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    Thm OSZGON STATESMAN, SoJem Oregon. Tuesday Monin May 22. ISiS
PAGE TWO
Triiman Gives
Highes t Medal
To U. S. Hero
I -WASHdAiTON, May il.-ift-Before
a cheering congress Presi
dent Truman today awarded the
nation's highest medal to Tech.
Sergeant Jake W. .Lindsey and
predicted that men like him will
strike "overwhelming" j blows
against Japan. , .
. "Rebel yell pierced a roar of
applause as the slight, dark-hairr
ed ."one" man army fromj Luce
dale, Miss., relaxed his stiff mili
tary stance and stooped forward
slightly to make it easy, jfor the
commander-in-chief to clasp a
loop of pale blue silk around his
peck. From the ribbon , dangled
the congressional medal of honor,
the j 223rd awarded to American
fighting men In this war, the 100th
to be won by an infantryman.
. The medal, Mr.. Truman re
minded the .senators and j repre
sentatives gathered in the house
chamber, is given for gallantry at
the risk of life beyond the call of
ouiy. , . . ; . . ;
E. Burr Miller
Heads Valley
Trade Group
j E.r Burr Miller, Salem,; chair
man of Salem's Retail Trade bu
reau and district manager of Safe
way stores, was elected president
of the pew Valley Retail Trade
association at the organization
session here Monday and Salem
was selected as headquarters.
-Fred M. Brenne, Eugene, was
named secretary and Ed Johnson,
Eugene, vice-president, j
Concensus oi opinion opposed
closing f stores W Armistice day.
The only two laige cities, in the
United States, where retail estab
lishments close in observation of
the day are Salt Lake pity and
Boston, where half-day closing is
required by state law, Edward N.
Weinbaum, chairman of P o r t-
Jand's retail ; trade Organization,
aid. I v.
The committee which will draw
up the. pew organization's; consti
tution and by-laws consists of
Harvey J Wells, CorvaUis,!- chair-
man; Clint H. Weiby, Siivertoh
C. F.,Klippel, Oregon City, and
Charles W. Smith, Woodburn.
Registered at the meeting, held
Monday morning in Salem : Cham
ber of : Commerce roomsj were
Fred M. Brenne, Eugene; Alice M,
Crabtree, McMinnville; Kenneth
McGregor, and Wells, CorvaUis
Mrs. Jennie Tilbury" Fink, Mc-i
MinnviEe; V. E, Johnson and
W.T.Switzer, Eugene; J.tG. Jen
sen, Mill City; Klippel and Mil
dred Legler, Oregon City; B. P.
Friedman, A. W. Molin, and Wein
baum, Portland; Lloyd B. Larsen
nd Weiby, Silverton;! Smith,
Woodburn; S. L. Cummings, Rex
Gibson, Loyal Warner, Brown Sis
son, Earl Meotry and Miller, Sa
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20,000,000Nip
Students Put r
On
War Basis
; SAN FRANCISCO, May 21-if,-f.
Japan- today mobilized its j 20,000-
000 students on a full war time
tasis, the-Japanese? Domei news
agency reported, and began form
ttion of an "agrarian militia" for
Mafense of the homeland, i
' U.Aa these moves to combat an
'expected invasion developed, To
kyo radio reported that the gov-
! eminent looked to a solution of its
i basic Chinese policy as thekey
ii overcoming the crisis' confront
!lng the! empire. ; i
t Broadcasts reporting these de
velopments were recorded by the
tree. ! .
U Tokyo had noting further to say,
toncerning its unconfirmed .claim
ot the last: few days that a power
jful allied fleet was on the move
south of Japan.
Thumbnail
off War!
By 'th Associated Press
Okinawa Tenth army; dough
boys and marines is surprise at
-; tack push through Taira in direct
assault on Shuri as west flank
marines bloodily repulse Japs.
rnuipputea . jcignin : ' army
doughboys move up central Min
danao to reach edge of Malay-
balay airfield within 25 miles of
f another Tank column.
; China Chinese troops with
, u. S. air support launch -new
drive in south against Japan's
v Iodo-China lifeline. : h'
Borneo Australian patrols on
', Tarakan penetrate to within three
miles of north coast. . i . -
NOW PLAYCrG
' AlarT Marshall
! Lcrralat Day
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. . - d---. Eebert Yvans -y
Zlargartt OUriea la;"'
CisttrTia Chest? :
Council Adopts
Providing Stiff Penalty in
Assault and Baiter y Cases
An ordinance- providing maximum- penalty of 30 days in
jail and $100 fine for assault or
Monday night by- tfce Salem city
state law but makes possible the
municipal court and permits their arrest without; formality of
a justice court warrant sworn out by the victim, City Attorney
Lawrence N. Brown explained
preceding the vote.
A sign erected by an ou com
pany in the sidewalk at High and
Ferry sis. at last is legal. Monday
night the council wen into a" com-
ordinance dealing with the sign
so that it would read "southeast
corner of High and Ferry" In
stead of "northeast" and then dis
covered that the sign had stood
there for months. When its own
ers discovered it was on city
property they asked for the coun
cil action, Its sponsors said.
Vacation of a portion of Belle-
vue st. between High and Liberty
sts. asked two weeks ago by Carl
Armpriest, who plans to erect a
sheet metal shop there. Is opposed
by at least one property owner
in the letter. A letter from Agnes
Bain asking that the vacation not
be permitted was referred to. the
committee investigating Arm
priest's request
Denies Bike Claim
The council denied a claim by
a father who said his boy's bicycle
had been stolen, reported recover
ed by city police and stolen from
the racks in front of the police I
station before the' lad could get
it It denied also one request for
permit to erect a billboard and.
by accepting a committee recom
mendation, one request for a
loading zone.
Alderman Howard Maple asked
that the police, traffic and license
committee conduct a survey of
loading zones with a view to doing
away at least with those now anti-1
dated.
The Izaak Walton League's re- ett Wade, Harold p. Lapp, Ira
quest for authority to build a club- Edin TrusseU, Lawrence A. Bax
house in a residential zone was ter, Vernon E. Obert, Richard D.
returned to the organization with
notification that it should proceed
to seek the authority under provis
ions of the city's zoning ordinance.
Taxi Seeks Space,
Keierred to committee were
State Taxi's request for a new
cabstand on Marion street in front
of the Marion hotel door and an
offer from Cleve W. Bartlett and
Joe Frichtl of land on which
North 15th street could be extend
ed north of Market.
. A committee report recommend
ing installation of requested sew-
4 ers in block 28, Rosedale addition I
as soon as possible was adopted,
The council also adopted a com-Unto
mittee report declaring it the pol-
icy of the city to provide water
and sewer and other city services
to areas voting to be annexed as
soon as laoor ana material are
available.
ii aaoptea reports recommend-
ing that Lee street corners of 22nd
ana zui street De roundea as
soon as possible, and that Term- j
mal Jce and Cold Storage com-
pany's loading zones be estab-
lished under recommendation of
the city engineer approved by the
proper committee,
ah oramance or issuance and
sale of $83,000 worth of general
refunding bonds was given first
nu secona reaamg.
iCTruii utiure me regular
vuuntu session, me ouagei com-
mittee voted that Aledrman David
O'Hara, budget chairman, should
a committee or tnree assign-
ea tne task of recommending two
weexs nence cuts sufficient to
bring the general fund levy within n,IB.. Z1" ti
the 6 per cent limitation. O'Hara ltClffV jXjrUUM
'Lion's Roar5 Put
Out by Jefferson
High Students
"The Lion's Roar." 48-page an-
nual of Jffru, iTIJTi
.7. .. : woa
on ine Dresses in attrartiv. tnrm
today. It Is edited by Robert M.
Simpson, with Marian Ray as as
sociate editor, Ronald Allen as
finance chairman and Beth Stull
as faculty assistant
The book, printed by The States
man Publishing company, is dedi
cated to "our men and women in
the service, and the service roster
includes more than 125 names. A
school history and pictures of the
iacuuy, student body, student
scenes, sports, clubs, and a variety
oi stones, make up the annual.
State Ca Consumption
Up for First Quarter
Gasoline consumption in Ore
gon during the first three months
of 1943 totaled 51,298,372 gallons.
a sugni increase over the con
sumption of 51,258,119 gallQns for
the same period a year ago. Sec
retary of State Robert S. FarrelL
jr., announced here Monday.
Total tax paid on gasoline for
the first quarter was $2,584,918.-
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BUY BONDS 7th WAK LOAN
NOW SHOWING
' COTEATDEE -
Ordinance
assault and battery adopted
council almost? duplicates a
prosecution of I offenders, in
37 to Report
For Induction
If W : ' TinWoH nv
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Twenty -five men registered
with the Salem selective service
board and it transferred to the
Salem board are scheduled tore
port for induction! Thursday
morning, May 24,
They are:
Salem registrants: William
James La pschies, Julius Clarence
Hilf iker, John Edwin Davis, Xeon
Bart Salmon, Edward DeVere
Fortune, Richard Ben Baker, Mar
ion Walter Palmer William John
Gentzkow, Glenn Jasper Fix, Wil
liam Leonard Berry, Arthur Pat-
ton Wood, Harry Earl Patton, Or-
val Junior Lama, paryel William
Donaldson, William;Thomas Crier,
Otto Ernest Arndt, flr, John Ken
neth Coomler,
White, Dale Leroy Stanley,
CharlesIsaa? Schannep (transfer-
red to another local board), Quay
M. Wassam, jr, (transferred to
another local board), William
Kirkland Holt (transferred to an
other lpca board), Melvin L.
Gartner, Henry Thomas Tanaka
(transferred), Masatoki K y o n o
(transferred)!
Transfers to this board: William
Francis Everitt Richard Cum
mings, Forrest T. j Hatch, David
Ma t h e w Cunningham, Luther
Clarence Correll, Norman Ever
Peters,- Waldo B. Williams.
Krupp Evicted
From Mansion
By Americans
ESSEN, Germany; May 21
Alfred . Krupp von Bohlen Und
Halbach, former ruler of the
Krupp armament empire, was
evicted today by American offi
leers from his mansion and moved
the gardener s cottage on his
Essen estate.
The palatial Krupp family home,
staffed by 125 servants, was tak
en over, by Maj. Gen. Ernest N.
Harmon's v.. s. zznd corps as
military billets
Herr Krunn von Bohlen TJnd
Halbach; who adnMtted joining
the nazl party in 1936 and havin
become a standirter fuehrer
(colonei) in the iazi-sponsored
national flierger korps, is still' un-
der investigation by allied counter
intelligence and is technically im
der "house arrest.'
Th hWrf I nr,,ii.r in,ctr?ai:
in frequent (conversations
with American interrogators, was
reported to have niaeA that "mv
nlants" h allows
to start pro-
duction 1 an trail..
locomotives,
bridge nnd
other equip
ment necessary for the restoration
of German communications
in Films
HOLLYWOOD, May 21-V-
Looking a little older but still the
same forceful actor; Clark Gable
donned; makeup and returned to
movie cameras today after an ab
sence of three and one-half years
I on the warfr6nts
Vnuu- . '
ift . wwa aiier
t 41.d,ath of hi? wife Carroll
Lombard, in an airplane crash,
Gable served In the jarmy air force
at home and at British bases
until his recent discharge with the
rank of a major,
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Big Jap Force i
Are Liciuidated
MANILA, Tuesday, May 22-Un
Twot thirds of a ; bift .'Japanese
force trapped In central Luzon's
Jpo pocket were liquidated Sun
day by the 43rd Infantry division
and guerrillas, a spokesman at
Geo. Douglas MacArthurV head
quarters, announced today. - ui
.:" The spokesman" elaborating .oh
the gfneral's communique, added
that all organized resistance south
of. metropolitan road "had been
eliminated.
IPO dam itself, source of one-
third of Manila's water, was cap
tured Thursday to an action which
encircled Nipponese defenders.
Subsequently, a tank-led column
split this force in two by taking
metropolitan road.
One hundred dead Japanese
were counted on the road and 400
in .a cave and in road defenses
knocked out or abandoned.
Portland Wins
Top Honors at
Jaycee Meet
Portland Junior. Chamber of
Commerce carried home the Geis-
senbier trophy for the past year's
accomplishments and the presi
dency of the state conference of
Jaycees on Sunday afternoon fol
lowing a full weekend meeting
here, i '
The award, presented annually.
went to Portland for its record
in membership, finance, civic ac
tivities, recreational activities,
unior' chamber relationships, ex
tension and publicity. The Klam
ath Falls Junior Chamber won
the expansion award for the year.
Lee Stidd of Portland was
elected president to succeed Lof
ton L Tatum, Portland, who was
named, national director; Merle
Nash of Eugene, Marvin Hixson
of Klamath Falls and Vern Van
Franken of LaGrande were elect
ed vice presidents; Bruce Gilbert
of Bend, secretary, and Victor
Milnejj of Medford, treasurer.
Wives of Jaycee members
elected Mrs. Wilfred Jossey of
Bend temporary secretary of the
planned state organization of aux
iliaries. Salem now has an auxil
iary and others are planned in all
cities having junior chambers.
Delegates here from the 12
clubs of the state visited the peni
tentiary and the state forestry
buildings Sunday afternoon fol
lowing the business session.
Bogart Weds
Lauren Baeall
MANSFIELD, O, May 21 -fP)
It wasn't movie stuff today as
Humphrey Bogart, filmdom's 45-
year-old tough guy, gave the 20-
year-old lucious lady a longing
glance, grinned and said:
"Hello, Baby!
Just: a minute before the lus
cious lady, Lauren Betty (the look)
ttacau also of Hollywood, had
murmured "I do" which made
heri Mrs. Bogart.
The film stars were wed today
by Municipal Judge Herbert S.
Schettler on the sprawling Mala
bar fafm pf Novelist Louis Brom
field in a three-minute ceremony
attended by their Immediate fami
lies and few friends.
Denmark, Russia Agree
To Resume Relations
: LONDON, May 2L-)-The
Moscow radio' announced tonight
that Denmark and the soviet un
ion have agreed to resume diplo
matic relations which were bro
ken off at the time Germany In
vaded Denmark. ... ; ?
Get the Jap! Get it Overt
ENDS TODAY! (TCES.) j
Dennis Morgan -J -;
TThe Very Thought ef Yir
..Irene Donne. Charles Beyer
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V. SJ First Army
From Europe to
WASHINGTON, May 21.-Py-The First army, commanded
by Gen. Courtney H. Hodges, is on the move from Europe for
the Pacific, the war, department announced today. I 1.
; The department issued a statement saying: ! I
"It is beinf redeployed by 'way of the United SUtes, and
its personnel will xeceive furloughs before proceeding to the
war against Japan. . L
! 4 The divisions and army corps
that fight with the First army
against Japan will not necessarily
be the same: as those that fought
in Germany', Haw ever, enough vet-
eran units, and veteran personnel
will take the field J under Gen.
Hodges to insure the same vigor
ous assault against the Japanese
as was made by the First army
against the Germans.
K TThe fighting record of the First
army ranks with the proudest in
the t allied expeditionary ! forces,
Although the army itself did not
enter combat 'until the invasion
of the Normandy coast several of
its units took part in its original
landings In North Africa, Sicily
apd Italy. I !j , ,: f . -
"Troops of the First army para
chuted into France before H hour
on D day,' led the! wayf across
the, German frontier, broke
through the Siegfried line; seized
and ; established the Remagen
bridgehead and were the first to
make junction with the Russians
at the Elbe. Hundreds of thou
sands of Germans were killed or
Icaptured by the First army in iti
battles across France,: Belgium and
;Germany. . j : "4
"Under the point system tfor the
release of men with extended and
arduous combat service, many of
the present personnel of the units
to be sent into the Pacific with
the First army will be separated
from their organizations j before
they leave Europe and replaced by
men who do not have enough
points to- qualify for, discharge." '
Spain to Have
'Model' Prison
MADRID, May 21 (n-L-Franw
Cisco Rodriguez Martinez, director
of public security told foreign cor-t
respondents today that Spain's
Nanclares da la Oca prison camp
Iwould be a "model": camp when
completed. j -
Meanwhile, there were reports
that reprisals had been taken
against foreign prisoners who
spoke to newsmen who visited the
tamp. ; l.i
Rodriguez' statement was made
to nine newsmen who inspected
the camp last week at the invita
tion of the Spanish interior min
istry. These newsmen found no
evidence ' that any foreign pris
oners had been killed but refused
to sign a prepared statement that
neither foreigners nnr Srvmnn
had died as a result jpt . prison
Salem Woman's Brother!
Killed on Okinawa
j Mrs. Richard S. Casteel received
Word Monday that her brother.
TSgt Earl L. Reynolds, was
Killed April 27 on Okinawa. He
previously was with the seventh
pivision at Kiska, Attu, the Mar
shall islands and Lerte. 1
Sergeant. Reynolds had been in
me service since 1938 and was
wounded in December, 1944, In
the battle' of Leyte. f
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br. Joseph R. j Hayden, 57, vice
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Get thm Jap! Get It Over!
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4th Industrial
Firm Reaches -a
7th Loan Goal
The Valley Fruit and Produce
company yesterday- became the
fourth industrial firm to meet in
Seventh war loan quota, subscrib
ing : $800 promptly, according to
Industrial Chairman Dent Reed.
The industrial total! now has
reached $70,040. ':
Sales of E bonds passed the
$350,000 mark Monday, but Coun
ty Chairman Douglas Yeater re
minded workers than thij was
barely 15 per cent of the quota
that must be reached before July
4. Other Individual purchases add
ed $193,000 to the total, which
still is under1 the $700,000 mark
which committeemen had hoped
to reach in the first week of the
drive.
Three more prizes were added
to the E bond awards which will
be made at the grand wind-up on
the Fourth of July. According to
John Stark, who is in charge of
the special awards, this brings the
total to 83 prizes with a total Val
ue of better man $3,200. Several
other large gifts are in the offing,
says Stark, who expects to have
more than 100 prizes worth $4,500
ready for distribution at the con-,
elusion of the campaign.
The new awards include a Gen
eral Electric washer worth $89
from the R. L. Elfstrom company;
a pair of field glasses valued ati
$50 from the Morris Optical com
pany; and a $100 four-piece bed
room set donated by the Wood
ry Furniture company. '
Fourth Air Force Chief
Gets New Assignment
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2L-(iT
-Maj. Gen. James E. Parker, who
has been commanding general of
the Fourth airforce since last July
14, has left for an undisclosed
foreign assignment, the airforce
headquarters announced today.
ENDS TODAYI (TUESJ
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Cars Can
Be Made Again
WASHINGTON, May 2 1 OP) t
Tha war production board today
removed all reshnctlons on the
manufacture of repair , and re
placement parts for automobiles
and. trucks and disclosed a pro
posal for 700,000 household wash
ing machines this year. ;
The action on automobile parts,
expected: to permit a substantial
increase In output when steel and
copper become available on July
I, carries priority aid for the pro
duction of necessary functional
parts those which ' previously
were the only ones, permitted at
alLr ' YY; '
- Along , with, the washing ma
chine plan, it was announced that
production of home irohers and
dryers will be " freed of all re
straint, and their output will be
"limited only by the availability
of materials, facilities .and T man
power.', ; .
The washers will not be avail
able generally for retail sale until
late; in 1945, the agency estimated,
since some , materials and parts
may be scarce lit the early stages
of resumed, production. ; "
Nippons Show
Burning Spirit,
Reports Tokyo
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 -(JP)
The, tail assembly of an American
B-29 shot down in a raid over
Tokyo and placed on exhibition
there served as a blackboard for
recording the reaction of Japa
nese to American air raids.
Radio Tokyo said today that the
newspaper Asahl published some
of these expressions of their
''burning fighting spirit includ
ing the following:
"Well soon get you, you en
emy." "Well certainly blast you In
the spacious skies."
"Youth, follow in the wake of
your predecessors.
The broadcast, directed to North
America, was recorded by the
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Silvertbn Club
Awards FF A
Winner Calf
SItVERTON, May 21-(Special)
The fourth calf to be presented
an ITA member by the Silverton
Rotary club went to Lawrence
Fisher ' of the . McAlpine district.
at the meeting of the club oh the
R. E.I Kleinsorge lawn Monday. , l
Fisher, a freshman at Silverton
high ii school, was awarded the
Guernsey for outstanding' work In
the Future ; Farmers of America
organization. Jonas Byberg, pres
ident of Rotary, made the award.
; Leonard. Hudson,' FFA instruct
or, gave a brief history of the
annual , gift, stating that the first
heifer calf ; of each animal awarded
reverts back to the organization
to be presented as a future award.
Mother of the calf , that went to
young Fisher was one presented
to Ardell Johnson three years ago.
- Special l guests at the l meeting
were 'Ardell Johnson, who exhib
ited the' cow given 'him by the
club, i and 'Wallace Johnson with
his Ayreshire cowf a gift of two
years' ago.; .
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