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PAGE TWO Allies Confer On Berlin Area Food Problems By Daniel De Imc . BERLIN, July S.-W-Russian, American find British ; off ieerr r sponsible for the .government of . Berlin arranged today to meet Wednesday to discuss problems af lectins lieaTly-3,00fr,000 German civilian residents. ) J The Russians retained control of the entire city adralnieteation how ever, ; and. British ). and American sources insisted there could be no government here unless the Rus sians made -food and fuel' avail able for the western allies' occu pation zones.' - Mai. Gen. Floyd L Parts, mili tary, commander in the American sector,, dismissed any idea that the tripartite government in Ber lin would not work and said he felt justified in predicting that the final result would be -highly sans factory." ' Contract Let For Gabriel Cold Storage ! C. M. Corkum, Portland, has been awarded the contract for construction of the Gabriel Cold Storage company plant at 540 N. Commercial st., on cost-plus basis, it was announced here Mon dav. ! The 110xl07-foot main portion j of the structure and 55x55-foot ! extension is jto be one-story tile construction with built-up trussed I roof. j . . Sub-contracts for a $136,872 utilities and construction contract have been awarded to Carl Arm- Driest, sheet metal wort and F. O Repine, painting, both of Salem. L. H. Hoffman, Portland, general contractor ri the job, said Mon day other sub-contracts would be Jet as the woijk progresses. Goes Over Niagara In Barrel j Returns To Searcij for Body NIAGARA j FALLS. Ont., July M-WiUiara "Red Hill, jr. who rode through) the Niagara rapids and whirlpool in a steel barrel . yesterday, returned in a boat to day to search for the body of a woman who walked into the river and was swept over-the American .'falls. ' ; No police action was taken against Hill I in connection with his two-hour!, seven-mile barrel ride, which he completed unhurt except for bi)uisfes. Police tried; to prevent him from making the trip but he ; entered the river east of the designated place. Truman's Jobless Benefit Plan Put Before Cpngreas j WASHINGTON, July 9-(JP)-President Truman's plan for re conversion unemployment bene fits, I with., individual payments running up to $25 a week- for six months, was placed before con gress today. ; The legislation would blanket under the unemployment com pen sat ion program around "S. 000, 000 federal workers and 180,000 mari time workertj; and open the way for other groups not now covered to participate j in the jobless bene fits. I Cannery porkers! Not to BejFrojEen I Employes this year -may- move from one cannery to another "with the least amount ' of -delay and with clear understanding they will not be. frozen to one employer,' W. H. Baillie, manager of : the U. S. Employment office here, to day assured the Salem canners committee. f'--i Women may be employed by canneries without referral slips from the employment j office as may men with . regular j jobs who help during off hours. Army to Cut Shoe Orders in I September WASHINGTON, July The army announced a reduction in shoe production requirements for September, ! I 1 The output of combat boots will be reduced ' in September from 2,100,000, the July-August produc tion rate, to 1,500,000 and service shoes will be j lowered from 700,- 000 to 350,000 pairs. In Detroit Mich., automobiles must not be decorated with pen nants under penalty of the law. Too Late to CWifv WK Will interview men at once for two positions as service salesmen.. Ser vice station or garac experience help ful but not ncceaaarjr. If you are not set now for a postwar future you wul be. Interested. Good pay,- aa ex cellent chance for advancement Apply In person only to Mr. Kinsan. Fire stone Store. Center St Liberty Sta, PART or full time, gtrl. Must here ' eood Bersonality' and pleasant tele- nhM vaIm Wortr Mimliti of eeneral office work, report making, filing and so. form. Must a trpt ana mtma rrapiue experience would be helpful. - A nni. 1m t-m imiIw ta- Mr. .KLinean. Firestone Store, Center Si Liberty Stt. Major Carson ' Now Holder l Of Air Medal FOURTH COMBAT CARGO GROUP, B u r m a-(Special)-Maj. Allan' G. Carson, whose wife and daughter, Marian Andree, . reside at 2185 S. Church sW Salem, has been ! awarded the coveted air medal for flying more than 100 combat hours on transport air craft in the India Burma theatre of operations. . A former lawyer and legislator of Salem, Major Carson received a direct commission as captain in August, 1942. In September ; of that year he was graduated from the AAF officer's training school, Miam Beach, Fla. Carson is an infantry veteran of the! Mexican border expedition and World War I. He was com missioned' from the tanks in France, soon thereafter promoted "for courage and leadership : in battle' and, upon the cessation of hostilities, joined the army of occupation in Germany. He has a total of 34 months in the service in World War II. Major Carson was elected sen ator for Marion county in the gen eral election of 1942. His orders returning him to active duty hav ing arrived in the meantime, his place in that legislative body was taken over by his brother, John H., by appointment of the county court . He is a graduate of the Salem high school and attended the University of Oregon and Willam ette university, being graduated from the latter. He and his broth ers, John and Wallace, comprise the law firm of Carson & Carson His son, Hamilton Allan, is serv ing in the J3. navy. Lt. B. J. Bartell Gets New Duty i A Salem marine, 1st Lt. Ben jamin J. BartelL jr., recently re ported for v duty at th marine corps air station El Centro, Calif. He is attached to a marine trans port group. ; A veteran of many months in the Pacific, Lieutenant Bartel pi loted marine transport planes, evacuating injured troops from battle areas and hauling cargos ranging from dehydrated foods to gasoline. j The Salem marine pilot is the son of- Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin J. Bartell, sr., 752 South 18th street He is a graduate of Salem senior high school and a former student of Willamette university. Medical Badge Coes To Glenn Armstrong WITH THE 81ST INFANTRY DIVISION, Somewhere in the Pa cific PFC Glenn F. Armstrong of Salem, Ore., has been awarded the medical badge for "satisfac tory performance of duties under actual combat conditions." PFC Armstrong is a medical corpsman with Maj. Gen. Paul J. Mueller's 81st infantry (Wildcat) division, which last fall wrested the Palau and other western Caroline islands from the Japs. ; The infantry medical corps man's wife, Mrs. Dorothy R. Arm strong, resides at 1232 N. Liberty st., Salem, and his mother, Mrs. Edna H. Armstrong, at San Diego, Calif. I WITH THE SSM DIVISION. Iaizotj For wounds received in action against the Japanese in the vicinity of As in in northern Luzon, Sgt William A. Kroeplin, hus band of Msa. Marcel Kroeplin, 214 Robb st., Dallas, Ore., has been awarded the Purple Heart Ser geant Kroeplin is a member of the 130th infantry of the battle-hard ened 33rd division, a veteran of three Pacific campaigns and now fighting to liberate northern Lu ton. Sergeant Kroeplin is now back on duty with hij organiia tion. James Laper. sen of Khea lm per, former Oregon state high' way engineer now engaged in war work in Alaska, has been released from a German prison camp and is expecting reassignment -late this month. He was a prisoner for six months. : i Jena CotUa, K4M Je., farmer Willamette university student. who is en route from New Loft- don, Conn, to San Diego, has been a visitor in Salem recently with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Cotton. ( NOW SHOWING ; ( $ Tb i . I P'i . 'r; s- y " I. - - k ' v f . . "... V ' aMMiliaMbaaBa TURNER T.Sft Rudolph Nelson, son pt Mrs. W. B. Nelson. Is new sUtiood With aa engineer's nit la Maesr, Germany, balld lag roads te airports. He prtri nsly had Uea stationed to England aa4 arrived tm Fraatee aeaa! after he Invasion. -Orer-seas f or SI months, he hopes fo go to Berlin before returning. Mt. 5Angel Man In 35th Infantry Division's Band WITH THE 35TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN GERMANY With its first concert in Germany, the division band, kinder the direction of CWO Arthur Knopmski, of Chi cago, IU., celebrated V-E day by playing for veterans of more than 10 months' combat in Europe. An added attraction was "The Santa Fe Red Star Revue," a -Russian USO team adopted by the 35th near the Elbe; river. When told that they were to work with a part of the division's band, the Russians three men and three IwomenJ were t overjoyed. They had beeri freed from a Ger man camp ; after nine months of imprisonment I and were anxious to resume their careers. As the "Red Star Revue" the Russians have now toured 'every - division unit and have entertained more than 1 $.000 men. "None of j them speaks English,' said bandsmen! "and none of us speaks : Russian, but nobody ever complained I about t our coordina tion." , k ! i Men of the band include PFC Arnold Spraver of Mt Angel, Ore. Capt. LylefSpecht Due Home; Is in U. S. SILVERTONr-Just three years to; the hour since his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Carl Specht, bade him goodbye before he- left for over seas, Capt. I Lyle Specht, - called them from San Francisco. He had landed Saturday night and called his parents both 'Saturday and Sunday nights. He will arrive here soon. ! r :; Captain Specht was wounded in action early this spring and has been in the I hospital at Guam for some tune, i ) 1 ! : HEADQUARTERS Africa Middle East Theater (AMET), Cai ro, Egypt, June 27, 1945. SSgt Keith B. Ball, son of Mr. and Mrs Lee C.- Bait; off Turner, Ore., has recently beep, transferred to a new overseas assignment, and is cur rently stationed with the Eritrea base command East Africa. Sgt Ball is today j serving with the Ordnance department of the army, He entered service in September 1948. He is a graduate of Turner high school.:; . ,x LAST .TIMES TODAY waKC3sJT Jsssp, CCTT3 j CO-TEATUKZ r vzz)l reins ; - TUS3 - til t I f) 'f?T Iff I m Z waasaFfjwa; x fmZ, v STARTS WED. It 1 -13 I ) i cam CFT3 OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Servicemen Back In Adair OverfloW Citvtor Weekend Salem saw Its greatest influx of servicemen Saturday and Sunday since departure last summer of the ' 70th division from Camn Adair. The USO dub, manned by Mra. Clarence Byrd and volunteers, provided recreational facilities for between 300 and 400 men. ! Ap proximately 60 slept at YlCA and Youth' Center dormitories. Hotels Were filled, many rooms in private homes were, occupied: and the warm night mad park bench es satisfactory beds, a number of men declared. -i At s the Youth Center, several men slept In the lobby for lack of better accommodations. Break fast was served to all who stayed overnight 7 Accustomed to army khaki, and more recently- to the olive and blue of marines and navy, Salem streets were filled with i men : In all three types of uniform. Hes tauranta and taverns . did a i big business, and military and civilian police commented on the quiet be havior of the visitors from Adair and the Corvallis naval hospital. More Salem Men Flown Back From European Theater MIAMI, Fla, July Flown from overseas tn ocean-spanning ATC planes, Oregon fighting pen continue te pour into air trans port command's Miami army! air field among the first 50,00 re turnees ATC is flying to the states each month. From this ATC Caribbean! Di Vision hub, the battle-tested Ore gon veterans move by rail to Camp Banding, Fla. From there they go to reception centers nearer their homes for separation from j the service or furloughs prior td re alignment. : laiest uregon air returnees eluded: PFC Merlin M. McKlnley, 24, R. 1, air corps, 29 months in Italy, silver star, bronze star T4 Clifford- C. Akins, 29, Columbia St., infantry, 42 months in the Mediterranean theater, both . i or Salem, ore. pick Orey Home -On 30-Day Leave Dick Orey, in the steward's I de- partment of the merchant marine, fs home on a 30-day leave visit ing his Wife and son, George, at 1935 N. Capitol. He was in! the south Pacific, including the Okin awa area, for three months; Richard Stark, Once Listed Missing, Is Home ! i j Richard Stark, PhM3c, vho previously was reported missing When the carrier Bunker Hill was damaged in the Pacific; is home on 30-day leave, . visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stark of 1930 S. 12th. st ENDS TODAY! (TUES.) I Gene Tierney LAURA" Vivian Blaine i Swaae thing Far the Lava - OPENS C:4S P. Mi - TOMORROW! A tkwasaad and erne IhriSb in a ttrcrago adTenrurel - ALL . TBUZI jea!:::i ccahi TiiEUBirmr. ! CAKIIKG If ii f W us Iomr' V FOmod 4- " Buzmal. See the Ssuke : : - H ' 1 ' . CO-FEATUES Oregon. Tuesday Morning July Astronomers 1 Solar Eclipse By The Associated Press A total eclipse of the sun gave astronomers and amateur watch ers their best solar spectacle in 13 years Monday in 25-mile wide path extending from Idaho through Montana and into Canada. Greenland. Norway, Sweden,! Rus sia and Siberia. ' I Throughout most of the United States and much of the northern hemisphere a partial eclipse was visible, although clouds in many instance hampered the view. The total eclipse first in the area since 1932. and the last; until 1954 began in Idaho at sunrise. As the moon crossed in front of the sun the shadow moved along. Four groups of astronomers who watched the phenomenon at Pine River, Manitoba, esaid j visi bility was perfect and they were well satisfied. I "The corona was - appreciably distorted, but it was a grand show," said Dr. A. W. Hiltner of the Yerkes observatory. Chicago. Russian scientists made elabor ate plans .to photograph the phe nomenon but a Moscow dispatch said the skies were overcast and doubtfuL Ghinese Carve Corridor South CHUNGKING, July i.HfPh- Chinese forces have thrown the Japanese out of the former 'Am erican air bast at Tanchuk in South China, the fourth big air strip recaptured from the Japan ese in recent months, the Chi nese command announced tonight Other troops of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's armies j cap tured the rocky ; Chenaankwan (south guard) pass between Chi na and I n d o-C h i n a M miles northeast of the French colony's capital city of Hanoi. Capture -of Tanchuk, Tengyun and Mosun indicates that Gen. Chiang's forces have : established a link between Chungking and the south China coast). Japanese Plants Go Underground SAN FRANCISCO, July 9.iP)-r Japan admitted as an "undeniable fact" today that American f B-29 and other aerial raids on the home land had crippled urgently needed aircraft production. The broadcast, recorded by FCC quoted a newspaper correspondent on the "aircraft arsenal' heme is land of Kyushu. All factories, the report added were renewing work underground, The correspondent claimed ! they were "increasing their production' and were prepared to pout out "the latest most superior planes, Munitions Dumps at Dunkerque Explode i LONDON, July 9.-(fl)-The Par is radio said tonight that a big munitions dump exploded at Dun kerque this afternoon and that sporadic explosions were continu ing. , K ' . ENDS TODAY! (Toes,) Fibber Melly Bergen A McCarthy v HERE WE GO AGAIN Bill Boyd "Doomed Caravan". - OPENS 1:45 P. M. - TOMORROW! ThtKra rtt GABUT HATES! CO-FEATUSZ1 ESWASA CIASTM.sht thsirht- KJTTSX -CAPT. AM2ZICA" View Clearly ROY 1 J ROGERS V M DALE ( EVANS -V I 10. 1345 TEiumbciail By the - Ajwuciatea ress Aerial Over 1000 carrier based planes battered Tokyo in surprise attack launched from Admiral Halsey's third fleet as equal-sized land-based air fleets pounded. empire. :r Dornce Dutch colonial troops force two landing inside Balik papan bay, while Japs burn oil in path of invading Australians. 1 China Chinese drive Japan- ese forces from air base in South China built by Americans, . Banna British troops cap ture Jap-held villages in Irra- waddy valley. 98 Turn Out At California BERKELEY, Calif., July 9-CSV- Ninety - eight football candidates answered the first practice call at the University of California this afternoon. The Golden Bears' new coach, Lawrence T. (Buck) Shaw, former Santa Clara mentor, put them through calisthenics and a looseniiif-up kicking and pass ing drill. Three lettermen were signed up halfback Joe' Stuart quarter' back, Joe Stuart, quarterback Bob Powell and fullback Bob Edmon son. All-coast center Roger Hard ing has Joined the professional Cleveland Rams. CONTINUOUS SHOWS DAILY FROM 1 P. M. j Starting Toborrou A CinLLEn-DILLEn V v - n. . . -. : Dutch Troops Land in Borneo wixtn 1 Pn.tar JuIT 10-(P) Dutch colonial troorjs irude twd amphibious landings and secured positions in the swampy inner limits of Balikpapan bay in south- eastern eUutcn oomv -v, . m a a.i4a VkAel Gen. Douglas mkatuwi quarters disclosed today.! . The Dutch forces were mostly Indonesians - led i by i Netherlands officers, but Included I force, of volunteers from.: the West Indies. - Arma fire and runfire from smaU Japanese boats as they weni asnore 011 j coast of ' the Telaktebang penin- sula, . . . i - . . Australian troops who Invaded Balikpapan on July 1 continued . i .W...s.w4 Kwrvnt - can VO pUSQ iiuiuikwu " - tured Manggar airfied, IS road miles northeast of Balikpapan, and encounterea Dialing ou wuu their path, adding to generally stiffening Japanese resistance. ' nwjnw-w" w" w Skeleton in Closet; And No Fooling PASADENA, Calif, July M$V Mrs. Thomas L. Sharp wasn't 1001 in whm ahn teleohoned police: -Quick! tend an' officer there's skeleton in my closet!" j Officer H. W.- Potter found a ' k1tnn ' mft behind br two roomers Cal tech students, who owed a week's rent 1 "If mis is their idea of leav ing security," she snapped, "you can have it" " Potter Ugged It lost property.' IIURDER mm wmmmmy VI.IUVUIS XWVJU sillJIJIf: mm. mm mm A CO-HIT! JUST FOR LOVE! . Eho launcnod a orlms) war, to fh musia el m nw timi; v: ,, -!., II DSL'nS VEGCHA GEEY DONALD COOr COLLETTE LTOK3 , " GEOSGE BAESEl -I KK2T LEE . Korsi U. S. Vat. xua2th Conditwnsin ForestsHAi As 'Favorable' ruminna in the Oregon forest r. ntiite favorable" despite tho high temperature and other fire! hazards of tne past wets, Rogers, sUto i forester, reponea Monday. TtmrtTM said he attributed the scarcity: of. recent fires to the fact that many logging operations nava been closed down because of the summer vacations. Virtually au such operations resumed Monday. In many areas, I Rogers said, hu midity has dropped below SO per cent in the afternoons. Under de partment regulations, logging op- ;nr. mmt ahi'it down when this . V . T point is reached. j The state forester said loggers probably would operate on a half day basis until weather conditions are more favorable. None of the fires reported recently was ser? ious, Rogers said.( British Capture 9 Villap-es in Burma ; 0 . CALCUTTA, ! July ' O.-tfPhBrlt ish troops, stepping up assaults against pocketed Japanese forces in south-central B.urma, have cap tured nine enemy-held villages in the Irrawaddy river valley north west of Rangoon, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten's headquarters said today. M - ENDS TODAY! (TUES.) Dennis O'Keefe "Brews ters Millions" Gretta Gynt 'MR. EMMANUEL" HYSTERY1 'sostaT stHOcrT .lUeMUrwfce - JJ-' Iwit e Sm I i Com. Iloma cm -QuZa Luxury Ltnecl tj ... Ill) fe) r