Oregon's Solons
Make Plans for
1945 Legislature
By Eric W. Allen, Jr.
(United PrM Suff Correspondent)
Salem, Ore., Dec. 29 tPOre
gon's state legislators are expect
ing to settle down rapidly to a
serious war-time session after dis
posing of the preliminary organi
zation, when they meet for the
1945 biennial session.
The posts of president .of the
senate and speaker of the house
are virtually assured to Howard
Belton, Canby farmer, and Eu
gene Marsh, McMinnville, respec
tively. They are expected to be
named at a legislative caucus the
day before the session opens.
Drager Is Clerk
W. P. (Fred) Drager, who has
held the position of chief clerk of
the hOUKP nf rpnrocontatttrae. Int.
many years, will open the session,
out win oe unaDie to continue the
worK past the first day. He is now
in war work in Portland.
Chief candidates to succeed
Drager are Romeo Goulet and
Claribel Buff, both- of Salem.
Goulet Is a former representative
from Marion county, and since
that time he has acted as secre
tary to various house committees.
Mrs. Buff was Drager's stenog
rapher during several sessions.
Three other of the important
house clerk positions are expected
to go to those who held them last
year. They are Patricia Sylvers,
Eugene, assistant chief clerk;
Edith Bynon Low, Bandon, calen
dar clerk, and Richard' Wilson,
Salem, reading clerk.
Re-election Assured
Mrs. Zlypha Burns, Portland,
auvins io oe assurea or re-election
to the post of chief clerk of
the senate. Two persons are seek
ing the job of assistant chief
clerk, to succeed Mrs. Elizabeth
Glatt, Portland, who has retired.
They are Mrs. Nettie Spalding,
Salem, and Miss Genevieve Coop
er, Portland. The job of senate
calendar clerk is expected to go to
Pearl Schaeffer, Portland, while
Gordon Barnard, Enterprise,
seems assured of the reading
clerk's position. He took the job
during the 1943 session when El
bert Bede, Portland, had to retire
because of ill health.
In addition to the above men
tioned jobs, there will be a num
ber of stenographic and secre
tarial positions to be filled, many
of which will be taken by wives
of the members as during previ
ous sessions. A number of applica-
nuiis iur sui'u pusis nave aireaay
been applied for. -
Dean of Women
For U. O. Named
Eugene, Ore., Dec. 29 (IP) Ap
pointment of Golda Parkar Wick
ham, former dean of girls at Lin
coln high school in Portland, as
acting dean of women at the Uni
versity of Oregon was announced
today by Orlando J. Hollis, acting
president of the university.
Mrs. Wickham, a 1931 graduate
of the university, will fill the va
cancy left because of the death
last month of Mrs. Hazel Schwer
ing dean for 14 years. Her ap
pointment will be subject to con
firmation by the state board of
higher education at its next meet
ing. The new acting dean will leave
her position as an English teacher
at Eugene high school at the be
ginning of the winter term. Be
fore going to Eugene, she wasj
aean ot gins at Lincoln high
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Volcano Islands would put Japan within "cinch" bombing distance,
and also bring the east China coast, Korea and eastern Manchuria
' within the bombing arc of B-29 Superfortresses based on Saipan.
Jap planes based on Bonins repeatedly blasted B-29 airfields on
Saipan, and American flyers from that Marianas base paid them
back with interest)
Navy's First Five Star Flag
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wiga iciepnow
The new official flag of Fleet Admiral O. W. Nimlte five white stars on
a field of blue is unfurled for first time over D. 8. Pacific Fleet Head
quarters by Marine Sgta. Frits Jovanovlck (lefti of Ottawa, 111, and
Carry H. Nelson (right) of Marshall, Tex. 0. 8. Navy Dhoto.
school for three years. She also
has had several year's experience
as a classroom insructor.
During her collegiate years at
the University of Oregon, she was
elected to Phi Beta Kappa, na
tional scholastic honorary, as a
member of the senior six. She
majored in education and after
receiving her degree, was a grad
uate assistant in English at the
university in 1931 and 1932.
Kerlneth Dudley
Gets War Badge
With the Fifth Army, Italy
Pfc. Kenneth A. Dudley, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dudley, 1134
Albany, Bend, Oregon, has been
cited by the sixth armored infan
try battalion of the first armored
division and awarded the combat
infantryman badge for actual par
ticipation in combat against the
enemy with Lieut. Gen. Mark W.
Clark's fifth army in Italy.
Standards for the badge are
high. The decoration is awarded
to the infantry soldier who has
proved his fighting ability in com
bat. The badge consists of a silver
rifle set against a background of
infantry blue, enclosed in a silver
wreath.
PRIORITIES
OPA
RATIONING
LIMITATIONS
CMP
WPB
ALLOTMENTS
OMEDAY
Some day the above familiar war-time terms and expressions will be
only a memory and not a part of every order or business deal.
Some day, all of us will have to acknowledge the benefits of war
time rules and regulations the day when our boys come marching
home again.
Some day, and we hope very soon, conditions will permit us to sup
ply you with all the merchandise you need, as we have for nearly
sixteen years.
Some day it will be "business as usual" with no strings attached.
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Phone 600
ingrriceson
Live Cattle May
iation
Washington, Dec. 29 HPi Sena
tors rrom -western states hinted
today they might seek legislative
retaliation against the office of
price administration if the OPA
Imposes ceiling prices on live cat
tle without congressional appov
al. The OPA Is understood to have
recommended a live cattle celllnr
of $17.50 per hundred pounds and
an addition of 50 cents per hun
dredweight to the present SI 10
(average) subsidy paid packers
for good and choice beef.
John J. Madigan, assistant di
rector of OPA's food price divi
sion, has been explaining the
OPA's program to cattlemen in
Chicago and Kansas City for the
past two days. Final ruling on any
live ceilings is expected to come
from Stabilization Director Fred
M. Vinson.
Threat Made
Sen. Hugh Butler, R., Neb., said
that "if OPA attempts to pull a
sharp one and put a ceiling price
into effect before congress meets
and has a chance to act, they will
have a lot of explaining to do
when the extention of the price
control program comes up forTe
newal in the next few months."
Butler said the OPA wanted to
clamp on live ceiljngs to buttress
several black market cases the
agency now had pending before
the emergency court of appeals
here.
Other western senators con
tinued their strong criticism of
the proposed live' cattle ceilings
and othe" phases of the cattle
price program.
Not High Enough
Sen. Clyde M. Reed, R., Kan.,
said the war food administration
opposed the overall live ceiling on
the grounds that $17.50 was not
high enough to induce cattle feed
ers to fatten animals to good and
prime grades. They would thus
sell their cattle when classed on
ly as low-grade utility and com
mercial beef, he said, thereby pro
ducing less total poundage.
Sen. Abe Murdock, D., Utah,
himself a cattle producer, de
clared that no ceilings proposed
by the government would touch
speculators buying cattle from
producers at low prices and sell
ing directly to slaughterers.
Oregon Nearlng
"E" Bond Quota
Portland, Ore., Dec. 29 (IP)
With only two more days left
before conclusion of the sixth war
loan drive, Oregon had only $600,
000 to go in order to complete its
$34,000,000 series E bond quota.
At the current rate of bond-
processing at the federal reserve
bank in Portland, the E bond goal
will be reached easily, bank offi
cials reported today. E bond sales
now total $33,413,517. '
The state has long since met its
over-all bond goal, and today's
bond sales total of nearly $149,
000,000 is approximately 140 per
cent of tne quota.
Multnomah county, which has
an $19,000,000 series E bond quota,
is still nearly $3,000,000 short and
may not reach its goal before the
end of the drive.
Lt. Jack Moulder
Listed Missing
Madras, Dec. 30 (Special) Lt.
Jack Mulder was reported mis
sing in action November 24, ac
cording to word received by Mrs.
Mulder, who is the former Sybil
Kennedy of Gateway, daughter
j of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Kennedy.
I A son, Mark, was born to the
j couple just a few days previous to
I the time Lt. Mulder was reported
j missing. Lt. Mulder attended OSC
j and took part in collegiate basket-
ball.
CORRECT ADDRESS GIVEN
Information received from the
Fifth army in Italy yesterday re
garding Pvt. Harry A. Peterson
contained an incorrect address
for the vounfz man's Darents. Mr.
land Mrs. A. A. Peterson, who rc-
side at 720 Florida, Bond, and
not at 886 West 12th, as the news
j release stated. His wife lives wilh
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Hornbeck, 64 Portland.
Census Officials
Seek Field Staff
By R. I. Ackerman
(District Supervisor)
The 1945 census of agriculture
Is to be taken during the month ot
January. This census is taken
every five vears and covers all
farms in the United States com
prised of three or more acres of
land, or, if less than three acres,
producing $250 or more in farm
products during 1944.
Men and women are neded in
district three to work as enumer
ators. Dist. three includes the fol
lowing counties; Klamath, Lake,
Deschutes, Wheeler, Hood River,
Jefferson, Sherman, Gilliam, Was
co, and Crook. Persons who live
in these counties and are inter
ested in employment as farm enu
merators should write, telephone.
or call at the office of the bureau i
of the census, 606 Medical-Dental
building, Klamath Falls. The tele
phone number is 7266.
Enumerators must be over 18
years of age, have an automobile,
and be citizens of the United
States. They will receive special
instructions before going Into the
field, after which they will work
on their own time and will be paid
on a piece basis. Provision will be
made lor them to secure neces
sary additional gasoline.
Bend Rifleman and Prineville
Truck Driver on Italian -Front
With the Fifth Army, Italy
Pvt. Harry A. Peterson, Bend,
Oregon, and Cpl. Lester T. Wy
man, Prinevijle, Oregon, are mem
bers ot the 11th armored infantry
battalion, which has been fighting
In the forbidding mountain coun
try between Florence and Bo
logna, Italy, where armor cannot
be used to advantage. Pvt. Peter
son is a rifleman and Cpl. Wyman
a truck driver.
The 11th is part of the first
armored division with Lieut. Gen.
Mark W. Clark's fifth army.
The outfit, in its third year of
combat, became one of the first
two American infantry battalions
to make contact with German
forces when it was put ashore
under fire November 8, 1942, at
St. Leu, Algeria. In three days It
captured Tafaroul airport and La
Senla airdrome and furnished the
advance and rear guard of the
tank column that took Oran.
Under Luftwaffe dominated
skies, the 11th lought Rommel's
Afrika Korps tooth and nail In
Tunisia at Tebourba, Medjez El
Bab and Ousseltia Valley. It
helped win the battle at Kasserlne
pass and fought at Maknassy. Th-.
battalion led the way into El Guet
tar, going in ahead of two divi
sions, one on either of its flanks.
In the concluding mousetrap ma
neuver, the 11th and a sister bat
talion of armored infantrymen
captured hill 273 to pave the way
for other troops that entered Fer
ryville and sprung the trap.
Veteran of 41 st
Visits Madras
Madras, Dec. 30 (Special) Pfc.
Marden Pillette, on hospital leave
from the army hospital in Ft.
Lewis has been spending the
(jurist mas Holidays with his
mother, Mrs. Effa Pillette. Private
Pillette Is a member of the 41st
division which saw action on
Biak island in the South Pacific.
He was severely burned when
a shell landed on a gasoline drum.
ine 41st division, according to
the Madras resident is the "most
decorated division" in the South
west Pacific and the. well-known
Japanese woman radio common:
tator "Tokyo Rose," has dubbed
It "the Butcher Division." Pillette
has an autograph of Archie Roose
velt among other names of bud
dies gathered on a piece of Jap
anese paper money.
"You can tell them I am glad
to get home," said Pillette, "and
to keep on giving for it is still a
long fight ahead."
CARBURETOR TAKEN
While P. Calender, 157 Revere
street, was enjoying a show in a
Bend theater last night, someone
"traded" carburetors on his auto
mobile, the victim reported to po
lice today. Calender said that his
car was parked near the Pilot
Butte inn when the "exchange"
took place.
The 11th rushed down the
slopes of Mt. Lungo, Italy, in Jan
uary, 1944, and kept going to the
top of Mt. Porchia, from which -effective
pressure was brought
down on Cassino.
The battalion was on the beach
head around Anzlo for four ,
months. In the Battle ot the
Caves, the 11th fought its way up
to the side of a jeopardized rifle
battalion and made it secure. The
outfit backed up tanks that broke
out of the beachhead confines
west of Clsterna, was among the
first units In Rome and kept well
forward in the rapid pursuit to
Tuscanla. . .
The 11th fought Its way
through towering mountains be- .
tween Grosseto and Volterra and
waded across the Arno river with
the first troops to reach the north
bank.
The 11th is commanded by
Lieut. Col. Ernest L. Ripley, Bes
semer, Alabama.
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anyhow ?
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ape, a blanket with a slit in the
center through which he puts his
nead wnen ne uses It as an over
coat.
CHILD'S
Colds
Most young mothers use this modern
way to relieve miseries of children'!
colds. At bedtime they rub Vicks
VapoRub on throat, chest and back.
Grand relief starts as VapoRub . . .
PENETRATES to upper bronchi-.!
tubes with its special medicinal vapors,
STIMULATES chat and back sur
faces like a warming poultice.
Often by morning most of the
misery of the cold is gone I Remember
ONLY VAPORUB Gives Von this spe-
cial double action. It's time-tested,
home-proved... the best-known home
remedy for reliev- m m
ing miseries of
children's colds, v Vltoaui
"Her ...er.'., formula? What's that? You
see, I'm a pretty new father. Nancy's only
three months old. My wife brought her up
to Portland to see me when I got shore
leave. She took sick and is in a Portland
hospital. I'm taking the baby down to her .
gramma's in Los Angeles."
Now you may think this quite an un
usual situation a sailor traveling on a
train, alone, with a three months old baby,
without even knowing her formula. But it
isn't. Lots of things like this happen every
day on our crowded wartime trains. That's
why we have Passenger Aides on our
trains that carry a large number of coach
passengers. These specially trained women
help make travel as comfortable as pos
sible for women, children and elderly
people.
One minute they're fixing a baby's for
mula, the next minute they're giving first
aid to a cut on Johnny's leg, or helping
care for a person who is not accustomed
to traveling. Little things, perhaps. But
little things that are mighty important to
our passengers.
Passenger Aides are just one of the
Bteps we've taken to improve our service
to those who must travel in war time. In
a way they represent the type of helpful,
friendly service all our people try to give,
even though it's hard these days, being as
short-handed as we are.
S-IP
The friendly Southern Pacific
tor Best