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: In the . spring a young man's I
fancy used to turn to thoughts, of
love, . so the poet : wrote a long
time ago. Now it turns to when he
will report for induction into the
army..:. . : i
; But there is nothing to prevent
a "young woman's fancy from turn
ing in love's direction in response
to a polarity of ancient origin.
And while one may commiserate
with the college coeds whose in
stitutions have suddenly become
nearly female seminaries, one
should not conclude that match
ing and mating are completely out
of fashion. They are not, decidedly
not the girls seem to carry on
', mail order business. A (woman)
" writer in the University of Oregon
Emerald drops this phrase in with
charming nonchalance: "On
campus where new diamonds ap
pear every day . . . " There you
have it : j :
The thoughts of college women,
it seems, do not stop with "love,'
they go ahead to thoughts Of mar
riage,-a home and what-a-college
educated - matron - should - do
At least the Emerald article, pick
ing up a story from the Mills col-
: lege Weekly on "When College
; Women Marry," opens a forum for
j comments from' Oregon coeds on
T their future as married women
I The Mills Weekly Jhrows , down
; the gauntlet to college
I (Continued on editorial page)
In Philippines
MANILA, Thursday, March 15
i!S Mai. Geri. Frederick A. Irv-
lng'a 24th infantry division made
surprise night landings on Rom
blon and Simara islands in the
central Philippines Tuesday night
at light cost 1 to . strengthen the
American hold on the main ship
ping lane from the United States
to Manila. .
The Yank force "seized control!
of the small islands, east of American-held
Mindoro, after the noc
turnal 'invasions "attained com
plete tactical surprise,' Gen.
Douglas MacArtftur said in his
communique today.
The 24th, veterans of Leyte,
Bataan and Corregidor, destroyed
me smau Japanese garrison on
Romblon in I a skirmish at the
town of Romblon and killed the
few enemy defenders of Simar.
American losses were described
s "minor."
The Japanese garrison on Rom
blon island was destroyed.
Dr. Youngson
for
Better Race
" Notwithstanding pain and suf
feting, the cruelties and tragedies
. surrounding life in wartime, with
sacrifice, faith and reverence, the
generations of today can be true
to -. the ever-better race from
"- which they ''come. Dr. William
Wallace Youngson of Portland de
clared as he addressed the first
district meeting of the Oregon Fra
ternal congress : here Wednesday
sight. ' '
"Be worthy of your lineage" was
Dr. - Youngson V theme. He spoke
before approximately 200 assem
bled fraternalists of .western Ore
gon who met at the Veterans of
Foreign Wars hall. -
J. k Edgar Reay, : local represen-4
i
jYankeesMake
Two Landings
Hopeful
tative of the Maccabees, served as
- chairman for the evening. On be
' half of the city of Salem, Mayor
I. M. Doughton delivered a short
address of - welcome, to which
Maurice Hudson, president of the
- congress, responded. Reay ' was as
sis ted in making arrangements for
the first district meeting by Mrs.
O. I Scott of the Neighbors of
Woodcraft, dining room chairman;
Mrs. Thomas ) Teeson, v also of
NOW," publicity chairman, and
Airs. F. M. Hoyt of "the Royal
-Neighbors, assistant to the gen
eral, chairman. -
- A" number of. officers of the
congress headed a 1 large " delega
tion of Portland visitors.
; (More about Fraternal congress
page 2.)
Albany Farmer Killed
In Dynamite Explosion
ALBANY, March H.-P)-Farm
neighbors , of Robert O. Jellison
aid today they believed he was
Investigating a delay in explosion
of a charge of dynamite in a tree
trunk .when killed by. a blast
. Jellison, 30 year old father of
four children, ' was. found : in' the
fields yesterday beside a blasted
stump. .
Partly Cloudy
today with occasion light scat
tered showers in the mid-Willamette
valley area,, predict
UJ5. weather bureau,- McNary
field, Salem. ' : -
NTNETY-FOUHTH YEAR
UUVJ
lAXLTU
Tax Plan
Referred
For Vote
Action Ended on
Job Benefit Bill;
Final Hour Near
By Wendell Webb
Managing editor. The Statesman
Two state-wide issues will be on
the June 22 special election calen
dar the 5-mill, two-year property
levy to raise $10,000,000 for educa
tion and state Institution buildings
(the amount to be cancelled by in
come tax. revenues), and the 2-cents-a
package cigaret tax to raise
$2,000,1)00 a year for schools,
Senate approval of house bills
providing for - such new revenue,
and house concurrence in the sen
ate decision to limit the special
election to these issues, highlight
ed Wednesday's heaviest calendar
of the 43rd session how in its
67th and record-breaking day,
Senate Not Heady - " -
The house, ' considerable ahead
of the senate in its work, adopted
a resolution to adjourn at 5 pm
today, but by last night the reso
lution had got no further in the
senate than being referred to a
committee, land the best bets for
adjournment still . appeared to be
Saturday,
The greater share of the remain
ing so-called big issues were up to
day, - however, and with both
houses more than weary there was
no telling when the gavels' might
fall.
The senate has before it, with
"do pass" committee recommenda
tions, such bills as those closing
many coastal streams to other
than sports fishing, creating state
civil service and retirement plans,
nd establishing a new department
of health. Also up in the senate
today is the milk . pasteurization
bill. : The senate passed the meas
ure for Bang's disease control
Wednesday, but it went to confer
ence committee when the house
declined to concur in amendments
Compensation Increased
The house Wednesday complet
ed legislative action on the com
promise unemployment compensa
tion plan to raise benefits from $15
for. 16 weeks to $18 for 20 weeks,
and on the program to increase
from $25 to $30 the amount pay'
able for each degree of injury un
der workmen's compensation.
The house also passed measures
allowing,-counties to spend up tc
$25,000 for war memorials; adding
31st senator and splitting the
17th senatorial district, and con
tinuing a motor vehicle tax study.
It declined to pass, for the second
time, the bill providing for a psy
chiatric hospital in Portland,, and
killed the proposal to compel ev
ery one to show financial responsi
bility before obtaining a motor ve
hicle license.
(Legislative news page 14).
Gen. Eaker Honored;
LONDON, March 14.-(JP)-Mar
shal Tito has - pinned the order
of the partisan, first class, on Lt
Gen. Ira C. Eaker. Allied Mediter
ranean air force commander, and
thanked him 'Aot his : assistance
againfct the Germans, the Yugo
slav radio said today. I
AFL Leaders Guilty
NEW YORK, March 15.
H)r
Joseph S. 'Fay and James
AFL labor leaders, - early
Bovi
today
were found guilty on two counts
charging extortion in - their tria
before a state supreme court Jury
Nazi Sabotage
Lives of Big tThree, in 1943
TEHRAN, Iran, Feb. 10.-(De-layed)-(-A
widespread N a tl
satotage ring with ambitious goals
that threatened the lives of the
"big three"-was smashed before
the Tehran conference in November-December,
1943, it was dis
closed . today with, the .lifting of
censorship. ;
Nazi underground workers, spies
and saboteurs, flown, and 'para
chuted from Berlin, built up a
master plot which might also have
endangered Prime Minister Churc
hill as he ' passed through Iran
in 1942 on his Moscow trip.
But when the big three met In
late 1943, the ring had been brok
en and about 170 Persians some
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9)
First 'Navy Nurse on Iwo
7- t r
First navy flight nurse to "set foot
if - gx$$$Mf
Mini ut.i f mrirl fram nitarllii
to the badly Injured victim, of the
lying on the edge of the ulrstrlp.
American Flag
She bends over a seriously, wounded marin and renders first aid I
hvo Island But Japanese
Still Resisting to Death
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS. Guam. Thursday.
March l5PWThe American flag
within 750 miles of Tokyo-r-Wednesday, signifying, tactical con
quest of its bloody eight square
resisting to the death. More than 2000 Nipponese already have
died there. ; i i ''. .j r j,:
House Won't
Accept Senate
wer Bill
WASHINGTON, March 14-
An adamant house refused today
to accept the senate's compara
tively mild manpower control bill
and sent the issue to m: senate-
house committee to be ironed out.
!The 211 to 177 vote by which
the house acted was a test of
strength between those backing
the" administration's fwork or
iail? bill, passed by the house
February 1, and forces f support
tog the less- stringent senfte meas
ure. " S 1 . . i i -
: The make-up! of the Conferees
appointed by Speaker Raburn to
represent the house in the confer'
ence committee indicated; that the
house -will ' refuse to budge from
the major provisions of Its meas
ure.
Die in Action
3 Saleni Men
it Names , of three army men had
been added today to Salem's list
of killed in action. T -
f Lt Dorval Ai Binegar, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ray . L. : Binegar,
route one, Salem, was killed Febr
uary 17 on Corregidor. -
! SSgt Fred J. Schaefer, son of
Mrs. Dave. Green, -20$5 ..North
Commercial st, was killed in Bel
gium on December 21. I
X PFC Richard A. Thompson, son
Of Martha Thompson, 1848 Kan
sas sU was killed March 4 in
France. , .' ;. :A -
(Further details on page 2)
Plot Threatened
later released were under arrest
as accomplices j of the Germans.
They : had been Jailed : in August
' .. Disclosable details of i the plot
Included assistance to. the Nazis
of the Japanese legation, a tribal
revolt incited by gun: running
agents, sabotage against the Per
sian corridor lifeline to Russia,
Sedulously planned "putsch" to
depose the Shah, and! plans to
Split Iran into two puppet states.
Most of the 'other sideu)f the
story-how '. British " counter-es
pionage followed the thread, lost
and picked it up again must be
untold for the present, for counter-espionage
is never finished in
Mahpo
if - X :
wartime. -j. - .. .
Salem. Oregon. Thuraday Morning; March. 15. 1345
"V
UX
; U-i,
on s battlefield during the heat ef
IT.na' Iih Ktl-(t Aff llhrlln II.
raid on-Iwo Jima airstrip. He Is
(International)
Raised Over
was raised over Iwo islaAa
miles although Japanese still are
Tl navy .communiqu! today,
reporting 200 to 400 yard gains
further compressing the Nipponese
toward : the sea at the northern
most end, announced the flag rais
ing on the 24th day of the Invasion
but- made no claim that the island
had been entirelyecured.
In a formal ceremony, the Unit
ed I States government officially
took possession of an : Island so
close to Japan that it is governed
as kn integral part of a prefecture
in the homeland. I - ;
The proclamation was issued by
Adm. Chester W. Nimitx as mili
tary governor. ' Marine Col. D. A.
Stafford.' Spokane, Wash read the
proclamation suspending all pow-
ers of the Japanese empire on IwdV
While expanded bases on the is
land bulwarked- Iwo-based ' air
coyer with planes Tof three ser
vices, Maj. Gen. Keller ' E. Rock-
ey Fifth marine division on the
northwest pushed toward ' Kitano
Point in a .fight which still was
raging at nightfall Wednesday.
Progress was slow because of
the need to clear the rough land
with bulldozers so tanks and other
equipment could be brought up to
clean out the almost endless maze
of .caves. ' . ."
Army Chief
VIay Abandon
Alaskan Road
WASHINGTON, March 14-fl3)-
Th senate heard today that the
army, may abandon the Alaskan
hlahwaV as well a ita Canol Jl
rfr.irtnm-n irhHhftr Tutu
ada.
After Senator Mead (D-NY) d
clared that the date v for shutting
don the Canol ' venture had been
moved up from June SO to April 1,
Senator Magnuson (D-Wash) said
he understood the Alaskan high
way would be abandoned.
The two developments followed
a .speech, in which Senator Moore
(R-Okla) declared the war depart-
ment had assumed a "bullheaded
trig $134,000,000 on canol against
the advice of the senate war -to-vestigating
committee, of which
Mead is chairman, and 'petrol
eum experta. U-:r?V...i :
'Marines Island' Name:
Proposed for Iwo Jixna
WASHINGTON, March 14-V
A change in the name of Iwo Jima tion from official census count of
toj "Marines Island, commemorat- 5260 to between 10,f00 and 12,
ing the v leathernecks great fight C00 and the city's share of state
on the Pacific Isle, was proposed funds, divided on population basis;
in a resolution prepared today by should be Increased, insists the Al-
Eep. Hays (D-Ark.). 5-
iiiCfaiia;:
periing
Gohtest
Set at 3
j Eight Best Prep
l Teams to Battle,
j Championship
, t TODAY'S SCHEDULE
(Upper bracket) j
p. n Washington (8) vs. Ea
gene (3) - ! j
4:lj5rp. mNewberg (4) vs. Bak-
(Lower bracket) ' j
7:30 p, m. Medford (2) vs. Yer-
nonU (7) j l "-
t:45 p. so. Hillsbora . (S) vs. Gre-
; on Citq (6). . ; '"
By Al Uxhtner - -,
(Sports. Editor, The Statesman)
' -" j .
Oregon 26th annual I state bas
ketball tournament a' conglomer
ation of colorfully 'clad; kid hoop
suiters representing the eight best
wfh cho01 Quints
n the state,
gets under way at Willamette uni
versity today at 3 p. nij The tour
nament's B" divisionj comprised
of the four top. class "B" teams in
the state, starts Friday! at 3 p. m.
; Opening round - battles in - the
MA' division today pit Washing
ton high's Colonials of Portland
against ; Eugene's Axefnan at 3,
Newbergs Tigers opposite Baker's
Bulldogs at 4:15, Medmrd's Black
Tornado against Vernonla at 7:30
Tn 'Hfflsboro opposite Oregon City
at 8:45. "j. 'Medford, Washington
and Eugene have been established
as favorites in the blue : ribbon
derby to. see who replaces Ash
land's Grizzlies as 'state champion;
gwept to year
ago but was eliminated in district
play by Medford this Reason.
B quints set to decide their
title are Clatskanie, j Reedsprt
Arlington and Grant j Union of
John Day. 1 J
I Following today's openers in the
"A" division, a consolation flight
will begin firing Friday morning
between the four teams defeated
today. Friday night at 7:30 the
"A" semi-finals start and Satur
day night at 8:45 the champion
ship game will be held. The "B"
Friday finalists will j battle for
their title Saturday night, at 7:30.
;i Ticket 2 purchasing .Indications
W Tr point to a record-smash-
ing attendance for the meet, ac
cording to I J. Sparks, tourney
director. ' (Full details: of the tour
ney on today's sports page '
' .. . . " . ' i .. :
I - j,
Income Tax
Returns Must
Be in Tonight
i WASHINGTON, March 14-ffV-
I The last-minute people, hundreds
of thousands of thern, : are in a
sweat and a rush to get their in
i The mternal reveaoe fflce la
room 207 of the Pestoffle feslld
lag will remain apen entil 12 mid
night tonight t helpj last-mlaitf
taxpayers make eat their Income
tax forms for 1844 and their ea-
j timatea for 1945. ( ,
eome tax returns filed by Tburs
U8 midnight deadline. ,
iut Auiciuai Ccuuc tucyuf
'JaUJi
March 15, fifty million people will
have! flled their. returns on 1944
Income. . Returns have been flood'
I 1 . S . it
ing in ior monuis. -
All over the .land itonight peo
ple Were struggling! 'With their
arithmetic or their tax forms. Oth
ers will f be doing the same to-
morrow.
Albany Wants Jt Known
That She Has Grown Up
ALBANY, March . 14-(Pr-This
City's! chamber of commerce wants
everybody to know rthat Albany
has grown up during the: war
years and has asked; the state to
Increase its allowance of state
funds. ' "' ' 7-' :r
War plants have boosted popula
bany chamber.
Prisoner of Nazig
Really Appreciates
Red Cross Efforts
, FRANKFORT, . lnL, March 14
(ff) - Apparently f sold" :- on the
service the American Red Cross
is rendering to American . war
prisoners, Lt Robert L. Sullivan
wrote 'this letter from German '
prison, camp to his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Neal ; Sullivan, here:
"I'm well, junwounded, well-
treated and receiving my Red
Cross boxes regularly. I want dad
to write a check out of my sav-
inM for 1100 find pive it to the
Red Cross in appreciation of what
they are doing for me and the
rest of the boys."
Inductees Will
Be Earmarked
WASHINGTON, March 1-JP-For
the next three months, all in
ductees between 18 and 20 inclu
sive, with a few exceptions, will
be earmarked forthe army.
A joint statement by the army
and navy said the arrangement
was made "to j satisfy the current
needs of the army for young infan
try replacements.
During the three months period
covered by the agreement, the
navy's calls upon selective service
will be filled with men 21 to 38
years old.
The only exceptions in the 18
20 bracket wiU be inductees who
qualify and are assigned to special
navy programs such as radio tech
nicians and combat air crewmen,
11-Tori Bombs
Make Earth
Shaking Debut
LONDON, Thursday, March 15
Jf)- The earth-shaking debut of
the world s biggest bombs, weigh
ing 11 tons each, capped a merci
less assault on the reich yesterday
by more than 5000 allied planes
which ripped and blasted Ger
many with everything from JO
caliber machine gun slugs to the
new superbomb itall as a two-
story house. 1 v t : '
A raU viaduct at Bielefetd, 38
miles east -of ! Muenster, was the
tareet ; f or J the RAP'S newest
'town buster" the world's big
gest package of explosive, which
was used for the first time by
four-en gined Lancasters specially j
adapted for the purpose.
Other vital German communica
tions ". and industrial . objectives
were assaulted by " British and
American warplanes as the great
allied air offensive rolled through
its ' 30th consecutive day. Nearly
2000 heavy bombers and fighters
of the U. S. Eighth air force par
ticipated in the ! operations, run
ning into violent flak at several
-targets and losing 12 bombers and
seven fighters.
Woodburn Last Night
. WOODBURN, March -14 Mrs.
W T .' Cart Irnnnri tn 1Ytm wnrlrf
as the mother of a south Pacific
miHn bra and tA th Wit
lamette: valley as a woman who
reared st famUv and devdoned the
Cart Guernsey dairy with a
smile upon her face died in 'a
hospital; here late tonicht- after
an illn of! several months. :.-.f
: (Picture , and additional details
on page !.)!: - - ' .
For Army Duty
Relatives of Saleni Residents
Liberated in Philippine Isles
- Today's lists of civilians liber
ated in the Philippines include the
names of Beverly E. Hardy, whose
mother, Mary Helen iYoung, re
sides In, Salem, jand John Young
Crothers, brother of Dr.; J. E.
Crothers of route four, Salem, v
y Dr.: and Mrs. Crothers had re
ceived word j from the Rev. Mr.
Crothers that he was . alive but
ill, but have had no information
concerning his . wife. Both were
believed to have been' at Los
Bancs. '-.
; The Rev. John . Young Crothers
and Mrs. Crothers were mission
aries in Korea, but were on their
way borne and were caught in the
Pric 5c
lJ
First Within Mile '
Of
After Small! Gains ,
Nazis Oaim Ludendorff Bridge
Destroyed, Yanks Contradict;
Crossings Reported to! North !
By AUSTIN
PARIS, Thursday, March
armor of the U. S. First army
bridgehead today to within a mile and a qnarter of tht
Frankfurt - Cologne 'super - highway, and other American
forces; extended the fighting along the f far-flung western
front. , -v'-J - ' -". ' I . ' ..i"
I In the bridgehead, now 10
deep, ! Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges doughboys punched
northj south and east; for gains up to a! mile through the
rugged mils tnat border tne Ktune. ,
Reinforcements and supplies
continued to pour into the Ameri-'
can-held area east ' of - the river
over the. great Ludendorff bridge
and the pontoon structure erected
by jU. S. engineers.
The German radio claimed nazi
i i - . ....
bombers destroyed the big double-
tracked rail bridge during the day.
but the latest information avail
able tonight at both Shaef and
12th army , g roup, headquarters
waS that the huge steel structure
not onlywaa standing,- but. was
in better condition than when it
was captured, t -C -7 ::; : ;
A German broadcast also said
allied 'reconnaissance : thrusts had
been launched across the Rhine
"north of Duisberg and north of
Leverkusen." The enemy report
said "all thrusts were unsuccess
fui" v....,.-"-- ;
No Confirmation
There was no confirmation here
of any allied activity north of the
First army front, other than re
cent reports of the U. S. Ninth
army shelling the Ruhr across the
river, ! but such reconnaissance
would be a normal procedure.
To i the' south, however, the
American Seventh army opened
a neW attack against the last enemy-held
salient west of the-Rhine
in Germany and gained four miles
on a seven-mile front.
First army doughboys ; pushed
up to, a mile through the hilly,
wooded country that rises east of
the- Rhine as they strove tena
ciously to knock the nazis back
out of artillery range of the two
bridges ' across the -river in the
Remagen area.'. ; ' ;
KmmUm Maulng Forces ' '
A week after the Remagen tres
tle was caDtured the enemy had
yei mounted no full-scale coun-
tef-blow at the bridgehead, but
air reconnaissance late today dis
closed' a large ' concentration of
German ' forces . east of Cologne
and north of the ' American hold-
The Remacen bridge.. across
which' the bulk of men, tanks and
guns have poured into the mount
ing bridgehead battle, was report
ed tot be in better condition now
than When it was seized, thanks
to the fast and efficient repairs
made! by "army engineers .'under
direct artillery , fire.' -'-
I
Mid.VaUey Men listed
I As Wounded in Action
The war department today list
4 : among men wounded in ac
tion ht Europe PFC Francis A.
Giroujsv son of ,Irene. Giroux, 700
South Water tteetU SUverton,. and
I T4 John, D. Hildreth,-whose wife,
Joyce! E. Hadreth,; resides at 631
I seventh street, independence.
I
Philippines at the outbreak of the
war j with Japan. : Members
their family . here have received
the newsletters sent out by the
board of foreign missions of the
Itesbyterlan church, containing
notes; from si number of the in
terned missionaries.
f Almost invariably the notes ex
press; appreciation, for food sen'
the civilian prisoners by the Red
Crosi Wrote the Rev.'Clyd E.
IleCin: "The Red Cross food, med
icine and vitamins reached us just
in time to save many lives." , In
the same letter he mentioned Bil
ibid prison at Manila as "too ter
rible i to . describe."
No, 303 '
uper-Highway ;
BEALMEj
15 -(AP) Infantry and
expanded the Remagen-Erpel
VV miles long and ZYi miles
a l m
soviet irooDfr
dCleanuD
Of Baltic Coast
LONDONl Thursday, March 15.
(iip)-Russiare troops, speeding the
cleanup of tjie Baltic coast to free
powerful Red army formations
or the swelling assault on Berlin,
rolled the Germans back as much
as four miles yesterday on 17
mile front In the narrow pocket
southwest jpf Koenlgsberg, ' Mos
cow announced last night
Simultaneously, Marshal Rodion -
Y. Malinovsky's second Ukraine
army in a drive through the wood
ed mountains pf the Carpathian -front
to the south captured the
rail junction i town of Zvolen. a
powerful. German strongpoint on
the Hron fiver In Slovakia 125
miles northeast of Vienna, and
eight nearby- towns. j " '
German attacks toward the. Dan
ube rivef prom positions" north
east and east of Lake Balaton in
Hungary;, were prelled by Russian
units liberally employing artillery
and minefields. I
On the Baltic, in bitter village-
by-village fighting, . the Third
White Russian army came within
apee
4 ft miles pf reaching the coast...
of the Frisches Haff (lagoon) and
sphthng . tbe east Prussian bas
tions. , of, Bfaunsberg and - Heilin
genbell from. Brandenburg, 12
miles southwest of Koenlgsberg. ,
1
Solon Urges
Food Supply
nvestigation
WASHINGTON,
March 14-AV
A congressional Investigation to
answer the question "What's hap-1 ,
pehed to America's food?" was
demanded in the senate today.
And. a senate committee heard
testimony that the meat supply
seems to be so short that the army
and navy--to say nothing of ci
viliansmay not get all they need.
Senator Wherry (R-Neb.) urged
the senate -to set up a five-mem
ber committee to inquire into all
phases of food production, distri
bution, . processing and transpor
tation. He urged also another
committee .to investigate' food ex
ports and Imports. - r -
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