2 The
Salem. Ore,
U. S. to Triple
Firing Power
Of Divisions
(Story also on page t)
WASHINGTON, ee.
Aft merfm in onmrcr and mobil
ity wiU featrue the V. S. army of
the future. Gen. Jacob L. Devers j
;aid Witit. In announcing a new
enrgaoazauon bmd
The new armored division will
'f increased In naaoewywer
I S.CKX) snen compared
en to 4.000 in the wr. But the
iiulcant feature will be the j
uensruk ui mdu 3 mediums.
with a battalion of hea
roe!
a-hen Hvey become avail
wMon. and aaart trees of arm-1
jmeM remain to be worked out. ; ville fervy still were closed Fri
WorW War II expedience hac day due to high water and slides.
rultet in elimination of two R. H. Baldock. state highway en
itema familiar to Gl'a the tank gineer. reported. Roads now clos
ietroc and the armored car. ed are the North Santiam, Siletz
Henceforth, officials said, enemy
Unkt will be challenged by tanks!
Inteaf of the tank -destroyer
whu-h had firepower but lacked 1
cr f.r fat reckon i, net- will
be taken It l.ght tanks.
Mere Vehicles
A seneral improvement in type
and inrreae in use rtf vehicles '
wiil greatly accelerate the mo-
bility of the Infantry devislcn. I
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make te infantry divi!4.n com-
pletrly "transporUhle" by air-
plane It was explained that this
should rwt be confuted with the
antx.rne dn imon The air trans-
portable diiion will be put into
action by pin when a bae is ;
eturetf The securing ot "air-
heads" will be the mission of air-
borne Up, landing either by
pranule it gilder
The m fan try division of the
future," aid the general, "will
not be merely amphibi.xio. strik-
Ing the enemy by land or sea
I' ill be tnphiU.ju. capable of
swift methamxed movement by
land. Mta and air"
Infaatry Tr"P" '
The tak of transxi ting a
17 IK x; -m.n infantry divii'n. to-
ge'her with iU equipment and
ai mm , will be tremetvi.u. Ex-
p.u exiimated it mutht require
aoout 4K) ery large" transports
t a t)ie etiil in the experimental
sftue To move a division with
-i-iin ire iraniprfe. mould
ruire at.ut 154X1 aircraft, it
Z2m t.m
r' r Ih
Oee reiterated the army.,
f"erili..n that the advent of
t.,m. lbs and nickel
.ewen trie need f.r ground
!m. reci.img tht V-e.ipii
-.a .i England dl not ceae
I Allien ground armies had
1 run u.e iauncning sites
111 ..u tut'.ne wir
he added.
- .....n ci our arouni forces
ii. . U.e same Amok-, upon
t .Mhan popul.iti.Hi of the
e-e iu.1,1 our army s ground
f.iM n. 11.fbr.t1y. arm.ired c-aval-
rr
.urt at,.:ery Je-en.le.t upon
Ue rrr. . airfiel launching
if... i4ts aixi fa.-tones to
si fe nt Toy them
81. 4 H MASS NEAR GKEIXE
ATHENS. Dec. 20 4. -An m-f'.ir.i-
Muiif ai.f l.lay allied
m Viiiy lo thf rities hi.l rt-ceied
-"1 ' in-ill ia! reooi '4 tht larel
liu:i l 1 .f Yugoslav troops were
n-H ' B tolj (M.Missdr) and
a' Mt.le '.cng the trad Uonal
V.ritr 1 n er invasion route 0
n.'itnnn ' " r -ece.
A I TOMOBILE PROWLED
KilmuiMl Ladendorff. jr . 1010
fijk t lepirted to city police
tr-.t -rrhl articles, including a
fi:t i! tut and light testing me
tes . weie ti n from his car Fri
d.v mght ietween 9 .10 and 10 30
o'clish wl.ile it wjh parked in
front of hi residence.
Obituary
KIM INHMI
I ot lien Zielmki. at tne rcsi
$fu p. 1 fuitii . Gervais. at tlie age nt.
th.ee mii rvived iy her par
111 . Mi arwj Mrs. Huiifi Zielinski.
Hnr I-. Iimiv Jirry. Darrell and Keith
7iehni.il . all f Cervais. rind pa rent.
M; ami Mn J. p Zilinkl. Salem.,
and Mr unJ Mrs Charla Ullman. Mt
AmI A nni'iineement at aenrvu-es !at
ei tv tne W T Riiiri cum party
CMtltfaMm fl
1 r. M.
Nssr Zaehaxy Sesttt
Jan la rlce
"Her Kind of Man
John Lytei
-Northwest Trail"
CMiUaaus freaa 1 T. M.
Esata Today! (Sat.)
Fraaees Gtffaral
"She neat to the Kaeea"
bob stkki.e
"six cvs man"
tomorrow:
MARSHA HUNT
-A Letter for Evie"
Charles Starrest
-Texas Panhandle
EjmU TeaUy! (84.)
"Tw Sisters frvaa BmUs"
Ta Orag Trail"
Taaaarrawt CeaL frsxa t P. M.
Eabert AW a - AlexK Smith
"KkapaWy la Blae"
"Arablajka f ike Raeklea"
la Techaie
Saturday. PKmbt II. tSS
Gen. Eaker Buys
Plot Along Rogue
PORTLAND, Dec. 2W;P-Gen.
Ira Eaker. former air fore com
manedr. U buyingJaxwLon the
Rogue river, with ifie planoKxe
tirinf there next year. Mayor
Earl Riley said he was advi
today
The mayor was notified by
Glenn Jackson, formerly a colonel
on Eaker's staff, that the general
was obtaining title to th old
Frank Tou Velle tract on the
famed fishing stream.
biiRoads, Ferry
with the J
Still Closed by
9
Flood, Slides
Three roads and the Wilson-
and Alsea. Officials said they
hoped to have these highways
open by the end of the week,
Traffic is moving every two
miles north of Florence on the i
Oregon coast highway where the '
bridge there was washed out.
Traffic will be permitted to move
over the bridge at 9 and 11 a.m.,
and 1, X and 5 pm.
Baldock's report included:
...... v.-j . .. . -
throughout and well sanded,
Santiam Summit Clear and
road normal.
North Santiam highway Still
detounng between Mill City and
Gates because of a washout.
Odell lake Clear, some spots
me spots
.dside
of ice on road, sanded.
snow at summit 19 Inches
Portland and Eugene High
fog
Cascade highway Road be-
tween Oregon City and Parkplace
now open.
Oregon Coast highway Slide
removal under way six miles
south of Yachats Highway open
o traffic at certi hours. Short
section of one-wav traffic ap-
proximately H miles east of Til-
lamook.
Wilson River highway Open
tp all traffic.
Sunset highway One-way
traffic 3 miles east of Elsie be-
c ause of slide.
Columbia River highway
One-WdV traffic at Tonirue Point 1
because'of slide
oecause or suae. !
Alsea hihay - Closed by
washouts to mileoosU 10 19 and
1137
giletz highway Closed at
Emhre mountain by road settle-
rnent
Three Rivers highway One-
way section two miles east of
DoDh because of sunken erade
Cm vallis - Nw nort hiihwiv
One-way traffic near east city
hmits of Toledo because of fill
settlement
Hillsboro - Silverton highway
Now open south of Newberg
LIMITS TO BE SET
PORTLAND. Dc. 20 ,P-Sea-
sons and bag limits for the 1947
ports fishing season will be set '
by the state game commission at
a public hearing here Jan. 11.
Phone 3t67
Prevne Tonighl! . . . Starts
; W :
vr vjfjK 1
Ad yen lure-Filled Co-Feature!
Jqnw Oliver Ccrwood's
RUSSIU HAYOCN
Army Clears
Salem Airport
To WAA Office
Salem Is one step nearer per-
nent acquisition pf its airport
today with the announcement last
night that the war assets admin
isration had accepted the final
withdrawal order submitted by
the war department yesterday.
Received by the Salem Cham
ber of Commerce, the message
from Senator Guy Cordon also
revealed that the buildings lo
cated in the cantonment area,
comprising a warehouse, link
trainer building and several bar
racks, "will now be included as
airport property and offered to
the city provided that the city
move them to the flight line and
usf lm ,for alr?rt.PurP?se
Following completion of class
ification." the message went on,
"the regional office will be fur
nished full instruction and they
will contact the city to present
the war asset's proposal."
On February 2 of this year the
city took over, on an interim ba
sis, that portion (about 465 acres)
of the army air base which com
17, f.'y ,.rt.5i T W"
U:' tym re"
gain actual possession of its air
port. What the city did not get
was about 290 acres of land and
the barracks buildings and other
installations on them, owned by
the government, lying west and
east of the Turner road
Extra H Cents
Helps Direct
1 yi 7
stray Lards
"Unless you are positive of the
address, better use a three cent
stamp on Christmas cards." This
is the .opinion of Albert Gragg,
Salem postmaster, who is watching
the pile of "not good address"
cent and. a half cards pile up.
While an experienced postoffice
clerk is given the task of looking
over this kind of mail, cent and
a half postage mail does not re
ceive "directory service" as the
three cents or first class mail
does. Gragg said.
Many expensive cards are in
cluded In .the "duds", often sent
with no sign of an address except
Salem. Oregon. "Why buy an ex-
.
" v"' , "w ' 1 ". " y-
Gragg puzzled Friday morning as
the pile mounted.
.
Police Start Drive
To Cut Off Sale of
Tobacco to Minors
1
City school and police authori-
ties Friday began a drive to curb
the sale and use of tobacco by
. minors with the arrest Friday of
one confectionery operator who
( had sold a package of cigarettes
i to hifffa trhnnl ctlirlntc ar,rrtin tr
to Howard Higby, city juvenile
officer.
City ordinance 3389. section 13
states that it. is unlawful to sell
tobacco to any person under 21
years of age, or to give or furnish
Matinee Daily from 1 P.M.
Tomorrow!
Ftui for the
jzmt
tC in I I
fkm --0
!u..!jil wi.i 'tiusri
tobacco In any form to minors.
The ordinance has not been
strictly enforced but the increase
in smoking by minors . . . juve
niles as young as 12 years of age
. . . has necessitated action to
compel merchants to stop selling
tobacco to minors, Higby said.
H. W. Town send, Wimpy's
Confectionery, 697 N. Capitol st.,
was the first merchant to be
cited under the ordinance in the
current drive. Townsend was
fined $10 when he appeared be
fore Municipal Judge Alfred F.
Mundt yesterday afternoon.
Mrs: Hager
Succumbs to
Long Illness
Mrs. Augusta Hager, 82. died at
her home, route 6, box 51, Friday
morning after an illness lasting
several weeks. Mrs. Hager had
been a resident of Salem for 45
years, coming to Oregon after liv
ing in Minnesota. She was born
in Germany in 1864 and emigrated
to America in 1878.
While in Minnesota Mrs. Hager
married Adolph J. Hager in 1885,
and only last year they had cele
brated their 60th wedding anni
versary. They came to Oregon in
1901. and for 61 years .Mrs. Ha
ger had been a member of the
Evangelical church.
Surviving are her husband.
Adolph J. Hager, Salem; four
children, Carl F. Hager. Portland:
A. A. Hager, George B. Hager. and
Mrs. Louise A. Maxwell, all of Sa
lem; four grandchildren, and three
great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
Monday, December 23, at the
Clough-Barrick chapel at 3:30
p.m. The Rev. Wilmer Brown will
officiate, and interment will be
in the City View cemetery.
State Buys Candy
For Institutions
The state purchasing depart
ment, despite the shortage of su
gar, was able to buy approximate
ly 4000 pounds of Christmas can
dies for the state institutions, Jos-
j eph Wood, assistant state pur
; chasing agent, announced Friday,
j The institutions also will receive
200 cases of oranges and 5000
I pounds of nuts.
Montgomery Ward Plans
$2,500,000 Warehouse
PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 20-UP-A
Portland newspaper said today
that Montgomery Ward & Co.
was planning to build a $2,500,000
warehouse here serving its
branches in four northwest states.
The paper said 14 acres in a for
mer housing project were being
purchased for the building.
Too Iate to Claaaify
ROOM to share with gentleman. Sin
gle bed University district. Ph. J-4948
FOR SALE: 1B37 Chevrolet Master
j Deluxe coupe Very good condition.
I radio 4r heater. No dealers. Ph. 4225.
I 3aS31ahrt Av; four Corners.
FOR SALE: Child's Artist model ac
cordion. 12 baas. Italian make. Exeel
I lent condition with case. Ph. 2-4846.
LOST Crev cat. last een Friday.
Dec. 10. near the Senator hotel If
found, notify Senator hotel. $10 Re
ward Ends Today! (Sat.)
James Cagney
"GREAT GUY
Tom Neal
"Detour"
Whole Family!
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Doctor's Wife
Wins Freedom
From Abductor
DIXON, 11U Dec. 20-WVMrs.
Delia Stackhouse, 40, a physician's
wife, was kidnaped from her
home today and six hours later
she was released unharmed and
her abductor was seized at a farm
house five miles from here.
Sheriff Gilbert Finch said the
man who forced Mrs. Stackhouse
to leave her home with him,
after he bound her two daughters
and left them in a closet was
Frank Sickles. 27, of Wyoming,
111., which is about 60 miles south
of the northwestern Illinois city.
Sickles was held for question
ing, without charge.
Finch said that Sickles had told
him that his motive was robbery
when he went to the Stackhouse
home under pretext of being a
newspaperman who wanted a
story on Dr. Stirling Stackhouse.
The sheriff identified Sickles as
a former employe in a gas burner
factory.
The sheriff said that Mrs. Stack
house, whose arms had been
bound and her mouth taped with
adhesive, was unharmed except
for shock. She was returned to
her home.
No ransom note waa left and
no reason for her apparent kid
naping was determined immedi
ately the sheriff said. He described
the Stackhouses as moderately
wealthy and Mrs. Stackhouse as
"a very good looking woman."
Amvets Adopt
Constitution,
Install Officers
A constitution was adopted by
Amvets, American Veterans of
World War II, Marion Post, and
W. E. (Bill) Hillerich was elected
post commander. Hillerich suc
ceeds Edward E. Lewis, temporary
commander since the post's or
ganization in October. Officers
were installed last night.
Ernest Rollins was elected the
first vice-commander, Harvey An
ders is second vice-commander
and George E. Sandy was elected
third vice-commander and service
officer.
Lurelene Rollins was chosen
post adjutant. Myron S. Balloun
finance officer, Ernest Isringhau
sen, chaplain, Ed Lewis is public
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'Pilgrim Lady'
relations officer and David H.
Hillerich is the provost marshal.
Meeting night was changed
from Friday to the first and third
Wednesday of each month. The
next meeting will be at 7 -JO pjn.,
January 15, in courtroom No. 2 of
the courthouse. Dues were in
creased from. $4 to $5.
AH major decisions will be
made by the members directly.
There is no executive corvnittee
or similar branch of the. local
Am vets post. ' '
2 Injured in
Local Wrecks
Two persons suffered injuries
in accidents in the Salem area Fri
day night, though none were re
ported serious. Mrs. Portia Con
way, 125 Lana ave, county health
nurse, had a fractured knee cap,
cut over her right eye, and severe
bruises when she drove into the
Little Pudding river bridge on
the Salem - Silverton highway
about 5 p.m. Friday. Mrs. Conway
said that she was dodging another
car which was driving without
lights in the evening gloom. Hos-
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amaaHwaai
Acousticon McDonald Co.
905 First Natl. Bk. Bid.,
Salem, Oreron
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Uproarious Fun!
J" with Lynne Roberta
m
Alan Mow bra j
pital attendants at the Salem Dea
coness hospital reported that Mrs.
Conway was resting as well as
could be expected.
Elmer Austine, 991 Mill st-, in
curred a broken arm when he
drove his motorcycle into the side
of a Ford car driven b Frank M.
Snyder, 1220 S. 22nd st. in the
300 block of S. 12th st The acci
dent happened about 5 p.m. as
Snyder was making a left-hand
turn, the report stated. Austine
war taken to the Salem General
hospital, where he was released
after treatment
A car driven by Robert Morgan,
1650 Yew st, was struck by a
truck driven by Jess L. Mcllnay,
145 E. Turner rd., at the intersec
tion of Center and Liberty sts.,
about 6 p.m. Friday. Slight dam
age to the car was reported.
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Douglas A. Yeator, Jr, 1930 K.
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destruction of city property. Yea
ter ir alleged to have broken a
radio antenna off a patrol car af
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orderly scene in front of the Spa
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VANDALISM REPORTED
Emma C Kasper, 840 Trade st,
reported to city police, that some
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