Turner Blames
It immal fnr
Harbor Losses
Says Admiral Did Not
Comply With Entirely
Clear Orders
Washington, Dec. 21 (IP)
Acini. R. K. Turner asserted to
day that Adm. Husband E.
Kimmel did not comply with
"entirely clear" orders and ex
pressed the opinion that if Kim
mel had done so losses at Pearl
Harbor would have been cut
"materially."
Turner also told a senate
house committee investigating
the December 7, 1941, disaster
that the Pacific fleet under
Kimmel had been prepared for
"just such an attack" and was
"ready for war." ,
The navy department, Turner
said, had given Kimmel "per
fectly specific and entirely
clear" orders to take the nec
essary measures against a Jap
anese attack.
Did Not Comply
"Did Kimmel comply, in your
vopinion?" asked Vice Chairman
JCooper (D., Tenn.).
V "He did not, in my opinion,
L said Turner.
Turner, as chief of the navy
war plans division had prepar
ed a November 27, 1941, "war
warning" message for Pacific
vjcommanders.
J If Kimmel had complied, pur
sued Cooper, "would the disas
trous effects not have occured
or have been materially reduc
ed?" "I think they would have
been materially reduced," Tur
ner replied, "and there was a
good chance we could have in
flicted considerable damage on
the Japanese fleet."
Plenty of Aircraft
"We know now from experi
ence." Turner added, "that a
carrier based attack is difficult
to stop, and a considerable por
tion of the attack might have
gotten in. But it could have
been broken up and have had
considerably less effect.1 "
(The Japanese bombers and
torpedo bombers sank or badly
damaged all the major units in
the fleet at Pearl Harbor.)
"We had there a total of 185
fighter aircraft. The Japanese
had, according to my informa
tion, 112 and a portion of these
and a portion of their reconnais
sance planes were maintained
over the carrier group as pro
tection. "Even if only a considerable
portoin of our fighters had been
in the air ... I believe the Jap-
anese attack would have been
ihuch less severe in its results."
Warning Adequate
Also, Turner noted, there
were some land-based bombers
available to the defenders of
Pearl Harbor.
Turner upheld his warning
message of Nov. 27 as entirely
adequate. He said it was not
necessary to send anything ad
ditional to Kimmel.
Turner said he had had "the
utmost respect for his (Kim
mel's) ability", and added that
he believed this estimate of
Kimmel was shared throughout
the navy.
90 Deaths Due
To Cold Wave
fBy the Associated Press)
Relief from the season's first
cold weather, which has touch
ed nearly every section of the
country in the last two weeks,
was in prospect for the south
today, but sub-zero tempera
tures continued to chill parts
of the northern plains and
northeastern states.
Federal forecasters in Chicago
said chilly weather prevailed
over most of the southern states
early today and temperatures
of near freezing and below were
reported in widely scattered
areas except in Texas and Flor
ida. Miami's early morning
reading, however, was under 50
as compared to a high of 68 yes
terday. The current cold wave has
caused at least 90 deaths in 18
states.
Forecasters said temperatures
in the south would moderate
"quite rapidly" today, espe
cially over the western half of
the Gulf states and over the re
mainder of the area tonight and
tomorrow. Readings were ex
pected to be back around nor
mal over the southern tier of
states by tomorrow.
No such relief, however, was
In the immediate offing for the
country's cold belt. Early morn
ing temperatures in the Da
kotas and Minnesota, as for the
past several days, remained be
low zero.
The Weather
(Released by -'the United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and vicin
ity: Cloudy with frequent light
rains tonight and Saturday.
Lowest tonight. 35. Little
change Saturday. Max. yester
day. 34. Min. today. 32. Mean
temperature yesterday, 30. which
was 11 below normal. Total 24
hour precipitation to 11:30 a m.
today. .51. Total precipitation
for the month. 2.81. which Is
121 inches below normal. Wil
lamette river height, J IU
57th Year, No. 302
Protest Against
Soviet Denied
By MacArthur
Tokyo, Dec. 21 (U.R) Gen.
Douglas MacArthur denied to
day a radio report that he had
threatened to resign if he was
not "let alone" in Japan.
(An American Broadcasting
company broadcast from Tokyo
yesterday reported that Mac
Arthur had disagreed with the
Soviets over which Japanese
home island they should occupy
and that he had notified the
state department he would quit
if he was not let alone and if
the Russians were allowed fur
ther participation in occupation
affairs.)
He declared today that the
question of Russian participa
tion is "matter for other deci
sion than my own."
In a formal statement deny
ing the radio broadcast report,
he said:
Formal Statement
"The statement purported to
have been made by Larry Tighe
of the American Broadcasting
corporation has absolutely no
basis in fact.
"For the second time in re
cent weeks, it becomes neces
sary for me to deny the alle
gation that I have threatened to
resign.
"I am here to serve, not hin
der or obstruct the American
government. It is my full pur
pose to see the thing through.
The question of Russian partici
pation is a matter for other de
cision than my own.
"If Tighe made the statement
he is alleged to have broadcast
from Tokyo, someone must have
been feeding him a funny type
of 'hooch' being peddled around
Tokyo on the black market.".
(In a broadcast after Mac
Arthur's denial, Tighe said:
Tighe Sticks by Story
("I received this information
from a reliable and honest
source, and I still consider it
both reliable and honest.
"The word 'MacArthur' has
come to be regarded as a word
denoting authoritative state
ments from his headquarters
rather than from him person
ally. ("I did not imply that the su
preme commander, himself, in
dulged in name calling and re
criminations with the Russians.
However, I reaffirm the story
which I previously broadcast
that the express desire of the
commander of this area is that
Russian troops not be allowed
to take over the Japanese island
of Hokkaido.")
$12f000aYear
Salary for Eleanor
Washilngton, Dec. 21 (IP)
Rep. Bennett (R., Mo) empha
sizing that he was not speaking
sarcastically, remarked today
that Mrs .Eleanor Roosevelt
apparently will be well taken
care of by the government.
Commenting on her selection
to the United States delegation
to the United Nations organiza
tion, Bennett told a reporter
that like other delegates, she
will draw $12,000 a year sal
ary and receive expenses and
allowances.
He said that congress has
given her the right to frank
mail, postage free, and in addi
tion predicted that congress
would approve a $5,000 a year
pension for her as it had for
widows of other presidents in
the last 40 years.
Bennett said that on the
whole, he thought the ' UNO
delegates were good appoint
ments. "
Woman Assists in Robbery of
Second Taxi Driver by 'Fares'
Twice in two nights drivers for the Salem Taxi Service have
been held up and robbed by their "fares," and a net take to the
robbers of around $50 and a taxicab which was soon recovered.
The two crimes were not com-3-
mitted by the same heisters, the
first having been pulled by two
men and the second, between 2
and 3 o'clock Friday morning,
by a man and a woman.
At 2:15 Friday morning Ralph
Colvin, cab driver, was cruis
ing west on State street, when,
at Church street, he was hailed
by the man and woman. They
asked to be driven to Fair
grounds road. Both were in
the rear seat.
At Smith street, in the 2400
block on Fairgrounds, the man
told Colvin to turn into Smith.
As they approached the South
ern Pacific grade crossing the
man told Colvin to turn around.
, "This isn't where we want to
go," he said.
As the driver was turning the
man put a gun to his back.
"This is it," he said.
He demanded Colvin i wallet.
apital
rso" Salem, Oregon, Friday, December
Housing Plans
To Go in Effect
On January 15
Washington, Dec. 21 (IP) The
government's program to spur
home construction will go into
effect Jan. 15, John D. Small
announced today. The chief of
the civilian production adminis
tration ordered that dwellings
costing $10,000 or less be of
fered first to veterans and told
a news conference that the top
rent on these dwellings will be
$80 a month.
Small estimated that at least
400,000 homes will be built un
der the program in 1946.
"We expect," he added, "that
a substantial number of these
will sell at considerably less
than $10,000."
This means, Small said, that
a great many of the new dwell
ings will rent for under $80 a
month.
Priorities Restored
The OPA chief outlined a new
regulation restoring 10 kinds of
critically scarce building mate
rials to a priority system and
announced that the federal hous
ing administration will handle
applications for these through
its 52 field offices.
Beginning Jan. 15. home
builders who qualify will be as
signed a so-called "H.H." ra
ting for these materials.
Ratings will be awarded eith
er to individual veterans who
wish to build for themselves,
or to builders desiring to erect
one or more buildings.
Housing already under way
may be brought within the pro
gram, Small said, if It meets the
$10,000 price limit, is offered
first to veterans, and meets other
standards outlined in the reg
ulation. To Favor Veterans
All applicants for priorities
assistance in obtaining materi
als must agree to make the
housing available to veterans
during the period of construc
tion and for 30 days there
after. At the conclusion of that pe
riod it may be sold or rented to
a non-veteran at the same sale
price or rental applicable to
veterans.
Valley Escapes
Silver Thaw
Portland, Ore., Dec. 21 (IP)
A solid sheet of ice, increasing
with more freezing rain, cov
ered the Columbia rivar gorge
today, but western Oregon val
leys gained a respite from the
cold spell.
Only an occasional chain
equipped truck was able to
move along the glassy Columbia
river highway. The Washington
side of the highway was closed
beyond Washougal, delaying
stages for hours. A bus due here
at 11:25 last night finally rolled
in at 8 this morning.
Stages were arriving on time
through the Willamette valley,
however, where rising tempera
tures melted ice. Some trains
were coming in far behind sche
dule. Freezing rain was reported
east of here to The Dalles, and
several county schools closed in
the face of impassable roads.
The sheriff's office reported
several cars in ditches. A num
ber of Portlanders slipped on
icy streets and were taken to
hospitals.
In Portland, where ice still
sheathed higher levels, the wea
ther bureau forecast steadily
rising temperatures. The mer
cury is expected to reach 36 to
day, remain above freezing
throughout the night, and hit 39
tomorrow.
"I haven't got one," said Col
vin.
"Quit your stalling," the girl
put in. "Hand it over."
Colvin handed his wallet to
the girl. She went through it,
removing the money and leav
ing the purse on the seat.
The man ordered Colvin to
return to Fairgrounds road. At
the Smith street intersection
Colvin observed a coupe parked
with motor idling and lights
out. It moved away.
"Follow that car," the robber
ordered Colvin.
With the coupe a hundred
feet ahead they drove north to
Highland, west across the city
to Front, then south.
"Turn here," said the rob
ber as they reached Gaines.
Colvin turned, but the coupe
ahead went on to Market where
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They May Not Be Home for Christmas (IP) Pacific veterans
jam the USS Leonard Wood in San Francisco typical of scenes
aboard troop ships arriving as "Operation Santa Claus" hits a
critical peak with thousands of soldiers apparently not destined
to be home for Christmas because of transportation problems.
Vets Stranded at Ports
Voice Disappointment
San Francisco, Dec. 21 IIP) "It's the same old army," said
Corporal A. L. Holzman, of Long Island, N. Y. "Hurry up and
wait." Holzman was one of nearly 100,000 veterans from the
Pacific who today appeared likely to be stranded at west coast
ports on Christmas day because of lack of transportation. Nearly
lzu.uuu veterans were stymied"
at the ports today, and ships
were scheduled to dump an ad
ditional 15,000 more daily on
harassed army and navy trans
portation officials, a far larger
number than they expected to
have transportation for.
"We had hopes of getting
home by Christmas," said Pfc.
Julius P. Brenner, of Hudson, N.
Y. "Nobody promised us we
would. We just hoped we
would. I've been overseas only
25 months. Lots of these fel
longer." Brenner sent a telegram to
hi? i parents: . ... , ' - '.:'
"Living aboard ship because
of transportation tieup. Have
no idea when I'll get home."
Men required to stay aboard
ship there were four "float
ing barracks" here today
were given an information sheet
explaining the reason for the
delay. The paper also listed en
tertainment and sightseeing
possibilities in San Francisco.
"Sure, this is good," said
Sergeant Louis Jaffe of New
York City, a ship-bound vet
eran of 20 months in the west
ern Pacific. "No mud, no filth,
no duties but it isn't home."
A spokesman from the office
of Major General Homer Gro
ninger, commander of the port
of embarkation here, said:
"Our 'Operation Santa Claus'
(the name the army gave its
plan for handling returning ve
erans) has been too successful.
We've brought back more men
than the railroads can handle."
Wit hmore than 51,000 un
happy servicemen on their
hands, army and navy authori
ties at San Francisco were lib
eral with leave passes. Sight
seeing tours were organized and
port officers planned Christ
mas parties with Red Cross bags
of gifts.
Barbey Sent to
Atlantic Post
Shanghai, Dec. 21 UP) Vice
Adm. Daniel E. Barbey, com
mander of the U. S. Seventh
fleet, announced today that he
has been named commander of
Atlantic amphibious forces and
will leave Shanghai early in
January.
His headquarters
will be somewhere
American east coast,
probably
on the
he said.
Adm. C. M. Cook will succeed
him as commander of the
Seventh fleet.
Barbey added that about Dec.
22, the famed Seventh amphi
bious force, which under his
command landed approximately
1,000,000 men in nearly 60 war
time invasions, will go out of
existence.
It will cease to exist, he said,
when ships of the old Seventh
amphibious force pass through
the Panama Canal into the At
lantic to become part of the new
Atlantic amphibious force.
Russians Hang 6 Nazis
Moscow, Dec. 21 (IP) Seven
German S.S. (elite guard) mem
bers were hanged yesterday at
Smolensk following their con
viction as war criminals. Three
others received prison terms
ranging from 12 to 20 years for
atrocities committed against re
sidents of Smolensk.
Journal
21, 1945
Xmas Parties
For Veterans
Seattle, Dec. 21 (IP) The
army, civic officials and home
owners joined efforts . today to
offer as merry a Christmas as
possible to the thousands of
war veterans who will be
"stranded" in the Pacific north
west over the holiday.
In response to a radio appeal
last night, several hundred calls
were received in the first hour
this morning by homeowners
who will take men into their
homes, the Seattle civilian war
conynission said.
A Christmas party will be
held at pier 39 at 11 a. m.
Christmas day for soldiers
aboard ship there, with music,
refreshments and a bag of pre
sents for every man, Brig. Gen.
Eley P. Denson, commanding
general of the Seattle port of
embarkation, announced. That
afternoon, the hugh state ar
mory will be thrown open for
a party at which USO enter
tainers from Los Angeles will
appear, followed by a dance at
night.
Churches will hold special
service Christmas Eve and will
be open all day Christmas. A
community sing will be held at
Victory Square Christmas Eve
and theaters are offering thou
sands of free complimentary
tickets to service men Christ
mas day.
General Denson estimated
50,000 men, unable to get trans
portation east, will spend the
day here, at Tacoma and Fort
Lewis.
2 Crippled Ships
Being Towed to Port
San Francisco, Dec. 21 (IP)
Two crippled ships were report
ed by coast guard headquarters
off the California coast today,
one of them under tow by a
coast guard cutter.
The army transport Imperial,
which left here yesterday bound
for Seattle, was reported with
out power off Cape Mendocino
and being towed to San Fran
cisco by the cutter, Shawnee.
The coast guard said she was
not in danger. She carried
army troops.
LST 224, which nearly floun
dered late yesterday 33 "4 miles
west of the Golden Gate, was
also reported out of danger.
Mexico Finds Charges
Against U. S. False
Mexico City. Dec. 21 (IP)
Foreign Minister Francisco
Castillo Najera said yesterday
that Labor Leader Vincente
Lombardo Toledano had failed
to substantiate his charges that
United States "imperialists"
were passing weapons across the
border to foment a revolution.
As a result, the foreign min
ister said, the Mexican govern
ment would take no further cog
nizance of the charges. The war
department also said Lombardo
Toledano's assertion apparently
was without foundation.
Price Five Cents
Optimism Rules
Big affss-s
-"oAWft GlSV
io M3 '
' - r
Conv
Moscow, Dec. 21 (IP) The ex
ploratory conversations of the
foreign ministers of .Britain,
Russia and the United States
appear to have brought the three
countries closer together than
they were before the meeting,
informed foreign quarters said
today.
Certain suspicions are believ
ed to have a good chance of be
ing dispelled, it was reported.
On the sixth day of the big
three foreign ministers' meeting
and the 66th birthday of Gener
alissimo Stalin, this appeared to
be the situation on the basis of
reports from Informed foreign
quarters:
Some Results Certain
There is a strong feeling that
some results will come from the
meeting and these results may
be better than originally ex
pected, but every difference
among the three is not likely
to be settled at this meeting.
Byrnes and Bevin are believ
ed anxious not to raise the hopes
and expectations of the Ameri
can and British people too
much.
The foreign ministers of the
big three have no desire or in
tention of dominating the Unit
ed Nations Organization or of
bypassing it.
UNO Collaboration
However, big three collabora
tion was applauded during the
war and considerable good can
be accomplished through such
collaboration. If the United Na
tions Organization was expect
ed to handle all matters there
would be no need for the nations
to have ambassadors and for
eign ministers.
As a result of the current con
ference the big three foreign
ministers probably will meet in
Washington in the spring, as
suggested by Byrnes.
Stalin, tanned and rested
after his long vacation, was re
ported to be spending the day
at his desk in the Kremlin, ac
cording to his custom of pur
suing his regular schedule on his
birthday.
Chinese Reds
Ask Armistice
Chungking. Dec. 21 (IP) A
Chinese communist spokesman
at Chungking today asserted
his party would put officially
into writing its proposal for an
immediate, unconditional armis
tice in China's internal war,
with both sides "frozen" in their
present positions.
His assertion followed gov
ernment comments that the pro
posal was merely "propaganda"
because it had been made ver
bally at a social function.
The red spokesman, voicing
surprise at this, declared that
Gen. Chou En-Lai of the Chin
ese red delegation had formally
requested that the truce propo
sal be forwarded to Generalis
simo Chiang Kai-Shek. Chou
made the proposal to Shao Li
Tzu, member of the government
delegation to the forthcoming
unity conference.
"We want an armistice," the
communist spokesman said. "We
considered our proposal as of
ficial and formal, but as the
government wants it in writing,
we are going to oblige."
The verbal proposal was an
nounced by communists at the
very moment General Marshall,
the peacemaker, stepped from
his plane at Shanghai yesterday,
and there were indications that
both sides are prepared to make
genuine concessions in efforts to
end the strife.
Supreme Court Upholds Short
Form of Income Tax Returns
Oregon citizens next year will be able to use the simplified slate
income tax returns provided by the 1945 legislature, the state
supreme court ruling, 5 to 2, today that the law calling for the
new forms is valid. The suit
against the state tax commis
sion was filed by F. H. Young,
Portland, manager of Oregon
Business and Tax Research,
Inc., who contended that the law
was invalid because a legislative
committee inserted the wrong
amendments in the bill. Hence,
Young argued, the law is not
the same as that passed by the
legislature.
The majority opinion, by Jus
tice J. O. Bailey, denied
Young's contention, asserting
that the senate and house jour
nals did not show affirmatively
that any mistake had been
made.
The majority, which upheld
Circuit Judge George R. Dun
can of Marion county, said that
a bill signed by the presiding
officers of both houses and
signed by the governor is pre
sumed to be valid, unless it
General Patfon Dies from Injuries
Received in Traffic Accident As
Heart Weakens from Pneumonia
Brilliant American Combat Leader of Third Army,
Who Served As Acting Commander of Occupation
Forces, Passes Dozen Days After Crash
Heidelberg, Dec. 21 (IP) Hard -
Jr., died peacefully in a hospital
. . .. . .
accident which he described as "a hell of a way to die."
He died in his sleep from a blood clot.
The 60-year-old former cavalry officer who became one of thtt
most brilliant exponents of armored warfare the world has known
was injured 12 days ago when his sedan collided with an army
truck on one of the superhighways Hitler built for conquest.
Patton was going pheasant shooting.
He complained at the time of
who lifted him into the ambulance:
"This is a hell of a way to die."
The most skilled army surgeons in Europe found that his neck
was broken. His body was paralyzed from the shoulders down.
But the same indomitable spirit which led him and his famous 3rd
army on the victorious dash
from Normandy across the
Rhine and Germany into Czech
oslovakia seemed at first to be
beating away the death that
came at 5:50 p.m. (8:50 a.m.
PST).
Wife at Bedside
His wife was at the bedside
when death came.
It was only yesterday that he
took his first turn for the worse.
Pulmonary complications devel
oped which today weakened his
heart.
Patton at once was one of
the most successful military
leaders and one of the most con
troversial. His swashbuckling
campaigns in Africa and Sicily
first brought him to world at
tention. But in the heart of the Sicil
ian campaign, he slapped a hos
pitalized soldier, and then pub
licly apologized to all units in
his command.
Gen. Eisenhower still believ
ed in the two-gunned comman
der, and when Gen. Omar Brad
ley's First army broke through
German lines in Normandy,
Patton was placed In command
of the famous Third army which
poured through the breach, set
up the capture of Paris and the
liberation of France and drove
straight up to the Siegfried
line.
Battle of Bulge
One of Patton's greatest tri
umphs occurred almost exactly
a year before his death. When
the Germans made their last
bid for victory in the Ardennes
breakthrough, Patton's army
was thrown into the gap and
it was largely Third army
pressure on the south side of the
bulge which drove the Germans
back.
When the final campaign of
j later, he led his Third army
across the Rhine and advanced
virtually at will through the de
caving German armies.
Col. R. G. Spurling, war de
partment medical specialist,
said the medical facts of the
case were ehese:
Bronchial Trouble
"Until the morning of Dec.
19, Patton made very satisfac
tory progress. His general con
dition was good and he was con
fident he would recover.
"The first untoward sign was
when he had difficulty raising
secretions, from his bronchial
tubes.
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Many Vets to Spend
Xmas in Hospitals
Washington, Dec. 21 (IP)
More veterans will spend this
Christmas in hospital beds than
ever before in American his
tory and the capacity for car
ing for them has reached a near
crisis.
Maj. Gen. Paul R. Mawley,
acting surgeon general of the
veterans' administration, told I
reDorter today there are approx
imatciv 00,000 veterans, of all
wars, under treatment in hos
pitals or at homes.
The peak of World war I vet
erans is expected within a year
or two. The peak of World war
II will not be reached until 11)75
experts have predicted. They
say as many as 250.000 veterans
may become patients.
appears from the legisative
journals that the legislature
has not complied with the state
constitution.
In a similar case a few
months ago, the supreme court
threw out the 1943 local bud
get law on grounds of a legis
lative error.
Justices Percy R. Kelly and
James T. Brand, who wrote sop
arate dissenting opinions, said
they failed to see the differ
ence between the budget case
and the tax case, so that the
tax law should be thrown out,
too. Both Justices said the
court's action in today's case is
contradictory and inconsistent.
The court rushed its decision
to enable the tax commission
to prepare and distribute the
new short forms, which will be
used for 1948 tax payments on
incomes earned in 1945.
George S. Pattnn,
from an automobile
an injured neck and told soldiers
-
This portrait of General
George S. Patton, Jr., wearing
his 4-starred helmet and cam
paign ribbons was made at his
last press conference in the
ETO.
Indonesian War
Continuing
Batavia, Java, Dec. 21 WV-
British Lt. Gen. Sir Miles C
Dempsey and Air Chief Marshal
Sir Keith Park made a flying
visit to Batavia today as Brit
ish forces campaigned against
Indonesian troops east of Ban-,
doeng, the summer capital.
Dempsey is the allied ground
forces commander and Park the
chief allied air officer for the
southeast Asia theater. They
took off again only a few hours
later and nothing authotitativa
could be learned about the pur
pose of their trip.
The Dutch news agency Aneta
speculated that they were to
discuss with Lt. Gen. Sir Philip
Christison, nllied commander
in the Netherlands Indies, the
decisions reached at the recent
conference of British and Dutch
leaders in Singapore.
High scources in Batavia said
December 8 that the British had
decided to move in whatever
reinforcements were necessary
to restore order and guarantee
Dutch sovereignty in the East
Indies.
(J. H. A. Logemann, Nether
lands minister for overseas ter
ritory, told the lower house of
the Dutch parliament at The
Hague today that full use will
be made of Netherlands troops
in the Islands.)
Nine Batavia-b a s e d RAF
planes blasted roadblocks and
nationalist strongpoints east of
Bandoeng to clear the line of
march for British ground troops.
Belgian Cross for
Ninth Air Force
Brussels, Belgium, Dec. 21
(IP) The Belgian Croix de
Guerre will be pinned tomorrow
to the colors of the Ninth tacti
cal command of the Ninth air
force, constituting one of the
largest mass decorations in his
tory. The ceremony commemor
al;s events one year ago when
Belgian skies cleared and the
airmen launched their famous
attack on nazi armored columns
that had broken through the
Ardennes. Ail men in the com
mand at that time will be en
titled to wear the green and
red decoration on their shoul
ders. Cancer Toll Above War
Washington, Dec. 21 )IP Thd
census bureau said today nearly
twice as many persons died of
cancer in this country during
1942-43-44 as the armed ser
vices lost by enemy action in
World War II. Cancer deaths
in the period totaled 501,419,
the bureau said, while recent
army and navy figures placed
combat losses at 273,000.
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