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Tk CUCCN STATXZM32L EsIol Oregon, Ssbodor Marciag. rbnuary 3. 1S4S
ject
Croup to Meet
Again Feb. 12
:-:The Willamette Valler Project
r, committe which met m Salem
,': Chamber : of Commerce rooms
here Friday (see page 1) to ap
, prove the budget it wHl present
to the legislature is to convene
again in Salem on Monday. Feb
. ruary 12, following 'a chamber of
t commerce luncheon meeting
where Maj. Gen. Thomaa Rb
1', bins, deputy chief engineer, U.S.
" army engineers, and others o( his
staff will present the) program.
. j In the grpup in session here
' Friday were Claudd Buchanan,
' Corvallis; Elmo Chase, Eugene;
"Victor P. Morris," Eugene; Walter
Fl Buse, t)regon Cityj Harry As
Jbahr, Corvallis; J. W McArthur,
Eugene; Dr. W. Powers, Corval
lis; E. C Gwillim, soil conserva
tion expert, Oregon ' State college;
County Judge Henna Van Weil,
Tbllt county; Kenneth! Miller, re
presenting the Portland Cham-
ber of Commerce; j Rep, Truman
Chase, Eugene; t f
i Henry Zorn, Aurora; L. H. Mc
- - Bee, Dallas; H. H. rant, Inde
pendence; E. J. Himesj Polk coun
ty engineer; John Rati age, Wood-
burn; Amnion Grice, president of
Valleyrroj
the Oregon Farmers union; B. M.
i Iiefevre. Newbergi Morton Tomp
kins, Dayton; Ronald Johns, John
, Hi. Scott, County Commissioner
Jim Smith, County Judge Grant
Murphy, Linn Smith, Mayor I. M,
Doughton, and WL. jPhiUips, all
-. of Salem. :
CoL Jlalph A. Tudor, district
i. engineer, with W. H4 McGibbon,
also of the army engineers, at
tended to answer questions as to
t condition of the river and status
. of the project ! t
Snow Level Far Below
Average at Crater Lake
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MEDFORD, Feb. 2 -(flV-A snow
, level of 38.9 inches compared to
48.5 inches a year ago was re
ported today on the Annie Spring3
.official snow course by Crater
Lake national park officials.
,- Clyde E. Gilbert, acting chief
; ranger, said the water content
measured 34.5 percent, compared
tdj 30.7 percent last year. January
snjowfall in the area was believed
the lightest since records have been
kept, park headquarters said.
Average for the 20 year period is
108.4 inches.
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16 Miners Die When
Shaft Cage Cable Snaps
; iTIMMINS, Ont., Fb. 2-Jf)-A
'steel mine-shaft cage became a
twisted tomb today for 16 miners
at the Paymaster gold mine near
hfre when it plunged 1500 feet to
the bottom of the 250( -foot shaft,
y The cable snapped 1 1 the 1000
f xt level. A 25-man escue crew
worked hard to cut th ir way into
the mass of twisted steel and
bj-ing out the 15 victi ns. All but
one were dead when l cached and
he died before reach ing a hos
pital. . -
i Portland Chamber Will
Support Freeway Bill ' ,
y j PORTLAND, Feb. 2 (Jf)- The
Portland chamber of commerce
today informed the legislature that
it will support, enactment of the
i rending Freeway bill as long
-sighted, desirable road legislation.
" i The measure would empower
. the highway' commission to coop
erate with the federal government
in construction of high standard
roads of limited access. The cham
ber denied initiating the bill.-
Firnis Planning Layoffs
Should Give Warning
I- PORTLAND, Feb. 2 (Ff The
tate manpower director today
ordered firms planning to lay off
SO or more .workers to give seven
days , warning to the U. S. em
ployment service.
j L. C. Stoll said it would enable
the uses to line-up new Jobs so
tiat a minimum of working time
would be lost
Too Late to Classify
WRECKING ROX7SE merom (ram
DeaooncM hospital. WtU aeil doors.
.wmaowi, piaster ooara. Muit-ms. rur-
- tiace. lumber. Class, lavatory, toilet.
gas pipe, once
; FOR SALE by owner. 2 .r. homt 4
yrs. okl. Hardwood floors, auto oil fur
nace. V. blinds, elee. water heater and
Wired tor range Phone S300.
ENDS TODAY!
; Jady Garland
Tor Me and Mr Gal"
- Tern Conway
"Action in Arabia"
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lndo-China
1 JpJt Wwfl"TW,?WS!
Third Fleet. Carrier Task Force
sea in three years, under Task Commander Vice Adm. John 8.
' McCain, operating under Adm. William F. Halsey. brought plenty
rriff to the Jans. Transports, wareraft, shore installations were
sunk or shattered. Photo shows
used as "landmarks" by these
Saigon, rrencn inao-unina, ior
Rescued Heroes of Bataan
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Have Lots of Back Pay
Coming and They'll Get It
By the Associated Press
-Things definitely are looking
taan and Corregidor.
They have a lot of back pay coming and they're, going to get ev
ery cent. The war department says the total, running into the hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, is ready and waiting for the more than
400 Americans rescued Tuesday
island in the Philippines.
Already they've been clothed in
new army khaki to replace their
patched and tattered clothing.
So they will hear quickly from
their loved ones some have re
ceived a card or two, some not a
line in the nearly three years of
tortured imprisonment under the
Japanese Sixth army headquar
ters and the Red Cross have made
special provisions for deliveries of
mail.
Many Coming Home
. Many of them may be coming
home right away.
"I was informed some of these
men are already being prepared
for return and that others will be
brought back as soon as it can be
arranged," said Rep. Philbin CD
Mass) in Washington.
"Only those required to remain
for medical treatment will have
to stay there."
Their' spirits, by all accounts of
war correspondents, have risen
markedly now that they are get
ting plenty of food, the best of
medical treatment and are watch
ing wonder-eyed at endless lines
of modern war equipment rolling
toward Manila.
Rescue Details Told
At a sixth ranger camp near
Cabanatuan, Associated Press
Correspondent Fred Hampson was
told more details of the heroic res
cue. Filipinos supplied the ad
vanced information and pinpoint
ed the stockade.
A platoon led by First Lt. John
F. Murphy, of Springfield, Mass.,
former Notre Dame football play
er, approached the southeast cor
ner and it was Murphy who fired
the signal shot for the attack.
Lt. William J. O'ConnelL Bos
ton, Mass., commanded the squad
which covered the gate in front of
the prison. Rangers under. Capt.
James C. Fisher. Philadelphia.
Capt. Robert W. Prince,' Seattle,
and Lt. Melville Schmidt, New
Orleans, j completed the encircle
ment, j !
Speed Rescued Away 1
Lt. John Dove, Hollywood, Calif
directed the work of speeding the
prisoners from the stockade to the
rendezvous point. '
The Japanese guards were shot
or bayoneted In the first five min
utes. - ' I
The gravest menace during the
rescue Was by a heavy concentra
tion of Japanese attacking from
the north, using tanks. With only
small weapons, heroic - guerrillas
held off this force, catting down
nearly 300 Japanese at a cost of
23 guerrillas, until the rescuing
parties had tune to withdraw.
When the rescue party reached
safety, it included 51 carabao and
carts, helping bring oat ' the lib
erated men.
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burning Jap ship, one of many, j
Essex class carrier planes en route
anoiner nnu. imernuumj
up for those rescued heroes of Ba
night near Cabanatuan on Luzon
Clarence White,1
Lyceum Founder,
Dies in Portland
PORTLAND, Feb. 2-(-Fun-
erai services wm oe neid nere to
morrow for Clarence H. White,
co-founder of the Ellison-White
Chautauqua Lyceum in Portland
and Boise In 1912.
White, with the aid of J. R.
Ellison, spread Lyceum programs
to Canada. New I! Zealand and
Australia. He was a trustee of I
Willamette university.
He died Wednesday and Is sur
vived by the widow, Amy, four
children four grandchildren and
three brothers and; sisters.
His two daughters, Mrs. Ken
neth Potts and i Mrs. Georse
Montgomery, attended Willamette;
university. Mrs. Potts, the former!
Jean White, resided in Salem un
til her husband entered the army.
Rambling Ranch House
Built by Sheep Man)
TURNER Mr. and Mrs. Eddie
Ahrens are building a rambling
ranch house at their farm north
of Turner. It faces the highway
and is : an eight room house, all
on one floor. It; has an overhead
hot air; heatine svstem. It will be
ready for occupancy in a month.
xvuiciu a a prucuneni xarmer
and specializes in jRomney sheep.
Jefferson Mason,
Dislocates Shoulder
Claude B. Ray.' 45. mason of
Jefferson was injured- in an acci
dent at the J. D. Turaidse mint
farms near Jefferson Friday when
he fell into a well; and dislocated
his shoulder. He was given first
aid and taken to ! the Deaconess
hospital but dismissed later in the
day.- rt - '-i '(
Newspaper- Publishers
Cancel 1945 Convention
NEW YORK, Feb. 2 JP)r- The
American newspaper nublishers
asssociation announced today can
cellation of its j 1945 convention.
which j had r- been g scheduled "lor
April 24-2. I
The announcement was made by
ANPA president Lihwood I. Noyes,
alter a meeting of . the board of di-
rectort. r f i- . ?
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DAILY AT 50 P. M.
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l Reservations :
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At 8:30 - 10:33 - 12:33
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DeathTollin
Train YZreck;
Totals Three i
THE DALLES, Ore, Feb. 2(F)
The death toll in two train wrecks
on the Spokane, Portland and: Se
attle line reached three . today,
with the 'death of Engineer O. E.
Cochrane, Wishram, Wash., in a
hospital here. ,
Charles Wilson, 64, Bend,' was
killed early today in the derail
ment of a work train rushing, to
the . scene of " head-on collision
of . two freight '? train yesterday.
An earth slide' derailed Wilson's
car.f'IbH .... ? - j-
The collision yesterday killed
A. J. Dodd, brakeman, and injured
Cochrane and ' four' others. The
crash; was believed caused "by a
southbound train,' missing a siding
at Oakbrook. -: -' - I ' . i r
y The derailment occurred one
station distant ' from! the spot
where 3D freight cars piled up in
the head-on crash. The Work train
continued to the scene, and tracks
were expected to! be clear by mid
night : 1 'A " i '
Both accidents occurred about
40 miles southeast of here on the
Bend branch in the Deschutes riv
er canyon. II
Bombs Pour
Jima
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PACIFIC FLEET HEAD-
tjUARTEKS, Forward Area, Sat-4
uroay, j eb. 3-H)-U. iloerators I
bombed Iwo Jima In the Volcano
islands 750 miles south of Japan!
Wedresday and Thursday, setting als and scores of enlisted men
large fires in aircraft installations, Campbell said he had their as-
AOnu cnester W. rnmttz announc-
ed today.
Iwft. from whfrh Jsnanpu air- I
craft.have hit the Tokyo-raiding
rf. ' 1 - i
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on an almost daily bombing sche
dule.
Rocket-firing Mitchell medium
bombers flown by marine pilots
have damaged 12 ships and prob
ably destroyed one other in night-
hy harassing attacks on Jaoanese
shipping around! the .Volcano and !
Bonih islands since December; 6,
Nimitz disclosed,
U.S. Equipment
Aidjs Russians;
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 - 0P) -
Soviet armies are using "millions
of tons ; of American-made am-
uiuuiuuii wiu wjuipraem in weir
advance on the eastern front, Leo
ministrator, saiditSnigbt. ji
WIUWi, CVUUUUllt U-
He declared in a statement that
Soviet officials Shave "expressed
to !-theVPC!dfti0n!; "i
aaaMVUa
PltnurlAV nlrnrnirTAtfA ftiat 4-Kiev
share in i equipping ; the Russian
troobs is smalL comnared with tn-
tal needs, but said it had suDble-
supple-
mented i to
an important degree
Russian production and resources
in such items -as
motor trucks, lo-
comotives freight cars and other
vital supplies.
JaPS betS Up blX Army
Districts on! Homeland
t By tha Associated Press
The Japanese war ministry was
quoted by Dome! agency Thurs
day, as announcing the setting up
of six army districts in the Nippon
homeland with two high ranking
officers in charge of each region.
The . Dome! - radio broadcast,
picked up by FCC, also reported
the appointment ; of Lt. Gen. Eino-
suke Sudo as chief of staff of de
fense headquarters. ; ''
Fifth Army Patrols
Meet Stiff Resistance
ROME, Feb.,.? American
Fifth army patrols feeling out
1 rman i positions in the mount'
tains souta of Bologna are en
countering furious enemy artil
lery and small 1 armsj fire, while
long range enemy guns are blast-
I ing at the principal supply hlgh-
1 way between Bologna and Flor-
ence, allied headquarters announ-
ced today.
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American Armament Better'
Than Anything Nazis Have
l Says U;S. Ordnance Chief
By Frank Carey ' i
AModatwt PreM Science Writer
, WASHINGTON, Teb. 2 Answering critics of American arma
ment. Ma. Gen. Lewin H. Campbell, army ordnance chief, today quot
ed Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower as saying we have "general superior
ity" in armament over the European enemy. .
He quoted from a letter from General Eisenhower and said it was
the answer to "some critics who write alleging inferiority" of certain
American ' armor compared with
the Germans.
y Without naming the critics, but
saying he was referring particu
larly to- , published ; reports that
our tanks are not big enough to
cope with the nazis' vaunted Roy-'
al Tiger and Hunting Panther
tanks,1 both from the standpoint
of armor and firepower, Camp
bell, told the Associated Press' In
an interview: ' -
Ceold Build Big One i -
I could build a tank as big as
the Pentagon if the generals In
the field said they wanted one.
but there is no evidence to date
feat theyy want or need tanks
larger than those we now em
ploy. Those men know what they
want they're good judges of
horse flesh!" : , . t
At the same time, Campbell dis
closed that we now have In action
a new "assault tank" which has
double the armor of our 35-ton
General ShMnuin and im shmii
five tnn hnr!r
Just returned from a tour of Jn-
spection- v ordnance in the- Eu-
ropean and Mediterranean ihea
ters during which he said he in
terviewed all too-rankinf arener-
aurance that this could be said
Need Ne Aselorr
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that of the enemy - but we're
leading them all the way."
Campbell said that only a lim
ited number of the assault tanks
had been produced because that
M. . tte fieId Cghters requested.
It's chiefly a special-purpose tank.
he said, designed to knock out
road blocks. i
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I "You add armor," he said, "and
you decrease speed and maneu
verability. The testimony of Gen
erals Patton, Hodges and all the
rest is that we want to attack.
we want to maneuver we want
to keep mobility."
Senators Morse, Cordon,
rnmH in. IVlP fi...w
m.me Group
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Senators Morse k-Ch-' hrf win
flR-Minn hav hm nm tk .
GOP eormVittA.
termine whether senate republi-
should advance their
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"u"-iauur conumiiee wnose re-
P.ubhca? nbers, at the sugges
tion of Senator Taft (R-Ohio)
wef"e divided into study groups!
uuier committees j will study
proposed federal aid for educa
oon, lair employment practices.
aiq to states for health measures.
LAST TIMES TODAY!
A I Jack Benny
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By ISABEL CHILDS
Who says Fridays are evil days?
Hands on the town clock (court
house tower) started turning yes-
terday, though not without a little
help. v. v l -y.y y
Landing Made
Near Burma
KANDY, Ceylon, Feb. 2 - (ff)
Troops of the 15th Indian corps
have made new and unopposed
landings off the Burma coast on
the small island ; of Sagu Kyun
about 110 miles southeast of Ak
yab and troops of:the 14th army
have made more progress in the
drive toward Sagaing, just west of
Mandalay: the Southeast Asia
command announced today.
The 11th East African division
moved forward in the angle of
the Irrawaddy river toward Saga
ing, capturing Letkapin. Ywathit-
gyi on the northern bank also was
penetrated, but the Japanese are
resisting stubbornly there.
Airs, de AutremontV
Funeral Set Monday
Funeral services for Mrs. Belle
deAutremont, 67, 1130 Chemeketa,
who died Friday at a Salem hos
pital, will be held from St Jo
seph's Catholic church at 9:30
m. Monday. I -
Mrs deAutremont was born in
Iowa and after spending several
years in New Mexico, came to Sa
lem in 1928 to make her home.
Survivors include a son, Vera
deAutremont of Salem.
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Pussyfoot'
Johnson, Dry
Crusader, Dies
ETNGHAMTON, N.Y, Feb. 2
0P)- William E. Pussyioov jonn-
son, colorful tey crusaaer wno
retired to his Smithvuie lats,
N. Y home convinced America
"was nowhere near ready for an
other try at prohibition," died to
day. He was 82. ; - ' .;
i Johnson,.who for 5 years wag
ed battle against 'drink in every
major couctrr!ln"the' world ex
cept Alaska and South America,
died in a Binghamtony.nospitai
where he had been taken in Jan
uary. He had been in HI health
lor the past several months. . .
- Reoresenting the American
anti-saloon league? abroad, John
son became an international fig
ure. As a . government agent he
obtained more than 7 per cent
convictions in nearly 6000 boot
legging cases from 1906 to 1908.
Eight of his djeputies jwere killed
during this period, one because ne
resembled "Pussyfoot." .
Japs Capture
14th Air Base
CHUNGKING, Feb. 2 Wf Re
inforced Japanese troops have
fought into the suburbs of Suich-
wan,1 site 'of a key" US 14th air-
force base which American forces
had to destroy and abandon, the
Chinese' high- command said to-
night.y-y,y i-;:;yy-vV
The Japanese- have poured
heavy reinforcements into ' their
drive against Allied airbases east
of Japan's corridor between China
and - Indo-China and the high
command described the battle in
Suichwan . as raging with- "in
creased ferocity.!- ; V
Abandonment of the 14th air
force base at Suichwan on Jan. 24
was announced by American
headquarters today, .
Alexei .Elected Patriarch
Of Moscow, All Russians
MOSCOW, Feb. 2 -flP)-. The
congress Of the Russian orthodox
church today unanimously elect
ed Alexei, metropolitan of Lenin
grad and Novgorod, as patriarch
of Moscow and all the Russias.
Alexefs coronation .will be Sun
day, .y:.., . ':-. y ',,;:.,;.; -
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By tha Associated Press
Russia Nazis say Russian
troops within SS miles of Ber
lln, while official Moscow claims
only 51 miles. .
Western Frent TJ. S. first ar
my drives ahead three mflea
southeast of Aachen to point
10 miles inside reich.'
Italy , Fifth -army patrols
south y of t Bologna j- encounter
fierce enemy artillery fire.i
" Greece -' Greek government
and ELAS begin peace talks.-
Burma Indian troops make
new unopposed landings ' off
Burma coast 110 miles southeast
of Akyab.- "
China .-' Bolstered Japs fight
into suburbs of Suichwan, key
U.S. 14th air force base already
destroyed and abandoned.
Pacific U. S. force only 18
, air miles from Manila In race
down Che highway , against in
effective Japanese . resistance.
Canucks Hide
In Seattle
VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 2-(CP)
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer said
today an undetermined number of
deserters from the Canadian army
are living in Seattle and neighbor
ing American cities and efforts are
being1 made to return them to the
custody of Canadian 'military au
thorities.' I
The paper said: "The soldiers.
known in Canada as "Zombies', are
avoiding overseas service. Their
presence in the United States was
known to Canadian officials.
Army, officials at Pacific "com
mand said tonight they "had no
possible way of knowing whether
mere is any truth in the report,"
Ma. Gen. George R. Pearkes, gen
eral officer commanding-in-chief
of the Pacific command was not
available for comment "
Japanese Alight Try
For Compromise Peace
'WASHINGTON, Feb. 2
Chinese' Ambassador Wei predict
ed today that "certain of the
Japanese", will try to bring about
a compromise . peace as soon as
Germany Is defeated.
"But," Dr.iWei told a news
conference, "no one will accept
such a peace." i
ENDS TODAY!
Kay Kyser
"CAROIJNA BLUES"
Charles Starrett
"SAGEBRUSH HEROES"
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