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Reds Will Get
Lend-lease Aid
iFor Jap War .
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1HP)-A
pending lend-lease agreement
with Russia contains a , provision
permitting Continued shipment of
. 'arms to the Soviets alter tne Eu
ropean war ends, it Russia intends
ntering the war against Japan. ,
'Russian, signature on the agree-1
tnent is expected soon.
. The clause is similar to those
in-all lend-lease agreements defin
ing the direct power to the presi
dent to continue - or terminate
5 'shipments whenever he sees lit
But in this case it is being inter
preted by officials as having spe
cial significance because of the
Russo-Japanese situation.
President Roosevelt went to the
big three meeting expecting to
have some final word from Mar
shal Stalin as to his plans for
fighting . Japan. American offi
cials have predicted privately all
alons that Stalin will enter the
wir in Asia. The Japanese aeem
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PRINCESSES IN PANTOMIME - Princess M&rraret Rose (left) and Princess EUaVeta
(third from left) were among the principals In the royal pantomime. ,OId Mother Redj Siding Boots,1"
written by the princesses ami presented recently In London. - t
to? be of the same view. Oraron.Bouerht Planes
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A Tokyo newspaper, in an edi
torial broadcast by the Tokyo ra
dio and heard by the federal com
munications commission, warned
the enemy people- that "we must
b fully prepared to cope with
any situation that may arise."
The . problem with respect to
lend-lease has been to arrange for
a transition period at the end of
the European . war which would
serve the interests of the United
States regardless of which course
Russia takes.
Will Train Chinese
PORTLAND, Feb. 1 10 - fJP)
Three Oregon - bought airplanes
will be dedicated to training of
Chinese pilots at a presentation
program Monday at Portland ar
my air base.
Chinese diplomat will join
military leaden in receiving the
planes in honor of Ma J. Arthur
Chin, Portland-born Chinese fly
er whose exploits are now "leg
end in China."
Ag Advisers Helping
Returning Servicemen
CQRVAELIS, Feb. 10 -()- Vet
era 11s agricultural aavuorj com
mittees are now functioning in
every county in Oregon to help
returning service men.
W. L. Teutsch of Oregon State
college extension service said to
day the ability to absorb large
numbers of veterans on farms is
not unlimited, but "considerable
opportunity exists."
British Take
Burma Town
SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, j Randy, Cey
lon, Feb. 10 The British
campaign along Burma's west
coast has taken a big jump with
the capture of the town of Ram
ree, on the island of the same
name, where the Japanese have
been resisting bitterly, a commun
ique announced today. '
To the northwest, on the main
land, a squeeze upon hold-out CuiTY GrOUD Favors
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West African troops pressing the Lamb KatlOn Holiday
Japanese south were but seven
miles from British forces holding
a road block at Kangaw.
The Japanese have been ham
mering at both sides of this road
block in an attempt to withdraw
sizeable forces of men and 1
teriaL
Another, iqueeze was develop-
ing deep inland north of Man
da Lay. -
Todd Welders
Still Striking
SEATTLE, Feb. 10 ff)-United
Brotherhood Welders continued
their, strike tonight at Todd-Pacific
shipyards and u Todd : dry
dock respite a message from the
regional war labor board urging
them to return to their jobs im
mediately r,-
Members of the brotherhood, an
independent . -union, said', they
would picket the national labor
relations board office, beginning
Monday, in renewed demands for
jurisdictional election.
U.S. navy men who have had
welding (experience today re
placed strikers in repair jobs on
two ships damaged in battle zones.
Mott Leaves Today
For San Francisco ,
And Washington ,
Congressman' James W, M 0 1 1
leaves for San Francisco today t to
re-join members of the house nav
al affairs committee after a week
end spent here with his wife: and
daughters. Mott
the committee,
snkmg member, to inspect a nav
al petroleum reserve and refinery.
GOLD BEACH, Feb. 10-()-
The Curry County Livestock asso
ciation is on record favoring a
three-month holiday on ration
point values for lamb during the
summer.
They requested the OPA to al
low normal marketing channels to
move lamb freely during June,
July and August to avoid waste
and to ease conditions damaging
the industry in Oregon.
Tanker1 Production
Might Be Boosted
PORTLAND, Feb. 10.-(flV-Yard
bosses at Kaiser Swan Island yards
expect ' a ; new construction plan
to boost production to a tanker
week by mid-March. ,
The 16,500-ton tankers are vir
tually completed ! machinery.
deck gear, and cargo decks in
stalled before launching.-. Only
minor instUation and tests remain.
The system frees: the outfitting
dock for Sother work.
Pioneer to Celebrate
Her 100th Birthday
PORTLAND, Feb. 10 -UP)- Mrs.
Emma Welch, who celebrates her
100th birthday February 15, said
today her formula for longevity is
to be "born in a pioneer era."
Still erect and by her own ad
mission fery independent, Mrs.
Welch recalled experiences of
early Oregon ranch life in the
John, - Day country where . the
hewn-log. homestead cabin had a
slot in the door through which
she could shoot at -molesting In
dians when her husband was
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Hard Hitting Chinese.
Kill at Least 200 Nips
CHUNGKING, Feb. 10-(ff)
Counterattacking Chinese trying
to recapture a lost air base at
Suichwan have killed at least 200
Japanese in severe fighting, the
Chinese high command said to
night.
Sweetheart Named
Brunette Betty Lou McKay high
school daughter of Capi and Mrs.
Douglas McKay, was named HiY
Sweetheart at last night's Hl-Y
dance at the high school.
Storm Warning Posted
Along Oregon Coast
SEATTLE, Feb. lO.jSVThe U.
S. weather bureau i tonight -issued
the following storm warning:.'
Southeast storm Warning to be
displayed at 10 p. m. from Tatoosh
to Marshfield, Ore., and Inland
waters of Washington for strong
to gale .force southerly winds and
for small craft on the Oregon coas'
south of Marshfield.
Bids Are Opened for
12 Surplus Aircraft :
PORTLAND, Feb. 10-(F)-Bids
for 12 surplus aircraft were open
ed today by : the defense plant
corporation. s
William Kennedy, Portland
DPC engineer, said private pilots
and air training schools In four
states were highest bidders.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10 -(Amer
ican born William Curtis Cole
paugh failed today win a plea for
a directed verdict of acquittal on
the charge he was a German spy,
then told' a military commission
meeting behind closed doors the
story of his life.
The 26-year-old Colepaugh, on
trial with German born Erich
Gimpet before a seven-man com
mission empowered to impose the
death penalty upon : conviction.
talked for three hours. He said
his .appearance on the stand was
i voluntary. -
Colepaugh's story was that of a
military and naval-minded youth
who failed to get into the U. S.
naval academy, was! discharged
from the U. S. navy and went to
Germany to join the army.
What he did after that was un
told when the court took a recess
until 9 ajn. Monday. There Is in
evidence against him a statement
the FBI said they took from him
in which he admitted coming to
this country with Gimple aboard
a submarine to get i information
on ' ships, airplanes and rockets,
for transmission by radio to the
, German reich.
came! west with
on which he is
18-MonthslOld Baby;
Found Dead, in Crib
Eighteen-months-old Gwendo
lyn Jo Fagg, 2245 Center street.
was found dead in her i crib by
her parents. Mr. ana Mrs. uuy
Fagg, about 10; o'clock Saturday
night They told first aid officials
that 1 she, had; apparently died
while sleeping' as she had been
playing a short, while before being
put to bed. She had been ill, but
was thought to have had a con-
which I caused her death.
vulsion
Grade School Heads
Hold Meet in Eugene
EUGENE; Feb. 10-VWestern
Oregon elementary school, princi
pals met today for the annual con-
: s i - i iUi
(.Speakers! ' included Dr. T Henry
M. Gunn, Eugene school 'superin
tendent; Ivan C. Milhous, state su
perintendent of elementary j edu
cation; Rex Putnam, state super
intendent of schools; and Frank
Parr, executive secretary of ithe
State Teachers', association.
Fighters Blast
Ship, Planes
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Forward Area, Feb.
ll--CSunday)- Strafing a Japa
nese destroyer and destroying
four bombers and three fighters
aground, army lightnings - swept
I wo Jima in the Volcano islands
yesterday, after army Liberators
rocked the -enemy outpost with
over 00 tons of bombs the day
before, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
announced today. "
Rocket-firing navy Venturas
smashed radio and lighthouse in
stallations on Kokutan Zaki in the
Kuriles February 8. The strike
was on the northern tip of Shu
mushu. ,
Admiral Nimitz announced the
loss of one fighter in yesterday';
strafing attack on I wo Jima.
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OHtheHOMBFROMT
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As we have said before, the US
weather bureau here will provide
almost any sort of information.
and during the recent flood period
of the Santiam and the time of the
rising Willamette was as good as
its word. By one isimpleS tele
phone call we could leami ! the
stages of the river at a variety of
placesV - - 7 - "'p
Time was when we called , Don
aid McCarthy. From his home by
the side of the river .south of Sa
lem he saw- and heard much and
he relayed it to as briefly, clearly
and simnlv. So far as we knnw
he was never one of .The States
man's paid correspondents, but al
ways; one .of that group known
(because of their honesty, clarity
and i cheerfulness) as "excellent
sources". ' - i - ;i
So we were rather surprised to
hear that he once told a reporter
m different kind of flood story.
Mr. McCarthy had taken a bride
and they had gone as far as, Port
land j on a wedding ; trip when
message men saiem caught up
with them to tell the groom that
"the water is in yout front yard".
Explaining to his bride that the
ranch was the greater part of the
material goods he had to offer her.
Mr. McCarthy turned around to
come home-. . I .
In Salem, he : established: his
wife in a hotel and then hastened
out to the ranch, where he. pro
ceeded to make fast what could be
made fast and do the other things
a thrifty farmer does as the river
risesj i n
By the time he was through the
water was more thin waist high
in the living room of his house.
but he waded upstairs, and clad in
dry garments had Just made him'
self comfortable when the tele
phone rang and rang and rang.
The telephone was 'in the! living
room; Mrs. McCarthy was in Sa
lem, r Mr. McCarthy went down
stairs. At the other end of the
phone wire was the late Lester
Davis, then representing the Ore-
gonian. He wanted to know, how
the flood was coming along.
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-I told him," Mr. McCarthy re
calls, adding softly but he. never
did print it." j s
Frateriiization:
With Germans
Debate Topic ;
By Louis P. LochneTi' ,
Aachen. Germany, Feb.10-v?)
Should the allied command's strict
order against fraterniaztion with
me enemy stand indefinitely, or
should it be modified as early as
conditions permit?. -
Thisi Question.' more than any
other, is being debated among al
lied military governmenl officials
on-active- duty; f ''r "
In iny taDcswith AMQ officers
hi the Aachen or Eiiel occupiea
areas almost the first question
raised usually has been, "Don't
you tni'f tne. noa-iwtcrwMW"
order Should be mocuneai . . j
One ? whole sioup of junior of
ficers asked me to listen to their
armimitot on behalf of . some
modification of the order's stern
nesr. I ' ' ' ..: . -' " ' i
ThereVseems to be a definite
difference of opinion between
commands higher than the army
level and AMG men working un
der the direction of their respect
ive .army commanders '
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Palmer Rites
Set Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella
S. Palmer. 89, who died at the
home of her daughter, Alice Pal
mer' on route four. Friday, will
be held Tuesday at 1:30 p. . m.
from the Oough-Barrick chapeL
Rev. Chester Hamblin will offi
ciate and interment will be in
Belerest Memorial park. I -
Mrs. Palmer had been a resi
dent of Salem for .the past 49
years. She is also survived by an
other daughter, Mrs. La Verne M.
Greene of Salem; a sister, Mrs.
Emma Shuler of Hawthorne, and
a grandson, Lawrence ureene ox
Salemj and by several nieces and
nephews.
Exhaust Heaters Banned
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. -(JP)-
Exhaust and other types of heat
ers which may affect the air of
passenger-carrying buses are pro
hibited in specifications announced
by the interstate commerce com
mission today..
ITEiuErjini
:? - War!
By me Associated Press
all;
" Rossi Russians take east
Prussian port- of FJbing and
drive within 52 miles of Baltic.;
: Western Front t U-S.
army smashes across , Roer ., to
seise control " of wrecked
S.chwammanuel dam.
Italy German ' counterattacks
repulsed on eastern and western
ends of winter-gripped Italian
front ; ' : " '"
raclfle Yanks fight bloody
street and - building: battles in
south Manila. 4 ' " i
ATC Gave Dog
Priority Ride
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -JP)
The air transport command took
the blame officially today for giv
ing CoL Elliott Roosevelt's dog a
plane priority higher than a sen
ator, gets.
The embarrassed ATC acknowl
edged in a report to a senate mil
itary subcommittee : that Blaze's
A" priority ride was a - serious
mistake."
"It cannot be Justified,", acidly
commented Ma j. Gen. Harold L.
George, ATC , chief, in the 800
word report. .
George said CoL Ray W. Ire
land, assistant chief of staff for
priorities and traffic at ATC head
quarters here, issued the widely
discussed "A plane priority for
the 110-pound mastiffs Journey
from Washington to Hollywood,
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$10,000 yarehpuse
Fire in Brownsville
110,000 Warehouse 14-1 inside P
BROWNSVILLE. Feb. lQ.-ypy-Loss
was estimated at $10,000 by
J. A Porter and Rupert Leonard,
warehouse owners, today from a
blaze that destroyed the ware
house and the . Oxford feed and
seed company holdings here
Thursday. - -
Although $5500 insurance was
carried on the warehouse, Gene
Oxford reported only $2500 insur
ance to cover his loss of several
thousand dollars. About $10,000
worth of federally owned vetch
also was burned.
Extension Meeting to
Be Held at Liberty ;
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: LIBERTY Marjorie Tye,
county home demonstration agent,
will conduct a food demonstration
on vitamin C in the grange hall
at 10:30 ajn. Thursday, February
15. All interested are invited Tne
club's business session j will
held in the afternoon.
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Queener Club Meets
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I QUEENER 4 The Nimble; Fin
ger Sewing club held Its third
meeting at the school February
An members were present j
Snell Calls Attention
To Edison's Birthday .
- Gov. Earl Snell Saturday called
lattention; of Oregon residents. 1o
the 88UrT birthday anniversary tf
Thomas EI va Edison on February
- ine true greatness of Edison,
Governor) Snell said, becomes
- more apparent m our war activity
and through his lasting contribu
tions to health, comfort and in
dustrial progress..
Mk-heUi ;c .. ". ' -!
Mrt. Jennie MlchelU in this cltr.
February 10. iged 4 years. Survived
by sisters. Mrs. J. T. roulkes of Spo
kane and Miss Luella Uawley of
Washington. D. C Member of Eastern
Star. Funeral announcements later by
th W. T. RXgdon company.
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