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Six The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon Monday, December 2'1, 1942 Commitee to Seek Pensions From Solons The Oregon pension federa tion today announced results of the election of a statewide com mittee to organize the federa tion's program for the legisla tive session. The committee will hold its first meeting here Jan uary 12 and 13. Theodore S. Nelson, executive secretary of the federation, said the committee would consider benefits to be paid to thousands of old people would consider who will be shelved after the end of the war, what should be done to help aged persons meet rising living costs, and what should be done to make pensions available to persons who are now denied help. Members of the committee are: First eomrpsslonal district: Arthur Brown. West Salem: John H. Carfcln. J. M. Devers. H. H. Jonps. John 8. Marshall, James McGllchrlst and Theodore S. Nel on, alt ol Salem; B. K. Skulsson. Milwau kee; Mrs. Carrol Htarr, Kernvllle, and A. 6. Jensen, Monmouth. Second district: Henrr Cue. The Dalles; William Dorrel, La Pine; Theodore Hub bard, Grandvlew; Clinton Halaht. Canyon City: Mrs. Margaret Kllneenbera. Nyssa: L. Alva Lewlf. Hlamath Falls, and Burt K. Snyder. Lakevlew. Third district: Dean T. Bryson. Mrs. Helen Buckner. Richard Delch. Joe E. Dunne, Mrs. Jewel B. Fesrlne. Charles T. Hansen. Joe E. Harvey. Russell Hoean. Eleanor shonkwller and Elton Watklns. 11 of Portland. Fourth district: E. E. Brooks, . Cave Junction: w. H. -Miller, Grains Pass; Charles h. Paine. Euaene; C. A. Schoollna. Junction City: Grace M. Thlel. Yoncalla: w. J. Turnldae. Albany; J. A. w.lhers. Belo, and Clyde s. Shaw. Balem. Miss Steward Leaves Silverton Miss Rachel Stew ard, daughter of the V. L. Stew ards of this community, has ac cepted a position in the Seattle Home-finding society for child ren following a special course in welfare at Philadelphia. Scrap Gradually Moves to Steel Mills The scrap metal recently accumulated in Salem during the nation-wide campaign, is being gradually moved either to the steel mills and foundries or into a storage pile on property loaned by th Oroeon Gravel company at the foot of Hood street. At the j shortage of heavy scrap time of the salvage drive the public was requested to turn in any and all kinds of scrap metal, which they did. After the drive was over the committee in charge of the dis posal of the eight piles of scrap in different parts of the city found that the steel mills would accept only heavy metal, or that one-eighth of an inch thick and over in its present or unprepar ed form. Metal of less thickness must be cut up and compressed by hydraulic presses into bales 14 by 18 by 20 inches, weighing not less than 100 pounds per cubic foot. As there is no such press avail able to Salem, about two-thirds of the bulk of the scrap that was donated cannot be used by the mills because it is loss than one-eighth inch thick. Hundred Old Tanks This includes over one hun dred old hot water tanks, gar bage cans, automobile fenders and bodies and hundreds of oth er odds and ends made of light metal. After the usable scrap has been separated from the unusa ble, the latter must be loaded into trucks, Tiauled to the stor age pile at the Oregon Gravel company and placed on that pile. It appears from the best ad vice obtainable that If the war continues long enough, some way will be found to make use of this light or thin metal, as it will probably be needed due to Russians Confident Of Freeing Stalingrad l By Henry Shapiro (Copyright 1043 by United Press) , With the Red Army on the Stalingrad Front, Dec. 19 (De layed) U.R The liberation of Stalingrad now seems to be only a matter of time. The remnants of a German division that once were among the best fighters in the : wehrmacht are trapped in the0no 0f the great battles of his- gnow between the Don and Vol ga riven and the red army is slowly hacking them to pieces. I have known Russian military leaders for six years, and have discussed the war with them in their own language. But never since the) beginning of the Sov iet-German conflict have I found such supreme confidence among soldiers of all ranks as I found here on a vast, snow-wrapped battlefield that covers approxi mately 10,000 square miles. There is no doubt in the mind of any red army man from commander down to the rawest private just entering, battle that the siege of Stalingrad will be 'lifted and that Russia's armies will surge on to Ultimate victory in the war. The comment of MaJ, Gen. I. N. Christlankov, commander of the '21st Russan army and one of the Soviet's most distinguish ed military leaders, was typical of the high morale of the red army. He told me that unless there is an unforseeable change in the fortunes of war tho full ; liberation of the city of steel must be expected soon, and im portant units of the Russian army wil be released for action elsewhere. The outstanding facts about the present Russian counter- offensive may be summarized as follows: 1. The blow took the enemy completely by surprise. That was admitted to me by a captur ed Rumanian general with whom I talked at a front-line railroad station where he was waiting to Be taken to Moscow. "The Rus sian offensive was so unexpected and so crushing," he said, "that Jt shattered all the plans of the German-Rumanian high com mand. We learned about Russia's offensive capacity last winter, but we did not think the red army could do it now on such a large scale. The preparation and execution of the operations were classical," 2, Plans for the counter offen sive were worked out under the direction of Premier Stalin. Clock-work precision was need ed because the Germans enjoy ed superior forces and better communication facilities. 3. ihe allied occupation of North Africa gave a tremendous boost to Soviet morale, accord ing to red army officers. As they expressed it, the Russian army now is confident that it is not fighting alone. 4. The Stalingrad winter bad as It is was not the primary factor in the axis set-back. Sov iet officers say the German-Rumanian forces were out-fought and out-thought. In seeking information about what surely will be known as, V tory a red Verdun, it might be called I was given all the liber tics that are possible under tho rules of war. I was allowed to plan local trips, to converse in Russian with officers and men, to interrogate prisoners and to study confidential combat maps. I watched action from a forward line about 3 miles west of Stal ingrad although I was accom panied by a staff officer, no at tempt was made to prevent freedom of movement or interro gation. ,. "Appreciation is due the Ore gon Gravel company from the public for providing, free of charge, the storage space for this light metal," said W. M. Hamil ton, chairman of the committee. '"Various firms have contn buted trucks and men to haul this material to the storage pile, including to date, Pohle-Staver company, A. C. Haag company, Capital City Transfer company, Salem Navigation company, Sa lem Steel and Supply company, Shryder Truck and Transfer company. Teamsters Volunteer "The Teamsters' union loci No. 324, through the cooperation of its secretary, Lew Harkins, has also assisted in this work by some of its members donat ing their time for loading and unloading the trucks. "Sunday, a group of them moved one large pile. In the group were E. O. Crooks, Lew Harkins, Eddie Schmidt, Boo Smeddon, Lou Elliott, Carl Shaf fer and Peter Winger. "The trucks were furnished by the'Shrydcr Truck and Trans fer company and the Capital City Transfer company." Other men, whether members of the Teamsters' union or not, who will be willing to help in a similar way on a future Sunday are invited to call the union headquarters office; telephone 3211. and give their names, so they can be called. Although the public was ask ed only to contribute metal and rubber, it has been necessary to haul away from each scrap pile a full truckload of paper, wood etc. Even an old grizzly bear rug and garbage had been dump ed on one of the piles. The Salem Sanitary service has been hauling this waste away. To date three of the eight scrap piles have been worked over and disposed of. About four carloads of usable scrap were recovered from the three piles and shipped to the steel mills, foundries, etc. Embargo Put On Several weeks ago the rail road companies had to place an embargo on shipments of scrap to the steel mills because the mills could hot unload the cars as fast as they were received, This embargo was lifted in about ten days, but another was declared a few days ago for the same reason. These embargoes have slowed up the shipment of scrap and the disposal of the piles through out the city. TRAVEL ANNOUNCEMENT The appeal "Not to Travel" dur ing the period December 12th to January 12th, UNLESS ABSO LUTELY NECESSARY, has not met with the response hoped for. We must, therefore, "repeat that because of the duty and necessity of first providing for the trans portation requirements of the armed services, including those on furloughs and those traveling on war or government business, it may be impossible to accommo date all who are planning to travel during the above period. To avoid chances of being unable to board trains at stations because of capacity loads and our inability to secure added equipment, it is suggested, and you are urged, if possible, to postpone yowr trip. UNION PACIFIC DAIinOAD 1U SUatific MMUUcmU I I Holidays Bring Traffic Jams On All Carriers (By the United Press! Holiday -bound servicemen and civilians took every avail able seat on trains, busses and planes today, leaving other thousands to be turned away for lack of accommodations. Record crowds, apparently disregarding pleas of the office of defense transportation, pour ed through the nation's impor tant railroad terminals where trains were running hours late. All standing room was gone and platforms were filled with dis appointed passengers. Air reservations were sold out through the holiday season and one air line, reporting the heaviest backlog of reservations in years, said requests for reser catlons exceeded "three or four times our capacity." San Francisco reported r.-il. roads there were devoting their facilities primarily to service men and trains were running two to six hours late. Detroit raliroads, handling traffic "immensely" over nor mal, were far behind schedule. Buffalo, N.Y., also reported trains running late. In New York City, trains, busses and planes were booked to capacity. Sixty-nine trains were added to the 300 normally operating daily out of the Chicago Union station, but requests still exceed ed accommodations. Funeral Expenses For All Provided Boise, Idaho, Dec. 21 W) At torney General Bert H. Miller believes Idaho's initiative-enacted senior citizens' grant act provides for payment of $100 funeral expenses for old age pen sion recipients regardless of the condition of the beneficiary's estate. The payment of $100 is manda tory on the death of any reci pient," Miller said in an opinion prepared for public assistance Director Albert Lee. "Nowhere in the act is there provision for the department of public assistance to exercise any discretion as to the status of a deceased recipient's estate." Captain Marion Carl Bond Chart Soaring Kezier The sixth grade held their 4-H health club meeting Friday. The war bond chart for the sixth grade room has reach ed $554.50 from the beginning of the year until the present time. This is an example of the patriotism shown in the Keizer school children. Hubbard Plans Welcome for Captain Carl Hubbni-d, Ore., Dec. 21 "Out of the trenches by Christmas." famous words of the first World war, is no idle slogan. for Cap tain Marion Carl, flying marine corps hero from Oregon, who is being given a big homecoming and welcome home here Tues day night at 7 o'clock. Fighting and flying at the bat tle of Midway and in the Solo mon Islands has brought Cant. Carl the navy flying cross and a trip home. Before coming to the coast Capt. Carl made a tour of war production plants and flying schools under the auspices of the marine corps. . Many distinguished guests will greet the flier, including Gov ernor Charles A. Sprague, Governor-elect Earl Snell; Sen. How ard Belton, Palmer Hoyt, pub lisher of the Oregonian and state chairman of the war bond sales staff; Major W. C. Evans, of the Portland airbase; ex-Governor Charles H. Martin, Wilbur Carl, associate' administrator of the state war bond staff and his family; Al Finke, Portland thea tre executive; T. Ray- Conway administrator of the state war bond staff; Herman E. Lafky, stale commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Phil H. Ringle, commander of Marion Post No. 661 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, both of Salem. The event will be held in the Hubbard high school gymnasium because of the crowd of home people expected. . The Carl home, located a mile and' a half from here, was recently the scene of a disastrous fire when a modern dairy barn and 94 registered dairy cattle were de stroyed with an estimated loss of $50,000. Since the death of her husband several years ago. Mrs. Ellen Carl, mother of the flier, has operated the dairy, Orders of Slam Jap General To Army Found General MacArthur's Head quarters, Australia, Dec. 21 (U.I!) Today's communique reported that the Japanese commander in New Guinea, Gen. Horii, had been killed in action. He was a specialist in amphibious assault operations and played a prom inent part in the Japanese is land campaigns in the early stages of the war. A captured order of the day, signed by Horii, apparently is sued Sept. 20 when the. Japan ese were trying to cross the Owen Stanley mountains, from their base at Buna, said: "You will all bear in" mind how vital are the situation and character of these forces in the southwest Pacific and how in creasingly heavy are your res ponsibilities. You shall streng then our morale, replenish our vigor and having perfected our preparations for battle you shall when next you go into action ungrudgingly throw in the fight ing power of our army." The Japanese troops appar ently suffered as much in the jungle and swamp country as have the allied troops, for Horii wrote that "no pen or word can adequately depict the magnitude of the hardships suffered" in the campaign. 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