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The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon Nine . Locals '( .Tuesday max. 74, mln, 55. Riv er today '53 Mr. an Mrs. C. E, Forbls of Sal m Heights received a cable gram Monday from their son, First Lieutenant Bill K. Chap man, that he had arrived safely in Australia. They also received word from their son, Aviation Cadet Carl J. Chapman, that he was graduating as an upper classman from the Mira Loma flight academy May 26, and will be moved to a new location for advanced training. Both men are graduates from Salem high school and attended University of Oregon and Willamette uni versity. 1 1 , ; Finnish baths, massages, 1590 N. Capitol. 120 The state board of control 'today accepted the city of Ba ker's gift of its $40,000 natator- im for use as a national guard rfftmory. The slate plans to make some minor repairs immediate ly, and after the war will con vert It into an armory for na tional guardsmen stationed at Baker. .. ,. , Party favors, corsages and cut flowers. We deliver. Schucklng's Eola Acres. Ph. 5730. 120 The Chemawa grange plans a social night tonight with the pro gram in charge of Mrs. Francis co. Refreshments will follow the program. At the last meeting of the grange Mrs. Demma Bur nell resigned and W. C. Savage was elected master, W. J. Ettner succeeded him as overseer. Savings Insured to $5000.00 are earning 3 at Salem Fed eral. 130 South Liberty. Mrs. Harold Zosel, Salem Jindergarten instructor, with Mrs. Vernon Douglas and Mrs. Jean Rich assisting in the trans portation of pupils who appear ed in a program of rhythm band selections and singing at the Lincoln school. Lutz Florist. 1276 N. Liberty. Lyle D. Johnson, Salem, and Alvin D. Smith, Corvallis, en listed yesterday in the navy at Portland. For Home "Loans see Salem Federal, 130 South Liberty. Marriage licenses' have been Issued at .Vancouver, Wash., to George Pappandrew, 546 North High and Alta Wimmer, 1020 Tile road, both of Salem; Wil liam Stark, 1272 State street 4gnd Dorothy Hartzell, 405 Mar- M 1 1L I CI 1 X. -M Peterson, Independence and Mildred Simpson, Monmouth. Governor Charles A. Sprague today appointed Guy Ellis, La Grander to the state board of barber' examiners, succeeding Lester Thouvenel, who resigned May 12. Ellis will serve until March 2, 1944. The state highway commission announced today it would meet in Portland June 4. to open bids on; -15 highway projects costing about $1,500,000. The list, to be made public late today, is ex pected to include the widening and relocation of the Pacific highway west in the Corvallis area. . J George W. Koski, of Salem, at tne Portland air base, has been promoted to sergeant. ;: John Stewart, who' lives at 143 Court, recently found on the highway between Hubbard and Woodburn an Interesting old United States history textbook. It is the Quackenbos history and was published in 1877. On an inside page in a schoolboy scrawl is the. name Earl Haack, but no address. The front part of the book is pasted full of old poems clipped from newspapers and magazines. Clarence Dykes was arraigned In police court today and enter ed a plea of innocent to a charge of larceny of $56 from Mrs. Jpeorge Smith, 1120 Center street. He will have a prelim inary hearing this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The case is being han dled In police court because of the absence of Justice of the Peace Joseph B.- Felton. Mrs. Smith told police that she ac- Unionvale Mr. and Mrs. John S. Coomler entertained the Dayton Townsend club at their home Monday evening, with 38 members present. Ford Delano, attorney of Salem, was the Peaker, after dinner. Mr. and Irs. Phegley furnished sever al violin and banjo duets throughout the evening. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charl es Andrews. Toiwnsend Clubs cepted a ride with Dykes to a grocery store and that she miss ed her purse when she returned home, and claims evidence that the. purse was later seen in Dykes' car. . " . Preparatory for the 1942 pack ing season, the California Pack ing corporation is engaging in new construction totaling more than $10,000. Building permits were issued to the firm today for the construction of a boiler room to cost $8700, a waste disposal bin to cost $1500 and a veget able storage bin to cost $900, all at 1310 Mill street. Twenty-eight members of Boy Scout troop No. 8 of the First Presbyterian church, attended a showing at the Chamber of Commerce of motion pictures concerning Camp Philmont in New Mexico. The camp will be in operation in August. R. R Ruddiman, executive for Cas cade area council, will be among those attending the camp from the northwest. Monroe Cheek, Hollis Hunt ington and Ronald Jones have been placed in the running for the - presidency of the Salem Lions club by the nominating committee. Other candidates on the slate include Estill Brunk, Walter Dry and Ed Schreder, first vice-president; Floyd Mill er, Ed Majek, Harry Willett, second vice-president; Jake Fuhrer, L. M. Ramage, LaVerne Young, third vice - president; Floyd Bowers, Paul Petticord, Faye Rice, L. J. Steart, Doug Yeater and Waldo Zeller, direc tors, with two to be elected. Miss Joy Hills, head of the social sci ence department of Salem high school, will address the Lions Thursday noon on the subject "We Plan for the Future." Mrs. Claryne Starr today re ceived a telegram from her son, Bill Bentson, who is with the American expeditionary forces in Australia, saying that he is well and enjoying himself. When a truck that carried a keg full of roofing tacks passed over a South Pacific grade cross ing on Chemeketa street Mon day evening the keg was' burst asunder and tacks strewn along Chemeketa from 12th to 24th street. It was necessary for po licemen to stand guard and shoo automobiles away from the tacks to prevent an emergency punc ture situation; Fred Davenport, 1862 North Winter, an Invalid, was over come by gas last night and was revived by first aid. He said he had turned on the gas to heat water for a bath and was over come before he could apply match. He was found by his wife who had been away from the house for a time. v Dr. G. C. Bellinger, superin tendent of Oregon State Tuber culosis hospital, reports, to the police that boys have been break ing into a house that he owns at 419 South 19th. Joe D e v e r s , Jr., will leave Thursday for Portland to report for army duty. He was inducted into service Monday, May 11, but was given a 10-day furlough to close up some law business. Joe, Jr., . and Helen, his wife, this Week' invested their joint savings, amounting to $1,000, in U. S. defense bonds. Before be ing called Joe tried to enlist but was rejected because of eye impairment. Pvt. Milton M. James of Che mawa, Ore., who is stationed at Camp Wallace, Tex.; has been selected to attend the coast ar tillery officer candidate school at Camp Davis, N.C., according to an announcement of Camp Wallace officials. Upon success ful completion of a course of approximately three months, Pvt. James will be commission ed a second lieutenant in the coast artillery corps of the Unit ed States army. The selection also means a promotion to the rank of corporal while he is at tending the school. Pvt. James will report to Camp Davis May 25. , ; - Three local boys, two from Salem, today graduated from the air corps technical school at Bl loxi, Miss., following a 19-weeks course which qualifies them to serve as airplane mechanics Graduating were Pvt. Herbert Louis Hammann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grover L. Hamann, route 7. box 374. Salem; Pvt. Roy James Rice. Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy J. Rice, route 3, box 672. Salem and Pvt. Floyd Wil liam Russell, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Wilson, Independence route 2, box 14. Mrs. Roy S. Keene will tell of her experiences during the bombing of Pearl Harbor at a civilian defense meeting to be held at the Mill City theatre at 8 o'clock tonight. Bryan Con- ley, county coordinator, will give an account of what has happened to date and also fur ther information as to plans for the future. Rev, J. S. Holladay, Presby terian, missionary, will visit his father and sister, E. C. Holladay and Miss Helen of Salem, begin ning Thursday of this week. The missionary and his family, along with 50 others escaped from Thailand shortly after the outbreak of the war with Japan. They crossed the mountains into Burma and were in Rangoon when that city was severely bombed. They reached Brook lyn, N.Y., March 22 and came west to visit relatives. They have spent several days in Al bany with a sister. Rev. Holla day has taken over the pastor ate of a church in Illinois. Deputy Sheriff Pittengcf, making his rounds of the jail yesterday afternoon, discovered some bricks which had been loosened but neatly replaced. As a result Ronald Gifford, youthful ex-convict being held to the grand jury on a larceny charge, is biding his time in sol itary confinement. Assumed business name has been filed with the county clerk by Eunice Simmons for Bishop Photographers, 520 State street. Registrations are now being taken for the . vacation Bible school, which will be held at the First Presbyterian church from June 1 to 12. Parents of children from 4 to 14 years of age who are interested in having t h e i r children attend the school are asked to call the church office at 9234. The school which is held at the church each year, serves the children of the community as well as those of the church and last year had an enrollment of 250. Don Douris, youth director at the church, says plans are being made for a capacity enrollment this year, with Bible study, craftwork, re creation and movies on the daily program running from 9 a.m. until noon each day. Court News Circuit Court Motion to strike has been filed in the case of S. P. and Robert Math eny vs. Robert D, Lampkin and others. . Trial of the damage action of Wheeler vs. Miller Mercantile com pany was resumed today in Judge McMahan's court after a day's re cess due to Illness of a witness yes terday. It was expected to run over into tomorrow as plaintiff had just completed her case with close of court this morning. Demurrer has been filed to the complaint in the case of Barbara P. McJury vs. Russell Mc Jury. Default decree of divorce was granted today by Judge McMahan in the case of Joseph G. vs. Eva Mc- Cune. . Motion for continuance has been denied in the case of Otto F. Dur ant vs. -Roy Raines and it will go to trial as soon as the case now oh trial in Judge McMahan's department is concluded. Default testimony without a jury was taken this morning and Judg. ment for $347.75 granted in favor of the plaintiff. Order has been filed in the case of Credit Bureaus, Inc., vs, Claude C. . Britton directing the county treasurer to pay over to' the plain tiff $19.99' received on execution. Divorce decrees granted yester day afternoon were as follows: Do lorese vs. Bernard William GUggan, lump sum alimony of $100 granted, payable at rate of $25 a month; No rella P. vs. Chester F. Smith, name of Norella F. Deacon restored to plaintiff; Llda Thornly vs. Eugene Thornley, custody of three children to plaintiff with $17.50 a month for support of each, $500 lump sum ali mony and half interest in real pro perty; Belle vs. Frank Stiers, custody of three children to plaintiff and $15 a month support money, with ownership of . household furnish ings; Alberta S. vs. Arthur H. Bahn son. decree; Theis vs. Arthur O. Matherly, certain property to plain- tin. Settlement on stipulation has been entered in the case of Archie Bones vs. Robert J, and Zola L. Hen-all. Answer has been filed in the case of Rex C Alsman and others vs. Paul Woodroflo and others. Complaint for divorce by Donna E. vs. Hugn Li, Tuttie alleges cruel and Inhuman treatment and asks restoration of former name of Don na E. Beall to plaintiff. They were married at Sweet Home Dec. 28, 1940 Probate Court Final decree has been granted C O. Rice as administrator of the es tate of Herbert Felscnsteln, Police Court Violation of the basic speed rule: George Leek, 555 South 19th. Vagrancy: James Dawson, tran slent; Robert Kennedy, Huntington Park, Cam. Held for U.S. Indian authorities: John Whiz, Cento.- Marriaee Licenses Frank R. Williams. 27. radio tech nlclal, route 1 Canby, and Isobcl Slaughter, 19, domestic, Rt. 1 Mo-lalla. Himmler Chief In Netherlands London, May 20 U.R Hein- rich Himmler, chief of the dread German gestapo, has been made supreme police chief in' The Netherlands in a new German attempt to crush the spirit of the Dutch people, Stockholm press dispatches reported to day. United Nations sources report ed that the Germans planned soon to incprporate The Nether lands into Germany as a prov ince to be called Niederark, and it was asserted that the Ger mans had shot 15 Belgian and five French patriots because other men had opposed the Ger man regime. It was reported also that the Germans had sent Dr. Didrick Akup Seip, rector of Oslo uni yerslty and visiting professor of the University of Minnesota, to Poland under a sentence of hard labor, and that Vichy authorities had arrested 19 French patriots at Roanne, in the Vichy area, "communists." Allies Adopt New War Slogan Washington, May 20. (U.R) Members of the Pacific war council today adopted a new slogan for the United Nation war effort in the far east "Japan for the Japanese." Walter Nash, New Zealand minister, announced the. slogan after an hour arid' a half meet ing of the council with Presi dent Roosevelt. . At the same time Nash paid tribute to Brig. Gen. James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle for leadership of the American air raid on Japan. "We will have to think up an other of the same type," Nash said after referring to the raid on Tokyo as a "magnificent ex ploit." The council members declined to give the author of the new war slogan. When reporters told them it sounded like President Roosevelt, they merely chuckled. Nash said the council received a general picture of the war in the Pacific and found the situ ation "not bad." May be No Reward For Tokyo Bomb Washington, May 20 (IP) The awards of cash or defense bonds which have been propos ed in various communities for the person who first bombed Tokyo may have to be devoted to some other purpose unless the army changes a rule that has stood for more than 30 years. Asked today if Brigadier Gen eral James H. Doolittle, who led the squadron of bombers which raided the Japanese mainland on April 18, and the 79 other fliers who participated might collect the prize funds, army officials said war department policy prevented such awards. Since 1909, they said regula tions have forbidden officers and enlisted men to accept money or other gifts for actions perform ed in the line of duty. These re gulations probably would apply to the raid on Japan, officials said, despite the fact that Doo little and his men were decorat ed for actions "above and be yond the call of duty." More Hostages Shot; Bombings Follow Vichy, May 20 (U.R) Two Par is establishments occupied by Germans were bombed, and a German officer was shot and se riously wounded in the last 24 hours while occupation authori ties executed eight more hos tages it was learned today. , German authorities In Paris announced they had shot "five eastern European Jews" in Paris in reprisal for an attack on a German soldiers and a dynamite attack on an occupied building May 10. , . . '. The assassination attempt was made by a boy described as about 17 years old. He shot a Ger man officer three times when he encountered him on the Conti quay behind the Notre Dame ca thedral. As the German fell, the youth fled' on a bicycle. Father Pleased Son Was in Raid Portland, May 20. W) Little more than a year ago, Lt. Rob ert S. Clever, who took part in the bombing of Tokyo, was a student at the University of Ore gon. , . He quit in March, 1941, to enlist, and was commissioned as a bombardier at Barksdale Field, La., in September.' "I was hoping he was in on that raid," said his father, C. C. Clever, foreman at a machine shop here. Continuation of '' "' Soldier's I n-Laws , from page 1 the bill became law. The scale of monthly pay ments for class "B" dependents provides for the government to pay $15 to a .dependent parent, $25 to two dependent parents, and $5 to disabled or depend ent brothers and sisters. To this would be added $20 from the service man's pay if he had no class "A" dependents, and $5 if he had class "A" dependents. A soldier having both classes of de pendents would have $25 deduct ed from his pay each month, Leaflet Raid On Vichy Area By Ralph Ilelnien Vichy, FranceMay 20 (U.R) British planes dropped American-printed leaflets over unoc cupied France during the night, containing a promise by Presi dent Roosevelt that all occupied French possessions would be re stored after the war. Wave after wave, to an obli- gato of anti-aircraft gunfire, the royal air force planes droned over the Vichy area showering their leaflets on town and coun tryside. All the leaflets bore the state ment that they were printed by the United States government and distributed by the British air forpe. The raid came at a time when Vichy sources claimed to have received reports that Britain might move soon against French Somaliland ' a n d government leaders were conferring on a serious clash between British and Vichy air and naval forces off Algeria, on the French North African coast. Chief of Government Pierre Laval, after hurrying here from Paris last night, conferred with Marshal Henri Philippe Petain on the Algerian clash, and pre sumably the Somaliland situa tion and the implication of the Anglo-American leaflet raid. Operetta Benefit for Casualty Station The Bush grade school casual ty station is to benefit from a program, "The - Adventures of Goldilocks," an operetta, to be given tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the school auditorium. The casualty station which has been established by the Marion county civil defense committee is in need of many articles, in cluding blankets of army size which may be old and patched, if clean; hand towels, wash bas ins, old sheets and pillow slips, clean old rags and four quart utensils. Any one of these ar ticles, plus nine cents, will con stitute the cost of admission. Primary children of the school constitute the cast of characters, including Mary Lee White as Goldilocks, Bobby McConville as Papa Bear, Georgia Walling as Mamma Bear and Don Riedel as Baby Bear. The operetta was prepared un der the direction of Bertha Allen Hazel Bean, Merl Dlmick, Orpha Mitchell, Loraine Meusey, Alice Inlow Polk and Mildred Wyatt, Scissors Turned on Men's Pajamas Washington, May 20 (U.R) The war production board today turned its scissors on men's pa jamas in the effort to save cloth. Clothing officials told an indus try advisory committee that a few inches could be taken off here and there to conserve thousands of yards of material. The WPB also suggested changes in styles, restricting pa jamas to possibly only three forms. The styles were believed to bo a collarless slip-over coat, a surplice coat which buttons in the front, and a "collarless sleep coat." The , latter was the WPB's phrase for the old-fash ioned nightgown. '; . Joe Singer Leaves Estate of $40,469 Joseph F. Singer, veteran ser-gcant-at-arms of the state house of representatives and doorkeep er , of the United States senate. who died in Portland April 18, left an estate valued at $40,469.. 93, of. which $22,489.83 was in cash, according to an appraisal filed in the Multnomah county probate court. The sole beneficiary is Harold I. Singer, a son. L. A. Raided by Gnats . Los Angeles, May 20 () Los Angeles was raided from the air yesterday by several mil lion gnaU, The insects swarmed the downtown district and made lifo miserable for shoppers and of fice workers. Junk Dealers To be Licensed ' Every waste dealer in the na tion today automatically became a federally-licensed operator, ac cording to Claude I. Sersanous, state salvage committee chair man, but on or before June' 20 every waste dealer must declare himself and register with our Uncle Samuel, v. The deadline of June 20 has been set by Leon Henderson, price administrator, to give the junk dealers of the country time to get their houses in order and sign up as soon as the required forms arrive in Oregon. Accord-' ing to Sersanous, Oregon's price administrator, Richard Mont gomery,, expects the cards to arrive before June 1. "So vital is the need for scrap rubber and metals," said Ser sanous," that every waste dealer and auto graveyard will be list; ed and enlisted in the great, pro gram to. get the millions of tons of scrap metals into war produc tlon factories as quickly as pos sible. "hen one realizes that it re quires 9000 tons of scrap metals to build a 35,000 ton battleship and when one realizes the great need for battleships it begins to dawn on us Americans just what is meant by a salvage program that must be intensive, extensive and continuous." Dinner Rally for Young People A dinner rally for young peo ple in the Salem district will be held at 6:30 this evening in the social hall of the First Presby terian church for the purpose of creating interest in the Willam ette youth presbytery camp to be held in July. Reservations have been received from Inde pendence, Dallas, Gervais and Salem. Camp movies will be shown while an initiation by the "Order of the Fork" will be con ducted. A similar rally was held in Albany Tuesday evening when Cameron McDonald, Salem, president of the youth presby tery, told of the program. Don Douris, youth advisor for the presbytery, presided as toast- master. Others from Salem were Mrs. Douris, Vernon Merrick and David Milnar. Rev. W. Irvin Williams, pas tor of the Salem Presbyterian church, will be "dean of the high school camp scheduled for July 19-26, while Don Douris will be in charge of the intermediate conference, July 28-31. All Martinique Ships To Be Immobilized Washington, May 20 (ff) Chairman Connally (D., Tex.), of the senate foreign relations committee, told reporters today that a satisfactory agreement for immobilizing French merchant ships at Martinique as well as warships there had largely been worked out. He said negotiations for the agreement were carried on en tirely with . AMmiral Georges Robert at Martinique without re ference to the Vichy government. Connally made the disclosure at a press conference, at which he said the committee had dis cussed the international situa tion earlier In the day with re presentatives of the state depart ment. "In the main," he declared, the United States has worked out a satisfactory agreement with Admiral Robert with respect to immobilizing the merchant and naval ships at Martinique." Gunshot Death Of Lembkie Sifted Portland, May 20 (U.R) Inves tigation was being made today into the death of Orin Lembkie, 27, formerly of Cosmopolis, Wash., who died from a gunshot wound received from a .38 cal lber revolver yesterday. Lembkie died in a Portland hospital shortly after bing found in the back scat of his car by his wife. The revolver was identified as one Lembkie carried as a mem ber of the veterans guard and patrol. Survivors include a brother, Corporal Forest Lembkie of Ft. Lewis, Wash. . Prejudice Against Japanese Lilies " Brookings, Ore., May 20 (U.R) Croft lilies will replaco Jap ancso Easter lilies, marketed all over the nation from here, be cause of tho rising prejulec throughout the country, growers announced today. Tho decision was announced following a conference with Hen ry Rosacker of Minneapolis, president of Rosakcr Florists, Continuation of Mannheim Bombed from page 1 . ' Mannheim is the second larg est inland port of Europe and the site of a number of import ant factories. Among them are the Badische Anilin chemical works, the Lanz armament works and the Daimler-Benz en gineering works. ; , Berlin, (From German Broad casts) May 20 VP) Strong Ger man air formations over night raided Hull, English town on the Humber estuary, the German high command said today, while eight bombers made a daylight attack on factories on the British south coast. In fighting over the English channel seven British Spitfires were shot down yesterday, it said, and the British lost 11 bombers in "harassing" night at tacks on southwest Germany. Rubber Shortage Growing Acute The rubber situation is even worse than has been painted and there is a wanton disregard of the use of rubber that verges on the unpatriotic, Earl F. Campbell, city traffic engineer of Portland, told the Rotary club today noon. Campbell has just returned from a FBI course and survey in 22 states of stand ard practices of war traffic control. There was only .15 months of normal average usage left on January 1, though this will be prolonged by gasoline rationing June 1, he said. It is imperative that every effort be made to make these tires go as far as possible in order to eliminate the ultimate demand upon mass transportation. In Portland today the traffic is moving at 250,000 persons an hour and is expected to be doubled next year. Under con struction are 150 wooden body trucks for transportation of shipyards workers, ferries or dered from San Francisco and extra trains to be placed in ser vice between Portland and Van couver, Wash. Work hours must be staggered and women should shop early to get off the streets and transportation during the peak hours of the day, Camp bell said. Riley Accepts O'Hara Resignation Portland, May 20 (U.R) Mayor Earl Riley Tuesday accepted the resignation of John P. O'Hara, long-time member of the Port land housing code commission, who gave up his post In pro tests against relaxation of hous ing restrictions to permit con struction of temporary homes for war workers. O'Hara resigned In a letter to the city council in which he charged the housing code, com mission had been "shorn of much of its usefulness" by an ordinance adopted May 7 re vising housing regulations. His action came after several stormy sessions of the housing commission, at one of which the group voted 5-2 against resign ing en masse. Gas Concessions For Oregon Farmers The Dalles, Ore., May 20 (U.R) The office of price administra tion has relaxed gasoline restric tions to permit Washington and Oregon farmers, hard-pressed for farm laborers, to employ itinerant workers, Sen. Charles L. McNary today advised H. G. Miller, manager of Tho Dalles Cooperative Growers. McNary, in a telegram to Mil ler, said the OPA's fuel ration ing section had ruled the ra tioning act provides sufficient gasoline for migrant workers re quiring pars "for travel from job to job through the Pacific coast states." The OPA also ruled, McNary added, that transient laborers need not prove that no alterna tive means of transportation is available. Miller had asked McNary to obtain the ruling because of se rious concern that sufficient farm labor would not be avail able, due to gasoline rationings, to care for Oregon and Wash ington harvests. 1 Bone Bill Opposed By PUD Directors Redmond, May 20 (fl Cen tral Oregon PUD directors have voted opposition to tho Bone bill, now in tho senate, which would set up one-man adminis tration over Bonneville and Grand Coulee power, Recommended instead was I regional board with a represent, alive from the Paciflo northwest. No Berry Prices Fixed at Joint Conference (Continued from page 1) keep up the crops in the coming years. Mr. Maher closed his state ment by giving assurance he would try to determine at the earliest date possible what the support program will be. Discussion had with various growers and canners following the meeting indicated that it definite word of the nature and amount of the support program isn't received before the harvest ing and packing actually starts, it will be necessary for delivery to canners to go ahead without any definite prices being estab lished, the top price to be re ceived for berries having to wait on information as to just what the government will do In the nature of giving support. Harvest Ncaring Harvesting of gooseberries and strawberries is only a little over a week away, and with the statement by Mr. Maher. that a series of meetings to discuss a supporting program for berries is scheduled "to take place with in a couple of weeks',' makes it possible that the harvest will be getting a good start before cither canners or growers are advised as to what support may be given. However, some clue may be drawn from the supporting pro gram recently announced in Washington governing canned vegetables under which the ad ditional costs of harvesting and packing are taken into consider ation and the government makes up the difference on a formula which has been worked out for the vegetable program. All Berries Affected While today's meeting was primarily an outgrowth of a movement started in regard to the strawberry crop, it is under stood that any supporting pro gram worked out will affect all berry and fruit crops. An incident of the meeting was exclusion of Ray' Gill, chair man of the executive committee of the National Grange, second highest office of the organiza tion, who had come here to at tend. The session behind closed doors took a vote on whether he would be permitted admission and the vote was against it. All others than growers named on a committee at "a meeting of the growers here Monday night and representatives of the canning and processing Industry were also excluded from the meeting. Americans Shoot Hun Planes Down London, May 20 (Pi Flight Sergeant C. W. Harp of Colum bus, Ga., a member of the Amer ican Eagle squadron, shot down two German Focke-Wulff 109 fighters Tuesday in a sharp, short battle over northern France, the air ministry an nounced. ' Eagle Pilot Officer Moran Morris of Duranl, Okla,, bagged one Messerschmitt 109. Harp sent his two victims crashing into the sea after his , squadron encountered some of the heaviest nazt opposition in weeks. Two British planes were lost in the operation. "At various times we saw be tween 30 and 40 Huns," Harp related. "About 12 or 15 tried to jump on us as we started for home and the fight was pret ty hot while it lasted. Then the . Huns scattered." r The air ministry said a num ber of German craft were be lieved damaged. Licenses Suspended By Liquor Board Portland, May 20 (U.R) The Oregon State Liquor commission today announced suspension of these licenses: R. J. Hlllstrom, Rudy's Ren dezvous, 4th and Bennett streets, Marshiold; retail beer class A li cense suspended 15 days; sale to a minor. Orvlllo V. Weekly, Coqullle auto court, Coqullle; package store class A license suspend ed 7 days; sale to minors. The commission revoked this license: Rose J. Elmer, Rose Tavern, R.F.D. No. 2, Marshfield, res taurant license revoked; viola tion of terms under which li cense was granted. Salem Elks will be guests of tho Albany lodge Thursday night, and .no meeting will be held here. A show will be the entertainment at Albany. The slate land borad today appointed W. Austin Dunn, Ba ker, as its attorney in Baker county, succeeding Arvin O. Robb, who has entered the mil itary service.
