. 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,
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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.
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