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Newspaper Page TextU. Of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon Comp. nrn in Attack on Japan Prior to Pearl Harbor Talked of by Roosevelt's War Cabinet Idea Rejected 9 Days Before Foe Struck. Stimson Discloses; President's Warning To Japan Occasioned by Threats to Asia By WILLIAM T. PEACOCK WASHINGTON, March 21. Former Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson has disclosed that President Roosevelt's "war cabi net" discussed and rejected nine days before Pearl Harbor an Ameri can attack on Japanese forces "without further warning." Stimson recounted this in a statement sent to the Senate-House coi jnittee Investigating Japan's surprise blow on Dec. 7, 1941. The committee made it public today. Stimson related that on the morning of Friday, Nov. 28, 1941, he received information of Japa nese movements along the Asiatic coast. Thev were of such a "for ' midable character" that he went to the White House. The Stim son story continued: "Mr. Roosevelt suggested that there were three alternatives, as my notes show: First, to do noth ing: second, to make something in the nature of an ultimatum, stating a point beyond which we would fight; or, third, to fight at once. "I said that I felt that to do nothing was out of the question and the President agreed with me. As to the other two alterna tives, the desirable thing to do from the point of view of our own tactics and safety was to take the initiative and attack without fur ther warning. It is axiomatic that the best defense is olfense. It is alwavs dangerous to wait and let the enemy make the first move. "I was inclined to feel that the warning given in August by the President against further moves by the Japanese toward Thailand justified an attack without fur ther warning, particularly as their new movement southward Indicated that they were about to violate that warning. "On the other hand, I realized that the situation could be made more clean cut from the point of view of public opinion if a fur ther warning were given." (DurirTg its hearings, closed a month ago, the committee learn ed from State Department rec ords that Mr. Roosevelt warned the Japanese ambassador In Au gust, 1941, that the United States would take steps to defend its in terests if Japan engaged In fur their aggression toward south east Al)-"-i-vv.i - . -... Real Tarpet Not Suspected At noon on that same Friday, Stimson said, the so-called "war cabinet" met. In addition to Stim son its members were Secretary of State Hull, Secretary of the Navy Knox, Admiral Harold R. Stark, the chief of Naval opera tions, and General George C. Marshal, the Army chief of staff. Stimson said this meeting dis cussed the possible meaning of the Japanese move possibly an (Continued on page 8) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS IN Ottawa (Canada's capital) Premier McKenzie King ap pears before a TENSE lower house of parliament (containing one communist member who is now under treason charges) and delivers a 90-minute speech that contains plenty of food for seri ous thought. HE says: "Documents seized In the espionage (spying) Inquiry and accepted by the (Candlan) gov ernment as of UNDOUBTED AU THENTICITY disclose among other things that Canada was be ing made a base to secure infor mation on matters of VERY GREAT AND GRAVE concern to the United States and also to Great Britain." FE information concerned at omic energy. It was being sought, he adds, In 1943 and 1044 (Continued on page 2) Newly Developed Rocket, in Quest of Weather Secrets, Soars 43.5 Miles Into Space PASADENA, Calif., March 21. Vlt A new Ionosphere rocket, developed by California Institute of Technology, has soared 431 miles into space In quest of weather secrets. The Army Ordnance Department disclosed today that the rocket, weighing 1,000 pounds, 16 feet long and 12 inches In diameter, has been turned over to the signal corps. Its job wilt be to speed Into the sub-stratospher, record temperatures, and release the data by parachute. - . ' - Armv authorities disclosed that In a - recent . test at the White Sands proving grounds at Las Cruces, New Mexico, the giant man-made meteor soared to a new American altitude record, 230,000 feet. That is 43i miles. A Darachute attachment brings the device back to earth. Its rec ord height exceeds bv some 100. 000 feet the bt achieved bv the signal corps' weather balloons. Cost of its development was not disclosed. . ' ' The rocket uses a liquid pro pellant of hydro-carbon and oxi dizer. It has a supersonic nose, desiened to withstand the pre sure ol speeds greater than sound r.--V. : . . I , WEDS HERO'S EX-WIFE George Gilbert, above, Seattle newt vendor, and Mrs. Helena Boyington, former wife of Lt. Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, Marine air hero, were married yesterday in Yakima by the tee ond minister to whom they ap plied. The first one refused to officiate because he did not want his name connected with v.-hat he branded as "a notori ous affair." Ex-Wife of Boyington Weds Newspaper Vendor YAKIMA, Wash.. March 21. (.V Mrs. Helene Boyington and George L. Gilbert, Seattle news paper vendor, were married at the First Presbyterian Church here yesterday after an elope ment from Seattle. The former wife of Lt. Col. Gregory Boyington, the Marine air hero, and Gilbert, applied for a marriage license in Seattle Saturday, then announced that they had decided against the mar riage. Yesterday, however, they picked up the license and left town without announcing their destination. Chrome Plant in Coos For Sale as Surplus SEATTLE, March 21. PV The Seattle regional office of the War Assets Corporation announced yesterday the $500,000 chrome re duction plant 15 miles southeast of Marshfield, Oregon, Is being offered for sale. Now declared surplus, the plant produced 400 tons of chromic oxide at capacity. It occupies a fi acre site and has 13,500 square feet of floor space. Schaupp Reappointed SALEM, Ore., March 21. (.f) A. W. Schaupp, Klamath Falls, was reappointed by Governor Snell yesterday to a three-year term on the State Highway Com mission. The new term is effec tive April 1. without damage which might af- lect its mgnt patn. The Army's code name for the device Is the wac Corporal. Father of the rocket is Dr. Frank J. Malina. Caltech scien tist and technical director of the Institute s let orooulsion la bora tory. He guided the development of the project from Hi beginning In 1944 to Its recent completion. but he disclaims credit Individ uallv for it. "The Wac Corporal lust grew In the collective scientific mind, he told a reporter. "It Involved the efforts of numerous scientist and engineers." Established 1873 Death Bataan Beast Doomed to Firing Squad Gen. M' Arthur, Refusing Clemency, Disagrees With Two on Supreme Court TOKYO, March 21. (.? Gen eral MacArthur today decreed a tiring-squad death ror Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma, his victorious foe in the 1942 battle for Bataan. and disagreed sharply with two u. s. supreme court justice dis senters one of whom had termed the sentence vengeance rather than justice. Date and details of the execu tion, which now could be stayed only by President Truman, will Do determined in Manila. Affirming ' the Manila court martial conviction of Homma, wbo ordered the infamous Bataan death march that cost 17,200 lives, MacArthur asserted: "If this defendant does not de serve his Judicial fate, none in Jurisdictional history ever did." Before announcing his decision, MacArthur studied opinions ex pressed by Supreme Court Just ices Murphy and Rutledge, who dissented when the court refused to intervene for Homma. Murphy had denounced Homma's trial as a descent "to the level of re vengeful blood purges." MacArthur declared "no trial could have been fairer" and said dissenters "either advocate ar- bitariness of process above fac tual realism, or , . . inherently , , , , t. (Continued on page 8) Ground Broken for New Hotel Building On Jackson Street Ground was broken today on property owned by L. R, Chambers, directly south of The California Oregon Power Com pany office on Jackson Street. starting construction of a 57-room, three-story hotel building, which, according to present plans, will be ready for occupancy in approxi mately eight months. L. R. Chambers, who reports plans to erect the building by force account rather than under contract, states that space will be provided on the ground floor for three store buildings and the hotel lobby. The second floor will extend over and incorporate into the new building the structure now occupied by Ann's Fountain Lunch, while the third story will rise to an elevation matching the Star Theater Building, where Chambers recently installed five apartments on the second floor. construction will be of a type permitting an addition of a fourth story at later date, Chambers states. Plans have been drawn bv the Todd Construction Company, which will supervise erection of the hotel building. ine structure will have a rein forced concrete frame, with walla of concrete blocks. A plant for making the building blocks is now being set up In North Roseburg. The hotel, Chambers reports, will be thoroughly modern in every particular. 'Caste System' Protest Rapped by Wainwright SYRACUSE. N. Y.. March 21 P)G:en. Jonathan M. Wain wright yesterday described sol dier complaints against the Armys so-called "caste system" as "close to mutinous conduct" in some instances. "In my opinion." the eeneral said In an Interview, "the Army should be reasonably democratic. At the same time there has to be a gap between officers and en listed men if there is to be dis cipline. At Corregldor that same trap existea. wnnout tnai gap lorregi oor woumn t nave lasted live da vs. "In some Instances." he added, the stand of complaining GI'i has been close to mutinous con. duct. These critics are not typical American soldiers. Forged $30 Check Draws Long Stretch in Prison TACOMA, March 21. rtV Charles W. Farley. Salem. Ore. arrested by Tacoma police last week on a bad check charge, was sentenced In Pierce County Su perior Court yesterday to serve not more than 20 years in the penitentiary. He pleaded guilty to lorgint a cnecK lor . on a I coma bank. ROSEBURG Decreed for Milk Distributors Facing Barrier in Price Controversy Milk distributors will continue to sell milk in Roseburg as long as it is available, H. V. Sullivan, manager of the Umpqua Dairy, announced today. "We are agreeable that produc ers should get more monev for their milk." Sullivan said, "but we can't increase the price as long as we are shipping it in for 92 cents from the outside." Sullivan said his dairy re ceives 1,020 pallons of milk daily from Grants Pass. Douglas county milk producers are asking an increase In butter fat prices to SI. 15 a pound from the 92 cents they now receive. If Grants Pass and Roseburg producers follow the lead set b-' Portland area producers, who are scheduled to meet March 25. Sul livan said, the price may be in creased. Beef Shortage in Oregon Blamed on OPA Price Limits PORTLAND, March 21. UP A possible return of meat substi tutes to Portland dinner tables was hinted here today, with a ris ing scarcity of cattle reported here and other animal shipments also declining. Lack of animals to slaughter forced some plants to send killing gangs home at noon yesterday, F. L. Ritter, secretary of the Ore gon Meat Council, reported. A teel snortage. increasing over the' past two weeks, "was Blamed by the Industry on OPA regula tions and on the seasonal drop of cattle receipts. Ritter said OPA ceilings were to blame, with a federal court in junction "hanging over the heads" of 12 big packers . and making them toe the price line. Other in dustry spokesmen said packers could not enter competition ana still make a profit at, OPA ceil ings. E. J. Curtin, head livestock buyer of Armour & Co., said beef slaughter at his large plant had fallen 50 per cent because ine firm could not buy many animals within OPA limits. A top roof limits price paid for cattle;b ut packers cannot buy all cattle: but packers cannot buy all chases within each grade must be at lower prices, in order to abide by an OPA ceiling on monthly average payments. Jap Reparations Bill Figured at $17 Billion TOKYO, March 21. JP Japan may have to pay her conquerors 258.650.000.000 yen ($17,243,333,- 333) in reparations, the news paper Yomiuri-Hochi estimated today. economic experts at aniea headquarters said as far as they knew the Japanese government had not been informed of the total amount. The newspaper said an esti mated 250.000,000,000 yen ($16,- 666,666,666) worth of Japanese as sets overseas would be- taken as reparations bv the allied nations, and that the Japanese govern- ment would pay an estimated 8.650.000,000 yen I $576,666,666) to owners of Industrial plants mark ed tor seizure witnin japan. CIO Wins Election at Umpqua Plywood Plant Workers at the Umpqua Ply wood Corporation plant selected the c. I. U. as their bargaining agent at a hotly contested elec tion held Wednesday under super vision of the National Labor Re lations Board. Ballots were cast by 84 out of 89 eligible workers, 47 voting for the C. I. O. and 36 for the A. r . of L. One vote was cast against unionization. Results of the election must be certitied to the national hoard before be coming operative. Flight Operators Refuse To Pay $10 Oregon Fee PORTLAND. March 2.-4V Ninety commercial flight opera tors, banded into a new state asso ciation, said here they do not In tend to pay tne III) registration fee for airplane owners required by state law. But Leo ii. uevaney, state airec- tor of aeronautics, warned them. "the attorney general says it ' the fee) is legal. If you don't think so. you'll have to take it to court." The fee was due Jan. 1. The Weather Occasional light rail tonight end Friday. OREGON. THURSDAY, Nation Faces Less Poultry, Meats, Milk Return to Rationing Not Likely, However; Bumper Crop of Wheat Promised Washington, March 21 .v p'he nation's farms appeared likely today to turn out less meats, milk and poultry products fur the next 15 months or so. !ut the reduction apparently will not be serious enough to force a return to rationing. An Agriculture Department survey on farmers' 1946 planting intentions indicates that live stock feed grain supplies, already far short of requirements, may continue below demands for a year after this season's crops are harvested. The present shortage of corn and other feed sunolies is forc ing many farmers to curtail pro duction of meat animals, poultry and dairy products. Bumper Wheat Crop Looms On the other hand, the supply of bread grains also far below aemawis ol domestic consumers and of famine-plagued areas abroad, appears likely to be re- (Continued on page 8.) Fullerton Candy Firm Sells to McDonald Co. Sale of the Fullerton Candy Co., ,72"N.- Jackson St.-, Roseburg; to the McDonald candy Co. or f,u gene, was announced this week. The wholesale distributing firm here is now under management bf Bob Saunders, formerly man ager of McDonalds branch at Corvallis. Some years ago both Fullerton and McDonald operated In Rose burg until the Fullerton Candy Co. bought the McDonald inter ests here. The McDonald Candy Co., with its head office in Eu gene, has branches in Portland, Salem, Albany, Corvallis, Coos Bay, Newport and Medford. Mrs. Myra Crooch, formerly of Eugene, and Vern Martin, for merly of Corvallis, are new em ployes here of the McDonald Candy Co. Future plans for L. J. Fullerton, former owner of the candy dis tributing firm, have not been an nounced. German Scientists Aid U. S. in Rocket Bomb Work WASHINGTON, March 21. (JPi The War Department yester day credited German scientists with helping the U. S. Army de velop rocket bombs "more effec tive than those with which the Nazis bombarded London and other European cities." In a statement describing the activities of German technicians brought to this country, the Army said most of them are buzz bomb experts. Others are working at undisclosed places on jet-propelled planes and the aerodynamic re search, and a few are engaged In "several additional fields of mill tarv research." Suggesting that other German experts are working on American protects abroad, the statement said .they are brought to this country "only If their fullest ex ptoltatlon cannot be carried out in turope. Union Pickets Criticize Winston Churchill's Talk SEATTLE, March 21. IO picket line In front of the e change building, headquarters of the British consulate, was or dered dispersed by police yester day after the sidewalk became crowded and passersby were forced to walk In the street. Leaders of the group of about 45. representing five different CIO unions, a spokesman said, had planned to break up the demonstration shortly and left promptly when the police ar rived. They carried banners criticizing Winston Churchill and his Fullon, Mo., speech. Compulsory Passenger Auto Insurance Sought SALEM. Ore.. March 21. JP romnnltnrv nassencer automoble liability insurance, which would be sold exclusively ny the State Industrial Accident Commission, Is soueht in a preliminary initia live petition filed yesterday by W. H. Downing. W. 6. Richardson and A. E. Smith, all ol Port land. The bill would appear on the general election ballot next No vember If the slgnaturea of 2.1, 108 registered voter art obtained. MARCH 2 1. 1 946 (Ge'n. IrHoonmnia I- i . i " BEDRIDDEN VET DISCOVERS TALENT Sam Francis, 23. Palo Alto, Calif., found inspiration that has kept )iim busy and happy, thouqh bedridden and forced to ach, strung up on a frame at a crash and following tuberculosis erans' Hospital, San Francisco, he the critics, although the first time ago when a Gray Lady conducted a drawing contest in a hospi tal ward and Francis won first prize. He. had completed a pre med- course at U. C. before the cine for an art career. Extension of Draft Law Jo Permit Early Release of All Fathers Urged by Eisenhower WASHINGTON, March 21. UP) Gen. Dwlght D. Elsenhower asked Congress today to extend limit service liability of Inductees to 18 months. If that is done, the chief of staff told the House military com mittee, the Army can release all fathers by the end of August or early In September regardless of how long they have been In service. If it is not done, he warned, the Army may fall short by 165,000 men of Its estimated needed strength of 1,070,000 on July 1, 1947. Olympia Supply Co. Buys Discontinued Booth-Kelly Mill The Olympia Supply Company has negotiated purchase of the Booth-Kelly sawmill at Wendling lor dismantling and will start re moval of machinery and equip ment as soon as Inventory has been completed, Abe Bean, man ager of the Roseburg branch of the supply company, reported to day. It is planned, Bean said, to move the major portion of the mill machinery and equipment Into Douglas County. The Booth-Kelly Company re cently ceased operations, due to exhaustion of timber supplies. The mill had a dally capacity of approximately 250,000 board feet and was complete with planing mill, dry kilns, romanufacturlng and finishing equipment. Douglas County mills, Bean re ports, are to lie given preference In disposal of the machinery. The Olympia Supply Company, Bean announces, has completed a new poured concrete building, 130 by 122 feet, In Olympia, Wash., as headquarters for Its extended op erations. The company was foundi-d In lillO by Earl Bean, who now Is assisted by his five sons, Percy. Milton, Hon, Abe and Isadore. The first three named are stationed at olympia, while Abe and Isadore manage the Roseburg branch. Salem Leases 7 Blocks For Veterans' Housing SALEM, Ore., March 21. IJFi Salem's special Housing Commis sion announced today it has leased seven blocks In Southeast Salem as the site for 40 federal defense apartment dwellings, which will house the families of 120 vet erans. The buildings will be brought here from Seattle. The lease is for three years at $1440 a year. Expensive Vot. BUENOS AIRES. March 21 IJPt The Buenos Aires voter who put three winning lottery tickets In the ballot box witn nis vote in last month's presidential election can breathe easier today An election judge who found them said he'd send them hark. They're worth HO pesos, which is 20 bucks, American money. 68-46 til l! it i spend 18 hours daily on his stom result of an AAF training plane of the spine. At rort Miley Vet does paintings which astonish he handled a brush was a year wat but plans to give up medi the draft law indefinitely and to Both Elsenhower and Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson argued against proposals for a shorter extension of the Selective Service Act, which expires on May 15 of this year. "Should the Selective Servire Act not be continued and should our recruiting program fall to establish and sustain a volunteer Army of the requisite size," Pat terson said, "the military position of this country, and therefore our ability to preserve the peace we have won, would become pre carious." "This country cannot afford to take chances on manpower for the Army," he added. Patterson told the committee that extension of the draft should be coupled with a 20 per cent over all Increase In pay and allowances for all military personnel. Restrictions Advised Elsenhower suggested that leg islation extending the draft con tain these restrictions: a prohibi tion against service for more than 18 months: a requirement that no more men be Inducted than are necessary to meet estimates of strength required by July 1, 1947; and a stipulation that the Army discharge all fnlhers now In service and decline to Induct any In the future. He told the committee that strength Is necessary to support the position of the allies In the United nut inn organization ana said the smaller nations are look- (Continued on page 8.) Sundale Village Names Sanitary Board Members Three members were elected to the sanitary board of the Sundale Village Sanitary district, which was approved last week by resi dents in the area directly adja cent to the south city limits. They are R. T. Adams, an electrical engineer; Ijwrence Knudson. Umpqua Plywood employee, and Gordon Todd of the Todd Con struction Co. Names of th board members were chosen by County Clerk Rov Acee from "write In" bal lots turned In by voters In the area when they approved the formation of the sanitary district The three highest In number of votes were selected to serve on the hos-rd. Of 29 houses In the Sundale Village area, 19 are connected with the sewer line which runs Into the city svstem. The 19 homes voted unanimous approval of the district, a count of the bal 1 lote revealed. U.S. Insists On Action How; Truman Says UNO Security Council ' Will Meet Monday. With Secy. Byrnes Attending WASHINGTON, March 21- President Truman declared flatly todav that Monday's sched uled meeting of the United Na tiuns Security Council will not bo postnoned. Mr. Truman told his news con ference that the United States delegation will press for action on the Iranian case. The Soviets have asked for a 16-day delay on the ground they need time to prepare their an swer. Reminded of the Russian re quest for a postponement, the President was asked what will happen Monday if the Soviets In sist on their plea. The President told his ques tioner he had better attend the meeting and find out. Mr. Truman again announced that he was not seeking another meeting of the "Big Three" to deal with differences between Russia and other members of the United Nations. The United Nations Organiza tion, he said, is supposed to take over thlnps that formerly were discussed b" the Big Three. A Three-Power conference was suggested in the Senate yesterday bv Senator Pepper. Mr. Truman told newsmen he would be clad to see any or all members of the UNO at any time. He simply is not asking for a Big Three meeting. Will Press For Action The President said Secretary of State Bvrnes will carry to Mon day's session In New York his tContlnued on page 8) Britain, Mexico to Honor Roosevelt LONDON. March 21. OPl The Pilgrims Society of Great Britain announced today appointment of a committee headed by the Earl of Derby to raise funds for erec tion ot a statute ol the late Presi dent Franklin D. Roosevelt in London. The statue would be the third memorial to a United States presi dent to be erected in the British capital. A statue of George Wash ington stands outside tne National Gallery and one of Abraham Lincoln Is situated near west minister Abbey. MEXICO CITY, March 21. UP) The permanent committee of Congress announced today plans for formal obsei-vance on April 12 of the first anniversary of President Roosevelt's death. The program will include laying ot the cornerstone for a monument In Monterey, where President Roosevelt and President Avila Camacho met. The committee issued a procla mation declaring that Roosevelt had "acquired spiritual Mexican citizenship" through his advocacy of the good neighbor policy. Secret Group to Direct Nylon Stockings Sales TACOMA, March 21. OP) Ta coma merchants have set up a secret committee through the Ta coma Retail Trade Bureau to di rect henceforth the salt of nylon stockings here. It was conceived in a desperate effort to avoid ever mounting feminine cries of "unfair" which have met all previous schemes. The committee from time to time will notify stores without warning the time when nylons will go on sale and all stores hav ing them will set them out at the same time. Different hours and days will be selected In the hope that every housewife and worker will have a chance to be on hand when at least one of the great momenta comes. No feminine wile, the hureau claims, will Induce it to disclose. the identity of the committee. Corvallis Votes $300,000 Bonds for School Projects CORVALLIS, Ore., March 21. (,piVoters of the Consolidated Corvallis School District approved bond issue of 5300.000 In an elec tion held yesterday, the Iinai count favored the proposal 510 to 31. The money will be used to erect a new elementary school, add wings to the Senior High School and another elementary school. and carry out needed repairs ana improvements on other buildings.- Demos of th. notion will d vot Saturday to observing th. memory of Andrew Jackson, but Roseburg will have an all-year program in th. spurred circula tion of "ack" on th. strait that bears "Old Hickory'" nam, and which b aiding in mainten ance of th. fast tempo of the city's commercial progress. LeyHy pctanf By L. F. ReUanitela '4 .