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Chest Workers At Tough End' Of Campaign Salem community chest workers T-esday reached the "tough end of their campaign for $110,000, after chalking up collections amounting to two-thirds the goal Leaders of the 12 volunteer divi sions of solicitors last night re ported a total of $73,040:86, or 66 per cent of the goal. Two divisions were over the 80 per cent mark, with W. X. Phil lips, jr.. reporting $9,011 or 88 Iper cent of the automotive and transoortation division goal and Joseph Dodd accounting for $13.3 17 or 82 per cent in the mer catUe division. Other division reports Tuesday niaht: Education. $3,074 or 79 per cent; industrial. $11,534 or 77 per cent; utilities, $2,210 or 76 per cent; general gifts, $7,622 or 69 per cent: professional. $7,931 or 66 per cent; women's, $7,254 or 60 per cent; West Salem, $1,588 or 59 per cent; contractors, $4,711 or 43 per cent; governmental, $3,697 or 37 per cent; rural, $1,157 or 28 per cent. NATIONALISTS VICTORIOUS NANKING. Oct. 12 .- JF) - The government announced today its second major victory in Manchur ia in two days - - the capture of the communist field base of Changwu, 60 miles northwest of Mukden. Glenwood Ballroom 4 mi. N. of Salem' WED., OCT. 13 The Famous Jflff Orchestra Directed By Al Donahue 9 till 1 Adm. 1.20 Canada Locals PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct. 12 UjPy Delegates to the CIO International Woodworkers convention rammed through resolutions today direct ing officers to take over the assets and affairs of the British Colum bia locals. The moves were Initiated by del egates from British Columbia un der special floor privilege j and were aimed at snuffing out ft re volt by some Canadian union members front the; parent organ ization. A special investigating commit-? tee reported that around $153,000 of funds of the British Columbia district No. 1 council have-not been properly accounted for.f'Th re port said a complete audit-may re veal as much as $250,000 is miss ing. One of the resolutions criticized Harold Pritchett, a former jlWA international president, Ernest Dalskog, one time executive board member, and about 40 others for voting. to disaffiliate from the in ternational. It directed the inter national officers to assist in re covery of union property and pro tect the rights of; the Canadian workers under the contracts I with employers. The convention called for a new election in the British Columbia council. S Ths Statesman, Salem, Qrwjon, Wednesday, October 13. 1943 j Tfc 1 II1 11 f lWAto lane Over Assets of Pilot, Student Hurt in Crash EUGENE. Ore., Oct 12-tfP-A pilot and flying student were in jured today when a light plane crashed into a field southeast of here and near the home of on of the men. B. D. R us sell. 21. Goshen, and S. M. Smith, 21, Eugene, suffered compound fractures of their legs, lacerations and possible internal injuries. Smith was thrown clear of the wreckage. Dairy Files Suit to Review Peterson Ruling OREGON CITY,! Oct. 12 ! -fP) The Silver Crest dairy has j filed suit for review of an order by State Director of Agriculture E. L. Peterson cancelling the firm's milk distributing license. 1 The suit is the second result ing from the order which ifi ef fect put five Portland area dairies out of the retail milk business. Parrish School Project Bids By Winston IL Taylor Staff Writer. The Statesman, Bids on construction of an ad dition; to Parrish junior high school one of the largest projects in the current Salem schools building program, will be opened November 23, the district school board j decided Tuesday night. The: addition, for which $300.- 000 -was tentatively earmarked in the $11,500,000 bond issue approv ed last spring, would be at the rear Of the present building, on either bside of the gymnasium auditorium, which would become principally a cafeteria. New con struction would include a physi cal education setup, auditorium and classrooms. It is hoped to have them ready; for use next fall. The; board also perused prelim inary i plans for the proposed Capitals elementary school and discussed the question of number of classrooms to meet the needs of the rapidly growing popula tion. Most of the pupils in the area, horth and east of the state fairgrounds, are now transported to buddings in the city. population was found to be a problem also in the Pringle area, said to be now :the only trouble spot in transportation. Whether to purchase a new bus or recondition one not now in use to handle an overload was left up to the trans portation committee with power to act.j Possibility of having a bus permanently in that area to haul elementary students was consid ered. Superintendent Frank B. Bennett said 104 pupils rode the single bus for a short distance at Pringlf Tuesday morning. Anoth er bus. he said, would enable a later pickup for pupils attending at Pringle and remove the over load from the bus bringing sec ondary! and parochial students to the city. Monday, February 14 was an nounced as a tentative date for a Salfm teachers' workshop. It would! follow the week end of i ' t iw a secondary teacners wornsnop Club Officer ? ' " . V -v "' s .....TH.. 4' 'i . Z:iJJr$L ' I . T. H. Tomlinson, local attorney and Salem Kiwanis club mem ber, who was recently name district lieutenant governor for Kiwanis International. Soft Drinks Truck Raided A youth with a taste for pop was blamed by city police Tues day for several raids on a parked soft drinks truck during the past week. Webb W. Haskins told police six or eight bottles of pop were tanken on three different occasions from a B-l Beverage company truck parked in a garage near his home at 1197 Chemeketa st. The looting took place during the night, ac cording to Haskins. Refinery Strike Violence Noted SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 12 (JP) More violence in the six-week-old strike of California refinery workers was reported in south ern California today. Rav Trpwitt a rpfinprv wnrlc- at Corvallis, in which Salem high er reDorted to oolice he was beat- school i instructors are to parU- en cipate. Salem, October 26 Leslie Jr. High Sehoal Far Reservations Ph. J71$ National Guard Chief s Selected WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -P-;The nOational guard bureau com pleted! its reorganization today with the appointment of Brig. Gen. George G. Finch of Atlanta, Ga., as chief of the air force division. Finch, a veteran pilot, will con tinue to command the 54th fighter Wing, which includes units in 7 southern states. Earlier today, the national guard announced appointment of Maj. Gen. Raymond H. Fleming, com manding general of the 39th in fantry! division of the Louisiana and Arkansas national guard, to head the army division. Drivers of two Standard trucks reported their windshields were smashed by thrown rocks. At Bakersfield, the sheriffs of fice reported an eight - car con voy of 36 workers enroute to a Shell company field were pelted with rocks. 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She will be provided in fact, not with one but two wigs, as a wig occasionally has to be cleaned." DeArmond to Serve as Draft Appeal Agent Appointment of Robert W. De Armond, local attorney, as federal appeal agent to the Marion county selective service board, and Dr. Merle Brown, Salem physicign, as board medical adviser, was an nounced Tuesday by board offi cials. Meanwhile Mrs. Fern Beakey, board clerk, revealed that a num ber of men mav face immediate I induction as draft delinquents. This group is made up largely of . men aged 18 to 26 who failed to register and those registrants who , neglect to notify the board of changes of address, i The board is empowered to clas sify delinquents as 1-A and eligible for immediate military service. Consideration will be shown those, however, who register voluntarilv even thouph delinquent, board of ficials said. Men May Appeal All registrants are automatically classified as 1-A until tne board receives proof that another classi fication is warranted. Any man, Mrs. Beakey emphasized, may ap peal from any classification first to the board, secondly to the ap peal agent (DeArmond) and lastly to the president. DeArmond receives appeal no tices in his Livesley building of fice,, reviews them and advises the board accordingly. Dr. Brown will act in the capacity of advising the board as to medical Qualifica tions of registrants. Such advice may spare the board and the regis trant the time and effort of a physical examination in Portland. Registration Continuing Registering of all Marion county boys reaching their 18th birthday is continuing at the board head quarters in the Salem armory at the rate of about eieht per day, Mrs. Beakey said. The office is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The board ex pects to move Its headquarters from the armory to 359 Court st. by next week, Mrs. ;Beakey de clared. Other appeal agents in addition to DeArmond appointed for neigh boring counties include: Benton, W. T. Durgan, Rennie building, Corvallis: Linn, Courtney Jones, First National Bank building, Al bany, and Clackamas, Alden E. Miller. U. S. Bank building, Ore gon City. An agent for Polk coun ty has not been appointed yet. All notices of appeals on classifica tions must be in writing, Mrs. Beakey said. Court Upholds Dennis Conviction WASHINGTON, Oct 12 The U.S. court of appeals upheld today the conviction of Eugene Dennis, general secretary of the communist party, for contempt of congress. The charge arose from his failure to answer a subpoena by the house un-American activ ities committee. Dennis, formerly of Seattle, Wash., was convicted in U.S. dis trict court here in July, 1947. He was sentenced to pay a $1,000 fine and cnend a vear in iail He hai been free on $10,000 bond while the appeal was pending. ' Truman Offers Farm Program SPRINGFIELD, 111., Oct. 12-(JP) President Truman offered tonight a "sane" national farm program for a campaign in which he said the GOP candidate is backed by Wall Street and aligned with "some queer characters." Mr. Truman said Gov. Thomas E, Dewey he didn't use the name is "trying to get the people to re-elect every reationary member of the 80th congress." For the farmers, ; the present president proposed permanent, flexible price supports, more soil conservation, adequate consump tion of farm products, anddevel opment in farm areas of coopera tives, rural power, housing, roads, schools. He said they are "essential" to the welfare of agriculture and the nation. 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Howard Kaffun and Chester Fritz were selected by the mem bership as co-chairmen of the par ty, and immediately named the following committeemen: Entertainment, Clinton Standish and Milan Boniface; publicity, George E. Donaldson; concessions, George Gliser, Frank Jirack, Wil liam Letterman, Oscar Donald son, jr.. Jack Schoppert and Rob ert Hulst; refreshments, Don Cos tello and Lester Lent, and guests. Joseph Felton, Harlan Judd and Peery Buren. The program will include pro fessional entertainment and serv ice of food and refreshments. All World War II veterans are invit ed to attend. Kenneth Potts, first vice com mander of the post, presided at a meeting, Monday night. Eleven new members were introduced by Adjutant Frank Cross. Featured speakers for the eve ning were Dr. R. B. Gregg, Wil lamette university dean of men, and Judge Joseph Felton. Enter tainment was provided by a Wil lamette vocal and instrumental trio of AI Isenberg, Arthur Dia mond and Robert Johnson. Fists Fly in Italy Assembly ROME, Oct. 12.-;py-A fight broke out today in Italy's chamber of deputies among communists and pro-fascist Italian social move ment (MSI) deputies. Communist Leader Palmiro To gliatti was making his first parlia mentary speech since he was wounded by a student in July. He was criticizing the policies of In terior Minister Mario Scelba. MSI Leader Georgio Almirante interrupted him, shouting "as sassins." Some communist deputies left their seats and attacked the MSI deputies on the opposite side of the chamber. The sessions was suspended for half an hour. Togliatti then resumed. Dewey Calls Train Ehgineer 'Ljunatic' Ais Crowd Scared i i i &EAUCOUP, 111.,! Oct. Governor Thomas E Dewey called th engineer of hiaj special train a "flunatic" tonight when the train backed into a crowd of 1,000 per sons here. j j As Dewey spoke the train I sud denly began backing into; the crowd that had closed in around his special car. Ther were screams as the spectators broke away from the cars rolling dotvn on them. Nq one was hurt as people scur ried in every direction. fWell," said Dewey, watching it all from the back platform, "that's the first lunatic I've had fop an engineer, j He probably should be shot at sunrise, but we'll let; him off this time since no one was hurt. Louisville and Nashville rail road was Ind. officials said Lee Tindle, the engineer of Evansville. TJiird Toastmaster Club to Organize ' i Organization of Salem's third toastmasters chib, the Willamette ToasVnasters, will take place at an initial meeting tonight in the Bright Spot cafe, 375 N. High st.. at 6:15 o'clock. j Approximately 32 members have joined the new organization. It (s being sponsored through the auspices of the Capitol Toastmas ters club of Salem. J ItiPavs to Become 'Miss America' i i ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. Oct. 12 (JPyr- It pays to become Miss Amer ica! I Bebe Shopp of Hopkins, Minn., who walked off with the title here last month will have picked up about $15,000 by Christmas for personal appearances and endorse ments of commercial products. Thif's in addition i to the $5,000 scholarship and $3,000 automobile she; was awarded jthe night she became Miss AmeritS. v Felons Escape Benton Jail State police early this'mbrning were searching the Willamette valley for two dangerous criminals who overpowered a jailer at the Benton county Jail and escaped about 4:50 p.m. Tuesday, jj They were identified! as 1 Ken neth J. Nelson, 36, and Ernest Eugene Chandler, 28, both being held on felony charges. Police said Nelson had a cut on his forehead, suffered when he fell against cell bars while making his escape. Late Tuesday night Chief 0f Po lice Frank Graber of Monmouth informed state police that two men answering the description of . the escapees were seen hitchhiking inrougn Monmouth. e ool 6 Youths Flee Training Schb W f : " J Six youths fled from the Oregon state training school for bays at Woodburn in two separate escapes Tuesday night, statej police report ed. Both groups I walked jjaway through unlocked doors. ', 1 Escaping about 5 pLm. were- Don- aid Raymond Allen.l 15, Portland: ieorge wesiey Hooson,: I7,1) ver nonia; Charles Whitish, ?14. Hilla bcro, and Donald Charles Wilson. 15, oPrtland. i z . . Two boys fleeing about 7:30 p.m. were Eimcr Douglas Chipman, 15. McMimiville, and Duane Raymond Garrison, 15, Portland, 'a I No trace of the boys had found early this morning, PAPER SUPPORT DEWEY Cleveland, Oct. 12 -(p- The Cleveland Plain Dealer announc ed ftonicrht It willi cunnnrt i Clew Thomas E. Dewey j for president! 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