. Poland will not be represented it the conference of the United Nations , which convenes in San Francisco on April 25. Poland wms not invited. ' . : ' 4 At least 44 nations will be rep resented in this great conclave to j discuss the e future peace of the I world, including every nation which has declared . war on the axis except Poland. Poland, the first of the nations to face the mil-1 itary might of nazi Germany, was n't invited. y' : Russia will be represented So viet Russia which made its pad with Hitler in August of 1939 and so cleared the way for Hitler's stab at Poland. - ! ? 1 Turkey - will be represented Turkey, whose rulers weighed ad- vantage with callous cynicism and I at almost the 12th hour declared I war on the axis. , J -' Egypt will be represented Egypt which was saved from Ital- ian and German conquest by the armies of the British common- wealth, but which remained out of the war until a few days ago. Egypt, . whose only suffering in this war was fright, yill not be I represented: but not Poland. Po- land wasn't Invited, i The reason why no invitation was .sent to Poland l is clear. If r. the invitation had gone to the le- gitimate government-in-exile in Londoji Soviet Russia would have refused to come; and who can plan world .peace- :''' " - (Continued on Editorial page) Marines Drive 2 Salients Into Nip Iwo Lines . U. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD- March B-m- In hand to hand combat, United States marines drove two 500-yard salients Wed- rTZtFZJilto1' Baltic and drop fortified north end of Iwo but the . : . .; cracking on the 17th day of the invasion. " i All three marine divisions, on the second day of a renewed offensive-to end the bloody opera tion, registered : gains . but they were tpotty cant. ! .Enemy resistance continued heavy. , ' t T ' - f Adm. Chester W. Nimitz an nounced the progress in ' a com munique today. ' ' ' i The Nipponese resistance was with "small arms and machine gun fire.' There was no reference to mortar and, artillery opposition. Chinese Take Terminus of Burma Road CALCUTTA, i March -7 -?JP-American-trained ; Chinese First '"7 u""" . . L-.SSVTmi'V Cf " 5 . .w ,x r . i two miles from the city of New Lashio, reports reaching here to day said. ...... .. . - ntM - nd a nearby airstrip, the fall e "New LashJo, which was developed In the - late ' 1930s' was expected F ,: JLX Z ? t , , . Roosevelt elevated George W. Tay Vr (A vBS Tf. lor 43-year-old University ; of ZJew.York by . Pennsylvania professor, from the mored column of the 19th Indian labor Na 2 ,u civisionnaa orw w end largest city.) Officer Kills iViim ft fwlf 11 If PI4 X uuiiQ oung Gunner To End Agony .KUNMING, March 2 (Delayed) (Jp) A 31-year-old air force offl- cerf. whose two shots from his ser- vice - pistol .-ended. . the agonized ccreaming of a 20-year-old ser - ceant gunner hopelessly trapped In a flaming plane, was acquitted In a flaming piane was acquixiea 4da3rI.:'hL?hw,,t'' fnXMr1- tenant coloneL commander of a tenant colonel, fighter group, veteran of 80 mis- sions and ranking officer we iTStify"' i (Neither his name nor the vie- tlm'i wat given In this dispatch. '."Presumably censorship withheld them.) s It was reported that the deci- 'fgion hinged on reasonable doubt as to whether death was caused by the shots or burning, and on the degree of provocation. Showery Conditions today with brief periods of sunshine. Colder temperatures today in the mid-Willamette valley area, predicts the IL S. weather bureau, McNary field, Salem. ' M oscow Silent On Big Push' Berlin Reports 7 Soviet Armies Enter Offensive By Romney Wheeler LONDON, Thursday, March 8 (ip)- The Russians hurled seven armies yesterday into an all-out frontal offensive towards Berlin from bridgeheads on the Oder river 30 to 40 miles to the east, the Germans announced. Moscow was officially silent, as is customary at the start of a major operation, but unofficial dispatches from the soviet capital hinted guardedly that the German accounts might be substantially correct. German broadcasts said the at tackers, Marshal G. .""K. Zhukov's First White Russian army group, jumped off after a gigantic 24 hour artillery barrage and punch ed into the outer defenses of Kuestrin, west bank Oder river fortress which1 was under attack from the north, east and south. Two tank armies were ?; among Zhukov's forces, these alarmed announcers said. Drive Expected ' A dispatch late last night from Associated .'.Press ..Correspondent Gilmore in Moscow said "many sighs pointed tonight to early launching of the all-out offensive on Berlin, and continued,' "the logical place for the first attack is Marshal Zhukov's ! Oder front "Large scale! scouting opera J' OT or b"Sle?T:i These ' operations,: plus - the in Pomera v to commence activities; S Towns Added The communique added five other; towns to the captured list Uhthe Banska Stiavnica area. It also credited the First White Russian groiip withmai llqulda- an . encircled , German grouping :A near theT Pomeranian town of Schivelbeiiy with at least ouvu or tne enemy captured, . in cluding a lieutenant general and his staff. FDR Appoints Davis, Taylor To New Posts WASHINGTON, March l-fpy- WilUam H. Davis, newly named economic stabilizer, said today that a months-old policy dispute on "fringe demands' would be settled immediately. ' i Terms of settlement, he told a news conference, will come from Fred M. Vinsonj his predecessor in the top anti-inflation spot and his adversary in the dispute. Davis said that he would not be I bound by Vinson's policies because I "iij tl-vuvi 'any economic stabilizer has got In naming the 65-year-old Davis today to head the office of eco nomic stabilization, President chairmanship. Three JVIid-Valley Men Die in Europe Action Names nt thru miii-Wiltim. g-j-g ette "valley men are included in a Mst o Qregon men killed m c- tion in the European theatre of war. The men are PFC Robert Z Bates, son of Mrs. Ruby Bates, Canby; PFC Alfred D. Sturtevant, son ; of Mrs. Addie Sturtevant, Star route, Lebanon; SgL Frank A. Swaski, son of Mrs. Katherine 1 Swaski, route one, Sweet Home -tr m 4 ration Twice Under Heavy J BALTIMORE, March 7JPprhe how Lt Gen. George S. Fatten twice swam the 150-foot Sure river in Germany in Jahu- 8ry under heavy machine gun and artillery fire, inspiring "thousands of troops to follow him,' was told today by one of the men who did staff Sgt. Thomas J. Def ibaugh of Cumberland, Md., one of the soldiers who followed Patton across the Sure, said "there was about a foot of snow on the ground when we got: to the Sure river somewhere near the meeting place of the Luxembourg, German and Belgian borders. . "We learned that we had to take the town of Bettendorf on the op posite side and do it quickly NINETY-TOURTH YEAR Americas Ministers Okeh Invitation Ho For &ming MEXICO CITY. March 7 - PV ican republics, meeting in secret a aeciarauon lnviiing Argentina to join ine new neniisimere sys tem and the United Nations. ; i i i - , The declaration on Argentina, which officials expect will receive unanimous approval by Bulled Fly Thick, Bend; Gunwoman, Aged Seven, Guilty BEND, March 7 -(iP)-Motorists reported windshields and car; win dow shattered by bullets. Down town passersby heard gunfire. A' sheriff! deputy rushed. to the scene to search for the gunman. He found the gunman, too-only it was a gunwoman, aged 7., Hid den behind trees and shrubbery, she war-playing "war" -with; her parents' rifle. -' ; , EndofOhio's Wartime Flood Threat in Sight CINCINNATI, . March '"lJP) The Ohio river began to slowly recede here, late tonight in what army engineers termed "an ap parent definite trend." The swol len i stream earlier reached $9.2 foot crest, 17.2 feet above flood stage, but at last reports had drop ped .1 of a foot in an hour. -- . Forecasters predicted crests of from 15. to 20 feet above flood stage' would be, reached tomorrow all long the river and its tributar ies as colder weather put an end to heavy rains. The crest here was approximate ly tlO feet below the record Jlevel in 1937 when there was more than a half billion dollars worth of damage. Thousands of families along a 1000-mile stretch of lowlands scur ried to higher ground and ; war production -staggered under reduc ed operations. iS At least eight lives were lost and the property loss was believed to I be in the millions. japs Ready f To Bite Foe Says Tokyo By the Associated Press i A Japanese warrior code" with teisth in it was reported Wednes- Ciy by Tokyo radio. $ 'Though his weapons are -dam aged and his ammunition exhaust ed, he will charge empty-handed and bite the enemy with his teeth,' read one resolve of the bypassed Japanese at Rabaul, New Britain, as reported by Domei News Agen cy and- picked up by the FCC. Domei said the Nipponese gar rison at Rabaul was prepared for the ."coming of the enemy." ; This possibly indicated Japanese t fears that the Australians, who hold the bulk of New Britain island, are on the point of endeavoring to re; capture Rabaul. . 1 Mrs. Roosevelt Asks Russ Women Plans WASHINGTON, March Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt in a broadcast today asked Russian women to disclose their plans to promote world peace. ; o C 1 ' bwam sure wyer in January Fire to Inspire : ' ( said Def ibaugh, a member of the Fourth infantry division which helped relieve thei pressure on Americana trapped at Bastogne by German counter-offensive last December. "The Germans began firing ma chine guns and artillery at us as we came up to the river bank," continued Defibaugh, now tour ing war plants in the Baltimore area with other heroes of Bas togne. "Just before dawn we started going across in three-man boats. The river was very swift and cold and had pieces of ice floating in it f . . f "After a while though. General Patton called the boats back and ordered the men to swim across with . rifles,' bazookas and every- 14 PAGES Argentina Back Into Fold - Foreitfn minissters of 20 Amer- session early tonight,1 approved the inter-American conference, warmly i. invites that country to move into the new continental sys tem and the United Nations under her own steam. It is scheduled to be taken up in the steering committee tomor row morning and acted upon in the final plenary session tomorrow afternoon. All the other resolu tions have been formally passed. There are no indications, however, that any changes will be. made from the draft as it now stands. Word! that the document was coming) put has already produced a reaction in Argentina, with 'act ing Foreign Minister Cesar Ame ghino declaring he has decided to reaffirm his country's "respect fpr the personality, sovereignty, inde-' pendence and territorial integrity of all btfrer American nations.'' The statement aroused mixed feeling i here ; Since the declara tion on Argentina Implies . that Buenos! Aires go to war, some offi cials saw Ameghino's remark as an attempt to avoid a declaration of war.' : The Resolution on Argentina is phrased! so carefully that it does " ' ;" - "rX. iT . eDLrr: "? a.?ga mto fmi:Vr . i rm making it Hear th.t nn v concrete and far-reaching action by the Ar- gentina government can reunite the hemisphere. Heavies Blast an Supply Lines LONDON, March 1.A-Ap- proximately 1200 American heavy bombers and strafing mighters stepped! up the offensive aimed at isolating the Ruhr from main Ger- many supply lines today with at- tacks ion three rail belts running into the menaced German Indus- trial zone. While the rail lines were beingl hammere, four motor fuel plants within I the battered Ruhr were bombed in a coordinated assault RAF bombers were reported over western vi-ernuiny ipin w night by the Nazis "Achtung" warning service. During the day British Hali- faxes, continued round-the-clock attacks; on enemy: shipping in the Skagerrak, scored a direct hit on a big merchant vessel. Druggists Will Sell Penicillin WASHINGTON, March 7.rP)- Penicillin will start moving through regular drug trade chan nels i March 15, the war produc tion board announced today, but will be sold only in vials for "par- enteral medication.. This means I ior injecuon mro me Diooa sn-eam M ' if . f .. . . A ....... Or mUSCleS. " ine acuon wm maxe tne arug available to aU hospitals, physi- cian and drugstores. ' - Heretolore civilian distribution has been made by a WPB office j in Chicago to 7200 hospitals. His Troops . ' - thine they could carry . because I they were 'sitting pigeons for the Germans in the boats, sitting two or three. feet out of the water. a better chance swimming since they would then present, only, the tops of their heads, as target to the enemy gunners. ' " "To show us it could be done and to inspire the troops, General Patton Jumped into the water and swam across to the opposite bank, then $wam back. -Thousands of troops followed him." Inspired by Patton's daring, the soldiers fought "like madmen" for Bettertdorf, Defibaugh related, and they took it after a bitter day and half battle which established .the Americans on high ground over- looking Germany. Satan; Orecjon, Thursday Morning. Moving Day in Ohio ; U imM Coercion Hp , "P " Heavy damage is being caused by bome-bnilt barre is being- used : v .t. .for a flood-area family in CincinnatL. (AF jvixephoto) ; ' 'l' " " 1 1 " 1 . British Fleet to Worthy Part9 in War on Japs t rxTrrxT -kg u t in..xi k Wwi 4Avi r""" ui navy alongside U.S. naval forces and worthy part in the speedy Pe A. v. Aiexanaer, iirsx iora oi me aamiraiiy,; saia n me house of commons today. He said that this would be of a German U-boat offensive that might require strong British naval Mtioin in Atlantic waters. His declaration came as London naval circles denied reports that British war vessels are likely to prove, a minor factor in Pacific' naval toperations." Without refer ring to the reports, Alexander told commons that JWe have been steadily massing forces for the far east, with the great fleet train of supply.! accommodation, repair and amenity ships which they will require; to sustain them." "Operations .already conducted. he said, "are but the beginning of the tasks of the British Pacific fleet and the East Indies fleet, which "will continue to be Tehv forced and supplied so that they may play an ever-growing part in the defeat of Japan.' Tf-rtlTc? PnviMvii J.KX J , MJ UI1U11U n; C T JeCeiVeS V OtC I Of Confidence ROME, i March 7 -CP)- Premier Tvinn Ttnnnm! weathered his second political crisis in three months tonight as the cabinet in an extraordinary session convok ed after the riot at the royal pal ace yesterday reaffirmed confi dence in the premier who prom ed a swift fascist purge. 1 The expression of confidence came after a long session In the Viminale palace while rifle-bear ing policemen, supported by two tanks commanding the driveways sloping up to the palace, guarded ministers. A cabinet announcement, issued aa onnosition nress clamored for I miarthrnun rt tlna Annmnl rttcinu Mii the four-nartv coaUtion eov- ernment "has agreed there is no I reason for breaking un the coall- I tion which first planned and al ready has begun vast action for Intensifying the. war and better ing Italy s position in the. world. Victory Seen After Allies TlhZ-nn Vl U53 lXlllllU ( WASHINGTON, -March l-VP Once Allied armies leap the Rhine, the Germans wont be able to stop tnem,, military men said today. t Moreover, one authority said that once a bridgehead has been firmly established and Allied forces have driven 50 or so miles beyond the Rhine's east bank, it will be possible to fix a date for the end of organized German re- sistance. i . . . . sAt that point in Germany, the Allies would be well on the way toward splitting the western front in two and would be fanning out to pocket any German forces showr ing fight. ' " ' ' - March 8, 1945 I flood waters In' Ohio and here to save, the household 'Toetonttng 1 i " ! ' '" ' i" !i Play ?Eull and in the Pacific ta May. .-Vfull overthrow of the Japanese em- j U done in spite of a renewed threat , r O 1?: T 'i'' OOlOnS KeieCt Alvjl, For Draft Bill WASHINGTON, March 7 -(P) The senate rejected today two pro- Ti rt, f i w"' 1W " voie prooaoiy iuiulhiuw r on a milder bill recommended by the military affairs committee. -i In nudafternoon, the members turned down by a vote of 60 to 23 an attempt by Senator Bailey (D - principle to men between 18 and ak T 1a i 45 years bf age not engaged in an essential? occupation. ; ' : Then, Just before quitting for. the day, they defeated, 54 to 27 a complete substitute bill sponsored by Senator Revercomb (R-WVa). employment ceilings, the I Rever - comb proposal would have pre- tM.ttkrVU fraJC WUiaV-UlUlr 1U1 pCU VI 18 to 45 "not performing substan- Ual work in a lawful occupation." O Ht- T?l Missinff in Action 4 i r Two Salem navy men have Kaavi trwT4Ai fn.aelntf It! aitn the past week. . j . Wayne Louis Baker, 18,! former employe of the Salem Hardward eompany, had ben j in the navy since May, 1943, at! sea approxi- mately a year. ; . . Howard J. Smalley, Jr, was employed by the state highway department in civilian life; he en- iisiea m ine zau ox ijiw. (Further details; on service pages 9 and 11.) ' 1 Proposals Marion Donates 30 Per Cent Of Its 1945 Red Cross Quota Women workers;- made their first report, three more rural com munities .and . one School district were over the top and ' Marion county as a whole! had approxi mately SO per cent bf Its quota in the . 1945 Red Cross war fund campaign Wednesday night,' with $24,012.44 collected.! ' The women's division, ; with quota of $8000 for residential areas of ' Salem, t reported In $1605.15, topped only by the mer cantile report of $1670.50. Bland Sneers - brought, in .the AumsvUle report of .4414 (quota $350) Wednesday afternoon,- Mrs. A. E. Bradley, acting postmistress there, is chairman.! Mrs.. David Looney reported Looney i Butte district over the top by a considerable margin and Mrs. Paul Townsend announced that Mission Bottom had filled its quota. She is chairman! also at Clear Lake, which is expected to join the over-the-top communities today. Beryl LaFolIette and Es ther Stoutenburg did the job in Prlco 5c M&UOr arg House in Heated Argument; Many Bills Approved By Wendell Webb : Managing editor, The Statesman Frayed nerves and a liquor is sue gave the tired house its worst time of the current session 'Wed nesday. - After a two-hour argument, it i voted to adopt .a majority com mittee report on- senate-approved 1 SB 117 authorizing the confisca tion of all property and furnish ings" on any premises not licensed by the state, which is held in vicA lauon of the Knox. Jaw. - , The vote came after the .cham- bers echoed with, charges' of eoer- don, .with criticism of liquor "Tj'' v"" r - r- with demands that the commis- - .- .!" . . t TV ZZI ZrZ 'C.. asked to cope with the problerns of enforcement. Minority Defeated .A minority, report, which the I iwu iciiucv hi WU.HIUW voie pi ii w:io, womq nave un-, ilea confiscation to liquor, glasses restricted such action solely, to HiiH V- -h lim,nr SXZL' - - ' No. 332 h? The bill is still to come up forlutiii vMkt.nM rifial- acUon (details on page 7). The house Wednesday also pass- ed bffl. -empowering union high ?"Mt'i mn rolled through town af- for 'I901 PurPse (HB. 4!9) lnf .yP before signs can .be placed along before signs can i be placed along . UD .J . c"Vr . ,uaua v streets aiso passea ?cU.v"ild outwar JT , iToT uncertified seed (SB 218). nn.. 1 i J J xxic uuuac, wu, uuwu m ku' j".,.J , .if " iW' ''"- y.1("P8 a nves; 1 ueaie lower-Dracxei salaries 01 1 18) urging development and use state employes, and another (SJR of Oregon coal. 1 22 bills, including senate bills and hay at warehouses if inspec- .1 ,; a t tion has been done at the point of I origin (SB 282), suspending seed inspections for two years (SB 258) I removing the $500,000 limit to I property which religious or chart table organizations can hold (SB 1 transit (SB 253). Transfer Authorised I MV vv.vs a fer from the state board of health to the state board of pharmacy e state narcoucs law lu zbb); ine state narcoucs law isu zoo; validate marriages consummated 288), and authorize a tax levy for I etmMAfl In 99 AwiifMi U7aa ifXTTJ I 362). The latter bill now goes to the governors Defeated in the senate was a bill (HB 85) barring the return of unsold i bakery 1 products, and sent back; to senate committee was a house bill (HB 348). pro- viding for statues of Oregon resi- dents in Washington, D. C me nouse wiu meet at v:au la. m. today, .the senate at 10M). (Legislative news page 7). Mission Bottom, she said. Clear TjV nrvrt - Un Poivin Masson, Mrs. Cooksley, Mrs. Don HammacTr nd Mn: J5 Wheelnd. Mahoney school district - near that before any nurse, man or wo Gervals. where Henrietta Allen- man mJ be inducted, be or she bach is chairman, had more than filled its quota Wednesday, Lu- cille Booster of Gervais reported, Dr. . Boring, chairman of the mercantile division, which has $5423 of Its. $7200 goal, included in its Wednesday report $209.50, represenUng 100 per cent contri- buttons from Safeway Stores em- ployes, and $278.50 from a partial list of Montgomery Ward em- ployes. Harry Johnson, educaUonal di- vteinn v,)nn -i.j from Capital Business college heJnfS!er ofJGe"nan PrpP student. and faculty, who con- m had to wade through it to ducted a rummage sale last wk let to work Mld' to raise the funds; students of Merritt Davia School . of Com- merce doubled their subscriptions of last year and 'gave $33. The educational division has collected uuu ox its s 1700 quota. Germ ' t a ns ; t me i tn'tlleTeatt: Patton's -Men in - Greatest Surge : : Since Normandy By Austin Bealmeir r PARIS, Thursday, March 8-(Jtp Tanks of the American i Third army stormed up to the west bank of the Rhine northwest of Coblenz than 50 miles Inside Germany in a whirlwind advance that sent the enemy reeling In chaotic defeat, i The German i collapse on the Third, army front, started by the Fourth armored division's break- through at Bifburg three days ago, mnn ripvplnnM Hnf a rrait witK other units of the Third army i plunging eastward and the First army swinging I southward after the capture of Cologne. It was the ' Ardennes break through in reverse. The Germans ' obviously had nothing with which to prevent the American sweep from enveloping Coblenz and - I No Front Left j , . Dispatches said there actually was no; semblance of a front in the Third army i sector. s" s Virtually all resistance had been nvhtAmttl1 . fh. r.-r . -SSurwTor X rendering as quickly as-possible, - . -t r. . , Masses oi wazi equipment were destroyed and supply dumps were . . nniiLt -Z- captured so rapidly that the loot had hot been evaluated. The Fourth 'armored division reached the river lust northwest of Coblenz in a drive which car- . 29 mile in 12 Tnoure: - In it. neatest surge since Normandy the m sa hours 'making tht wixtpni ..... . , ' . - T .. " I T. V1? Hesi penexranon oi we i The im toll harW iniwtii. retreat nd offered w littu M George s: Pat, ter town and Itreaked past thou- captured to Wch numbers mey could hot aM be numberg mey 4 not all be chaperoned to the rear. x nortlithe US First army Rhine's west blank from captured Cologne to a point only two miles Uom Bonn, the Tirst and Third I r .o jf ..-." "'"u,-u IK a L. u.tUw. Aits a breakthrough Since St Lo, The Allied brisoner prisoner bag on the western front soared past the one million mark as General Patton's men rounded them up by the thou- The German army which fled Znjr ll complete picture of defeat the war in the west has produced,', wrote the veteran Associated Press cor respondent Edward D. Ball. "Ito men were beaten, its equipment destroyed.' ing wrecks anil German prisoners streamed westward in', droves through the Fourth division's nar- I (Mvitt jyjvr i.'l.. Wnnv U ""1 JTl - 7, v,!" v.! Whlte CagS tt "VI 1 JIOUS6 UkellS L XLLJMJTSilVm lTlgllf rlOG IVTa jiwc7 uivu WASHINGTON. March 7. -6PV- Nurse-draft legislation broadened to include men as well as women I not over 44 cor under 20 veara f of age won house aoDroval todav by a top-heavy vote. ' 1 j The administration - requested' 1 measure written bv th hru I military dommittee to meet h needs of the army and the mvr for an estimated 18,000 additional nurses was set to the senate by a rou-cau vote of 347 to 42. It was virtually rewritten dur ing three days of debatebut its major provisions, including a ban ilt drafting married women, were retained. s -- K WriUf durin2 the closing hours of debate was a requirement must oiiered a commission by V mrmy otV navy. .m.- , ' Z - Allied Leaflets Land Tn nTr"la V.J ' V tl0l . - j J1" A , bJ1fad.td Wlt Uied leaGet nd8ed m of Propaganda M,ilter f1 Goebbels Imnistfj at Berlln dur a recent air raId "3 n account receiv- today th- Fre Danish press service. to .l " s gUk macbee1 ewm . j SiiS-i - - MU. u Mln. XAin -SI 3S V .IS .:S4 ; 44 it 3 . ii WUlJonetic ttver 4 ft. Jaeel