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Newspaper Page Text- li -PAGE TWO Jap Casualties In Luzon Fight At92,000Total By C. Tales McDaniel f 1 IfiMTT A WenAClav Fph 51 (iv-Japanese casualties, of more .-ha 02 noo in the six weeks of the 1 Luzon campaign were reported to 7 day by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, ' who said the compressed enemy garrison in south Manila was ' treating non-combatants "with the ''orMtpsl savagerY." ' MacArthur listed American cas- , ! i.aii e for the six weeks'it 12,929 2676 killed, 245 missing and 10,- 008 wounded. , i These figures underscored the ' severity of the Manila fighting, which MacArthur said ,was still bitter. They showed an increase ; of 24,000 Japanese casualties and I 3246 American, casualties in the 5 last week alone. Japanese cornered in the Intra i muros (walled city), which Ame , rican howitzers are pounding from i close range, and its environs are being compressed into an area measuring 1200 yards- by 800. ' The enemy, MacArthur declar- - ed, "is acting with the greatest savagery in his treatment of non combatants and private property.' -i ' The Japanese commander in the . Intramuros has not. replied to an i. American offer to liberate the es timated 7000 civilians Inside In ' .exchange for an honorable sur .render. ts. Heavy howitzers, consequently, were wheeled across pontoon bridges spanning the Pasig and .began shelling the thick outer wall from as close as 500 yards , range to make way for tanks and infantrymen. Cutting an entrance way through the medieval wall "was a big Job, however. The walls measure 40 feet thick at the base, Yank artillery was firing into the Intramuros wall at a steady rate of a round per minute. The Americans have on call more than enough air power to pulverize , everything and everybody in side, but are trying to save . the civilians. 43 Passengers Injured In Bus, Truck Crash O LATHE, Kas., Feb. 20.-()-A Missouri Pacific Trailways bus and a pickup truck collided on the outskirts of Olathe tonight in juring . 43 bus passengers, 18 of them seriously. The bus, bound from the Olathe naval air station to Kansas City, swerved from the road after the impact and smashed into a tree. Only those passengers in the ex treme rear of the vehicle escaped Baruch Favors Salary Increase for Congress -1 WASHINGTON, Feb. 2Q-(JP)-Bernard Baruch today declared himself in favor of , salary ; in creases for members of congress. "They should vote for lt now ana mey jsnouia receive pen sions," the! financier and White House adviser wrote in a letter to ' Maury Maverick, chairman of the smaller war plants corporation and former representative. Mav erick has been advocating ' higher ! : pay for legislators. MILES CITY, Mont.-UPV-Ger- aid M.ester complained that nis organization might as well quit meeting for the duration, because "attendance hasn't been so good." Lester heads the sons Of Le gionnaires. Thirty of the 41 members are in the armed forc es. ONtheHOME FRONT By ISABEL CHILDS In red paper binding, the new World Almanac appears with all advertising eliminated. T. V i A slimmer, trimmer, rosier self- The book upon my desk-side . shelf: Where facts are found. Still paper bound But lacking that which brings in peu. With linguists' lure And rupture cure 4i cnarmea us au in days of yore. V v Oh, almanac, you something aCa . a ...... ; Too Late to Classify War Sl? Kan's n.rt4 kin. 1.11. diamond ring between 39 and 40 points. v-m. oax oo4 co Biaiesman. DAIICniG CDYSTilL ,'GilDDEIIV. Wednesday, Modem Featuring the Top Hatters Thursday, Old Time .. Featurina: 'Pcp-Edtrardr Satarday, Old Time and Modern - Two Floors and . Two Bands .: Two Lebanon Men Added to - 11 at I lACirl I .let ? 1 i-TCdll. LEBANON Lebanon is again realizing the cost of war. Two mure local boys have given their lives In the service of their coun try. Lt William Gale Bindshad- ler died in a military hospital in France, January 11. His mother. Mrs. .Theda Binshadler, teacher in the Lebanon high school, had a telegram January 27 stating that he had been seriously ill since January 8, and on February 6, an other telegram told of his death. Born near Monroe, Ore., May 10, 1914, he was graduated from the Lebanon school and studied two years at Oregon State college before entering the employ of the J. C. Penney company. . He went from this store to Newberg and was assistant manager there when he enlisted in -the army In March 1943. He went overseas last October going directly to France where he was with an ordnance outfit. Be sides his mother survivors are sister, Margaret' Sphrahari who is making her home In Lebanon while her husband is overseas. William Green, a graduate of the local schools with the class of 1942, was killed in action in Bur ma, January 20, according to a message received from his mother, Mrs. Lela Green who is now in Eugene with her daughter Louise who is employed by the forest service. After graduating from high school Bill went to Indiana where he studied electrical engineering. (Upon induction into the army he went to Ft Riley. Kas.. where he trained with a cavalry outfit and went to the Indo-Burma -China theatre of war In October. He Is survived by his mother and sister in Eugene; by another sister Ei leen with the women's corps of the marines and a brother, War ren, also in the army. A NINTH AIR FORCE FIGHT ER-BOMBER BASE, France: A former Oregon State college stu dent now a P-38 Lightning fight er-bomber pilot, Wayne E. Phil lips of Stayton, was promoted re cently to first lieutenant, the Ninth air force announced. Son of Allan Q. Phillips of route one, Staytoa Lieutenant Phillips was graduated from Stayton high school in 1941. The promotion of Robert Henry Butte, army air corps, 405 Rich mond avenue to first lieutenant, is announced by the war depart ment. TOPEKA, Kas., Feb. 20.-(Spe- tiaI)-Popular target though he was as a machinegunner whose squad killed scores of Japs, the closest the enemy ever came to Pfc. Adam Benner was a bullet in the canteen hanging at his side in New Guinea. But that, as the Oshkosh, Wis., doughboy observed, is close enough. Private Bener, overseas 31 months, returned recently for treatment at Winter General hos pital, Topeka, of an ailment con tracted during jungle combat. He has the combat infantryman badge, awarded for exemplary conduct in action against the en emy. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Benner, route one, Turner, Oregon. ia. lrwin towards, us navy, who has been in the south Pacific for 18 months, has just completed a 30-day leave at home and has gone to his new assignment at As toria. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Edwards, 1580 Fair mount avenue. Harvey A. McCaffree has been promoted from radio technician 1c to chief radio technician. He is on a troop transport in the At lantic. His wife, the former Wil ma Matthes resides in' Salem. Karl Sterner, aerving in the merchant marine, is visiting at the home of his parents,' Mr. and Mrs. John W. Kelly. SILVERTON Raymond Hall, soundman third class, is some where on the Pacific, his parents, Mr. and Mm. T. A. Hall ta4 vmnt I Monday. He left January 4, after I - i: a.! fore that he had been out in' th i sudiuixiK some ixme rai larui h. ISoitth Parifii- tnr man mnntti. Tmc moksc That wf kiA.f - OPENS C:45 P. M. - NOW SHOWING! J George DaU SYDNEY GREFJCSTREET uacugroima To Danger' CO - DHL f "Ui3o 0g3n Toua X CHAPTEa 3 "DESZRT UKjnT i . The A jf , 1 V V 1 1 I TN, i Pvt. ; Kathleen Kirk, daughter Mr. and Mrs. U. J. Kirk of St Paul Is now taking her basic training at the first WAC traln- ing center in Fort pes Motaes. Iowa. According to her enlist- ment officer. Lt. Edith DiSe at the Salem Post office building. Private Kirk will be assigned for duty with the army air forces when she completes her army indoctrination coarse in Iowa. Prior to her enlistment the WAC private was a teacher In the Astoria schools. 1 Wth reference to her new army Job, the new enlistee remarks, "Army life is wonderful as far as I am concerned.! I shall hate to leave friends I have made as much as the ones I left at home. It seems very strange that one should make such!lose friends in such a short period of time, but it b true." Private Kirk at- tended St. Paul hlga seheol. and mi : M Mirrhnnt Normal schooL (Pho-fthe by Bishops) Flight Officer Le Roy A. Farmer, has been on a 10-day leave fol lowing! his recent commission- ing Feb. 1 at Blackland Field, Waco, Tex. His wife and their 4-year; old son, Michael, re turned: with mm and will re main at their home 135 Pearl street, while he go4 to Yuma, Ariz-for advanced training as a eo-pOot on B-17a.f Farmer was formerly employed by the Cher ry City Bakery and jia a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. G A. Reeher, 850 Saginaw. His wther, Mrs. Walter Davis lives fat LaCross, Kans. i Sgt. Marvin Hajgeman Gels 30-Day Furlough .1 S BETHEL Sgt. Marvin" Hage man, air cran 'mechanic with a fighter group in the JMarianas, is in Salem! to spend a 1 30-day fur lough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.lM. Hagemah of Bethel district, route six, Salem. He has been 32 months in Ha wait and; the Marianas, islands. At the I end of his furlough he will report back at Fort Lewis. His brother Clifford Hggeman, an army officer was in France the last; heard from himJ . N li. (Jg) Harold E. Kendrick, TJ. S. N of ; star route. Union. Wash! formerly! of Stayton, Ore has re - turned fom a tour of duty in the o-ixiv, wub xic serveu as a puot in a arcn squaoron , r lying a ixugias uaunuess dive bomber based in thel Gilbert isl - uu0, uie navy airmfin pairoiiea uiejwaiers oi me central laalic, escorting convoys ana" helping to insure that the navy's! fast-moving train of supplies reached forces in the forward areas. our IL VERTON George Manolls, 1 $ 1 1 - :- jr-a air corus. u 11 nnm fnr ml few days furlough fjom his base in Illinois. He is the! only son of ana xnrs. ueorge Man oils, 1.- . 1 s 'Gtopot V FEATUEEI C07O (HOPALONG) if i ; i m,' . H ' ' ' i : - " I (i 1 J f 4 1 :- IIS -; . OREGOUc STATESMAN, Salem.- John Beakey Cotaiijg Home MrsJ John Beakey and family received a telephone call from i Captain Beakey on Monday night, from Staten Island, NY, where he arrived Monday j noon enroute home jfrom England. 4- Beakey,? formerly state traffic engineer. enlisted in December. '1042 and twas stationed in Texas before? being sent overseas. He parucroatea in the u-aay invasion of France and was wounded in June in Normandy by a fragment from an 88mm gun. He , was to have been released s . . - from the hospital In England and returned to active duty, but in (October a lung infection deveK oped which sent him back to the hospitaL His . lung was removed. TCvehtuall-r fn will Vi releas! to a wpi the west coast to !MmniUdv recover. Mr. Beakey and children, Joan (a student at Oregon State col lege) ! Beverly and Jack, live at the family home, 410 East Rural r avenue. John H. EUis Is Promoted ANi EIGHTH aIr FORCE UB ERATOR STATION, England John H. 1 Ellis, whose wife, the former Ruth H. Harnor, lives at route five, box S9, Salon, Ore has been promoted frorn sergeant to staff sergeant, as announced by commanding ; officer of the 453rd -bomber group. Since arriving overseas in No vember, 1944, it has been SSgt Ellis Iduty to fly as a nose gun ner on a B-24 Liberator. His; B-24 Liberator group has been cited for outstanding per formance of duty in its first 100 combat missions, 42 of which were flownto targets in Germany. Dur ing a! period of five months, this organization, a unit of Maj. Gen. William E. Kepner's second air division, dropped 4000 tons of bombs on vital Nazi installations. thereby contributing materially to the success of the Eighth air force's mourning: aerial offensive against the German war i effort. To date, the group has participated in more than 175 missions, and its gun ners have taken a toll of over 40 luf twiffe fighters. SILVERTON Ens. Slgmd jLindieth is missing in action since January 19 Silvertoa friends have i learned. He was in the South Pa cific area. Ensign Lindseth is a son of the iRev. $. J. Lindseth for a number of years pastor of the Silverton Immanuel church while it was knowp as St ' John's church. Young Lindseth attended school at Silverton. Rev. Mr. Lindseth is now tit Ashland,-Wis. SILVERTON Norman East man, onetalsmith 1c, is home on a 304day leave from the South Pacific area. This is his first trip homej since entering the armed forces over two ! years ago. His; wife, the former Blanche Brown, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.- C. Eastman live at Sn verton. i SILVERTON -1 Radioman 1e Milton Foote is home for a brief leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. IK. Merle Foote of the Sfl verton Hills section. Fodte has been in the navy for four and a half years and has ! in 5 12 major engagements, (is ibis first visit home In been This tears- Foote wfll he sent to ' uucago lor advance work in ra oar. WOODBTJRN PFC Margaret Hall, fdietician at the Eagle Pass lhosnital in Arizona, arrived Sun day on a 21-day furlough, the first ipart 01 which she is spending with her narents, Mr. and Mrs. J. i Hall 6f Cunid'n Cmirt i?h r.ln jto visit her brother and family in I Tacoma. "EASY - FOLD" CARRIAGE A comfortable,' easy-to-handle carriage ' equipped i with 4-bew hood, sun visor, ; safety brake, and weather-resistant body i made of era and black padded; quilted ! leatherette, t-inch wire wheels and rub- 1 ber tires. Folds compactly 1 ! Oiers: $255 484 STATE STREET -i. Oregon; Wednesday Morning Fi Flour -Buying Gives IWheat New. Strength CHICAGO; . Feb. 20.-P)-Gov-ernment purchase of Hour gave wheat! independent strength on moderate- buying by brofers and commission bouses today. Reports reaching the trading flOor said the government is in the- market for large quantities of flour, with bids; scheduled to be opened Thursday through Satur day. However there was no Indi cation of amount to be purchased. jThe May j contract developed the greatest j strength, while'' the deferred contracts fell off frac tionally. ;, jj l .. : : i . Corn, held within narrow lim its. A demand for cash corn was good, and prices were firm. Rye was somewhat . unsettled wjth trading mostly by profession als.; ..... r , i ' (-" . At the close wheat was low er to higher; than yesterday's ciose, aoay i.o uorn was to lower. May $1.12 Oats were H to Ya lowers May 66: Rye was M to H lower. May 1.14. Barley was to lower. May $1.09. I Mrs. Pederson Rites Friday i Funeral services for KarPe- aerson.BO, who died here Tues day at the home of her son-in law, Charles Mattson, will be held Friday at 2 p. mi from the Clough Barrick chapel with Rev. Warren Hale officiating. Concluding serv ices will be held at the Lee Mis sion cemetery. ' : 4 jMrs. Pederson, a native of Den mark, came to the United States 64 years ago and in 1915, with her husband, the! late Anton Pederson, came to Salem to make her home. She was a member of the Em manuel Baptist church, j Survivors, include four grand children, Mrs. Lillian Fromm, and Sylvia, Frances and Henry Matt son, all of Salem two great grand-, children, Arlene and Gordon Fromm of Salem and her son-in' law. Two brothers who reside in Denmark also survive. I Mt. Angel Boys Are Recoverine - i s PORTLAND, Ore- Feb. 20.-m -Two small MU Angel, Ore., boys have' won their painful fight with trichinosis after hovering near death for ten days. j Elmer Huber,' 13, and his bro ther Edward, fe ate country. home-cured pork sausage without cooking it, as did some of the oth er 11 members of the Alfred Hu ber family. Elmer was brought to Doern becher hospital here Feb. 9 with swollen face, high temperature and stupor clase to paralysis. Ed ward had more pain in leg and chest muscles. Their illness was finally diagnosed as trichinosis, caused by tiny larvae encysted in pork and released by the digestive process. ; Vancouver Yard Will Build Eight Carriers . WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-flVA contract for the construction of eight aircraft escort carriers to cost approximately $88,000,000 has been awarded to Henry Kai ser, Inc., Vancouver, Wash, the navy announced today. No fur ther details were disclosed. ! Now Playing! , ORSON I V JOAN YEllES F0IITAI1IE Is TORMT WEATHER" Bill Robson - Lena Home for storage, i Tuesday . Also i ai n ani n am terms (Csual deposit; csrrjrlaxe&arce) 1H3 s eLroary 21. 1945 Thumbnail ofc War! By the Associated Press Russia First Ukraine army drives ten miles into Germany's Brandenburg province,': captur ing: more than 80 communities. Western Front American 3d farmy surges forward 2 miles -into or beyond Siegfried Jine on 50-mile front. Italy Fifth army units im prove positions In western coast al area. f " - Paeifie-Xnvasion o Iwe Jima ahead of f schedule despite fierce Japanese resistance.' j Stock: Market pits AnotKer 7-Year Peak - . I r" " I :. ' v'' r' NEW. YORK, Feb. 20.-)-The ock market made another new t-year average peak today by a Jose despite light selling which crimped many leaders and re stricted the general run of gains to fractions. i Investment demand,! based on inflation j psychology and income prospects, remained as the princL pal trend; bulwark. The good war dews also was helpful. Transfers of i 1,770,000 shares compared with 1,880,000 Monday. The Associated Press 60-stock composite showed a net advance of .2 of a point at 62, a top .figure since Sept 4. 1937 it wax a broad market, 994 issues appearing. Of these. 432 were up against . 562 down or unchanged. In the "new. high" class were US Smelting, up 4; American Smelting, up 114; General Motors, tip and TJS Lines, up Yt. French Might Not Give Base LONDON, Feb. 20 -iJPf- French quarters in London gave the im pression today that France would refuse the United States bas3 in French Indo-China after the 'war, but would not object to interna tional bases there for use by any of the United Nations which might get into trouble in the Pacific. 1 These sources also indicated that France would insist on shar ing equally with Britain, the Unit ed States and Russia in the occu pation of Austria. I Questioned on French participa tion in that occupation of Ger- rhany, one informant: said his country was determined to have a big hand in European: affairs im mediately after the war. ' juvenile Grangers flan Pie Social UNION HILL The Juvenile grange met Friday .night Mrs. f schantz, matron of the Silverton Hills Juvenile grange was guest. The graduation exercises were put on for Edna Morley who graduated into the subordinate grange. i i The YGA group will put on an entertainment i and pie social at the grange hall . Saturday night, ebruary 24. It is for the purpose of raising money to buy gravel tor the grounds around the hall. Grange members and friends are invited to come and help. NOW SHOWING ooaoTMt LAMOUR in - CO-FEATURE - a m .r " r Ki a ? . . ! SAI Stettinius Brings Optimism To Inter-American Which Will Turvv-tm rrrv TVb. 2Wi?VSecretary of State Stettiniui, hfmiirhi a whirlwind of optimism today to the inter-Americaii cpnferehce which he said he confidently expects to equal the mio-M css of ithe big three Crimean meetiAg. ' Y V f The youthful, white-haired motored transport at 3:05 p.mv jVIiiiisters Ask Increase of Gas Allottment I r , .... ,. Increase of the "gasoline allot ment for ministers in the area was advocated by the Salem Ministerial association at its meeting Tuesday morning! The matter is to be brought bef ore the ration board by a (committee of the organization. Jt was, brougm out in oiscussiuu that members have been told they may have what they need so long as it is iot more than 400 miles" and members expressed the opin ion that this was frequently not sufficient because of the size of their parishes." Members of the association wno hive come to Salem from other I areas during the last 18 months were among those pointing out me spread between what is allowed lo i a. cally and that permitted m other places for similar sized parishes The committee is to be named by Rev. Dudley Strain, president of the association. - ' CurfeW Goes in Effect Next Tuesday Morning i - WASHINGTON, Feb. 20-0$), The miridnlght curfew on amuse ment places becomes effective next Monday night . (Tuesday morning1) , the office of war mobil ization director, Byrnes, said to day. And Byrnes, imposing the mid night closing order primarily to save fuel, did mean' curfew. fThe Word "curfew comes from the French "coure-f eu" which lit erally1' translated is "cover the fire." Turkey Growers Plan 10 Production Jump PORTLAND, Feb. 20.-UP)-A production increase pf 10 per cent is planned by Oregon turkey growers, who raised 2,084,000 bfxds iri 1944. Breeder hens in the state now number; 20 per cent more than a year, ago, the bureau of agricul rural economics reported. STARTS TODAY Ifs Ttarocla'-Man Preston Sturgaa' biggest surprise. Youll laagh and thrill to this glorious human story from the Who made' 'Morgan's ; - CO-FEATURE - . , Poa "Had" Bcrxry In . MAN FROM BIO GRANDE -EM, ORE. man Creeki - -.i.. - 1 7 MootMitrr Convene dipiomat arrivea aooara a iout- He brought to the meeting of all jthe American nations except Argentina a strong link with Unitj ed States-British-Russian plans for! a peaceful "world. - ",. Stettinius already had .started,: working towards success of tha conference. On the plane with him were Foreign Ministers Pedro: Velloso of Brazil and isx rique Munoz Meany of Guatemala completing the roster of delega-f tiori heads here. . 1 The American secretary of state.. issued, a brief statement, in which he promised full United States sup-l port in the conference, opening to-f morrow, ior moves lowara stirigthening inter-American rela tiotis. He expressed pleasure at visiting Mexico and declared "that United States looks on Mexico as good neighbor and as a strong upholder of the democratic tradi-f tiori of this hemisphere. Eire Chiefs Wait ODT Approval for Meeting SEASIDE. Feb. 20.-4P-If the ODT gives the go-ahead signal,;- about 250 firemen will gather here Mar 21-22 for the Oregon Fire Chiefs association annual meeting. r :..t,.,.. o -. t New equipment and fire fight-i ing methods will be demonstrat at a fire school, a conference fea ture. '. ,.1 I , D - CONT. FROM 1P.M. NOW SHOWING! . . AND ITS SWELL! 7 1 i -tr t CT: - iv.'- . mmm wi DRAMATIC. CO-HIT1 JEAN;' GURUS 6r McDonald FRANK KNTOM ' VIVIAN AUSTIN 6 k..,":v"S.!lBi;i,?..J LATE NEWSI SCENES FROM ALL FRONTS I LfVM Mcxf 'wrr W ki, Mfi'- - OPENS :45 P. M. - NOW SHOWING! TisKsrryrdBJcol S64Qiis)!iI CaiTalaUKnjmnua Todm 1 1 1 m K i ' J v ' .fj " Co-inu I Henry ,.; j Fonda ; Dcma- j . Andraws y lb-: V t m - I