburn Drug Store Proprietor Fractures Skull Attendants at the Deaconess hospital today described as "fair the condition , nf TTonnotK vr G rath, Woodburn druggist who uuerea iraciurea skuu when he fell down some stairs at his store In Woodburn Thursday,. . .Mrs. Frank Myers, 52, Lyons, entered .."the Deaconess Friday morning with lacerations . and bruises around the face as a result f an auto collision near'Stayton. Her .condition was not serious, at tendants said. ; ; Monmouth Woman Will Teach Mehama School MONMOUTH Mrs. Metz Hub bard, has accepted a teaching po sition in the Mehama school, re placing Miss Frances Snyder, who has resigned. Mrs. Hubbard will have the " four primary grades. Miss Snyder, who has been teach ing at Mehama since school op ened in September, lives in West Salem and was night telephone operator at Monmouth for a num ber of years prior to. introduction of the dial system here. Too Late to Classify - WOMAN to itay with elderly lady purine day. Pboa k&SS. 'm mm m a ksnrsnf s?5raararrm tat j Starting at I P. M. George Raft - Vera Zorina . And 59 Guest Stars TcUst; iLs Day;"!. ; . Also-- nery AJdrich Plays - Cupid" -with Jimmy Lydon T and Vera Vague - Warfare f swimKLANO fl AU H. Vy Jj HUNG ART AsI. Arrows lndint action todav on the threatening Berlin itself from the fithtlnr alonar the Oder river In Americans have advanced north cheeked. Shaded circle centered W " v.- v. .V )tf -j. .v.". -;. my: V . . .w.'.s. .'.. -J I r T ' 1 K f. ' . t : i 5 1 . ' - i - - i , ' J - j . - . . -.- ..::: -vv r. -y:--. WAR DAMAGE IN ROUE N This bridge across the Seine destroyed by Allied bombing. In background b the famous I -If t J "' " nwM ...r... - , M a -i ... ' . ' 1 1 - i . -1 1 - i 1 aMaoSMSMMaawstaMato-aos ji iViirfSMjaisiasl,Biira-Masr C I R L S A I D A I R WAYS Two Sngllsh girls handle i Jab whkh before the war was dene by men mooring a flying boat's launch to a qoay-at the Poole Harbor aviatien base 2000 New Automobiles Available in February : Washington, Jan. 2-jp Only 2000 new passenger auto mobiles will be available for ra tioning in February. t This represents aj reduction of one-third from the quota in the four preceding months. In announcing the cut today, the office of price administration said the estimated supply of new passenger cars available for ra tioning now is about 12,000. American Legation In Berlin Wrecked ; y,. . : STOCKHOLM, Jan. 26-(ff-The American , legation j , in . - Berlin, which once before was 'reported damaged by blockbuster, re cently was virtuallyj ruined dur ing an allied raid, a! Swedish na tional reported tonight opon ar rival in Mahnoe, the newspaper Pagens Nyheter,- said, VJ.W. Victory bub ' Old-Time Dancing TOUIGHT Vclcransl HsII V Corner Hood and - 'Chnrch Streets Ucsie by '- ' THE c3EGo:n2ins Club Members Only on Tivo Fronts easier and western area of Posnan. have eat off German Silesia to the south. On of Aachen, and a German offensive on Berlin has a radius of 125 miles. - Oregon Will Boost Itself ! . I ;Jf . - H I - . V. ; PORTLAND, Jan. ZlJ--The Oregon Overusing federation to day mapped a state-wide -organization to sell Oregon's resort at tractions' to tourists. i;i i Lamenting that Oregon is the Ann Sheridan "Shine On Harvest Moon A 1 f I : f v r - Ends Today I thC moj tmt hits biJTCT Continuous from JP..M. - I'-! 1 - TYRONE h h ito Ddns Cano" , Ce-IIit: jj s . . iriEurope fronts la Europe (heavy s lines); Bnsslans, East Prussia in the north and are the western front British and north of v Strasbourg haa been (AP wirephoto) 14m River at Koacn, France, was . cathedral of Koten. least, known of .all Pacific coast states and that tourists Jiere are too often going from California to Washington,' Arden '"X, Pang born, federation jj president, said the traveling public must be. told of our mountains Willamette and Columbia : valleys , and seashore resorts. S- , , j . . Committees of ! the new state wide group will be organized in about 15 other Oregon towns. ; Bill Boyd j ; Secrets of i The Wasteland" Tomorrow! Nature Amok! Passions Loosed! ? IE . 1 4 r : i MYRNA .GEORGE n A 7, r' l-iUiia Japs Smash i Into Sixburbs - h . ( - ----- - " i Of Key City CHUNGKING, Jan. 2-V-The Chinese high command ' an nounced tonight that a Japanese offensive In southeastern China timed at closing the Chinese-held gap In the Canton-Hankow rail road had smashed into the su burbs of I Kukong, provisional capital of pCwangtung province.. tierce fighting was ' raging for possession of Kukong, the high cornmand Said. , - J' .In a surprise attack yesterday northern-based Mustangs j of the TJ, S. 14th air force struck heavily at the PeiBtog airfield, j , - Kakong. is 12S miles due north of Canton close to the Kwang-tung-Hunan border. ' ' . ' . ' The . American fighters de stroyed 40! Japanese planes! in cluding five. In air battles, pro bably destroyed six others and damaged two. Returning to their base, the fighters destroyed four enemy . locomotives nd . damaged one. Three American planes were missing from the - Peiping 'and other raids. LtBud' Taylor Dies in Crash ' - -. Si - i b ! , Twenty-six-year-old Benjamin A. (Bud) Taylor, first lieutenant in the American army air, forces, who died in a plane crash in Ehg land shortly before Christmas, at tended Parrish junior high; school and Sacred Heart academy In Sa lem and . was employed for ; six years by the Salem Linen com pany. He learned to fly here and joined the I Royal Air Force of England In j the summer of 1941, trained, at Spartan field,! Tulsa, Okla, and was last at his home in Salem early in December, 1941 On the day that Pearl Harbor was attacked he . was in ' Chicago on his way to England, where he arrived the-day after Christmas. In July, 1942, with, the ; famed American Eagle squadron ion his first operational night, he was wounded inja raid over Germany. In the fall of that year members of the Jgle squadron were re leased, by the British forces to join the Americans. .j: . Taylor was for awhile an in structor: and was. later in admin istrative work. He had been of fered opportunities to come; home cn leave but had expressed; a de sire to wait until the war had been won. Members of his family said Friday that he had continu ously sought combat duty and since last April had undertaken number, of missions of, secret na ture, often piloting for high; rank ing officers land on at least one occasion; carrying Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. j t,-c - ; j ' The English woman in ! whose home he lived for two years has corresponded with his mother. Her most recent letter brought to Mrs, Taylor a few of the details -of her son's last flight, ? : ' Survivors iin addition to Mrs. Taylor, I include the lieutenant's father, James A. Taylor, Vancou ver sisters, Helen Burton, ; Eliza beth Ricks;! Ethel Marker and Rosemary Taylor, all of Salem; brothers, James Taylor of .North Bonneville, Charles Taylor of Leb anon and John Taylor of Salem. Ends Today! j .) h Cary Grant ';.f V "Arsenic and Old Lace" ,!. Jane vWyman "Crime by Nighr: O ' -is--. . - .1 Continoous front. 1 P. M. I Tdnorrou! ; 1 " Mi Barbara Stanwyck Joel j McCrea Walter Brennan Dmuooii innnEE .1 jail , "off War! j . Br tho Associated Press f Western front .Yanks and British storm to within 25 miles of Dusseldorf asnazi defenses crumple - at - gateway to Ruhr Valley. y--- t.j t -'YI: ' Kassia . Red army captures Hindenburg in Silesia and Mos ina, 138 miles from Berlin; smashes to Danzig free state frontier. ' Philippines Luzon- fighting stalemated as Japanese put up bitteg .resistance Jen: central plains 'south of Bamban river. . China Heavy encounters rage, at . Kukong, provisional Kwangtung province capital; as 'Japanese strive to close gap- in Canton-Hankow railroad. . ; . Barms Retreating Japanese bombarded , by allied , planes, which hit key targets hear .Man dalay and .destroy nine bridges. - Italy Snow, rain limit fight ing put Fifth army patrols start v clashes at German ' defenses south of Bologna. Marsh Will Talk on Legislative Outlook At Chamber Monday Members of the Salem Chamber of Commerce at their noon lunch eon Monday will hear Rep. Eugene E Marsh," speaker of the house. explain the leg islative outlook as he sees It from the chair of the presiding officer. His an alysis, based on long service in the house, will be given with the idea of acquainting chamber members with the things they might expect by the end of the session. Prize Airfield Named For Ma j. Harold Qark WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -l ciars: iieia, prize airdrome of the Philippines, which was captured by American 6th army troops yes leraay, was namea ior xuaj. Har old M. Clark. v; ji Army air force records disclos ed that Major Clark was killed in a plane accident in the , Canal Zone May 21, 1919. Biographical information concerning Major Clark ,was not available tonight, the army said. 1 ' " Ends Today! fi John .Wayne, "Stagecoach' y, - . , . - ; U Bonita Granville U "Youth Runs WUd I s - "'V - M k ' ; mmmmnl i t - " ' I I si t , i spiiie cciLuna t.YSTan Eil! Coiift Martial Sentences 9 .... , More Yanks PARTS. Jan. 25-UP-A court martial trvintf black market cases sentenced nine more enlisted men A A. to five year Imprisonment waay and heard testimony against nine others whose wallets bulged with French currency. . Tho'walleta were introduced as evidence along with looted cigar ettes- and boots to illustrate we prosecution's contention . of " an "easy money" hire behind biaat market deals in supplies stolen from army trains en route to the front, A wallet taken from one defendant at the time of his arrest contained 21,880 - francs (about S425)k . : The nine sentenced on pleas of guilty of wrongfully disposing of government property,, and their home addresses included: .' Pvt. Raineld E. Lewis, of Brem erton. Wash.: Pfc. William C. Fer- lanie, 19, Moscow, Ida, j Grocers Won't Be Prosecuted-: WASHINGTON. Jan. 26,r Rep, Angell (D, Ore) said today the office of price administration will not prosecute grocers for any sales made before 5:05 pjn. (east ern war time) December 26 In violation of its post-Chrfcftmas re- rationmg oraer. . . . , . ,. a Aneell said he had inquired in behalf of . Portland, Ore, grocers who had . been threatened witn prosecution. ". - .... i' L ; The' order, issued December 25, and intended to be effective' at 12:01 a.m. December 26, annwal Iv was not filed with the federal register until 5:05 pjn. that day. It restored rationing points to a large number of fruits, vegetables and meats which , for several months had been unrationed. Belgium Heading Into Grayest Coal Grids T BRUSSELS, Jan. 26 Bel gium appeared tonight to be head ing into her gravest coal crisis of the winter with canal ice immo bilizing freight barges and strikes breaking out in the coal fields, t Severe restrictions were I im posed on Brussels' street car,! gas and electric systems. I EVERYQfC KNOWS THOSE GBQ SHOWS - I CoDunuoua bhows Daily from 1 P. M.- r . v. W 1 l.CJc V ...) W,k"i I-,.- ; if " 7n I ' III I i I " i - ; I A.;-..,:jP OH'MOHEFROllT BT EAESL CHILP3 tmnresario of the Spa, dropped a five-gallon can of ice cream on one of his big toes and made it bigger the other day; so he has ordered a new gadget witb, which to Hit tne nig w tainers--tossed the other one away. ;:-; - . - What we're trying to" figure out is Just what the old xwenen rans-e could have done to him that ; he should go back . on It There'! a new and beautiful range - in the Spa's galley now. mb i..i4nH Kav droD-oed the old one on his loot Ah, we, have It may- be he dropped some oi uie dw cuits baked In It! . Navy1 in Monmoutlj . 'rMirnjrrff Men in naval MVtHWV" ' m snnMrin OH rfTMU here, and sorhe houses and apart- ments have Deen rejueu uj wjr officers and their families. suPFoni The benefit Building Fund for Salem General Hospital and Salem Dea coness hospital. - GET YOUR . TICKETS FROM SALEM LIOIIS CLUB j MEMBERS Or at WilTs Music Store to the Benno Elahinof j Concerl Violinist Wednesday, January 31st - Salem High School Auditorium Tonorrow! 1 ...(Preview Tonite After 12 P. M.) 2vy r. s a i v.. l:!SllKli!Dlg News .Flashes! Soviets Take War- "wt . AlUes Smash Japs In Bur ! . . Typhoon in Pacific! , . . Wfnter in lUly! . . . lleli tcpter Is Used fca Cea Eescne! I