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- ; ' 'mm ift- . ,.; If i k '....2. K1H (Story In Column 2) Weather gaa Praaclsee EQfCBt TKDQjQB Portias taattle ;v ii WllbaetU rtrtr t lack. POUNDDD f 4 1 ;! '--V-.'--- ' Max. -Mia. Bate SS- 41 - m - 1 U t-ZS (ivy : v, w m,, i i i .1 v -yit. I S Because there wax such a swarm of person who wanted to get in to witness the execution of Robert EJ Lee Folkes, negro murderer, there has been some agitation for legislation to limit the admissions to the scene of executions. Refer ence to the present law showi that the restrictions- are narrow, sec. i 26-1249, OCLA, requires that exe cutions take place within the en closure of the penitentiary.' ' ; The prison superintendent must be there; and he is required to invite one or more physicians, the attorney" general, the sheriff in the county in which Judgment wis rendered. He may permit not to exceed two ministers of the gospel to attend, and not to exceed five "relatives and friends" of the condemned person, "together with such peace officers as such super intendent may think -expedient" Then come the restricting words: "but hT other persons than those mentioned in this section can be present at the execution, nor can any person under the age of 21 years be allowed to witness the same." -!h v - ' It Is hard to see how this law can be improved runon. Certainly It I is necessary to have witnesses who can certify that the execution was duly performed. - Executions are gruesome busi ness, and there still are many folk with morbid curiosity who like to see a criminal expire. But public taste has' shown improvement, and executions are no longer '! (Continued on editorial page) Peter Agrees To Transfer Ruling Power iLONDONT, Jan. 29. (7P KIn Peter of Yugoslavia agreed to night to transfer his powers to a regency council to be chosen by himself and appointed Premier Ivan Subasic to put into effect an agreement with Marshal Tito Xor a coalition government , In this maneuver the king caught to straighten out the tan sled Yugoslav situation by accept irig the resignations of Subasic and his entire cabinet which he had demanded January 22 and then reappointing the premier and five of the six members of the former cabinet I The announcement by the infor mation department of the Yugo slav government said the king's instructions ordered the new gov ernment to observe the reserva tions made in his communique of January 11, at which time Peter cbjfcted to the form of the pro posed regency tnd t what he called its unrestricted legislative powers. Blast Injures 15 Persons . ! HAMMOND, Ind., Jan. 29 At least 15 persons were injured tonight by an explosion followed by fire which swept the Phil Smldt and son restaurant at 1170 Indianapolis Blvd., but police said they had no reports of any deaths. i Police said they believed the blast which occurred during the dinner ' hour originated in the heater part of an oil tank. The cafe, widely known for its fish and chicken dinners, was partial ly filled with about 100 persons at the time. Scores of diners were aaid to have escaped through side entrances . and windows, accord : Ing to Miss Cleo Myers, 27, cashier In the restaurant Bridges Gets 'Court Hearing I WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -&P)- The supreme court today agreed to give Harry R. Bridges, West ' Coast CIO leader, a chance to show why he should not be ship ped back to bis native Australia , The court will review a 3 to 2 decision of the ninth federal cir- - cuit court of appeals which denied the longshoremen's umon execu tive a writ of habeas corpus. Bridges seeks to block a May, 1942, order of Attorney General Biddle that he leave the country, Biddle's order reversed the board of immigration appeals. He said Bridges had been a member of . the communist party. Which Bridges denied. - - 103,691 Federal Ballots Cast by Armed Forces WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. War Secretary Stimson estimated today that 108,691 federal ballots were cast by service personnel overseas in the 1944 general elec NINETY-FOURTH YEAS Henry . Defends Himself Nominee . Certain He Can Handle Commerce Post NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-F-Pres- dent Roosevelt in a message to night said that "America, its peo ple and its government need Hen ry Wallace nowj more man ever before.'.,- -: ; "I count on his aid, hi wisdom and his courage: in the difficult ways to the magnificent hopes we hold for a world worthy of his faith in the people and of . the struggles of free people every where, which have so splendidly ustified that faith," the .president said. The message was read by Bruce Bliven, editor of the new Repub lican magazine, rat a testimonial dinner in honor of the former vice president of the United States and presently nominee for secretary of commerce. j First Announcement It was the president's first pub lic announcement on the Wallace candidacy since the senate com merce committee last week reject ed his nomination by a 14-5 vote. The former vice president in his prepared address tonight said he would prefer not to be secretary of commerce "If there were seri ous danger of a 'too little' and 'too late' man being appointed" to head the lending agency. ' "I feel that from the standpoint of 60,000,000 workers, the profits of business, the income of farmers, the welfare of the-country 'as a whole, and the protection of the United States treasury, I could do a better job if the. two were com bined than if they were separa ted,-he said. Denies Charges fThe people J who are fighting against me konw that they are not fighting a starry-eyed liberal or mystic. If they really thought that they wouldn't be worried," he con tinued. ' i "They are fighting against sound principles upon which America can survive as a great and pros perous natfqn. They know that with me in commerce there would be a continuous campaign for maximum production, . maximum sales, maximum exports and im ports. They know I would rally business support behind tie de partment of commerce to make it the great service institution It ought to be." J i Draft Board Calls Sinatra JERSEY CITY, NJ, Jan. 29-W)- Four-F Frank; Sinatra has been ordered by his local draft board to report for re-examination and possible induction into the US armed forces. Ira W. Caldwell, chairman of draft board 19, 26 Journal square, said tonight an order directing the swoon-crooner to report for physical examination was mailed to Sinatra's Hasbrouck Heights address on January 18. ' Sinatra is now in Hollywood. Caldwell did not say whether the singer would have to return to return to Jersey City for the ex amination. v Sinatra was last examined on December 9, 1943, when a punc tured eardrum, landed him in the 4-F classification. Italian Aviators Fly For Japanese Airforce CHUNGKING, Jan. : 29H)-A Chinese central news dispatch published here, today charged that some Italian aviators are flying for the Japanese airforce. Labor JUnion Officials Reject Compromise on f Closed Shop9 : By William F. Arborast WASHINGTON. Jan. 29.-As)-A proposed compromise of -the con troversial "closed shop" question was rejected by labor union spokesmen today as the house be gan debate on limited national service legislation. 7 The fate of the bill, which em powers draft boards to assign men 18 through 45 to war production jobs, is considered highly uncer tain. The house is expected to vote on it Thursday or Friday. Southern democrats refused to budge from! their contention the bill would be unsuitable without an amendment permitting men as 12 PAGES BerlinBbund N i;: if-'' j V Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov (above) commands the First White Russian army which is striking beyond Poxnsn toward Berlin. He Is a hero ef fighting at (Moscow and Stalingrad. (AP wirephoto) Snell Renews Terming his requested tax sur vey the "most vital) Important and far-reaching" research project which will come before this ses sion of the legislature. Gov. Earl Snell on Monday- renewed, in a letter to the senate, the plea for the study he had first voiced In his message to the joint assembly of the two houses at the opening of the session. i : The governor's letter followed defeat in the senate last week of an amendment which: would have authorized the hiring of national recognized experts to survey the state's tax structure, ..; He had in mind ?'a firm such as the one which has done simi lar work for the states of Colo rado!, Montana, Washington, Cali fornia Wyoming, Illinois and several other states of the union" when he suggested in his message to the legislature that nationally- recognized experts be employed, his letter declares. "This particu lar jfirm jalso is the one ; which hteonchicted the very Sfine survey for j the Portland school board,1 it continues, pointing out that the firm is a western j organization, and adding that "the main objec tive Is to get the job done." One of the principal questions which has arisen in Oregon's tax program is dividing the fields of taxation among the state and its political subdivisions, the; coun ties pities, school i districts and other taxing units, the governor's letter maintains. "4 L Nationally-recognized experts would provide a - report! which "should be recognized and accept ed nationally" and would be ef fective in attracting industrial de velopment, it declares, i if? - - -s ! r i March of Dimes Drive Extended Until Feb. 15 NEW YORK, Jan. ?9.-(!P)-Basil O'Connor president of the national foundation for infantile paralysis, announced today , the March of Dimes: would be extended unti February 15 because . abnormal weather of the last ; two weeks caused postponment of March . o Dimes: events in many parts of the country" -;S j" March of Dimes . was to have ended Wednesday. & j -. i ....-. signed to jobs to work in a closed shop: without joining a union. Such a provision once was approved by the house military committee, but was later withdrawn. ; ' , Rep.' Wadsworth (R-NY). seek ing to soften organized labor's op position to it, proposed that'll be rewritten to include language un derscoring the inviolability of ex isting collective bargaining and other labor laws. & i J "If is still an anti-closed shop amendment," commented .Rep. Philbin (D-Mass), who1 said he bespoke the views of organized labor. Plea for Study Of State Taxes b iremen Pension Sought . House Approves Contested Bill on i Party i Vacancies A proposal for a firemen's com pensation and retirement program was- before - the 43rd . legislature today , as the Si senate . and house neared the half-way mark of the scheduled 50-day meeting. The bill, (HB 207) making pro visions : for both volunteer and paid firemen throughout the state, is similar to measures which fail ed of passage fin previous session but proponents have said it elim inates! some of the objections of its forerunners. It was introduced in the; house by Rep. Earl H. Hill. Would Limit Salaries Other new measures before the house! for future action include a bill (HB 200) that would bar pay ing salaries to state officers high er than that of the governor (now $7500);! provide for bringing charges against parents or guar dians responsible for child delin quency (HB 1 199); and suspend salaries land expenses of the rac ing commission during the fed eral baA on facing (HB 202). The house bill (HB 145) which would permit, county courts to fill legislative vacancies without re gard to the political affiliation of the previous! holder .was passed 50 to 7 in comparatively short order unlike the stormy, time which greeted a proposal to vote on the measure last week. Closer Control Sought . New introductions in the senate included several liquor control bills, to Implement seizure of up-i plies in places found in violation of the : code and to legalize the commission's action : in limiting kinds and brands of liquor on sale. Another new bill would establish protective areas along highways, and SB 21 would regulate the city annexation of new territory (story at bottom of this page). Committees were scheduled to be increasingly active today. Four hearings will be held; three this afternoon, on proposals to tax aviation gasoline 5 cents a gallon, to limit access to highways, and to prevent public utility districts from serving outside their own territories without the consent of the people to; be served. Hearing Tonight A hearing) on the so-called hotel" or civil rights bill will be held tonight. The next three days are expect ed to see introduced by far the greater ; majority of bills which will hit the I house this session, since Thursday is the. last day on which: house "members may enter measures without approval of the legislation and rules committeei (Legislative news on pages and 12). -. ; : ... - RAF Hammers Berlin Again -' . ! it LONDON, Tuesday, Jan. Refugee-packed Berlin was bomb ed again last night by the RAF af ter more than 2000 Allied heavy bombers, "most of them from the US Eighth ait force, dealt devas tating blows to seven German rail centers and a tank factory during the day, 1 " . L The newest bombing, of Berlin presumably was carried put by the RAF's swift Mosquito as were raids Saturday and Sunday nights. Almost 1200 American Flying Fortresses and Liberators, escort ed by 700 Mustangs and Thunder bolts, bombed two railyards at Co- blenz, others at Siegen, Hamkujl- munster and 21seljvwa factory at KasseL -1 Superforls Hitlwojima : WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-(ff)-Superfortresses slammed Iwo Jima with "good results' today to ease the next trip to Tokyo, while headquarters boosted , the bag of enemy planes in Saturday's big strike to a record 119 v " r - j ; The force that went to Iwo Jima, about half way between the B-29 base on Salpan and the Japanese capital, encountered only "mea grew fighter opposition and anti aircraft fire, 20th air force head quarters reported In a commun ique, indicating that the heavy working-over; the Japanese out post has had In the last week has softened It considerably f ' - SoUm. Oregon, Tuesday Morning, January 33, g)3' s Siegfried osts Allied Bombers Blast Retre;ating German Vehicles . j j - .-, - f By Austin Bealmear PARIS, Jan. 29.-wi-The US Third "army smashed into Ger many at two new points today, crossing j the Our river irom Bel gium and battering into the out posts of the Siegfried 1 line in a storm ojf fire from enemy tanks and self-propelled guns. tfoable to bring up assault boats and oridging equipment over the jagged, snow-banked terrain, the doughboys waded through the icy waters four feet deep and clam bered up the steep banks into the reich. Part of one German town was' in American hands! tonight. Crossing Forced :' . The Crossings were i forced at Peterskirche and Oberhausen, sev en and 10 miles south of St Vith and some 13 miles southwest of prvmVth Eifel mountain road and railway center which supplies the Siegfried line) " , j . c Ahead of the charging ground forces, pouncing allied- fighter bombers caught the Germans once more trying to withdraw and knocked out more than half of 2000 motor vehicles spotted on the roads., j, I ! Incomplete reports said pilots claimed! destruction of 690 vehi cles, damaging of 571, destruction of 18 tanks and armored vehicles and damaging of two more. - The convoy Was caught 10 miles south east of St Vith. Pressure Mounts . (A Berlin broadcast declared American pressure was mounting on this front) j , ' The US First army to the north also was on the attack, liquidat ing the j Belgian bulge and ham mering lout a bulge of its own within two miles of the! reich aft er a three and a half mile advance placed it on or beyond the jump off line of the German winter of fensive;! -j WCTU, Qmrch Benefit From Bishop Will The will of the late Mrs.-Fannie Kay Bishop, which was admitted to probate Monday in; an order signed by Judge George R. Dun can, names the WCTU j Children's Farm Home at Corvallis, the WC TU irf Salem and the First Presby terian church of Salem as bene ficiaries: in addition to members of the 'family, The filing! stated the value of the real - and : personal property1 would be of probable yalue in; excess of $10,000. The will was dated I June , 28, 1943, and was witnessed by Beu lah Miller and LeRoy Card. Clar ence 14, j Roy - T. , and Robert Chauncey Bishop, jr, were named executors without bond." ' The complete list of beneficiar ies, besides the ones named above, includes; Robert Chauncey Bish op, Jr, grandson, Portland; Charl es Kay Bishop, grandson, Washou gal, Wash.; Clarence M. Eishop, son, Portland; Clarence Morton Bishop, j grandson, t Portland; Brought on Hayward Bishop, grandson, Portland; ' Harriet B Bishop, daughter-in-law, Port land; Roy T. Bishop, son, Portland; Jane . Elizabeth Bishop. Reville, granddaughter, 'Washinjgton, DC; Thomas j Bishop, . grandson, Port land; William Henry Bishop, grandson, Portland; First National Bank of i Portland. : - iTlorida Stamp Planned : WASHINGTON, Jan.! 29. -()- Postmaster General Frank C Walker announced ' tonight ; auth orization; of ' a special three-cent commemorative postage stamp marking the 100th anniversary of the admission of Florida to state hood, , i Oiitp ReacHed ISIS n - o rrTN Russian Drives Unchecked Arrows indicate red army drives en the eastern front (heavy line), r Russians were 109. miles from Berlin at Pniewy, west ef encircled i Posnan. To the east Torun. had i sore continued en East Prussia reported trapped. In the soath ' centers of senthern Silesia.? (AP Yankees bit TrnzofiSpeed ffr Toward Calutnpit Within 25 '"lAhi Miles of Manila : ' : I ?i. By Ci Yates : GENERAL MacARTHUR'S Jan. 3 0-P)-American armored units sped toward Calumpit within 25 airline miles of Manila, Sunday unopposed into San Fernando ontne heels of several hundred Japa nese who fled toward historic Bataan. j The armored units shot past John J. Mahula Dies in Action On War Front r; ' - r r:r -1 First Lt. John J: Mahula, army artillery, was killed in action in Germany, January 19, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Mahula, '1466 North Liberty street, have been notified by the war department He had been overseas four months, landing in England and going later to France and Belgium. j Lieutenant Mahula was born 25 years ago In Denver and had lived in Salem since he was three fears old until he enlisted in the army in September 1941. He trained at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., and later Keesler field where he was grad uated from aviation mechanics school. He served for a year at Morrison field. Palm Beach, 'Fla, and then went -to officers-candi date school at Ft Sill Oklal He was commissioned seeond lieuten ant in the artillery in November 1943.. ; i- :'; - v -h-- He. was one of three sons of the Salem family serving in! the army. The others are M. Sgt Mar tin Mahula, in the South Pacific and Sgt Francis Mahula with the army in the European theatre. : He attended St Vincent dePaul'a parochial school, Mt Angel! pre paratory and Mt Angel college When he enlisted he was employed by the Oregon Pulp and Paper company. The last letter which his parents received from him! was dated January 3L1 fji : - ' I . New Anm Salem Would Be Little Affected t A ' new proposal In - regard to city: annexations was introduced in the legislature Monday by Sen. Merle Chessman, Clatsop county republican, but r only. , one of. its provisions would , effect Cajem's proposed ; annexation ordinance even if the bill should become law before the election in ApriLi dty officials said Monday" night That provision is to the effect that 25 per cent of the owner resi dents of the territory up for an nexation must petition for 3 an nexation before such an' election could be held. . ; . f . I Otherwise, the measure specifies that territories to bo annexed may Frlc 5c been encircled. To the north pres- where 200,000 Germans have been the. Russians held vital Industrial wirephoto map) - :. . . McDanlel HEADQUARTERS, Luzon, Tuesday, after Sixth army infantrymen swept San Fernando, 34 miles from Manila, to enter the narrow neck of land between two swamps. In a drive nearing Calumpit on the Pam- panga nver. The fall of San Fernando was reported in a communique which listed Nipponese casualties on Lu zon in excess of 25,000 men as against American casualties of 4254. While the push toward Manila x gained speed, other Yanks to the north, battling in tough ridge country, seized more high ground in the Rosario area within 14 miles of the summer capital of Baguio The Fourteenth army corps of Maj. Gen. Oscar W. Griswold seized San Fernando, capital of Pampanga province in a push nine miles below Angeles, then sent patrols far ahead where the cen tral Luzon plain narrows between two swamplands. The Yanks at San Fernando are 90 miles south of Lingayen gulf where they land ed January 9. t ., ' ; ' The First corps of Maj. Gen. In- nis W. Swift took ridges overlook ing camp one in behind fallen Ro sario and also capped a - bloody fight 15 miles to the southeast at San Manuel by annihilating Japa nese in hand-to-hand fighting. Around San Manuel, 49 destroyed enemy tanks and 789 Nipponese bodies have been counted. Qoaily Today with occasional rain showers, minimum temperature to be about 32 degrees in the mid Willamette valley area, predicts US weather bureau at McNary field, Salem. ' not be connected with the dty only by a narrow strip of land and that no strip of land less than 300 feet in width may be annexed. It (SB 121)' provides "that no territory shall be annexed in which the : large area is not connected to the boundary of the munidpal ity by a strip of land with a mini mum width in feet of not less than 10 times the area In acres o the total territory to be annexed." Salem's planned annexation meets those requirements, Alder man James Byers, who heads the special annexation committee, and City Engineer ' J. Harold Davis said . - -v. ! ::;.j.- '-.v' ' - No. 27a .QJJn So D(5lQ . So ' -V-"- .'..3. . i-.lr- ' ' Gapifars IJanger IsMcute 1A Russians Invade Pomerania Area On 30-Mile Front j By W. W. Hercher ' f LONDON, Tuesday, Jan. 30.H -A powerful red army, invaded omerama in northeastern Ger many for the first time yesterday ? on a 30-mile front sweeDins to within 93 miles of Berlin and to within 57 miles of the big Baltic port Of Stettin, Premier Stalin ani nounced last night on the eve of Adolf Hitler's 12th anniversary as chancellor. - The fate of Berlin is in the bal ance, a German radio announce? declared in calling oh Germans to rise and save the fatherland cap- -ital in the same manner that Rus sians saved Moscow from the nazt egipns in December, 1941. ' Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov 'a First White Russian army smash- ed 13 miles inside Germany north- west of tottering Poznan in west ern Poland after leaving siege un its behind to reduce that island of , resistance. Berlin said Russian troops had fought their way into the heart of encircled Poznan and ftinf 7T ... Anl. - rThours. i I Cross Into Reich f West of Poznan the Russians) also reached the pre-war German- Polish frontier within 93 miles of Berlin. Moscow indicated these units had --crossed into Germany, but did not disclose their progress inside the reich. ii , ' . .. . - Frankfurt on the Oder river, lastj big shield before Berlin, was only 57 miles from the advancing Russians, and German troops were falling back across the great nor thern German plain, presumably to make a stand on the Oder which flows to within 40 miles of the axis capital. Turn German Line In crossing into Pomerania, the. Russians turned the southern end of a miniature Siegfried line run ning northward from Schneider muhl, 50 miles northwest of Oz- nan, and Berlin said that Schnei demuhl itself was encircled by the Russians as they drove swiftly to) cut I off all Pomerania extending eastward from Stettin to the Po lish! corridor. The main Danzig-Berlin super highway and trunk railway alrea dy had been .cut at several points by the onrushing soviet troops, . and: the danger to Berlin was so acute that the German radio quo ted Nazi Labor Leader Dr. Robert Ley as declaring We will fight . before Berlin, in Berlin, j around Berlin and behind Berlin." This statement was taken by observers to' mean that the Germans already were preparing for the prospect of a hinterland resistance should Berlin be engulfed by . Zuhkov's Stalingrad veterans. Near Konigsberg . '. In East Prussia the Russians, gradually encircling - Konigsberg, drove to within two miles of the city, ; ' . . : 4 ' Harry Hopkins Now in Italy PARIS, Jan. 29 -W)- Harry I Hopkins, on an information mis sion for President Roosevelt pre paratory to the Big Three ,con ference, has gone to Rome to se4 Pope Pius XII following, visits ta London and Paris. . An American-Imposed censor ship had banned any mention o Hopkins' movements for "secure ity 'reasons" until a Paris radig broadcast today . announced his visit here. ' ' ' ' i Coincident with the disclosure of Hopkins visits, diplomats spec ulated that Mr. Roosevelt, Prim Minister Churchill and Premier Marshal Stalin might produce A joint immediate surrender call to Germany at their meeting. ' i