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Jap Casualties
In Luzon Fight
At92,000Total
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(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.
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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.
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War Sl? Kan's n.rt4 kin. 1.11.
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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
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fore that he had been out in' th
i sudiuixiK some ixme rai larui h.
ISoitth Parifii- tnr man mnntti.
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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
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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.
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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,
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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 !
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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.
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Are Recoverine
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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. !
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1945
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Next Tuesday Morning
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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.
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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
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