The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon
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; i Locals i
Maximum Sunday 83; mini
mum 53. River today 2.1.
Savings insured to $5000.00
are earning 3 at Salem Fed
eral, 130 South Liberty.
Someone has been making a
practice of stealing gasoline
from his automobile during the
night, O. L. Palmer, 415 Pine,
reports to the police.
Cash your checks before and
after banking hours at our office
State Finance Co., 344 Stale St.
Nominal charge.
Eugene Shcpard, 19, escaped
Aom the Fairview home during
The night or early this morning
His father lives at Vale.
Lutz Florist 1276 N Liberty
Church Sturtevand, 2330 Lee,
reports to the police that the
home next door at 2340 Lee
street and occupied by the Boat
wright family, had been entered
by prying off a lock from the
rear door. The place had been
ransacked. Sturtevand had been
asked to keep his eye on the
property during the absence of
the Boatwrights.
Waitress wanted. Some exper
ience desirable. The Spa.
Private Jack N. Lane, report
ed AWOL from the army, was
picked up by city police in the
1100 block on North Capitol and
turned over to military authori
ties. Wanted: boys to register for
newspaper carrier boys. See cir
culation manager, Capital Jour
nal. 171
.A saddle has been stolen from
his barn according to complaint
of L. C. Edwards, Rt. 7 Box 501
For Home Loans see Salem
Federal, 130 South Liberty.'
Mary Irene Hart, 365 East
Washington, was bitten by a dog
and- taken to the South Salem
fire station. The first aid car
was called and the bite said not
serious unless complications de
velop.
Eats! It's the Coffey.
Place, open day & nite.
Joe's
172
Mrs. W. W. Baum returned
Sunday from Ephrata, Wash.,
where she has been visiting Ma
jor Baum, who is commander, of
Mhe hospital at the army air base
Feet Hurt? Let Paris adjust
your shoes. 557 N. Liberty.
171
Sergeant Arnold J. Kahler,
brother of Loretta Kahler, sec
retary to Superintendent Frank
B. Bennett, was one of 19 sol
ders to be graduated recently
from the Fort Douglas, Utah
school for bakers and conks.
Garbed in the traditional white
jacket and puffed cap of his
calling. Sergeant Kahler was
handed his diploma by Lieut
Col. Elmer K. Pettibone, com
mander of the ninth corps area
school; He has been assigned
to theofflcers' mess at Fort Wil
liams, about 30 miles from Salt
Lake City.
' Dr. Moran, 158 S. Cottage
Chiropractic Physician. 171
Mike Balkovic, a graduate of
"willamette universitv. where he
was a lineman on Coach Spec
Keene's football team, is taking
a course in radio communica
tions work at Sioux Falls, S. D.
where he is attached to the
805th squadron of the U. S
army. Prior to joining the
army Balkovic was an investi
gator for the state parole board.
You can still buy a Johns Man
ville roof. Nothing down, 12 mos.
to pay. Mathis Bros., 164 S. Com'l
171
Mrs. F. P. Wells has received
word of the appointment to rank
of private first class of her son,
LeRoy Wells, who is stationed in
the Hawaiian islands.
r Eola Acres, Florist. Ph. 5730.
171
Word has been received in
Salem , of the appointment to
captaincy of Lieut. Charles Raf-
fety. Capt. Raffety is stationed
in Alaska.
We, repaint record retape Ven.
blinds. Reinholdt-Lewis. P. 8991.
171
Virgil Gregory, 400 South
19th, came to the east Salem
fire station for first aid treat
ment yesterday, having punctur
ed a vein when he hooked his
Townsend
Clubs
Townsend club No. 3 will
meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock
in the club room of the Court
Street church,
arm beneath a spring scale. He
was the 500th patient treated by
the first air car crew this year
Other accident victims treated
over the week-end were Keith
Fletcher, 735 North Commer
cial, split upper lip when struck
by a stick of kindling wood
Robert Burton, 91 Abrams ave-
nue, finger split lengthwse when
pushed into the blade of a pow
er saw Betty Ruth Clary, 952
South Commercial, treated for
foreign object in an eye.
Paris Shoe service. For fine
shoe repairing. 557 N. Liberty.
171
A crew from the city engin
eering department i s today
patching and leveling the down
town streets along the automo
bile parking spaces at the curb
lines.
A conference of county de
fense coordinators - has been
called for July 30 at Salem, it
was announced today by Jerrold
Owen, state coordinator of ci
vilian defense. Chairman of
various state activities, army
representatives and officials
from the sector office-'of civilian
defense will be. present to out
line "various phases of the civil
ian defense program," Owen
said.
At the request of the person
nel officer a dance will be held
this evening at the fairgrounds
for service men stationed there.
The dance will be under the
auspices of the United Hospi
tality association.
R. R. Boardman, director of
the Salem USO, wll speak on
the Tuesday Art and Recreation
Center radio program on the
activities of the USO agency.
The broadcast wll start at 2:15
over KSLM.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles
will hold initiation at the Tues
day night meeting and about 30
new candidates will be taken
into the order. During the
months of June and July the
Eagles have taken into the lodge
over 60 new members. This is
more than have ever been taken
in during these two months in
previous years by the Salem
aerie. Refreshments will be
served after the meeting.
. First intimation that the-trea
sury department is checking on
motorists who have failed to
purchase the $5 revenue stamps
required by federal law was in
dicated today when formal no
tices of delinquency were being
placed in cars which do not have
the necessary stickers attached
to the windshields. The notices
are signed by a deputy collector
for the internal revenue service
of Portland. Delinquent motor
ists are given five days in which
to purchase the $5 or "be sub
ject to the penalties imposed by
law." A check at the Salem post
office some 10 days ago re
vealed that several hundred au
tomobile operators in this dis
trict had not purchased the
stamps.
"Morons," is the topic for the
Truth Study class, meeting Wed
nesday evening, at 336 State
street. Miss Olive Stevens is the
leader.
An officer of the United States
army late Saturday called upon
the Chamber of Commerce for a
furnished house to serve as his
home while in Salem, attached
to Camp Adair. The chamber
could not find a furnished house,
but found a good one unfurn
ished, and, to complete the
transaction as desired by the
new tenant, arranged for rental
of the furniture from a Salem
dealer. The housing situation, to
meet the calls from army men
continued acute today, with new
calls coming in constantly. Both
houses and apartments are in
demand.
Ramon Clarence Roberts, 20,
of 1156 North Winter street, was
killed in an "unavoidable acci
dent" early Sautrday morning,
It was decided by a coroner's
jury at an inquest held Saturday
afternoon. Roberts, who was
changing a tire on the highway
about a mile north of the under
pass on the Pacific highway, was
struck by a truck driven by Carl
Eugene McClure, of Los Angel
es, driver of a Collcttl Fast
Freight truck. Members of the
jury were Frank G. Jewett, Lee
Haskins, Bert F. Adams, Wilmer
C. Wells, James Plant and Al P.
Ramseyer.
An hour after Brooks Hawk
ins, formerly of Florence but
now of Corvallis, reported hl
automobile stolen about 10
o'clock In Albany Saturday
night it was recovered, The thief
apparently was surprised to find
that a baby was left sleeping in
the rear, seat of the machine
while the driver was absent for
a few minutes, according to state
police.
Martin Pledges
Cooperation for
Cargo Planes
Portland, Ore.. July 20 ffl
Henry J. Kaiser said today that
he and the Andrew J. Higgins
Industries, New Orleans, would
co-operate in endeavoring to
push plans for shipyard con
struction of flying boats of the
Glenn L. Martin Mars type.
Kaiser said the Higgins com
pany would fit well into his pro
posal here yesterday that ship
yards build cargo-carrying air
craft. In Baltimore, Glenn L. Mar
tin, Martin company president,
said "We are anxious to make
every possible contribution lo
the rapid development of a vital
air cargo transport fleet," and
that his company already had a
design for a 250,000-pound air
transport plane larger than the
Mars of 140,000 pounds.
"If the government wishes us
to follow the suggestion of Mr.
Kaiser and license the shipbuild
ing companies lo help manufac
ture the Mars type of air vessel
we shall be glad to do so and
to extend our full co-operation.
"It must be left to the judg
ment of the government au
thorities which organizations
will be called upon to aid in
building up the important air
cargo service. Many things
must be determined before the
program can be launched.
"We are extremely pleased
with the performance of the
Mars. The type is ready immedi
ately to be placed in production
cither as war vessels or cargo
ships and we are awaiting the
government's dicision.
"However, the Glenn L. Mar
tin company already have a de
sign for a much larger air ves-
1 the 250,000 pound trans
port and ships of even larger
size are possible now. Such ves
sels as the Mars and the larger
types can easily assume the
chief burden' of ocean transport
because of their high speed and
greater frequency of movement.
Since we are losing surface ships
much faster than we can build
them because of enemy submar
ine activities, the air cargo pro
gram is of extreme importance
at this time."
E. A. Baker, chief of a fire
protection division in the city of
London, who is to speak and
give a demonstration at the high
school auditorium tonight, was
a caller this afternoon at the of
fice of Jack Hayes, state director
of the protective division of ci
vilian defense. He was accom
panied by another member of
his group that is making a tour
of the United States.
Court
Circuit Court
Affidavit and petition filed by Al
thea M'. Nelson Taus asking that
two minor children, Lloyd J. and
Tracy J. Nelson, be removed from
the custody of Jack J. P. Nelson and
given into her care and custody in
accordance with a court decree of
March 4, 1941. On that date, savs
the affidavit, she was granted a
divorce from Nelson and the chil
dren's care was awarded to her.
She was married to Tony Taul Sep
tember 5, 1941, and swears that she
has a good home for the children.
She alleges that Nelson is addicted
to excessive use of liquor, and that
on March 4, 1941. he went to her
home In Josephine county and de
manded custody of the children. An
other time, says the affidavit, he
obtained an ordci from the wel
fare board, went to the school where
they attended and took them with
him.
Motion for default by the plain
tiff in the case of Vivian Brunkal
against Duffy O. Brunkal,
Order issued and served on Sid
ney Stevens In the case of Stevens
against Harry A Brown, requiring
Stevens to appear before Judge E.
M. Page at 11 o'clock July 21 and
give a deposition.
Orders filed from the court' cf
Justice of the Peace All o. Nelson
o( Sllverton holding to the grand
Jury Forrest L. Helkes, Jr., charged
with giving a check without suf
ficient funds and forgery.
Tuesday will be motion day be
fore Judge E. M Page In depart
ment No. 2, and default divorce
appearances will be made in the
afternoon as usual.
Trial in the case of Ball against
West Coast Life Insurance com
pany is scheduled for Wednesday of
this week at 9 a.m.
Complaint by Ethel Oordonler
against Fred E. Oordonler, asking
for divorce and custody of Douglas
Oordonler, minor child. The com
plaint states the couple morrled at
St. Paul, Minn., Febrary 19, 1921.
An affidavit by the plaintiff de
clares the defendant is not In Ore
gon and that his last known ad
dress was In St. Paul. A sheriff's
certificate states that summons
could not be served on defendant
because he could not be located ,n
Oregon.
Motion lo make more definite and
certain the complaint In H. B. and
Ada B. Latham, and R. A. and Co
rln Cowden against Clare Byrne,
Laura Byrne and others.
Small Vessel Sunk,
Survivors Landed
Washington, July 20 OT The
navy announced today that a
small United States merchant
vessel was torpedoed in the At
lantic several hundred miles off
the coast. Survivors have been
landed at an east coast port.
Survivors have also been
landed at an east coast port from
a medium sized Swedish mer
chant vessel, which was torpe
doed and sunk several weeks
ago by enemy submarine action
in the Atlantic several hundred
miles off the northern coast of
South America.
Bumper Crop
Being Harvested
Chicago, July 20 (U.R) Amer
ica was harvesting a bumper
crop today that assured second
hcloings of meat, bread, potatoes
and all the trimmings for thr
United Nations In the coming
war year.
Reports from all parts of the
nation indicate record harvests
of wheat, corn, oats and fruits.
Farmers in some sections strug
gled for temporary storage space
for crops that were setting 10-
year and even all-time highs.
Labor shortage may cause
some crop loss in certain areas.
a survey showed, but in most
sections an ample labor supply
was assured. While collar work
ers have deserted desks in some
stales to work in the harvest
fields.
Elevators and warehouses in
the midwest and southwest have
swollen to bursting with wheat
while the nation still has a car
ryover supply of 630,000,000
bushels. One Kansas farmer
used his parlor to store his
wheat and moved his furniture
out into the yard. A hotel was
used as an elevator in Texas.
The department of agriculture
estimated 2,627,823,00 bushels
of corn would be harvested in
1942, a slight drop from last
year s crop, but well above the
10-years' average. An oat har
vest of 1,300,000,000 bushels was
predicted.
James Henry Hoy and Pete
Rutkowski, both committed
from the court of Justice of the
Peace Hiram Overton of Wood
burn, were received at the coun
ty jail today. Hoy is held in jail
in lieu of a fine of $25 imposed
when he pleaded guilty to i
charge of being in a slate of in
toxication on a public highway.
Rutkowski is held pending trial
July 24 on a charge of driving
a motor vehicle while under the
influence of intoxicating liquor.
News
Probate Court
Final decree entered In estate of
William RIef McAllister and estate
closed on motion of the adminis
tratrix, Ethel McAllister.
Order entered appointing David
J. Wied administrator, and L. C.
Maves, J. A. Heltzel and M. Tromm
lltz appraisers of the estate of Emll
Kllnger who died at White Salmon,
wasn., March 1, 1941.
Marriage licenses
William K. Horner, 23, Los An
geles, ana Eleanor Pay Bcchtel, 21
of 340 North Liberty, Salem.
Bond of guardian, H. A. Hilde
brandt, filed in guardianship of
Louis H., Ruth and Calvlne Hildc
brandt, minors,
Final decree entered In estate of
George L. Bowman, authorizing
equal division of residue of the
estate among the three children,
Harry and Walter Bowman and Al
ice Harold. Order entered author
izing purchase of a marker for the
grave of the decedent. Alice Har
old Is executor.
Justice Court
John Hlnkle, wiling alcoholic li
quor to an Intoxicated person. Took
24 hours to plead and released under
$50 bail.
Eldon Champ. Overload on truck
axle. Plead guilty and find $2.50
and costs.
Police Court
Everett Klopp, Salem Rt. 3, Box
957. and Edward Ooodrlch, Port
land. No lights on bikes and bikes
held.
Ross Moore, 2010 Nebraska; Mar
Jorie Miller. 463 Front and Eldon
C. Howard, Lebanon, ball 12.50, no
driver's license.
Disorderly conduct and stabbing
assault, Charles Edgar Adams, of
Houston, Tex.
Marvin McVcy. Fort Lewis, Wash.
Drunk and disorderly. Released to
MPs at Fairgrounds.
Vagrancy charged to Rolland L.
Stewart, 1767 A street; ball tlO, and
Fred Martin, Montana.
Tom Manolis, 847 Saginaw; Leon
ard R. Ocrrltse, Portland, ball $2.50.
Failure to stop,
Walter Downs,
walking against
$1.
680 Brevs Ave ,
red light. Ball
Mllford J. Van Hess. 1167 6th
street. West Salem, running through
rea ngnt,
Red Army Wins
New Successes
At Voronezh
(Continued from page 1)
"In another sector our troops,
under pressure of numerically
superior forces, withdrew to
new positions."
At Voronezh, however, the
Russian communique said "our
troops are waging stubborn bat
tles with the enemy, who are
now on the defensive."
The red army reported killing
1,500 Germans in street fighting
for one suburban town, and said
it recaptured another "import
ant inhabited locality," and
drove the Germans from one of
their principal bridgeheads
across the Don.
Counter Offensive
The increasing show of Rus
sian power at Voronezh, cou
pled with German reports of
large red army troop concentra
tions in that area, indicated that
a strong soviet counter offensive
against the extended flank of
the German Don valley drive
might be in the making.
The German high command,
still clinging to its so-far unsub
stantiated claim to the capture of
Voronezh 13 days ago, acknowl
edged that the Russians were
counter-attacking on that flank
but said the red army's "at
tempts to recapture" the city
were repulsed.
The Berlin announcement said
large scale operations on the
southern flank of the Don bend
front were resumed after heavy
rainfalls, with the Germans ad
vancing "in a southerly and
easterly direction.
Hubbs Granted
Absence Leave
County Engineer N. C. Hubbs
was today granted leave of ab
sence by the county court for 90
days, during which time he will
be in the government employ in
connection with construction of
the Salem airport. His work at
the airport will be in connection
with construction of roads, sew
ers and the water system.
Mr. Hubbs will, during the
period, be in part time employ
of the county and at the end of
each month will sign vouchers
and check county road jobs.
Negotiations are under way
between the federal government
and the city of Salem for water
connections at the airport with
the city system.
At the city council meeting
tonight will appear a resolution
authorizing a permanent sewer
connection at the airport with
out expense to the city and ob
ligating the government to pay
such sewer rental assessments as
may be levied by the city from
timo to time.
Continuation of
Sharp Hero
from page 1
Sharp, and did not'disclosc when
the battle occurred.
Captain Sharp first became
headline news when, on June 4,
he led a flight of bombers in a
daylight raid on enemy ship
ping at Rangoon, which resulted
in damage to port installations
and shipping and the destruction
of two Japanese fighter planes,
Later developments indicated
that after this raid Captain
Sharp with his bomber and crew
became lost behind the enemy
lines. On June 20 came a dis
patch from an allied airbase in
India, saying word had come
from a tiny military outpost on
the Indo-Burmese frontier that
Captain Sharp and others of his
crew, who had been lost behind
the enemy lines, were safe.
Their flying fortress, evident
ly in the June 4 raid, had braved
anti-aircraft fire and a dozen
Zero fighters In the Rangoon
raid. The message from the out
post, relayed by British authori
ties, said that Captain Sharp and
his co-pilot, Second Lieutenant
Herbert E. Wundcrlich of Gar
den City, N. Y., had made a forc
ed landing of their bullet-pierced
craft while the remainder of the
crew parachuted.
They were In danger from
Japanese river and foothills pa
trols, but succeeded In evading
them.
It was believed that Captain
Sharp destroyed the bomber
after the forced landing to keep
it from falling into the hands of
the Japanese.
Rudolf Haybrook, member of
the auxiliary fire fighting or
ganization of London, who was
injured during the bombing of
that cily, will speak at the Kl
wanis club luncheon Tuesday
noon, bringing first-hand infor
mation as to bombing by the
nazis. At present he is a member
of the British mission to the
United Slates.
Hamilton Says City
Would Save Little
The greatest saving possible under the proposal of the Salem
Electric Bonneville distributing agency, a cooperative concern
listing 62 Salem customers and having an assessed valuation ot
$1,815 on the Marion county tax
rolls for a share in the city's! lhe Portland General Electric
lighting business would be the
$5 or $6 monthly reduction in
the cost o( power for the city
hall, according lo W. M. Hamil
ton, district manager here for
House Votes
$120 Million
For Henderson
Washington, July 20 , W)
The house agreed today to pro
vide $120,000,000 for the office
of price administration as it
adopted a conference commit
tee's recommendations to settle
differences with the senate in a
$1,858,939,000 deficiency appro
priations bill.
The OPA allotment amounted
lo $45,000,000 more than the
house had voted originally but
$5,000,000 less than voted by the
senate, $41,000,000 less than the
figure approved by the budget
bureau, and $75,000,000 less
than the total amount sought by
Leon Henderson, price adminis
trator. Approval - of the conference
committee's report came on a
standing vole of 96 lo 5.
The measure now goes back lo
the senate, where quick approval
of the conference committee
changes is expected.
The action came after Rep.
Taber (R., N.Y.) declared that
Henderson, "in his estimates for
money, called for absolutely
ridiculous set-ups. He has an
absolutely incompetent force,
and he, himself, I believe, is
totally incompetent. Ho believes
in the crack-down policy of the
NRA,' rather than an appeal for
patriotic cooperation."
Taber's remarks drew a quick
expression of confidence in Hen
derson's administration from
Rep. Celler (D., N.Y.).
Sewer System
For Airport
Appearing in lhe city council
tonight will be a resolution giv
ing to the Salem airport com
mand base authority for perm
anent connection with the Salem
sewer system. A condition of
the authorization will be that
there shall be no expense to the
cily and that the federal govern
ment shall pay such sewer rent
als as may from time to. time
be assessed by the city.
Another resolution will auth
orize the investment of $50,000
of the city's airport bond fund
in war bonds. The $50,000 is
part of the $75,000 issue that
was authorized for construction
ot an administration building al
the municipal airport, a project
that was dropped for the dura
lion of the war when the gov
ernment took over the airport.
Also by resolution the pur
chase of $150,000 in war risk
insurance on city-owned build
ings will be submitted for auth
orization.
Cities Lacking in
Fire Watchers
San Francisco, July 20 (U.R)
Cities of the western slates face
a "grave danger" due to lack
ot adequate numbers of trained
fire watchers, James C. Shep
pard, director of the ninth re
gion of the office of civilian
defense, said today.
In an attack on defense coun
cils for their asserted failure
to train large numbers of fire
watchers, Shcppard urged im
mediate stimulation ot an enlist
ment and training program.
Aiken Appointed
District Elder
Portland, July 20 lPi The
Rev. E. F. Aiken was appointed
cider of the Salem and Rogue
river districts Saturday at the
concluding session ot the annual
slate conference ot the Free
Methodist church.
Pastoral appointments:
J. R. Stewart, Salem; V. M.
Abbott, Woodburn; J. H. Poet,
Falls City; C. B. Slarkey, Al
bany; Valeria Cleveland, Grants
Pass: Tillman Houser. Roseburg;
W. H. McCormick, Klamath
Falls.
Mrs. S. Toyccn loft this week
for a short visit in Klamath Falls
with her son and daughlcr-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Toyccn.
Journal Want Ads Pay
company.
io saving is claimed and none
would be possible on the power
for the limited number of street
lights the co-op is in a position
to serve from its three-mile dis
tributing system, Hamilton said,
adding that the possible savings
on cily hull service would be
more than offset by the threat
of prolonged service disruption.
"While the PGE has four
heavy transmission lines supply
ing Salem with power and also
maintains a steam stand-by
plant for such an emergency as
might see all four of those lines
disrupted, the Salem Electric
has but one transmission line
and no stand-by plant," Hamil
ton pointed out in explaining
what might happen in case of a
silver thaw or olhcr disruption.
He also declared that the dif
ference in rate schedules of lhe
co-op and the PGE for cily hall
service is 9 M per cent and not
the 11 per cent claimed by H. B.
Read, manager of the co-op in
his letter to the council.
In reply to Read's statement
that the cooperative has been
responsible for reductions in
PGE rates aggregating $100,000
a year for its Salem customers,
Hamilton declared that 93 per
cent of the reductions were plac
ed in effect before (he Salem
Electric entered the local field
and were purely voluntary by
the company.
The statement by Read that
the former rate of the PGE for
street lighting service was 4
cents per kilowatt hour as
against the present average rate
of 1 cent per k.w.h, is deliberate
ly misleading, Hamilton charg
ed. Prior lo 1940 street light
service was charge on a flat rate
basis at so much per lamp. "The
price per lamp," he said, "not
only included the required elec
tricity but also the cost of all
labor and materials required for
lamp and globe renewals, main
tenance of fixtures, special
street lighting circuits, poles,
etc., and other operating and
maintenance expense. Under
the present contract the elec
tricily is paid for separately at
an average rale ot 1 cent per
k.w.h. on a metered basis and the
other charges are paid for sep
arately on a cost basis."
U-Boafs 5ink
3 More Ships
(Rt thft Associated Prusl
Three more torpedo-sinkings,
two of them United States ves
sels, were announced by the
navy today (Monday), boosting
lo 388 the unofficial Associated
Press tabulation ot United Na
tions' and neutral merchant ship
losses In the western Atlantic
since Pearl Harbor.
In addition dispatches from a
Yucatan port published In Mex
ico City told of the sinking in
lhe Caribbean July 12 of the
Panamanian freighter Tachira,
with a loss ot five ot the 37 crew
members. This sinking was not
included in the tabulation pend
ing further check.
A medium-sized United Slates
merchantman went down off the
northern coast of South America
and a small American ship was
torpedoed In the Atlantic sever
al hundred miles oft the cast
coast, survivors from both hav
ing been landed at east coast
porls.
. A medium-sized Swedish mer
chant ship was torpedoed 800
miles from the northern coast
of South America. The ship and
lifeboats were shelled hut not
one of the 42-man crew was lost.
List Jap Prisoners
From Wake Island
Washington, July 20 (U.fil The
war department made public to
day the names of 27 American
sailors and marines captured al
Wake island and now held pris
oners at Zontsuji, Shikoku Is
land, Japan.
The list includes one officer
and 14 enlisted men of the ma
rine corps and three officers and
nine enlisted men ot the navy,
bringing the tolal number of
Americans fighting men and
civilians known definitely to
he In the hands of the Japanese
to 2,005.
The latest list contains the
name of members of our fight
ing forces from 17 stales and the
District of Columba. It was com
piled by the International Red
Cross,
Mitt oncoon '!;
THompson
OPTOmCTRIST
Indian Maid
Plays Hoax in
Hollywood
Hollywood, July 20 (U.R)HoI
lywood, the town of frequent
hoaxing, admitted it had been
hoaxed in first class style today
when olive-skinned Burnu Ac
quanetta publicized as "Vene
zuela's gift to movies" revealed
she was a pure-blooded Ameri
can Indian who had never been
outside the United Slates.
The raven-haired, 21-year-old
actress admitted she had pulled
the wool over the public's eyes
not only at the film capitol but
also at Now York, where she
was a popular Powers model,
featured as lhe "typical Latin
American girl."
Her deception, successful for
more than four years, was ex
posed when she applied for
membership to the Screen
Actors' Guild. Since the war
the guild has ruled that native
born citizens must supply proof
ot birth and that foreign-born
players must submit passports.
Miss Acquanelta's "Latin com
plexion" showed rosy tints
around the cheekbones when of
ficials of the Actors' Guild asked
for her Venezuelan passport
simply as a matter of form."
But she braced herself, said she
didn't have a passport and didn't
need one because she was a gen
uine American.
Miss Acquanclla said she was
a member ot the Araphoe Indian
tribe and" had been born near
Ozone, Wyo.
"I chose lhe Latin American
background because it was ex
otic and fitted my type," the
actress said, "but now that my
little trick has been exposed I
see no reason to continue the de
ception or alibi. As a matter ot
fact, I'm proud of being a full
blooded Indian."
Robert Noble
Gets 5 Years
Los Angeles, July 20 (U.R)
Robert Noble, head of the
Friends of Progress, isolationist
organization, who was convicted
on sedition and conspiracy
charges July 11, today was sent
ence to five years in federal
prison.
Ellis O. Jones, his associated
loader and organizer of the Na
tional Copperheads, was sent
enced to four years on identical
charges. The prison will be
designated later by the United
States attorney general.
Federal Judge Ralph E. Jen
ney sentenced the two men atter
denying their pica for probation.
He described their offense as
"most serious.'
Noble and Jones were charged
with making statements at pub
lic meetings of the Friends of
Progress designed to hamper the
war effort. Noble was accused
of describing the war as "pho
ney" and saying that "General
MacArthur's stand In the Philip
pines Is not bravery but damned
foolishness."
Farewell to Soldiers
Committee Formed
The presidents or delegates ot
all service, patriotic, fraternal
and oilier organizations in Salem
arc being organized into a fare
well committee that will be in
charge ot arrangements lo give
good-by programs to all groups
ot local men leaving for military
service wth the Uinted States
army.
O. E. (Mose) Palmatcer, chair
man of the farewell committee
ot the Capital post, American
Legion, is taking the lead In or
ganization of lhe group, and has
requested tlicm to meet with
him Wednesday night at 8 o'clock
at the Chamber ot Comcrce to
complete the organization.
It was requested that repre
sentatives of various clubs not
wait for a telephone call from
Mr. Palmatcer, but that they
attend the meeting whether or
not they hnvo been told about It.
Lloyd McDonald, ot Portland,
has purchased the 34-acre farm
ot Charles Kobow In the Hazel
Green district and will take pos
session September 1. The Mc
Donalds lived on the farm now
owned by Andrew Zaharas, Sr.,
before moving to Portland. Mrs.
McDonald Is a daughter of F. O,
Johnson, of that district.
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