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PAGE TWO Th 03EGON. STTESMAIJ; Salem. , Oregon. Friday Morning, March 53. 1S Canned Goods Point Changes ; Slated Sunday if WASHINGTON, March 29 ? New point values will be effec tive Sunday, April 1, lor various ? processed foods, to lessen the de mand for some products and in- sj crease the buying of others. ! ; The new values follow: 1;? 10. (Value increased because ( movement into trade channels too rapid.) ; Asparagus (No. 2 can) 20 points; Up 10. (Increased because ; t moving into consumer channels twice as fast as supplies will per jmit). . f Sweet cherries (No. 2 can) N 40 points, down 20. (Supply slightly below last year, but mov ing into trade channels about. 15 "per cent slower than last year). 7 Plums and prunes (No. 2 can) 20 points, down 10. (Good sup ply anticipated for this year, cou pled with 16 per cent lag in nor- . mal movement into trade chan nels). , Tomato- juice (No. 2 can) 10 k points, down 10; 4fr ounce can 20 points, down 20. (Movement Lfrom packer and wholesaler levels for schedule). Bugs Bunny Say: Til B e Seeing Yea' Today al A Special Ilatinee Al 2:00 P. II. At the Ehi&ore I'M HEADIN' ANOTHER CARTOON PARADE Yes-.- 7 Big Cartoons Flos Sennett Comedy Plus Dude Ranch Buckaroos Last Times Today VEZl Uku IOOEK CO-FEATURE Richard Dix in THE WHISTLER" STARTS SATURDAY Ketan Engagement nunpmiEY BQGABT AA Thm Dea4 win fl ronfMatitafepbT.StaR snvu sbnct joa awca Co-Featare ft ) C'V- KID ep r.u.i VU.I - Special Morals" Shew . ; v Satarday 16:30 . ,,v "Cartoon Parade ' . Great Cartoons ; -. ;Plus '.-' Wason Wheels West" I HI Pins lora ill' Eatf XUi Thumbnail off War! By to Associated Press ' Western front . Thousands of nazis in wild flight between U. S. 1st army, which swept 55 miles to within 186 miles of .Berlin,, and British 2nd. Rossi Red army races 20 miles across Hungary: to Aus trian frontier, cutting nazi sup ply line to Italy and pushing to within 43 miles of Vienna. Pacific Mighty British task force joins U. S. fleet in central Pacific for first time. to blast southern Ryukyu islands. Philippines Yanks invade Mactan isle, across from Cebu, second port of Philippines; also attack seaplane base of Cauit. China Japanese forces at tacked from air as they march to within five miles of Ameri can air base at Laohokow. Senate Fight On Manpower Bill Expected WASHINGTON, March 2$-(JP)-Two top-flight administration sen ators told President Roosevelt to day the manpower control bill is in for "a real fight" in the senate. Majority Leader Barkley and Senator Thomas (D-Utah), lead er of senate forces backing the compromise bill, made no attempt to hide from the chief executive the obvious fact that the bill, pas sage of which he urged yesterday, is in a very shaky condition. "We, just reviewed the general situation with him, and I told him there was a real fight on," Barkley informed reporters. Thomas said the two didn't go into details in their White House parley, but he reminded reporters he had always taken the stand that passage of a strict control bill was problematical. U. S. Embassy, Moscow Takes 100-Room House MOSCOW, March 29-JP)-The ever-expanding United States em bassy in Moscow is taking a 100 room mansion in the Arbai sec tion of the Soviet capital to house more than 250 Americans connect ed with it ' Ambassador Averell Harriman and his daughter Kathleen will continue to live at'Spasso house. Albany Soldier Killed First Sgt. Edgar L. Wilson, son of Ethel Schram, 821 South Geary St., route one, Albany, is listed by the war department today among men killed in action in Pacific re gions. rl rive riTneM 5ma Utuvwii KTERICE V . fiTM tiinii COMPANION Property of -'7 K iTho Gestapo I Vv Arthnr Lake Anion Weeks mi Ufa Band ia A Gay Musical Comedy, TIIE BIG4SHOWOFF Storm Clouds Ground Most Allied Planes LONDON ! March 23-(JPy-Udr-ing through heavy storm clouds which kepi virtually all other planes grounded, RAF Lancaster! today bombarded a benzol plant near Brunswick in a blow aimed at . stopping motor fuel supplied to the German army in the path of Field Marshal Montgomery's drive I across northwestern Ger many . j ' J -Lii : f UJS. Eighth: air force bombers remained on their fields in Eng land during : inclement weather and for thel first time in 45 days planes of the VS. Ninth air force were unable to j make attacks on enemy . targets from their ad vanced bases on the continent i Today ended 20 straight days of operations by fighter-bombers of the Ninth, during which they flew 25,275. sorties with loss of H planes and played a major role in softening up the enemy for the allied armies lunge across the Rhine. ': Ui;- Bad weather also shielded Ger many; last i night and RAF mos quito ; bombers had to halt their methodical ; pounding of Berlin iwhich had' continued for 37 sue cessive nights, f i Babies9 Shoes Will Require Ration Stamp WASHINGTON. March 29-GPV- Beginning May 1, all babies' leath er shoes will require a ration stamp. 8 ji The OPA made this announce ment today, simultaneously with a disclosure by the office of civil ian requirements that it hoped to obtain the production of 150,000, 000 pairs of i high-quality fabric shoes with' synthetic rubber soles for adults. S ; r . t The OPA faction puts babies leather shoes,1 sizes 0 to 4 fworn by babies ' before they learn to walk) on the same basis as other leather shoes. ll , il The idea, OPA explained, is to obtain greater production of larger sized babies shoes, already under rationing. Chaplain Baptizes Yank Engineer in Rhine If WITH THE US. NINTH ARMY March 29!p)-Three days before tne nima army jumped off in its Ruhr offensive a Protestant chani lain baptized: a combat engineer in the Rhine river. 1 ! Before going ! into action. Pfef Howard K.1 Sugar of Centralis, I1L, asked his chaplain to baptize him in some "running stream." 1 fNNSfM d 9triHa( FEATURE. 1 Stlltltlwltfti ". f! t(iall l (M . vs V I OH the HOME FRONT By ISABEL CHZLD3 fBut there's something now afoot in lea thW too white leath er, that Is white aS the way through, not just on. the surface." Excerpt from recent advertise ment" "" j " - . ! :.-V-. I ;r - j j-V '.. ; r Someont has apparently been making a study of high school and college girls' saddle shoes. We thought it out,' long ago, and when ours were thoroughly scuffed, we just proceeded to remove the lest of the finish, land lo and behold, where there had been brown pol ish we found a whitish leather, and where the white had been was a dark' shade. After that we just filed them down occasionally. '1 ! 1 i j! Italian Front ! Swept by Rain ROME, March 29.-)-Troops along the Italian front remained locked in their months-old posi tions for another day as rain swept U. S. Fifth army lines and fog settled over the Appennine mountains below Bologna today. Even the Allied air forces were preventsd by! the weather from making theiif usual attacks j on enemy targets in southern Eur ope, ; ; ; s There were; only a "few clashes between opposing patrols, inter spersed by artillery and mortar fire of varying intensity. (American gunners started a number of fires in the enemy de fense arc before Bologna, which the Germans have been strength ening for six! months. British and French destroyers were reported to have shelled German positions in the nqrth hear the French-Italian border, i: i Attempts Made on Lives Of 2 Nazi Officials ! LONDON, March 29 -(P)- The Luxembourg radio reported i to night that attempts had been made on the lives of SS leader Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner, No 2 nazi under Himmler, and Baldur von Schirach. former HUler-routh chief and nazi leader in Vienna. I The attack, the broadcast said, quoting "reliable Swiss sources." were made in anti-nazi clashes in- Munich where Kaltenbrunner) re portedly was seriously injured and in Vienna where von Schir ach escaped unhurt as two of his companions were killed. Too Late to Classify model rdio." X14S Hoyt St. j Ends Tonirht! The Eve of St Mark" J Man from Thunder River" Tomorrow 1 P. M. ! tl B e &al - . . raw sum tSCHNlCOLO! WftwRD3UM . Lm HcCAUBTIl Jaaaaa OAH . Ckarlott HasWOCB : ' i Also " - ', "SUrm Over Usboh" 1 ' Chapter I ("King of Moanties" LEOUADD'S SUPPED CLUC Cocktail Bar Opens S P. M. Dlaaer Served from C P. IL Fleer Shows t and If P. M. Open Every Night Untn 12 o'clock . Satarday and Sanday -Cocktail Bar Opeas tO Paeifle ma-hway North Jsst Beyond Underpass - CRYSTAL i Wednesday, Modern Featuring the r. Top Hatters Thursday, Old Time i . Featarlng "Pop Edwards" Old Tiae and llodern i Two, Floors and j : Two Bands Marine, Gast Guard Heads To Be l-Star WASBINGt6n, March 29 -(ff) Top officers of the marine corps and the coast guard were nomi nated' today" for" four-star rank. Senate confirmation - would ' make them" the first to hold that grade in the history of either service. .They are Lt Gen. Alexander A. Vandergrift, named, to be a full general, and Vice Adm. Russell R. Waesche, to be an admiraL At the same tune President Roosevelt nominated three vice admirals Richard S. Edwards, Henry K. Hewitt and Thomas C. Kinkaid to be admirals for temporary service. . He also proposed boosting five rear admirals to vice admiral, four commodores to rear admiral, 20 captains to commodore, and six commodores who have held that rank by virtue of their assign ments, to be commodores wher ever they serve. - German Home Guard Troops Being Released j WITH THE VJS. NINTH ARMY, March 2HP)rVolksstrum (home guard) troops: captured by the Ninth army" are being released be cause of the crowded prisoner of war cages and the problem of hav ing to feed starving enemy civil ians in many of the larger German cities. I , I THE LITTLE HOUSE WrrrTHEyT"HITS Continuous Shows Saturday-Sunday from 1 P. mJ- Terror . . . ALL NEW! ALL TRUE! FLAMING FROM THE DARK CONTINENT! FIRST SALEM SHOWING! i HALF-HUMAN! ) Prices Thb J&f? Prosrsm Only: M-J., ,. T tV Adults). .... 55c' ff ,v 4V A. Service ..... JOc Jf -i ;4 . i chad J ttofMm u .V"V o - I (Ine, fed. Ux) ?7 ?r ' 1 fy ) Jm9h, mo J I O V 7 j mWfcyDr. fWLHoeileowtesbof I Am msaioraoh Atrk Spkm . Pins AaotheT Firsl-Rnn Thrffl! &7'a"!-7' ' Racketeers Foiled on VS.- Alaska Roadt ''" ' S CIIAI1!S STAnBETT ;, it" I - A , - Gff - B C GooseEggs Sell for 75 r j Cents Apiece NEW YORK; March 2-(-Tfae goose that; laid those golden eggs would have been a piker in New York today. . . ! Ordinary goose eggs without -a speck of gold in them were selling for 75 cents apiece which would have amounted to $9 a dozen if a dozen could have been found. But dealers 'had only feathers, and profits left after hundreds of shoppers acted on a tip from the New York: mercantile exchange that goose eggs were nice for Easter, t ; I' j v' 1 i Those who shopped early found goose eggs four times the size of a hen's product and already col ored cream, green or mottled. They also found that there is no ceiling price on goose eggs, k There Weren't (any chocolate eggs either. Killer Discovered I PORTLAND. March 2&-UPV- The father of a 14-year-old boy voluntarily told police today his son wielded the bow and farrow which last night killed "Ginger." friendly Cocker spaniel.! He stopped at the owner's home, where four children grieved for their pet,: to make restitution. Danzig's Fall Reported NEW YORK, March 29-)-A German broadcast reported tonight by the federal communications commission declared that the city of Danzig has "fallen into Soviet hands." i Siallxs the Jangle RAF Over Germany LONDON, March 29 The German radio warning service re ported allied bombers over north western Germany tonight, mai-catine- the RAT which was grounded last night by weather- was continuing ; its . offensive against : the relch. - iBiiniiUs io Be Giyen Away fez Ai the Liberty Theatre A p- ENDS TODAY! (FrL) Edmund Lowe ' "GIRL IN THE CASE" J hi i e i ii " Thomas Mitchell "SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON" Trails! Thursday Warmest Day Here Since October 31 Weather bureau observers re ported today that the 61 degree maximum temperature was the. highest temperature recorded since October 21, 1944. " Maximum tem perature on that date was CI de grees also.""" . " S! L00B3T! CONT. FROM IP, It NOW SHOWING! THE ROABTNG SAGA OF PAGAN ROME! Inf fcockgrvundaf GrMtot SfMctoc! Z fAl AMOUNT Cecil B. DeMUler Sign OFTM , Cross rredrk March ElkM Land Clewdene Colbert diaries looshfoa Co-Hit! Hepcat Holiday Of Swinqnr HMinksl OBens ;45 P. M. NOW SHOWING! Life and Lore ia the Sonth Seas! j , Wher to (JpffJXk 1 Jost Ure L TcUlcs 'an c! etna to i' II Ce-Featret, Vhtra Ihert't Ktrts Acne:.. CILLCOYD - M -IUders of the . Timber Line t Andjvde f BBaiml lh Ham. ':' CeeU B. fTi: if A.l oStGooW - ooaS 4 1- , J Desert Hawk" No. t