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Thursday, April 23, 1942 The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon Fifteen I. Locals 1 1 Maximum Wednesday 54, mlnl- kim 39. River today .4. iBall of 2M has been posted by bnnell Arthur bucu, cnarged with tinting a gun at another. He Is ated to have a hearing Friday Ifore Justice of the Peace Joseph felton,, .. . -.vines Insured to 15000.00 are Lrnlrg 3hi at Salem Federal, 130 loutb Liberty. In' a news article yesterday about death of Edwin F. Craven at Garibaldi Wednesday morning the lame erroneously appeared as Ed- Lard Craven. The funeral service Is be held at Tillamook Friday at o:30 am.,, with, concluding services Pioneer cemetery at Rlckreall. Special short method In teaching area shorthand will be used for the beginners' class In shorthand tartlng Monday at the Capital Bus iness College. Phone 5987. 09 Optometrists do not have to pay lenewal license fees while they are In military service, the attorney feeneral ruled today. Give your furs the "best": store them in pur cold storage vault. Foreman's. Ph. 9448. 99 A musical program will be given foy . the Roberts grange Saturday night under the direction of Mrs. oy. J.. Rice, lecturer. Pupils from Ithe Roberts and Halls Ferry schools will give the program. Candidates nre to be given an opportunity for I Introduction, The grange will be hosts to all residents of the com- fmunlty. . Lute. Florist. P. 9592. 1378 N. Lib. Enlisting In the navy in Portland I yesterday were Boyd E. Hartman, Donald; V. Curtis and Raymond C. Stofer, all- of Salem and Julius L. I Neilsen, Corvallls. ' Call. Willamette Valley Roof Co. - - .- tf Marriage licenses have been Is sued at Vancouver, Wash., to Ver non Saffer, El Paso, Tex., and Ruth pahlman, Salem, and to James Munro and Josephine Laffln, both of Sheridan," Find Just the right gift for your mother at The Moderne. 97 The' state board f or vocational education; will open a class here Monday to train women for aviation sheet metal work. Twenty women will be enrolled In the first' class. first of. its kind ever to be held In the county. The women will be trained for the Boeing Aircraft com pany In Seattle. Experienced waitress at the Quelle The Chemeketans will engage In heir annual spring housecleanlng and fuel gathering expedition this coming week-end at their cabin on Whitewater, creek. While the trip Is primarily for the purpose of work,. It Is expected time will be found tor those so Inclined to en Joy hiking, fishing or skiing. Since a thief raided the cabin some weeks ago and stole all of the silverware, It will be necessary for those mak ing the trip to bring their own knives, forks and spoons. Registra tion should be made at the Sena tor, hotel. The leader will be Vir ginia Wells'. - Normagene Howe now at Cinder ella Beauty Salon. P. 7823. 97 In the Interests of this year's activities at the Silver Creek re creational area, motion pictures taken during: the 1941 outings are elng shown through Polk and Mar lon counties by Mrs. Leif Bergsvik and Carl Qrelder, The latter, as physical director of the Y is ex pected to be In charge of most of the camping activities of the area. The pictures have been shown In all of the public schools of Salem except senior high, In Silverton, West Salem and Monmouth. They will be shown before the Dallas Chamber of Commerce Friday and In the schools of that community, They will visit the Aumsville PTA Friday night and Monday night the films will be shown to the Leslie PTA, The camping season will open June 28 with the younger boys. Old-time Revival every nite, Pll f rim chapel, 978 Market. Welcome. 105 Rummage sale, Parish house, 550 hemeketa, April 24 and 25. 97' E. C. Grady of Los Angeles ar rived in Salem today to take over the district managership for the Standard Oil company in Marlon and Polk counties, succeeding W. A. McFee, who has been manager here the past four years and has been ordered to return to California. Grady has taken his residence at 1698 State street where the retiring man ager haa been residing. Everyone admires Needletuft Bed spreads; white or In colon. Just un packed In new patterns. Better Bedding Store, lit N. High. 97 All members of the county court were out of the city today. Com missioner Smith and Engineer Hubbs were at Dallas attending a Istrict meeting of county Judges nd commissioners from this sec tion. Commissioner Girod was in Portland at a conference with offi cials on the asphalt situation as to likely developments lor the coming season in road building. County Judge Grant Murphy, was still on his eastern Oregon trin a snMtai state deputy for the Odd Fellows, expecting to be back tomorrow morning. Beautiful and unusual Mother's Day cards for your selection at The Moderne. . .97 A telegram has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hughes, that Jack Hughes, well known Salem resident, who has been 111 at Chey enne, Wyo., for several months has returned to the hospital there and that his condition was considered serious. Hughes left the hospital about two weeks ago and was re moved to the home of his daugh ter, Mrs. Marlon Jackson. At the time he was considerably Improved and had been able to take a few rides In a car about the city. The telegram gave no other details as to the relapse necessitating his re turn to the hospital. ' Gladys Howard's new re-weaving service at Miller's . will save you many dollars by re-weavlng moth holes, burned places, worn spots, etc. In your valuable apparel, drapes, etc, If It is a Job of any kind In re- weavlng, see Miss 'Howard at once. 98 The state department of agricul ture announced today It has closed a Jam and Jelly factory In Multno mah county because of unsanitary conditions. For Home Loans see Salem Fed eral, .130 South Liberty. H. C. Johnson, four-county co ordinator for the Camp Adair can- tonment, will be the speaker Friday noon at a Joint meeting of the Sa lem retail trade bureau and the Salem Realty board. Azaleas 10 kinds. Many In bloom. Knight Pearcy Nursery, 375 S. Liberty. - 97' C. F. Jenner, 555 North Winter, reported to the police that his au tomobile was broken Into last night while parked at home and an In dian blanket stolen. tmK. F.H.A. nnH nfhpr loans. Rich L. Relmann, 167 S. High. Ph. 9203 Charles Charlton, former first aid car captain who enlisted In the navy, is home on a short furlough and wearing, a marine corps uni form. Charlton, who passed third highest in his district, now has the rating of pharmacist's mate first class and is assigned to the marine corps with a, medical .detachment. All tvnea' of building materials may still be had. Phone 9183, Copeland Yards, for lumber, hard ware, nalnt. etc. . ' 97 Ambulance Corps Rummage Sale. 341 N. Commercial,. Friday,- Sat. 97 Governor Charles A. Sprague will address the Northwest Regional conference of Girls Scouts at banquet at Eugene tonight. Scout leaders from Oregon, Washington, and Alaska (the "Big Tree" re gion), are attending the sessions. Mrs. Alan H. Means, national Girl Scout president from Salt Lake City, Is in charge of the conference. Dr. Moran, 158 S. Cottage, Chiro practic Physician. 97 Window shades cleaned, reversed, repaired. Relnholdt & Lewis, p. 8991. . 97 Mr. and Mrs. L. C. McShane have returned to Salem after a six months' visit with relatives and friends In their old home states of Ohio and Indiana, They report war Industry plants operating In high gear throughout that section of the country, the Increase In ac tivity since December 7 being pro nounced. : ) Cook Wanted: Man or woman! restaurant exo. preferred. Fry cook and sandwich work. Ph. 3347. Cootie club final dance of the season, V.F.W. hall, Friday. .98 Maccabees are entertaining sol diers at the Fraternal temple this evening. An hour's program starting at 8 o'clock will be followed by dancing. The Oregonian dance or chestra has been secured. This weekend Lilacs will be In full bloom at Schucklngs' Eola Acres. Drive out and see this beau tiful sight and, If you care to, make selections for your own plant ing. Salem-Dallas highway. 97 Rummage, Frl. & Sat. 463 Ferry. 98' Salem physicians and laymen In terested In the control and cure of tuberculosis are In - Portland Thursday and Friday attending the annual meeting of the Oregon Tu berculosis association. Dr. G. C. Bellinger, superintendent of the tu berculosis hospital presided during this afternoon's meeting while Tinkham Gilbert took part In the panel discussion. Mrs. George Moor head will discuss the tame element In connection with the annual sale of Christmas seals, Others in at tendance from Marion county are Dr, V. A. Douglas, Mrs, Olen Sceley, Miss Wlncfred Tolbert, Mrs. Bernlce Skinner, Miss Erma Plett, Mrs, Katherine Holderbaum and Miss Mary Flynn. Empire Builder Car Derailed Seattle, April 23 (IP) The rear car of the eastbbund Empire Build er, a lounge car, was derailed by a broken rail about 12:05 a.m. today near Monroe, east of Everett, the Great Northern offices here an nounced, No one was reported In jured. Service on the line was ex pected to be restored by noon to day. The lounge car went off the track and was pulled along over the ties a short distance, before tipping up at an angle. A aleeper car in front of it was detached, and the train' proceeded on eastward about two hours late. Only a few people were In the lounge car. The train left Seattle at 10:15 p.m. The derailment was two miles west of Monroe. Reign of Terror In Madagascar London, April 23 (IP) Agents of Vichy government were reported today to have Instituted a virtual reign of terror on the strategic French Island of Madagascar In their attempts to round up all sym pathizers with the Free French movement. , Dispatches to the Daily Express from Tananarive said Governor General Ai-mand Annet had arrest ed hundreds of De Gaulllsts on or ders from . Pierre Laval, . Vichy's new chief of government and pro ponent of collaboration with Ger many. Annet's own secretary as well as other members of the island admin istration were among those reported arrested. The situation on Madagascar is of concern here because the Island, situated off the east coast of Af rica, liesa athwart vital allied lines of communication with India and there has been speculation that the Japanese might try to gain a foot hold there. Annet was quoted recently as say ing the Island would be defended against any aggressor and the Ma dagascar radio has denied any Jap anese or German encroachment. The Dally Express dispatches to day, however, declared: "Madagascar is not being defend ed against Japanese infiltration and it cannot be defended against Jap anese invasion." Marion county's share of contri butions to relief money for April Is shown by statements from the state committee to be as follows: aid to dependent children, (2,408.20; aid to blind, $209,20; old age as sistance, $7,672.40.' Circuit Court Order by Judge McMahan In the case of Thomas McVay vs. W. P. Byars extends time of filing trans cript on appear to June 30. Answer and cross complaint have been filed by the defendant in the case of Stella B. Schaeffer vs. Leon ard E. Schaeffer along with a motion asking that the default order pre viously entered be set aside. Testi mony waa taken in the cue yester day afternoon by Judge McMahan after entry of the default order. The cross complaint alleges cruel and In human treatment. Trial by Jury before Judge Page was started today In the case of state vs. John Camden. Defendant Is charged with burglarizing the Daue drug store on South Commer cial street. Transcript from silverton Justice court binds Floyd Sundland over to the grand Jury on a charge of lar ceny In a dwelling, defendant al legedly taking a watch from the home of Inez Coker, 1127 Hlnes St., Salem. Release of an Income tax lien has been filed by the state tax com mission in the matter of Van Svarv erud, release being from 97.26. Transcript of Judgment from Sa lem Justice court has been filed in the case of Valley Credit Service vs. Ed M. Fussell. Order renewing lien filed June 10, 1032, has been entered in the case of h. A. Coates vs. L.1U10 Reveal. Complaint for. divorce alleging cruel and Inhuman treatment has been filed by Winona Duncan Clarke vs. Wayne A. Clarke. Plaintiff asks 25 a month for eight months as support money with attorney fee and costs and restoration of her former name, Winona Duncan. Complaint by Reber O. Allen and Rex Albright as trustees of the estate of William S. Jack vs. Martin C. and LUHe Monson seeks to collect S1B00 allegedly due on a note with Interest and 1130 attorney fee. I. R. Woods of Corvallls has been named attorney for the defendant in the case of Grace F. Borlgo vs. Ray H. Borlgo, the appointment be ing made under provisions of the sailors and soldiers civil relief act, the defendant being in military ser vice. Formal decree of divorce giving custody of a minor child to the de fendant with right of visitation by the plaintiff has been entered In the case of Kenneth W. Hunt, minor, by Estella Hunt, guardian ad litem, vs. Norma Lola Dugan Hunt. Probate Court Order in the M. Josephine Shanks guardianship requires Roy Harland to post 18000 additional guardian ship bond, the personal property having been estimated at 12500 when the estate was admitted to probate but was revealed by the Inventory to have a value of 10,230.37. Charles H. HeltMl has been named administrator of the estate of Henry A. Sen a per and Thomas A. Roberts, E. L. Scott and J. Allen appraisers. Deceased lived in Iowa and Included in his estate was an Interest In real property In Marlon county valued at 160. W. C. Winslow has been named Court News 1900,000 Nazi Reserves Sent Against Soviet v (Continued from page 1) barred civilians from Normandy's coastal roads between 7:30 p. m. and 6 a. m. leaving the clear assump tion that any person abroad in the forbidden hours would be a British commando or other foe, subject to being shot on sight. - On the Russian war front, Soviet dispatches reported that the Ger man armies in the Ukraine, heavily battered in recent weeks, had aban doned their counter-attacks and changed tactics to a defense of for tified positions. The significance 6f this lay in well-informed military predictions that Hitler's long-heraldec offensive would strike Its heaviest blows on .the southern flank, in a drive to ward the oil-rich Caucasus. Now, according to the Russians, the Ger mans' preliminary "feeler" thrusts have been crushed and the nazis forced back on the defensive. Russian dispatches also reported that on the central (Moscow) front, at Yukhnov, thousands of nazis bodies had been found when the melting snows uncovered a huge pit in the central square of the town. Hitler's field headquarters report ed "successful" German offensive operations on the northern (Lenin grad) and central fronts,, and asser ted that Finnish troops in Karelia, north of Leningrad; had beaten off 150 red army attacks in 10 days with a toll of 14,000 Russians killed. Naval Staff lor South Pacific Allied Headquarters, Australia. April 23 Wr Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary announced today the make up of a 14-man naval staff for Allied forces in the southwest Pa cific, headed by Capt. Cary Jones of the V. S. navy. Ten other American office will serve under Captain Jones, the chief of staff. One Netherlands East Indies officer and two Aus tralians are on the list. Tile staff Includes: Capt. J. H. Carson, Comm. (sup, ply corps) A. A. Antrim, Command- ers M. R. Kelley,' B. C. Hudson and J. H. Shultz and Lieutenant Com manders E, T. Neale, H. J. Martin, B. B. C. Lovett, J, D. L. Grant and R. L. Taylor, all of the United States navy; Capt. F. E. Getting of the Royal Australian navy; Command er G. B. Salm of the Royal N. E. I. navy and Wing Commander G, Packer Royal of the RAAF. administrator of the estate of Sid ncy B. Elliott -and T. A. Roberts, Charles Evans and Roy Harland ns appraisers. The estate Is valued as In excess of 91600. Heirs at law are listed as Mrs. F. M. Burks. Kails- pell, Mont., and Mrs. J. H. Martin, Kansas City, Mo., sisters, and W. F. isinott, an Antonio, Texas, nrotner. TJrlin S. Page has been named ad ministrator of the 930,000 estate, of his father. U. S. Page and W. E. Hanson, W. I. Needham and T. M. Hicks as appraisers. Heirs listed are Theresa M. Page, Salem, widow; Ur- nn a. page, auverton, and l. Kim ball Page, Portland, sons. Hearing on petition of Mrs. Louise Wegner, Silverton, for appointment 01 a guardian lor Charles f. wcg ner has been set for May 8. Appraisal of S932.56 has been made on the estate of Addle O. Volga more by Charlie Canowy, Mert Egan ana jonn Anaerson, Annual account of Berhlco Walters as guardian for Lloyd A. Walters shows receipts and disbursements of 9360. Edwin A. Taylor, son, has been named administrator of the 92500 estate of Martha Taylor and George h. Riches. Jacob Fuhrer and T. H Galloway as appraisers. Heirs are listed as Edwin A. Taylor, Mehama, ana jkivio m. -royiar, auverton, soni; Ma Dei Mi ratton, Men a ma, uaugnter, Justice Court Plea of guilty entered by Charles R. Colvin to a charge of violating me aiHie motor transportation act; fined 910 and costs. Plea of guilty entered by Bonnie uarnn ana Aiacn ti. Moareii charges of combined overload; both continued to April 25 for sentence. Order of dismissal In the case of state, ex rel Ann Erwert against Roy Burgess, an affiliation proceeding, on grounds or insufficient evidence. Trial set for Frldav at 10 o'clock for Charles E. Austin, charged with driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of Intoxicating liquor, Police Court Violation of the basic spei rule: Ronald B. Brooks, Sheridan; ball sa.ao. Drlvlnff a motor vehicle while un der the influence of Intoxicating li quor; Martin Heiaer, 470 norm Lauren. . Violation of traffic stop signs: Al ice uiiara, 024 soutn 20 tn. Vagrancy: Daniel McCarthy, Craw fordsvllle, Ind. Marriage Licenses flltnn n VtilnsAi- it lahnr.. arl Josle Young, 60, housewife, 'both John William Kuhen." legal, sol dler, E. Ravoma Cnrruth. letral. lln en mill worker, route 6, both Salem. Dallas A marrlaee llconne was ls sued Tuesday afternoon to William Lawrence Kolpak, 22, and Sylvia An gel I ne Klser, 10, both of Hosklns. uregon. Sclo License to wed recently was tssued at Albany to William J. Hooker, 18. and Aldea Boucher, 30, McNary Offers Bill For Crop Alcohol , Washington, April 33 (IP) Sena tor McNary (R., Ore.) asked con gress today- to authorize construc tion and operation of plants to pro duce .alcohol for war purposes from grain and other surplus farm crops and from forest products, He Introduced a bill (S2474) to authorize the Reconstruction Fin ance Corporation to make loans to finance and operate such plants. McNary said he was convinced from studies made by a subcom mittee of the agriculture commit tee, of which he is a member, that alcohol .could be, produced from farm and forest products. "In the Pacific northwest we have a large supply of surplus wheat and, at times, surplus of Irult, berries and other farm crops and forest wastes which could be prof itably utilized." Land Denounces Delay on Ships Washington., April 23 (U.B Chair man Emory S. Land of the marl- time commission charged today that "Infernal agitation" among shipyard workers and delays In deliveries of steel plate are retarding the ship building program. "This infernal agitation' is going around Jn every. body's head about whether it should be a closed or open shop, or, whether they should join this or that union," Land told the senate committee in vestigating the war program, He called for "stabilization of la bor relations sometimes known as freezing relations." When he asserted that the ship building program could be SO per cent ahead of present production, Sen. Harold H. Burton (R., CO, ask ed whether "loafing" was respons ible for the lag. "It certainly has a bearing on It," Land replied. "One of my pet peeves Is loafing In the yards. We have got to build up morale and that Includes everybody from man agement to labor.". . ' "That brings up the qestlon whe ther morale should be built up by legislation or whether we should go to other factors," Burton said. "I don't care how it Is done as long as we stabilize relations," Land said. "I want ships." Oreaon Caves Yield Relics Philadelphia, April 23 U.R Evi dence of early man's transition from spear thrower to use the bow and arrow has been found In eastern Oregon caves, Prof. L. S. Cressman, head of the University of Oregon's department of anthropology, told opening sessions at the Ameiican Philosophical society's annual three day meeting today. Dr. Cressman said that the Ore- gon caves also yielded fragments of colled basketry, which "must have been brought in by migratory peo- pies." His paper, "Cave and lake bed cultures of south central Ore gon, In the northern great basin,1 also dealt with discoveries made in "the bed of an ancient lake." "The bed of an ancient lake," he said, "has given us three hori zons: (1) the oldest, when horse, camel and some elephant-like ani mal slaked their thirst at the dwindling water holes and were hunted by man; (2) a second, about the shore line when the lake was beginning to refill about 4,000 years ago; and (3) the historic Modoc cul ture about the modern shore line, dating about the beginning of the Christian era." National 40 Mile Speed Limit Looms Washington, April 23 (U.R) Warn Ing to motorists: conserve your tires; drive below 40 miles per hour or you won't be permitted to have gasoline. With gasoline rationing immin ent, this was the penalty under consideration In the senate military affairs committee today as an effec tively of forcing America's 30,000, 000 car owners to stop burning up rubber In high speed travel. After hearing top officials of the army, WPB, and petroleum coor dinator's office, the committee ask ed Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson to draft legislation fixing a national 40-mlIc speed Urn. ft. FDR's Mother Left $1,089,872 Estate . Poughkcensle, N. Y., April 23 MP) Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, mother of the president, left a net estate estimated at $1,089,872, a New York state transfer tax appraisal showed today. This figure was reached after de duction of funeral and administra tive expenses and debts totaling (38,489. A state tax of 148,431 was Imposed. Under a will probated earlier, President Roosevelt receives nine '.nths of the entire estate and his mother's Hyde Park, N. Y., prop erty, Centenarian Passe Silverton, Ore., April 23 (IP) Mrs. A. O. Legard, 88, Silverton, today learned of the death of her mother In Mauston, Wis. She said her mother, Mrs, Sara Hauen, was 104, Hormone Acts Like Magic on Grain Crops Memphis, Tenn., April 23 (U.R) A powerful hormone that has increas ed production of some crops as much at 100 per cent, was described before the 103rd annual meeting of the American Chemical society here today. The new compound levulinlc acid has produced remarkable In creases in yields, of ' cotton, corn, oats, alfalfa, soybeans, cow peas, beets and grasses, according to W. W. Moyer, of the A. E. Staley Man ufacturing Co., Decatur, 111., who said the product "promises to find Its greatest field of usefulness In agriculture." .Levulinic acid has been known for more than 70 years, but only recent ly has it been produced commer cially. . It also has been found to be useful in the manufacture of special dyes for coloring plastics, and Is an ideal metal cleaner. However, the outstanding discov ery, Moyer said, was Its ability to stimulate the growth of important agricultural plants. The method of application Is to soak or dust the seed before plant ing or to dust the plants at the flowering stage. . At a leading agricultural experi ment station it : was found that treating the seed increased the cot- ton yield by 650 pounds per acre and that treating the seed and dusting the flowers Increased It by 750 pounds per acre. Oats showed Increases of 20 and 30 per cent, respectively; alfnlfa, 50 per cent; soybeans, over 40 per cent; cow peas, 33 per cent', and grasses 12 per cent. In beets the yield was more than doubled. Brand Stresses Free Learning The right of free hearing, the free flow of Information should be the watchword of the country and not so much that of free speech, an Idea that has been much abused In recent 'years, asserted Justice James T. Brand as he discussed some of the problems confronting the average citizen during a talk before. the Salem Lions club today. "People won't fight for the right to talk or for a slogan for any great length of time,' he added. "Liberty, however, is a weapon which may be used toward the dissemination, of Ideals. The free flow of facts to the minds of the people is of everlasting importance." While admitting the correctness of the theory that ."machines will win the war,? Judge Brand pointed out that It takes men to build them. "No single man or group of men can turn this country Into a flock of sheep," he declared and added "that they must know why they fight. Judge Brand said he felt sure that the American people had gotten down to earth and were now con sidering the real weaknesses and the real strengths In the present struggle. . Funeral Services For Mrs. James Imlah Funeral services will be held Fri day for Mrs. Jennie C. Imlah, late resident of Rt. 1, Box 12S, Salem. Mrs. Imlah passed away Wednesday at a local hospital, and services will be held from the chapel of Clough Barrlck company at 2 o'clock Fri day. Rev. W. Irwin Williams will of ficiate. Mrs. Imlah was born In Jasper county, Missouri, Nov. 12, 1876, the daughter of Elijah and Sophia A, Nelson. She came to Oregon In 1905, and has lived near Salem since that time. She was the last surviving charter member of the Wallace Road Swcetbriar Sewing club, and was alio a member of the Chadwlck chapter No. 37 of the Order of East ern Star, and the White Shrine of Jerusalem. Ritualistic services will bo given by the Chadwlck chapter of O.E.S, She Is survived by husband, James Imlah of Salem; daughter Mrs. Frances Angle of Oakland, Calif.; son, Lawrence Imlah of Salem; two sisters, Mrs. W. C. Ward and Mrs Fred Gardner, both of Portland, and four grandchildren. Air Alarms Sounded Twice Over Denmark Stockholm, Sweden, April 23 (U.R) Two waves of bombers swept over Copenhagen shortly after midnight In the first attack on the Danish capital since July, 1940, and were met by anti-aircraft fire which sent 50 persons to hospitals, It was re ported here today. Tho raiders, flying at high alti tudes, twice sent residents to air raid shelters where one aged man died of apoplexy but so far as could be learned here no bombs were dropped on the city. Alarms also sounded at many oth er points in Denmark, Hundreds ot anti-aircraft guns kept up a steady barrage, but ap parently none of the planes were shot down. Shell duds and splinters crashed In the streets and on roof tops, however, and Injured 50 per sons, The gunfire was so heavy that watchers on the Swedish coast near est Denmark believed that heavy bombs were falling. ' Oregon Auto Dealers Show 75 Percent Loss Portland, April 33 (U.R) Oregon motor vehicle dealers showed a sales loss of 75 per cent in March as compared with March of last year, It was announced here today. Independent retailers as a whole, however, showed a 10 per cent In crease for both March and the first three months of this year over the same 1941 period. Apparel stores gained 48 per cent, furniture stores, 20 per cent and the lumber-bulld-lng-hardware group, 19 per cent, figures for March showed. Sugarless Week Starts Next Monday No sugar at all is to be sold in Salem or elsewhere next week, which Is from Monday, April 27, through Saturday, May 2. This was. announced here today by A. H. Zlnsley, who has been appoint ed sugar rationing registrar for Sa lem. Notwithstanding published infor mation in the newspapers very few grocers, restaurant operators, can. ners and institutions that are users of sugar have yet applied at the Salem high school building for their rationing blanks, Mr. Zlnsley said, and tomorrow Is the last day on which they can do so. He said to day that no canners and no insti tutions at all have applied and only about 50 out of possibly 125 gro cers In the district. The order ap plies to everyone except housewives. The hours for application tomor raw are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Having secured the blanks they are to be taken away and filled out, then back to the registrar's office next Tuesday or Wednesday and signed by the owner or man ager of the establishment in the presence of the registrar. They cannot be mailed. Sugar rationing Is scheduled to start May 4 In spite of all argu ments about whether or not it is ne cessary. At that time the Ameri can people will make their first ac quaintance with the ration card, an acquaintance that is to grow closer in the months ahead. The starting sugar ration is to limit every man, woman and child to one-half pound a week for the first two weeks. That limit may be raised later, depending on supply, but It probably will not rise above one pound a week. Threat to Madras Disappears Madras, India, April 23 (P) The Madras government announced to day It had decided to bring back essential government offices, which had been moved inland, saying "the immediate threat to Madras City has now disappeared." (Recent transfer of many of the Madras offices and much of the population to Inland points coin cided with Prime Minister Churc hill's announcement in London that a large Japanese naval force, head ed by three battleships, was roving the Bay of Bengal, (The return to the important coastal city follows Intimations from India and Britain yesterday that al lied sea and air power In the de fense of India was Increasing.) (On Tuesday Oen. Sir Archibald P. Wavell, commander in chief for India and Burma, said the time "may not be far distant" when the United Nations would have the sea power to drive the Japanese out of the Indian ocean.) Asks Indian Aid In Winning War New Delhi, April 23 (IP) Louis Johnson, President Roosevelts en voy to India, told the people of In dla in a broadcast today that the goal of allied victory miut come first, and pledged that after that the United States would put her loftiest ideals into the solution of world problems. He asked India's help In winning the war. "There is no goal for us and for you," he said, "except victory, and In that victory may I say on behalf of tho president of the United States that we propose to bring to tho problem ot eventual peace, no less than to the battlefield of the immediate war, our aroused con science, our highest resolves and our loftiest Ideals. "To those high ends we have de dlcatcd our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor." Alien Curfew Test is Near Portland, April 23 VP) A test ot the validity of the enemy alien curfew order ncarcd today follow' ing indictment of Mlnoru Yasul, Amcrlcan-born Japanese, by a fed eral grand Jury yesterday, Ynsul. from Hood River, recent ly surrendered to Portland police after hours to test the order's le gality. OVCK SCAR'S I jii oncaon , BLDQ TCLK927I DR WILL J.I THOtni OPTOmCTWlT I Born I Lieut. Putnam Memorial Services Held Brief but impressive memorial ser vices for Lieut. Rex Putnam, who waa killed during the course of duty as an aviator in the United States army, were held at the First Meth odist church this forenoon. Taking his text from Eccleslastes, "I will remember my covenant which I made with thee in the days of thy youth and I will establish it unto eternity," Dr. J. c. Harrison declared that lives such as that of Rex Putnam were not for the early twenties but that "principles for which they lived and die are for eternity." He then quoted from Vic tor Hugo's Les Miserablcs where the bishop says "It is not which you re ceive but which you give that makes you rich." Speaking of the things and con ditions which Rex had been able to enjoy during his life, Dr. Harrison pointed to the home life of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Putnam, Sr.; the public schools and three years at Willamette; the "church of the Living God" and the "privilege of be ing a citizen of the country for which he lived and for which he gave up his life." Rev. George H. Swift, rector of Saint Paul's Episcopal church, read the scripture passage and offered prayer for the young aviator. Rich ard Barton, baritone, sang two so los. No additional information con cerning the death of Lieut. Putnam has been received here. It is known he was engaged in the ferrying of airplanes to the Far East at the time of his death. Lumber Wage Arbitration Salt Lake City, April 23 (IP) Only two or five issues in the dispute be tween representatives of Washing ton and Oregon lumber companies and the ClO-Internatlonal Wood workers of America remain to be settled, Prof. N. P. Fcinslnger, spe cial representative of the war labor board, said as arbitration hearings opened today. Prof. Felnsinger, dean of the University ot Wisconsin law school, said they were wages and vacations and that the two sides have agreed on grievance procedure, union se curity and "make ready" time. One hundred and forty-two companies employing approximately 40,000 lumber workers are Involved. Worth Lowery ot Seattle, union president, represents the Union. Dr. Vernon Jensen, assistant professor of economics at Colorado university, Is arbiter. He will hear testimony and then make recommendations to the war board. Prof. Felnsinger did not explain what the agreed terms were. "It Is a great accomplishment for the Industry to reconcile its differ ences In this way," he told reporters, Man Dies at Wheel, Near Wreck Occurs Colorado Springs, Colo., April 23 (IP) Ivan Lee Marsteller, driving over the perilous Ute canyon road yesterday, died of a heart attaevk. His body slumped over the hand brake. His foot lodged under the brake pedal. Unable to move him or stop the car, Mrs. Marsteller grabbed the steering wheel and swerved the car Into the canyon wall. She escaped serious injury. A fIN! STRAIGHT INDIANA BOURBON, RECOMMENDED TOR MELLOW SMOOTHNESS . AND RICH OUALIiy lamiB ft IVAM l.OUOt tOlh M IIAttCIICO.OUt. Mil WHISKEyranJ