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Before the legislature convened
it looked as though one of the
most spirited battles of the ses-
: Bion would be over proposed com-
j)ulsory pasteurization of milk. In
view of sharply conflicting inter-
.fets in the dairy business it was
predicted that there would be
strong opposition to such a .bill.
Before the session opened pro
gressive members of the industry
took counsel and themselves rec
ommended a moderate program of
improvement which did not in
clude universal pasteurization but
which emphasized the cleaning up
of herds affected with disease and
more thorough inspection of dai
ries and milk handling plants.
. "When bills came before the leg-
- lslature they were carefully re
viewed by ' the house committee.
Further adjustments and com-'
. promises were made, and the two
bills HB 234, a modified law on
pasteurization, and HB 369, the
law calling for cleaning up of
. herds infected with Bang's dis
ease, met with quite general a
proval and were passed by the
house. They now rest in the sen
ate committee on agriculture.
. These bills mark a rational ap
proach to the milk problem. They
: are positively pointed toward
protecting the public health
against milk-borne diseases. They
- are not burdensome on th dairy
industry. Producers. of raw milk
from disease-free herds are not
disturbed, though they must keep
their herds free from disease.
Stricter Y
- (Continued on . EditoriaL, Page)
Col. A. Touart
Dies in Action
Near Cologne
Col. Anthony J. Touart, com
mander of the 414th regiment of
the 104th infantry division, was
killed in action on the drive to
Cologne. The notification came
Friday to Mrs. Touart, 794 North
Summer street,, who had come to
Salem to make her home here
near their daughter, Mrs. G. R.
Barnes, 620 Electric avenue.
Another daughter,- Mrs. R. E.
Arn, is in Salem while ; her hus
band is serving overseas; and a
son, First Lt. Anthony J. Touart,
jr., in anti-aircraft, is stationed
In Belgium. The father and son
had seen each other shortly be
fore the move toward Cologne.
Colonel Touart, who came from
Columbia, S." C, to . Camp Adair
'to assist in the -(training of the
104th and take command of a reg
iment, rose from the ranks, hav
ing . been regularly commissioned
during Wvrld War I.
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Biggest Force
Of Mosquitos
Blasts Berlin
LONDON. March 9-(JF- The
biggest force of RAF Mosquitos
ever sent to Berlin dumped more
than 1000 tons of explosives on
the battered capital tonight after
1000 U. S. heavy bombers had
smashed by daylight at the cen
. tral German rail junction of Kas-
seL It was the 18th consecutive
night attack on Berlin
Enemy planes, the German ra
dio warned, were over Branden
burg province, in which Berlin is
- located, early in the'; night and
another force was crossing west
ern Germany.
The Eighth air force, which
gent 1000 Fortresses and Libera
tors on a many-pronged attack
, during the day, lost 10 bombers
and five escorting .fighters in the
operations. .. The RAF lost three
. bombers out of about 1000 which
smacked Kassel last night
1945 Crop Prospects
Better Than Average'
WASHINGTON, March 9- (ff)
Crop, prospects at present7 are
"better than average" for the 1945
'eason, the agriculture department
said today.
Heavy snows or rains in most
urtimi rt , the eountrv have
helped, the department laid In its
March crop report.
Ship Explosion Death
Toll Mounts to Seven
VANCOUVER, BC, March 9
(CP)-ToU of known dead in last
Tuesday's explosion a n d f i r e
aboard the 10,000-ton freighter SS
Greenhfll Park rose to seven to
day whfen the wreckage-strewn
hulk gave up two more bodies.
None has been definitely identi-j
fied.
Occasional
Rain Showers
, . ; 'Y
until late afternoon today, when
clearing skies are expected in
the mid-Willamette valley area,
predicts U. S. weather bureau,
McNary field, -Salem.
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Special
Election
June 22
Tax Bills Win in
House; Pension
Ceiling Removed
By Wendell Webb
Managing editor. The Statesman
The legislature was really in
high gear today 62 days after it
started with its tax, school-aid
and pension program well under
way. .
Its peak performance, for good
or bad, was reached Friday with
these developments:
The house passed bills: .
To provide $10,000,000 in two
years by a 5-mill property, tax
(probably to be absorbed, in in
come tax revenue) for buildings
at state institutions and colleges
(HB 415 vote unanimous).
To allocate from surplus income
tax an additional $3,000,000 annu
ally lor school districts now re
ceiving $5,000,4000 to reduce prop
erty levies (HB 416 vote 55 to 1).
To levy a 2-cent tax on each
package of cigarets for an addi
tional $2,000,000 a year for schools
(HB 417 vote 47 to 10).
T call a special election for
Jtme 22 to act on the property
levy, cigaret tax and whatever oth
er issues may be up f6r referen
dum (vote unanimous).
The senate:
Completed legislative action on
the plan to remove the $40 ceiling
from old-age assistance (HB 52
vote 29 to 1).
Defeated the proposal to have
all brandy-fortified wine, regard
less of alcoholic content, sold only
in state liquor stores (SB 278
vote 17-13).
Kept auve tne so-called scrip
plan for making liquor available
to members of private clubs, by
refusing 16 to 14 to adopt a "do
not pass" committee report on the
measure.
Other legislation completed in
cluded the measure granting the
state board of barber examiners
the power to recognize minimum
prices by counties. The house
passed the bill (SB 185) 40 to 17
The first of the appropriation
bills also were introduced in the
house Friday, and a $32,000,000
public welfare commission budget
was ready for final action includ
ing $20,000,000 for old-age assist
ance to an estimated 25,000 per
sons.
Both the senate and house fared
heavy calendars today, the sen-
ate's probably being the heavier
although additional school bills
were before the house as well as
many lesser measures.
(Legislative news page 3)
. Church Census
Takers Meet
To Map Plans
Workers who "will take the city
wide church census Sunday met
at three places last, night for in
structions. Dr. Charles Durden,
chairman of the pastors' commit
tee in charge of the project ad
dressed each group in turn. ' i
While it is, expected 500 work
ers will be needed to take com
plete census only .about 250 were
out last night. Another meeting
will be held Sunday afternoon at
the Presbyterian church for those
who have not had instructions or
supplies 'or to check up on that
previously received.
r. iwemy-seven cnurcnes are co
operating In the project and head
quarters will be at the YMCA
buUdin
British Using One of War's
Most Devastating Weapons
LONDQN, March HVA new
type ground rocket projector de
scribed as "one of the war's most
devastating weapons" now is be
ing used in barrage work as medi
um artillery by British and Canad
ian troops on the western front, it
was disclosed today.
The barrage is laid down by
groups of the rocket projectors
each groug. consisting of 12 guns
with 32 barrels each. These 384
barrels give a concentrated fire
power comparable with mat of
more than 280 5.5-inch guns of the
orthodox type. :.
Although considerably smaller,
:ach missile fired by the orcket
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By Robin Coons f
21ST B OMBER COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, Guam, Satur
day, March lO--A record force
of more -than 300 Superfortresses
spilled an estimated 1300 tons-of
incendiaries in a 10-square-mile
congested area of Tokyo today,
and one' returning flier' said.
Hellish . fires were spread across
the whole town." Y
Tokyo .Radio acknowledged that
flames set by the raiders shortly
after midnight still were un
checked at dawn. $
Brig. Gen. Thomas S." power,
commander of Guam-based B-29s,
who ' was over Tokyo lor two
hours, said he saw "one section of
possibly 50 blocks by 10";s 500
blocks which was "literally a
whole sea of flame." k
He said his chart showed the
imperial palace was menaced by
the - flames, but apparently was
not burned.
The first incendiaries quickly
Yankees Close
I . iY ;Y
Tunnel Mouths
Of Nip Caves
MANILA, Saturday, March 10
(A3 --Several thousand Japanese
have been suffocated in ta fan
tastic maze of caves 14 miles east
of Manila by a clever campaign
of closing tunnel entrances. Gen.
Douglas.. MacArthur announced
today in a communique silent on
Japanese - reports thattindanao
has been invaded. k
The communique mentioned a
107-ton ; bombing of Zamboanga,
on tne southwest coast of Min
danao, but did not substantiate
Tokyo broadcasts that allied troops
invaded? that point Friday after
a bombardment by two task; forces.
MacArthur described at great
length the intricate cave defenses
off the Shumbu line east of Ma
nila and the manner in: which
Yanks are sealing them with small
loss to the attackers. $
Tom Brantrier
Dies in Luzon
Plane Crash
i i:-s r
Lt. Thomas R. Brantner,'21, was
killed in a plane crash on Luzon,
February 25, his wife, the former
Helen Young, was notified Friday
byi the war department.
Lieutenant Brantner was grad
uated from Salem high school in
1940 and had been in the army
two and a half years but over
seas only one month.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. R
Brantner live at Chemawa and his
wife lives with her parents, Mr,
and Mrs. Ray O. Young, 539 North
21st street Y t
Other : survivors are a brother,
Harold, ' student at Salem high
school; two sisters, Mrs. t George
Walden of Oakland, Calif., and
Shirley -Brantner, pupil at Keizer
school. I . : . , " .
Lieutenant Brantner hid been
an! instructor at LaHunta after
receiving his wings on Dec. 5,
1942. m - I
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State's Population ?Up
WASHINGTON, March; 8-(JP)
Population estimates released here
3
today included Washington, 2,'
055,378, . up 319,187, and Oregon,
1,314,228, up 124,541 ' 7
projectors is described as compar
able with the 100-pound sheU fired
by the 5.5 inch guns.
rThis is because a rocket shell,
the momentum of which increases
relatively gradually on its dis
charge, can be constructed with
much winner walls, thus Insuring
a specially effective burst,?" a war
office bulletin said. , ' .
The war office said the rocket
also shows "great economy be
caue less manpower is needed to
operate it in the field. A-battery
ox ;rockt projectors can be han
died by less than 200 men while
the equivalent fire power with 5.5-
inch guns would demand approai
mateiy B0OQ men, . ' -
Fod
ObuS Bow
touched off an inferno which sent
smoke as high as 10,000 feet.
"We saw two or three square
miles jail! aflame before we left,"
reported 1 CoL Carl R. Storrie of
Denton, Texas, an observer on one
of the B-29s.
Th4 target was a rectangular
section extending roughly four
miles from north to south and
three; miles from east to west. -
The Tokyo railroad station, just
east Of the imperial palace, was
in the area attacked. The average
population within the 10-square
miles is 103,000 to a square mile.
Gathering reports of the raid,
Brig. Gen. Lauris Norstad, chief
of staff of the 20th air force, said
fleets: of 1000 or more B-29s will
be put over the Japanese home
land I if that is necessary to win
the war.
The huge bombers struck from
bases on Guam, Saipan and Tin!
an. i'
Cuspidors Fall on
Tulsa Pedestrians
In Heavy Air Raid
TULSA, Okla., March 9 -
Three boys staged a bombing raid
in a busy downtown section.
The first police knew about it
was when pedestrians complained
they were being bombarded from
the sky with cuspidors and other
unseemly weapons. ;
Officers traced the source of
the raid to the upper floor of an
office: building, where the. three
boys f playing war" said cuspidors
made! fine bombs. r-
Hand-to-Hand
Battle Rages
In Mandalay
CALCUTTA, March 9-C)-Brit-
ish and Indian troops in 30 hours
of furious street fighting inside
Mandalay have driven to the area
of Government house in the Fort
Dufferin compound . in the heart
of the storied Burma city, allied
headquarters announced tonight.
Hand-to-hand fighting raged in
three sections of the city of 135,-
000. : While the original storming
force of the 19th division surged
in steadily from the north, Mai,
Gen. T. W. O. Rees led another
column in an encircling drive
across the Mandalay canal, which
enters Mandalay from the north
east and passes along the east
side of Fort Dufferin. i
Heavy fighting was in progress
for" Mandalay hill, which rises
abruptly near the northeast cor
ner of Fort Dufferin, with Japa
nese resistance heavier than had
been expected.
Catholic Pastor
Transferred
" f '.'. y - -
To New Parish
Rev. Robert
S. Neugerbauer,
pastor of St
Vincent dePauTs
Catholic church for; the last six
and a half years, has been trans
ferred to Verboort near Forest
Grove. The transfer becomes ef
fective March 15 and his successor
here will be Rev. George CKeefe,
now at Beaverton.. ' 1
Father Neugerbauer was assist
ant at St Joseph's in Salem and
went I to Newberg as pastor for
short: period before; coming back
to Stl Vincent's as pastor. During
his pastorate the size of the parish
has increased two and a half or
three! times, and the enrollment in
the parochial school has increased
greatly.
A large debt on the school has
been paid off, a new rectory built
and property for construction ox a
new church in a post-war building
program has been acquired.
Two Yank PTi Boats t
Sunk hy. Our Ship -
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WASHINGTON, March 9
The ' navy reported today the
"mistaken Identity sinking of
two motor torpedo boats, the
PT77 and PT79, in Philippine wat
ers by one of our own ships.
Sinking of the i small salvage
vessel Extractor by 'a U. S. sub
marine was announced " by the
navy; last week - -
TTunnni
Brig. Gen.; Thomas S. Power,
commander of Guam-based B-29s,
told AP Correspondent Elmont
Waite he stayed over the target
two hours dbserving the spread
ing conflagration, and reported:
i There is no comparison with
any previous attacks it seemed
at least 50 times as devastating."
For an hour and a half, I they
poured incendiary bombs jupon
the sections of the city selected
for destruction.
The force was the largest ef the
Superfortresses ever put into the
air.
The raid s was the first
large
night ' attack on Japan's
home-
land. There was a previous
raid.
light
It was the first announce all-
incendiary strike at the Japanese
capital.
i The weather was clear and the
bombardiers could see theisi tar
gets.
Iwo Japs Hold
Only Extreme
Northern EnM
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD-
QUARTERS, Guam; Saturday,
March 10 - UP) Grinding ahead
from rock to rock, American ma
rines today: fought against) con
tinuing bitter resistance for the
tiny-northern corner of Iwo Jima
which the Japanese are trying to
holdtt all costs, v . i . t
As the all-out drive to conclude
the invasion went into its! fifth
day, the leathernecks held all but
the extreme northern end of the
Volcanic island and a sector sev
eral thousand yards long on the
northeast coast
The fourth, third and fifth ma
fine divisions were strung across
the battle line from east to west
in that order. - Although the ter
rain was almost prohibitive, some
use was being made of tanks in
fereting. out the enemy troops
from pillboxes and caves.
From their sheltered positions,
the Nipponese poured out an in
tense curtain of smallarms and
machinegun fire, augmented by
mortars.
AU Men 16-62
Ordered Up
In Germany
LONDON, March 9 -(V- Faced
with mounting reverses' in the
west and east, Germany today or
dered every male in the reich be
tween the ages of 18 and 62 to
register with military authorities
"for active defense of the nation"
under penalty ot being punished
as deserters. i
The decree, broadcast by DNB,
hinted that the utmost confusion
prevailed in the reich. The order
had the multiple purpose of scrap-
ing the manpower barrel, round'
ing up deserters .d calling back
soiaiers lost irom weir units.
To enforce compliance with the
decree, which applied even to Nazi
party "political leaders and sub-
leaders," it ' was "provided that
pension payments and : ration
books would be distributed only
to those who can prove their prop
er registration.'
Cordon Seeks
Relief for
Salem Packer
v WASHINGTON, March 9-V
A modification of the interstate
commerce commission embargo on
refrigerator cars is sought by Sen
ator Cordon (R-Ore.) for a Salem,
Ore. packer. yyYy ..v Y-; ;y '
i Paulus Bros. Packing Co, com
plained that it must move Its or
ders vof civilian packed products
to make room for war orders on
hand and cannot ship in box cars
because of the danger of glass
containers freezing.
The ice embargo was designed
to release refrigerator cars for use
in ' moving fresh 'vegetables and
fruits for the military services.
ij The Paulus company; told Sen
ator Cordon it must fill civilian
orders part of the time to obtain
workers to handle war orders
when these are received.
Leads First
V
Hit
if 1
Lt Gen. Ceurtney H. Bodges
commands the first American
: troops to smash across . the
Rhine river at Remacen. His
army also captured Bonn Fri
day. j r
Ohio Sergeant
Leads Charge
(Across Bridge
ON THE RHINE BRIDGE-
HEAD, March fr--A ; gangling
embarrassed butcher boy, from
Holland, Ohio, received the praise
today of his commanding general
i for -leading the heroic charge
across Remagen bridge and com-
1 pleting the capture of the span
which gave the U, S. First army
the first Allied bridgehead across
the Rhine.
A careful check disclosed that
Set Alexander A: Drabik actu
ally was the first American to step
on the east bank of the Rhine. And
behind him came ten i riflemen
shooting as they ran in a wild dash
which surprised the Germans be
fore they could blow this vital
link which right now is perhaps
the most valuable bridge, in the
world. i
This takes none of the glory
from Lt Emmett ' Burrows, Jer
sey City officer, whose platoon
I was in the fight also and helped
capture Remagen bridge.
Sam Schooley
Said Missing
Sgt Samuel Harold Schooley,
son of Mrs. Pearl C Couey, 244
Marion st. has been missing in
action over : Austria since Febr
uary 20, his mother was notified
i Friday by the war department .
A graduate of Willamette uni
versity with the class of '42,. he
entered the navy and was trans
ferred to the army air corps in
October. 1943. He trained with
the late Jimmy Robertson, with
i whom he had attended Willam
ette, and became a gunner on i
B-17. He was stationed in Italy,
i having been overseas -'since the
autumn .of 1944.
National ARC DriVc
i . . . -
Ahead Of LASt Year
WASHINGTON, I March 9 -(JP)
The Red Cross said today $50,640,'
420 had been : subscribed in the
first eight dayi of the 1J45 war
fund campaign, which has a min
imum goal of $200,000,000.
The .' amount -' was 120,293,420
above the total reported for the
corresponding eight days of the
1944 drive. 'II
P
Marion Red Cross Collections'
Stand at! $40,457 fhisMqrnihg
Red Cross war fund collections
in Marion county stand at $40,457
this, morning, slightly more than
half of the county's $80,500 quota.
Largest divisional increases
were in - residential 5 couecoons
which Jumped, from a total of
$1605.15 Thursday: to new total
of $5718.17 Friday; In profession
al which had reported $868.25
j Thursday ! and 1 onl Friday had a
total of $415050 (quota $4500);
and in governmental,; Which had
$2068.82 ; Thursday and $41514)5
Friday. y Y y j Y:Y-- y
Rural division collections, which
had totaled $118752 - Thursday,
reached $3553 Friday. Mrs. Ernest
Roth of Central Howell brought
i in $438.50 (quota " $300) and re
ported that several of her work
Nazis
Pump Shells
At Rhine Bridge
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As' Yankeesl Gross
German. Columns Converge on
American Hold East of Riven
New U. S. 15th Army at Front
Part Of
Kuestrin
Captured
Reds Roll Within
Only Five Miles
Of Stettin Docks
LONDON, March 10-(ff)-The
Parte radio said today that one
three Russian eolamns driv
ing en Danslg had broken Into
the town aad that street fight-,
ug was under way.
By Romney Wheeler
LONDON, Saturday, March 10
(iP) The Germans said last night
that the Russians had captured
part of the Oder fortress town of
Kuestrin, i 33 miles east of Ber
lin, and were pouring reinforce
ments by day and night across
the river on both sides- of that
stronghold r in a flaming prelude
to the battle for the nazi capital.
Marshal i Oregon. K. Zhukov's
First 'WhtfeRussian army troops
were reported in enemy broad
casts to be extending their west
bank Oder bridgeheads and try
ing to link them up "to create i
jumping board for further opera
tions against Berlin."
While the soviet high command
ignored for the third day these
nazi reports of heavy battles on
the Berlin front, the regular sov
iet communique announced that
red army forces had rolled with
in five miles of the docks of Stet
tin, Pomeranian capital and Ber
lin's main port, and were only
nine miles from Danzig city.
The Pomeranian strongholds of
Stolp, Chlawe, Ruegenwalde, and
Stolp-Muende, all fell to the Rus
sians yesterday, along with 200
other localities as. Marshal K.
Rokossovsky's Second White Rus
sian troops gained up to 17 miles
and hurled the Germans into a
shrinking 2570-square-mile trap
along the Baltic coast. !
' These rapid soviet strokes in the
north and northeast, in which
Moscow said that a total of 16,500
Germans had been killed or cap
tured in two days, were prelimi
nary steps in the approaching
show-down battle for Berlin.
Transylvania
Return Due
LONDON, Saturday, March 10
-(-Marshal Stalin has agreed to
the return of Transylvania flora
Hungary to Romania, the Moscow
radio announced today.
The broadcast said Stalin spe
cifically provided that the new
Romanian government formed
this week by Peter Groza should
"assume responsibility for order
and peace" in that region and take
care of the "rights of nationalities"
living there. i .
Hungary took over Transylvania
before the war with Germany's
approval, y y y v
ers would turn in more. Mrs. Wil
liam Rahtz,' chairman of the Au
burn district, reported that her
workers, Mrs. Dale Jeff eries, Mrs.
Ronald Payne, Mrs. Harry Eck
stein, Mrs.' Glen Meisner all
members of the Auburn Women's
club and Ervin Sunderlin had
brought In $437.70 (quota $250)
Children at Auburn school con-
ducted their own drive and tais
ed $40, Mrs. Rahtz said. Frank
Doerfler, rural division chairman,
said that Rickey school children
had raised $30 for the Red Cross.
Employes of Salem Concrete
Pipe Co. have averaged $8 apiece
in their contributions. Reimann
Supply Co. employes 100 per cent
strong have given a total of $383
s
By A be tin Bealmear
PARIS, Saturday, March 10-fdP)
-The first major battle of the US
First army 'Si Rhine bridgehead
was taking form today as German
columns converged on the Amer
ican toehold ast of the river and
began pumping .heavy shells at
the bridge oii which the crossing
was made. r
A field dispatch -caid the enemy
forces were seen approaching the
scene last night with all lights on
presumably evidence of violent
reaction to the allies' growing
threat to inner Germany. T
In a dispatch . sent from the
bridgehead at 2 a.m.. Associated
Press Correspondent . Don White
head said, "There is no doubt that
the Germans! are making a su
preme effort to, bring up available
strength to throw in a counter
attack designed to drive the Am
ericans back 'across the Rhine."
Nazis Lose Race
But he expressed the view that
the Germans already had lost the
race. The First army is steadily
strengthening the bridgehead with
what he called an "awesome dis
play of power.'. ,
The Ajnericans smashed the
first tank-led counter-attack at
the bridgehead yesterday. To the
south the First and US Third ar-
mies linked up west of the Rhine,
(.trapping an estimated 50,000 Ger
mans to the west.' ;
f Whitehead Mid that no sooner
does an American unit get across
the Remageb bridge than it goes
into-line. 1 . Y
"There's ino time "tomfool
around., he jioled Maj. Ben Co
thran. "As soon as a man steps on
this bridgehead he has got to start
fighting." I . i
Brldre Shelled
The Germans, Whitehead said,
are trying desperately to knock
out the bridge with heavy guns
and suicide air raids. They are
lobbing 155 and 210-millimeter
shells constantly at the 1200-foot
span. t
Men, guns, tanks and supplies
poured into the expanding bridge
head 28 miles south of Cologne
across the j g r e a t Ludendorff
bridge, officially disclosed to have
been taken intact.
Supreme headquarters blacked
out the scope of the advance, but
it was possible that a breakout on
the road to Berlin might be dis
closed at any hour, i
(A Blue Network correspond
ent broadcast from the front that
the bridgehead had been doubled
in size and width since yesterday -and
that "a number of towns and
villages" had been captured.)
Bonn, Rhineland city of 101,000,
fell to the First army north of
the middle Rhine bridgehead,' and
the Third army to the south bat
tled within four miles of the traf- '
fie center of .Coblenz after sweep
ing the enemy from the Coblenz.
plain west of the Rhine.
Bad Godesburg, the resort town
three miles south of Bonn, where
Hitler and Prime Minister Cham
berlain held I their second meeting
in 1938 to arrange "peace in our ,
time,? was Raptured by the First
army's Ninth 1 infantry division
and doughboys cleared the west
bank of the Rhine as far south as
Remagen. - Y - v: Y'
. The only ibridge at Bonn was :
blown today ;by the Germans after
they had shot up some of their
own tanks with artillery, in a de
termined effort to prevent an
American, crossing.' " - . . .
- On one of the blackest days for
Germany lnce Hitler plunged
Europe into the second world war
Within a generation, the allies
handed the enemy more bad news
by disclostnjg that the .US 15th
army now .was on the western
front at ah undisclosed sector.
FDR Prefers House
Work or. Fight Plan :
WASHINGTON, March 9 JF)
President Roosevelt cited his Jan
uary call for "total mobilization"
today , when; asked to choose be
tween ' conflicting ' congressional
plans for manpower legislation. '
That call termed plant employ
ment ceilings an Inadequate tool
for utmost War production. "
Flower Show Slated
Salem Garden and Salem Men's
Garden clubs will hold a Joint,
camellia and spring flower show
April 13, 14 and 15 at the YMCA,
officers of the organizations an
nounced Friday.