Ml
Established 1873
American Industry Gets
Federal Go-At fad Signal
For Capacity f reduction
Few Controls
Kept to Guard
Small Firms
Wage Increases Won'
Boost Prices, Assurdnce
Of Stabilizer Davis
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (AP)
American industry today poured
through the door otjencd by the
government into the promised
land of full production for peace.
The government last night
tossed off 210 wartime controls
on industry. Some 125 remain.
Most of them, too, soon will he
lopDed off.
The action gives an official
and full go-ahead on manufac
ture of things like radios, refrig
erators, trucks.
This doesn't mean there'll bo
enough of them for evervone in a
short while. That takes time.
Meanwhile:
1. Economic Stabilizer William
H. Davis says pay increases, un
der the government's new pro
pram, won't cause price increases.
2. A Senate committee came
back- todav. ahead of time, to re
sume hearings on the so-called
"full employment" bill. President
Truman wants it passed.
3. The full congress itself mav
not come back Sentember 5, as
planned, but a week or so later.
Little Plants Shielded
Here's the story on production;
Last week the War Production
In the Day's Hews
By FRANK JENKINS
WORCHESTER. Lower Wick
farm, described in a pre
vious column, is an exclusive
dairy operation, with a little fruit,
on land best suited to it. The
two rented farms run in connec
tion with it absorb the "must"
crops (chiefly grain) prescribed
by the British war food program.
In the main, these regulations
are designed to bring about pro
duction in Britain of as much as
possible of the foods and feeds
previously imported, thus saving
shipping space. The net, broad
result of these regulations, which
have plenty of teeth, has been
the ploying up of grass land to
be put into the required crops.
In the hard years following the
last war British farmers learned
that their best bet is running
livestock on English grass, and
it is probable that as soon as the
war emergency is past they will
seed their land back to grass and
resume their former practices.
The great success of the war
food program is indicated by the
fact that before the war Britain
fed herself one and three quar
ters days out of the week but
now feeds herself FIVE days.
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Tillamook Forest Fire Again
On Rampage, Sweeping Info
Green Timber Along Coasf
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 21. (AP) The 150,000-acre Tillamook
forest five the blaze that won't die burst out of fire lines again
today and swept into green timber along the Pacific coast.
Flames swept through a dozen square miles of green forests
and raced rapidly toward the ocean.
Flying embers reached within
a mile and o half f the small
community of Mohler. A com
pany of soldiers was dispatched
to hew new lines between the
blaze and the resort homes in the
district.
The 245 Inhabitants of Ne
halem watched flying embers
only a few miles away, but were
counting on pasture land stretch
ing between their town and the
conflagration to protect them.
Fire lines in other sectors of
the 41-dav-old forest fire were
still holding.
OLYMPIA, Aug. 21. (AP)
An order closing all logging
camps and allied operations In
western Washington was imposed
Addition ot 164 Beds to Vets1
Hospital Here During 1946
Listed on Federal Program
Addition to the Roseburg Veterans hospital to provide 164 more
beds is provided in a national construction program announced at
Washington today by the Veterans administration. The program,
calling for 5200,000,000 worth of new construction, has been placed
before the federal board of hospitalization for approval.
The two vear program calls for
building 40 new hospitals and ad
ditions to many existing institu
tions. 1
Officials said that if the plans
are endorsed by the board und
funds are appropriated by con
gress, the administration will
have hospitals with a total bed
capacity of 300.000 at the end of
the 1947 fiscal year. The bed
capacity of present veterans hos
pitals, and those under construc
tion or authorized, is 123,931. The
new program will add approxi
mately 29,000 beds. The remain
ing hospitals necessarv to bring
the total capacity to the 300,000
bed mark are expected to be
transferred to the administration
bv the Armv and Nav as their
needs diminish. ,
The addition to the' facilitv at
Roseburg is projected for the 1946
fiscal year.
A new 250-hed domiciliary unit
is protected for either northern
California or southern Oregon.
Marketing of Cantaloupe
Crop in Douglas County
Soon foBe in Full Swing
" tJouglas county qrowers
have beflun to market canta
loupes from an aggregate
total planting of about 300
acres, a slight increae over
the production area of last
year, but the yield per acre
will be slightly less owing to
early-season cold weather
that delayed the fruit from
setting on the vines. County
Agricultural Agent J. Ro
land Parker reports. Market
ing thus far has., been., con
fined largely to the local
trade but general shipments
should be in full swing early
in September and continue to
the end of the month if dry
weather prevails, Parker
said. Estimates of the reve
nue to the growers is
practically impossible, he
said, because of the poundage
sale basis set by the govern
ment, as against marketing
crates in previous seasons.
Court Orders The Dalles
To Hold PUD Election
OREGON CITY, Ore., Aug: 21
(AP) Judge Latourette has
issued a peremptory writ of
mandamus ordering The Dalles
to hold a Sept. 18 PUD election
in that city.
Willis Moody, attorney for The
Dalles city officials, said he would
appeal to the supreme court.
Reckless Driving Charged
Edgar D. Baker. 17, Roseburg,
was at liberty today under S50
cash bail following his arrest last
night bv citv officers on a charge
of reckless driving. He was sched
uled for arraignment in the city
court.
today by State Forester Goodyear
in a move to head off further
outbreaks of forest fires.
Goodyear said such closures
generally are made for two or
three days but that because of
dangerous weather conditions
this closure is effective until
further notice.
The forestry office received re
ports of nearlv 70 new fires
around the state yesterday and
Goodvear estimated 1.500 high
school boys and men are on the
fire lines' todny.
The shutdown order affects
any Industrial operation in or
near wooded areas using ma
chinery which might start llres,
Goodyear said.
ROSEBURG, OREGON,
KiHing-for-Hire
Charge, 2nd Slaying
Hold 2 at Seattle
SEATTLE, Aug. 21 (API
William Jennings Cooper, 47-year-old
hotel operator, was charged
today with attempted murder in
the first degree in a plotted "kill-ing-for-hire"
of a Seattle waitress,
a former friend.
Cooper has been in jail several
days under questioning about the
slaying August 8 of Walter B.
Foley, Jr., 22, one-time investiga
tor for the State Liquor Control
board and a University of Wash
ington sophomore. Edward E.
Mitchell, 27, a bartender, con
fessed Saturday he shot and
killed Foley, Chief Deputy Prose
cutor John J. Kennet said, and
asserted Cooper was with him at
the time, which Cooper denied.
The prosecutor said Robert
Timme, 37, was hired by Cooper
(o kill Mrs. Gladys Pauline Bailey,
39. Mrs. Bailey had fllea a $10,000
damage suit against the hotel op
erator, basing the claim, Kennett
said, on a beating she said he
gave her last June 24 on an auto
mobile ride.
Charges of conspiracy to com
mit blackmail were also filed by
the prosecutor agaiut Timme
and Farmer C. (Rock Thomas,
25, a nightclub doorman. In that
action, Kennett said, the two are
accused of attempting to coerce
Cooper into paying $500, the
agreed price for slaying the
woman, although they merely hid
her in an auto camp for six days.
Bail for Cooper was set at
$25,000.
Bean Growers Face Big
Loss in Picker Shortage
CORVALLIS, Ore., Aug. 21
(AP) Farmers face loss of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars
from ruined bean fields unless
several thousand more pickers re
port immediately in the Willam
ette valley, the Oregon State col
lege extension service said today.
Officials warned that some
fields already have been aban
doned because of the worker
shortage and conditions this week
are critical.
Salem area growers estimate
half of their $1,750,000 bean crop
would be lost unless a thousand
pickers respond promptly. Farm
ers near Eugene said 150-200
acres would have to be abandoned
unless more pickers show up
within the next few days.
At least 500 more pickers were
needed in Yamhill county. The
farm labor office at MeMir.nville
reported a "general let-down" in
harvest help and said many
workers, with gas rationing lift
ed, had moved away.
Yugoslavia Votes "No"
On Aid to Italy, Austria
LONDON, Aug. 21. (AP)
Delegates to the third UNRRA
conlerence today approved the
controversial V. S.-backed pro
posal to send aid to Italy and
Austria with the only opposing
vote coming from Yugoslavia.
Russia previously had indi
cated objections to helping Italy
and it was understood that the
change in the Soviet position was
due to a reported compromise in
which aid was assured for the
Ukraine and White Russia.
Yugoslavia objected to treating
Italy on the same basis as other
liberated nations.
Youth Killed, 2 Injured
In Train-Auto Collision
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 21
(AP) Richard Holtzinger, about
18, Camas. Wash., died lust night
from injuries suffered in an au
tomobile collision in which two
other Washington youths were
in lured.
Garland Welch, 18, Washougal,
driver of the car, and Barney
Baucum, 22, Vancouver, are stlil
in a hospital.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 2 1,
Quisling Sags
Under Pointed
Questioning
Weak Denials Voiced to
Charges of Betrayal of
Norway to Nazi Leaders
OSLO, Norway, Aug. 21. (AP)
Vidkun Quisling wilted before
the anger of Presiding Judge
Solem today as the Justice sharply
demanded "ves" nr- "nn" an.
I swer to the question whether he
naa Deen asked by Uerman Ad
miral Erich Raeder to "betray
your country."
With a downward flicker of
the eyes, the pale defendant mut
tered: "I cannot remember."
Reprimanded by the judge
with the order to "answer yes ar
no," Quisling blushed and finally
whispered "no."
The judge's questioning came
after a German document was
reai by the prosecution which
said Quisling had met the Ger
man admiralty staff in 1939 and
furnished information about the
Norwegian coast before the 1940
invasion.
Questioned about the financial
support of his party from Ger
many early in 1940, Quisling re
plied weakly, "I never heard
about it."
"Perhaps the Germans pot you
mixed up with someone else," the
judge said.
Got $40,000, Accusation
The prosecution declared yes
terday the Quisling received 840,
000 from Germany before the in
vasion. Quisling, who became "pre
mier" during the German occu
pation, is on trial for his life
charged with military and civil
treason, murder on 16 counts,
theft, receiving stolen pronerty
and attempting to bring Norway
under a foreign power.
Prosecutor Sehjoedt said the
once', hiph ranking nazi. Alfred
Rosenberg, had identified and
termed authentic all -documents
produced in the Quisling trial
thus far, including those of yes
terday which the state offered to
support its accusation that Quis-
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Youths Readying
For Water Carnival
Scores of boys and girls arc
prepared to compete Wednesday
night in the News-Review
KRNR Water Carnival to be held
at the Micelli street beach, start
ing at 7:00 o'clock, Mel Ingram,
swimming supervisor, reported
today. Swimming, underwater
and diving events have been ar
ranged for all age groups from
8 to 16 years, with cash prizes
totalling $25. The schedule of
events arranged by Ingram gives
equal opportunity for all partici
pants. Prize money is being post
ed by the News-Review and Ra
dio Station KRNR to stimulate
interest in supervised swimming.
Events are open to all interested
youngsters and no registration or
entrance fee is required. Lund's
sound truck will be used to keep
contestants and spectators ad
vised during progress of the
carnival.
Youth Arrested Driving
Auto Allegedly Stolen
Raymond Clarence Lehde, 16,
was taken into custody at Rose
burg last' night while reportedly
driving an automobile listed as
stolen out of San Diego, Calif.,
Sergeant Paul Morgan of the
state police reports. Lohde gave
his address as Seattle, Wash.
California and federal authorities
have been notified of the arrest
and the youth will be held until
it is determined whether state
authorities will take over the
case or prosecution assumed by
federal authorities.
Man, Wife, Neighbor
Found Dead in Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska, Aug. 21.
I AP) Bodies of Mr. and Mrs.
William E. Bauman and their
neighbor, John E. Slrickler, were
found in the Baumans' cabin on
Terror bay by the Baumans' son,
William E., Jr., yesterday.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Paul
Herring said the son stopping by
his parent's lonely cabin on a
fishing trip, found his 74-year-old
father just inside the door
and Mrs. Bauman, 50. and Strick
ler, 77, dead in another room
with a carbine near them.
Federal authorities are in
vestigating. PUO Again Cuts Rates
CLATSKANIE, Ore., Aug. 21
(AP) A 12 per cent reduction in
electric rates was announced to
day by the Clatskanie public
utility district.
The cut, saving customers
about $8,500 a year, is the second
made since the PUD began opera
tion In March, 1943.
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DEFIES CHIANG Gen. Chu
Teh, above, commands the Chi
nese Commuist army now clash
ing with the forces of Chiang
Kai-Shek in what threatens to
become a general showdown
eiyil war. Gen. Teh accuses
Chiang of having appointed
"Quislings of the Japanese" to
official positions in North
China, and declares Chiang's
policies hold no benefit for the
common people of the nation.
Hatchery Petition
Denied by Board
Requests of commercial fish
ing interests in the lower Ump
qua river for permanent improve
ments to the Mill creek salmon
hatchery have been denied, ac
cording to a statement issued by
the state fish commission. Con
struction of a temporary nature
win Tie umicrtaKen, it Is reported,
but nothing permanent will be
done "until further studies have
been made to determine whether
or not such expenditures would
oe economically justilied.
"The commission is cognizant
of the need of hatcheries on
streams where the runs of fish
are in need of rehabilitation,"
the commission states. "However,
it is their policy to construct
these facilities al suitable loca
tions where the greatest maxi
mum yield can be obtained. It is
the aim of the commission to
build up the runs of salmon not
only in the Umpqua but in all
tne tributaries in our slute.
Oregon Public School
Cost to Rise $8,400,000
SALEM. Ore. Aug. 21. (AP)
The cost of operating Oregon's
public schools during the 19I5-4G
school year will be $.11,925,000, an
increase of $8,400,000 over the
costs of three years ago, Rex Put
nam, state superintendent of pub
lic instruction, said yesterday at
a meeting of the state tax study
commission.
Putnam gave no suggestions as
to where the additional funds
n.ight be found.
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HIROHITO'S HORSE JUST COW PONY Emperor Hirohito's
famous white horse, which Admiral Halsey said he'd like to ride
In a victory parade in Tokyo, is just an American cow pony of
pinto stock, according to Dowey H. Burden, noted Los Anqoles
horseman who sold the stallion to the Mikado a year before Pearl
Harbor. Wearing one of Burden's western cow-pony saddles, the
horse is pictured above, at Burden's ranch, before delivery to the
Japs. Frank Le Roy, an American trainer, accompanied the horse
to Japan and remained there six months to accustom it to Japa
nese military gait and commands.
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Rival Chinese
Clash; Burma
Japs Hold Out
Organized Battling in
Manchuria Ends; Four of
Doolittle's Men Freed
(By the Associated Press)
As the first details of the occu
pation of Japan were disclosed to
day, the Asiatic continent still
simmered with trouble.
Tokyo again protested to Gen
eral MacArthur the landings of
naratroop relief parties near
prison camps. Those who landed
it Mukden were interned. Rival
Chinese forces were reported
clashing. Intermittent fighting
broke out along 300 miles of Bur
ma's jungle.
All organized fighting had ap
parently ended in Manchuria, the
newest and greatest land front
of the war.
Soviet forces reported only a
few areas remained to be occu
pied notably above Port Arthur
which Japan won from czarist
Russia in the war of 1905. Occupa
tion will end 14 years of Tokyo
rule in Manchuria.
Jap "Werewolves" Active .
While the Kwangtung army,
backbone of Nippon's war ma
chine, was surrendering in
droves, Moscow radio reported
Japanese "werewolves" were op
erating at night, attacking with
knives and daggers.
Surrender envoys from Gen.
Okamura, Japanese commander
in China, arrived at Chihkiang
to arrange details for laying down
their arms, with Gen. Ho Yinh
Chin head of Chinese forces.
Clashes between Chian" Kai
Shek's nationalist troops and com
munist forces were reported In
North China. Chiang denied a
communist appeal for participa
tion in Japanese surrender and
again asked communist leaders
to confer with him In Chunpking.
Chungking announced four
members of Lt. uen. James uoo
llttle's first bombers of Tokyo in
1942 had been released from a
prison camp near Peiping.
JaD Commander Defiant
Fighting continued in Burma
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Painting, Papering and
Plumbing Charges Fixed
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 21
( AP) OPA today clamped cell
ing prices on hourly charges for
painting, papering and plumbing
in Portland and Vancouver,
Wash., and outside areas.
Per hour painting and paper
hanging ceilings in Portland
Vancouver will be S2.30, for out
side points $2.25: plumbing $2.05.
in the two cities, $2.50 outside.
Plumbers' helpers may charge
$2 per hour in both regions.
Heavy Boots Blamed
For Drowning of Youth
PORTLAND, Aug. 21. (AP)
Thomas L. Fceny, 16, drowned In
the Willamette river late yester
day within 20 feet of the shore
while swimming from a raft he
had abandoned in mid-stream.
A companion said he believed
his friend went under because he
was wearing heavy cowboy boots.
NIPPON RESENTMENT POINTS
TO TROUBLE DESPITE TOKYO
REQUEST TO MAINTAIN ORDER
(By tho Associated Press I
Airborne troops will begin the allied occupation of Japan
Sunday, the defeated Nipponese high command announced today.
Amid unofficial warnings that "unfortunate incidents" might
be touched off by hot-headed militarists, the Tokyo government
urged the Japanese to be calm and assured the populace the
occupation would be carried out in a "friendly manner." Japa
nese troops will be cleared from areas to be occupied, but strong
police forces will remain.
Emperor Hirohito's surrender envoys returned to Tokyo from
Manila and took over directions of preparation for General Mac
Arthur's triumphal entry of Nippon.
Presumably it was on instructions brought back by them
that imperial headquarters and the Japanese board of informa
tion announced that MacArthur's airborne troops would land
Sunday at Atsugl, about 20 miles southwest of Tokyo.
They will be followed next Tuesday by seaborne contigents
which the board of information said would debark at Yokosuka
naval baso on Tokyo bay.
Vets' Leaders
Give Views on
Job Problems
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.
(AP) Gen. Omar N. Bradley,
veterans administrator, said to
day that many veterans will not
be content to return to their prc
wnr Jobs.
They will prefer, he said, to
apply what they learned in the
service! to qualify for better posi
tionsbut whether the so-called
full employment bill would be
the answer to the problem he
declined to say.
The new veterans head de
clined also to commit himself
on whether the measure would
be desirable from an economic
or. political point of view or
whether ho considered It In ac
cord with President Truman's
financial program.
Declaring that his administra
tion would do all It could to help
the returning veteran, especially
in education. Bradley testified
at a Senate eommltee hearing;
that any condition assuring more
or less continuous worK would
have decided effects on veterans
and the Veterans administration.
In those circumstances, ho said,
fewer would apply for unem
ployment, educational and voca
tional training benefits under the
GI bill of rights. Ho said exper
ience showed that many veterans
with partial disability would not
claim compensation as long as
they were gainfully employed.
With work available, he predicted
the number of former scrvcle
men seeking domiciliary care In
veterans facilities would de
crease. Full Jobs Only Solution
Omar B. Kctchum, legislative I
representative of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, told the com
mittee the question uppermost m
tho minds of the servicemen and
women "is whether they will re-
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Ceiling Prices Upped to
Offset Apple Crop Drop
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21
(AP) The OPA has announced
fresh apple ceiling price in
creases, mandatory under the
stabilization extension act which
provides for higher prices when
yields are reduced by unfavorable
growing conditions, lor the pe
riod beginning yesterday and
ending Sept. 30.
Celling prices f.o.b. tho ship
ping point for apples grown in
Washington, Oregon, Montana,
Idaho and California, has been
raised 44 cents a box (45 pounds,
$1.32 a barrel (135 pounds) and
about one cent a pound over last
season's prices.
The new ceilings: Box, $3.19;
barrel, $9.57; pound, 7.09 cents.
Sailor Dies in Plunge
From Klamath Bridge
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Aug.
21 (AP) A plunge from a
bridge ralllti! Into the govern
ment canal here Sunday night
cost the life of AMM. 3-c Andrew
Yesko of F.rie, Pa.
Navy officials said Yesko was
accompanied by five other sailors
and four girls when he essayed
to walk the railing of the Elev
enth street bridge near the cen
ter of the dry.
When he slipped off one of his
companions, J. M. Brocia,
grabbed his legs, but could not
hold him. Two other sailors
leaped into the canal, but were
unable to rescue Yesko.
Suit Seeks Knockout of
Simplified Tax Law
SALEM, Ore, Aug. 21. (AP)
The Slate Tax commission today
brought suit In supreme court to
declare invalid the 19-15 law pro
viding for simplified state Income
tax returns.
The commission contended the
act signed by the governor is not
the same as that passed by the
legislature, since a legislative
committee added matter not ap
proved bv either house.
Manila dispatches hinted that
tho Japanese military code may
require the surrender delegation,
led by Lt. Gen. Kawabe, to com
mit hara-kiri as soon as their
work is done.
Broadcasts by the government
controlled Domei news agency
devoted most of their attention
to dissatisfaction among hot-head
Japanese militarists and political
revival.
"There Is no telling what un
fortunate incidents may occur,"
Domei said, because uncondi
tional surrender was so strongly
"resented by a considerable por
tion of the military men" who
have not experienced "defeat on
the field of battle."
New Leaders Demanded
Tokyo told MacArthur it would
be necessary to keep armed
forces in the homeland to main
tain order. Premier Higashl
Kuni broadcast an appeal that
Japanese "maintain strict disci
pline" during occupation.
Tokyo newspapers called for
fresh leadership.
"A new political system must
be established In Japan," said
the Nippon Times.
Mainichi reminded its readers
"our endeavors to build up a
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Says Underground
Cities Sc!e Defense
Against Mm Bomb
NEW YORK, Aug. 21 (API
Subterranean cities will be Amer
ica's only defence ngainst the
r.tom bomb, says Louis Brtichiss,
aerial armaments expert.
Bruchlss, associate editor of
AVrosphcre, the international avi
ation yearbook, said that ho be
lieved great progress could be ex
pected In the development of
radar to ward off an atomic
bomb attack. "But," ho added,
"there is no use hiding from the
fact that some will get through."
Going underground In a hither
to undreamed of scale would af
ford protection, he said, because
the atom bomb, even if carried
by a rocket, could not penetrate
the earth's surface very far.
He urged that the task of con
structing underground cities
should begin without waiting
even as much as a year or two.
The new civilization would em
brace vast industrial and housing
areas built beneath mountain
ranges and supplied by extended
system of subterranean railroads,
he said.
"It's drastic and the cost would
be immense," he said, "but it's
the only way we can be sure of
surviving."
Waste Kitchen Fat Still
Urgent Government Need
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21
(AP) That waste kitchen fat,
which aided during the war pe
riod, Is still badly wanted "and
will be for several months," :i
spokesman for the Agriculture
department said today.
The situation on oils and fats
is still very critical and we need
every pound of used fats that we
can lay our hands on," he said.
Doug!as County Soldiers
Are Hospital Patients
Several Douglas county men,
recently returned from overseas,
are now patients at Madigan
general hospital, Fort Lewis,
Wash., according to a report
from that station. Among the
recent arrivals are Corporal
Pedro Aqulso, Sutherlin; PFC.
Austin V. Dumnnt, Roseburg: S
Sgt. Elmer Cawthron, Roseburg;
Pvt. Arthur C. Newell, Roseburg.
I.
vity pact ant
By L. r. Relrenstoln
An authority on the subject
predicts that subterranean cities
will be built in the future as the
only defense against atomic
bombs. This will bring war
nearer to that region referred
to in General Sherman's famous
definition.