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Expect Governors to Support Peace Plan MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich., July 3 (UP) Governors of 42 states moved today toward speedy action on the San Francisco, charter under the whip of Cmdr. Harold E. Stas sen's appeal for united national support. . Discussion and approval of the charter are scheduled for July 4 as the national conference of state executives sped through routine study of how to revitalize small business and agriculture. Stassen; former chairman of the conference, left with the governors his recommendation that the San Francisco char ter be established as "the policy of the 48 states." , . . ( Addressing the 37th annuul n l pii 1-1 i. I conference lust night, Stassen Five Faults Found In Peace Charter But Says He Will Support Document In Senate Vote ' WASHINGTON, July 3 (UP) Sen. Harlan J. Bushfield, R., S. D., said today he will fight to require the U. S. delegate to the United Nations security council "to act only after congress has di rected him to act in each case as it arises." Bushfield told the senate Hie charter as it stands will delegate "power which we have no au thority to delegate to the secur ity council, to declare war." He said he will support the charier but added the senate ought to correct this and five other spe cific faults, Bushfield said he will fight to limit the delegate's "war-making power" when legislation is brought up.,; Support Charter President . Truman has nomi nated former Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, jr., to be chief U. S. representative. Bushfield, whose support for the charter had been in doubt, listed these five other faults in the document: "1 It places our sovereignty in the hands of foreigners be cause we .have only one vole out of a necessary total of seven. This power must be referred to congress in each case as it arises. "2 It seeks by implication to delegate power to the American member of the security council to vote us into war without ref erence to congress. This power must be strictly defined and lim ited by statute"td ""c"ohgreMidn;il approval in Ea9n cnse as " arises. Granti Power "3 It grants to the security council power to regulate the size and kind of our armaments for national defense. No power oh earth should dictate our de fense, except the congress. "4 It destroys the Monroe doc trine, which is the only fixed foreign policy America has ever had. "5 II scuttles the Pan-Amer-' ican union which we have spent 50 years in building among our American neighbors and makes it subject to ' the approval of European and Asiatic nations." Churchill Meets Heavy Criticism In Attlee Attack LONDON, July 3 (UP) Prime Minister Churchill ran into a storm of criticism from the op position press today for his sur prise challenge of laboritc leader Clement Attlee's right to attend the forthcoming big three confer ence. Churchill, who previously had invited Attlee to the meeting, in jected that issue into the cam paign when he made public a letter he had just sent to the labor party leader. In it, he demanded that Atllec explain publicly why he had not disputed the recent statement of laborile chairman Harold Laski, who had said Attlee could go to the big three conference only as nn observer and there could be no continuity between a conser vative and a labor party foreign policy. Churchill suggested if the lab oritcs' executive committee had to be consulted on foreign policy it might be impossible to avoid revealing confidential informa tion. Atllec reported he was not answerable to the Laski commit tee and the "new position" which Churchill said had been created by Laski "exists only in your mind." The liberal Manchester Guard ian adopttd a stronger tone, re ferring to Churchill's letter as a "ihamele" political maneuver. II. S. Second Army Occupies Berlin BERUS. July 3 (UPV-A rain drenched ea;head af the Unit ed State army seennd armored division rolled into Berlin totiay and begao taking over its as signed occupation inn in the southwestern pat of the ellyi British occupation f'Jttres were moving in Oft the nortrrwast'jrti part of Berlin al.the same time the American convoy came in on the broad autobahn from the staging center at Halle. called' for its universal support as a 'medium of keeping the woYldl'tit peace "for at least 50 yeais." r Stassen said there was no rea son why the world pact could not be the basis of enduring peace. Don't Fear U. S. Emphasizing the U... S. must lead the way, he declared "the peace loving nations do not fear the power of the United States; the aggressors do fear the power of the United States. . 'And so must it ever be." Stassen left today for a holiday in Minneapolis, from where he u'ill fly to Washington to report To President Truman and the state department. He gives up his duties as member of the U. S. delegation at San Francisco at the week end and will embark for the Pacific to rejoin Admiral Wil liam E. Halscy as assistant chief of staff. - Ask Resolution Gov. Mortimor Procter of Ver mont said he will ask conference endorsement of the charter in a resolution tomorrow. Reaction to Stassen's appeal hinted imme diate and wide support. Meantime Gov. Lester C. Hunt of Wyoming made strong pleas lor intensified state interest in development of small business. Hunt outlined a program in which he advocated that small business be given: (1) First opportunity to recon vert to civilian output. (2) Loan guarantees of the kind now pro vided through federal, housing and agriculture piograms. (3) A more lenient lax structure. (4) State control removing it from burdensome federal procedure. And (5; national protection from monopolies and interlocking di rectories. Johnston Expects Continued Boom irk Northwest Areas SPOKANE, July 3 (UP) Eric A. Johnston, president of the U. S. chamber of commerce, said to day he will attend the interna-:ional-conference of chambers of commerce of the world in Lon don Aug. 6. Johnston said the conference will discuss plans to resume in- Iprnntinnnl hllcinnuo rtnni rrin rlic- mpted by war, to distribute food : supplies to war victims and de velop a new world pattern for husiness cooperation. He predicted a. continued boom in Pacific northwest business. "The business prospect is good for the next few years with the Pacific northwest in position to benefit greatly because of its re sources," he said. "Producers of raw materials and foodstuffs here may look forward confidently." Bulletin GUAM, Wednesday, July 4 (UP) A fleet of 450 lo 500 B-29s scattered nearly 3,000 tons of incendiaries over four Japanese cities on the home islands of Shikiko and Honshu before dawn today. First of New City Even "he who runs may read" the street signs on La Grande intersections when the Lions club-sponsored project, which has ben operating since February, is completed. Lions club committee, Horace J. Nelson, chairman, seeking and getting the co-operation of the city commissioners and of other civic clubs here, has now reach ed the point where it is ready to install the concrete street mark ers, such as the one shown in the picture. About 75 peicent of the posts hav3 been made, and all are being painted white! The letters are sunk in the posts, so they will b permanent. , C, D. Kelly, Lions member, of the Concrete Pipe company, took the contract for the manufac ture. Another phase of the work is still incomplete putting in the street market involves digging ahout 8W post holes two feet deep Lions will dif. 150 holes, two for each member; the Mave rick club, the Boy Scouts and the Junior Chamber of Commerce also have volurrtc'ered to dig holes. The club also aaks that prop erty owners on corners also help out with the tank. City Manager Ed Ford, said today he.hujies 'to have the stakes set soon, show, ing where to dig. The installa tions are made under supervision of Orville Wright, K)y street superintendent. ESTABLISHED 1S9G sum: Strike Affecting Rocket Output; 50,000 Now Idle Rubber Industry At Akron Idle For Days By United Press Akron, O., headquarters of the nation's rubber industry, was the core of strike trouble today. There more than half, the coun try's 50,000 idle workers were away from their jobs at the Fire stone and Goodyear lire and lub ber companies. Despite threats of loss of draft deferments and cherished union contract provisions, approximate ly 33,001) CIO United Rubber Workers remained on stiike. First Time With two major companies strike-bound and two others Goodrich and General Tire and Rubber closed for repairs, Akron's rubber production was at a virtual stanc) till for the first time in 75 years. In another rubber productions dispute, the war labor board stepped into a work stoppage of 1,100 workers at the Ohio Rubber company, Willoughby, O. Other strikes are scattered over the east. At Allcnlown, Pa., 3,000 Mack Manufacturing .vonipany employes idled for the fifth day in support of 4,900 striking em ployees at the company's Plain- field, and New Brunswick, N. J., plants. Paper Strike Representatives of 1,700 AFL machinists conferred with WLB, army and navy officials in an ef fort to resume production at the Waukesha Motors company, Wau kesha, Wis., while other striking machinists duHailed operations at the Cameron Iron works in Hous ton, Tex. News-hungry New Yorkers lined up for their newspapers again today as members of the independent newspaper delivery man's uniqn, continued a strike. Of more than a dozen newspapers affected by the strike, all but two continued publication although press runs were reduced and sev- cra' cditions eliminated. At the Allenport, Pa., nlant of Pittsburgh Steel company, about 150 workers remained idle lor the second day. Production of navy rocket lining was affected. The wildcat walkout was in pro test to WLB adjustment of wages paid to workers in a newiy - in stalled automatic mill. The. Pittsburgh Plate Glass company strike ended with the return of 2,600 workers at its Ford City, Pa., plant.. Five other plants of the company previously had resumed production. The walkout began June 21. NATIONAL BANK CALL WASHINGTON, July 3 (UP) The controller of the currency to day issued a call for the conji tions of national banks as of June 30. krw - v.. .-......t-:.-..--r:;v; ..- STREET MARKER PROJECT BEGINS Here it hown the group of Lions club committeemen, city officials and members of other city groups who took parr Ifl the installation of the first ol the new concrete street markers which will eventually mark 400 in tersections in La Grande. The men ant. loft to right: L. M. Gahn. Lions: Millard Smith. Lion; C. D. Kelly. Lion: Robert O'Lcary, LA GRANDE, Death Soon to From Pleasures FORT WORTH, Tex., July 3 (UP) Cpl. James E. Newman lay between his mother's crisp clean sheets today and enjoyed her "best in the world" home cooking simple pleasures doc tors say death soon will take from him. Medical officers set aside army regulations to grant the last wish of the 25-year-old Bataan and Corregidor veteran that he be taken home to die. "In Action" They said Newman's death certificate would cite "malnu trition and tuberculosis" as causes of death. But they add ed it ought to read: "Died in action." The doctors, who fought for five months in a vain attempt to nurse Newman back' to health after three year in a Jap prison camp, shook their heads regretfully and said "there's nothing more we can do." N e w m a n fought off the $4,158 To County From Interest On State School Fund Slate land board today appor tioned to Union county $4,1511 of the $208,064.40 interest on the Oregon irreducible school fund. The money will be distributed among the various districts for school purposes, Miss Ethel S. Hansen, county school superin tendent, announced today. There were 298,516 school children in Oregon during the past fiscal year, compared to 280,141 last year. The cause of the decrease in the amount was the payment of a number of 5 and 6 percent mortgages held by the board, Lewis D. Griffith, clerk of the board, said. Per capita distribution amounts to 90 cents, compared to $1.05 last year. A total of $850,000 was invested in war bonds during the 1944-45 fiscal year, Griffith said. Included in the counties' ap portionments were: Clackamas 10,740.90; Clatsop 5, 199.50; Coos 6,61)3.30; Crook 1,417.50; Deschutes 3,968.10; Jack son 9,177.90; Lane 18,245.70; Linn 9,505.80; Marion 18,639; Multno mah 86,376.00? Harry Hopkins Quits After Dozen Years WASHINGTON, July 3 (UP) Harryl L. Hopkins, a power in the new deal for more than a decade, resigned from govern ment service today to "take a rest." The ailing Hopkins in submit ting his resignation lo President Truman, said he had "reached the decision that I should retire from the government service." Street Markers Is Walltwt Cevafiei OREGON TUESDAY EVENING, Take Soldier of His Home enemy after the Philippines at tack in 1041.. He lived through the battie of Bataan but was taken prisoner on Corregidor. He spent three yeais in a Jap prison camp and was almost dead of starvation when he was liberated last February. Refused Military authorities refused at first when O. F. Newman, the corporal's faher, and his sister, Mrs. C. L. Brown, asked them to grant Newman's re auest lhat ho be sent home to die. . Then they relented, and yes terday Newman was loaded in to a special army plane at Brims General hospital, Santtr Ft, N. M., and flown home. An army idoctor and nurse made the trip with him. It was a family reunion after four years and everyone tried bravely to pretend this is just the first' of a lot of good times they will be having together. Dr. Maaske Head Of County Civic Music Association Dr. Roben J. Maaske, president of Eastern Oregon college, was elected president of Union Coun ty Civic Music association at a recent meeting of the committee, and will serve in that capacity during the ensuing year. New vice-president is Lloyd Walch. MVs. Cjmic Trollinger is the new treasurer and Mrs. Ernest Walden the new secre tary. After discussing the possibili ties of obtaining artists from an other concern, the officers agreed to sponsor the Civic Music for another year. A membership campaign is planned for early November. During the past year, five con cert artists were brought to La Grande by the association. Third Governor in 3 Weeks in State SALEM, July 3 (UP) Ore gon has its third governor in three weeks. Eugene Marsh, McMinnville, speaker of the house, is gov ernor today, since Howard C. Belton, president of the senate, who has been acting governor in Earl Snell's absence, is out of the state. Belton had to go into Wash ington on business, and Gov ernor Snell is attending the governor's conference at Mack inac island, Michigan. Next in succession are Sec retary of State Robert S. Fur rell, jr., and State Treasurer Leslie M. Scott, in case Marsh has to leave the state. Lion; Horace J. Nelson, chairman Beat Capps, Lion; J. L, Sinden, city commissioner; Al Long, Junior Chamber; N. A. Van Wormer, city commissioner; Orville Wright, street superintendent; T. H. Gaithcr, city commissioner; Nod Jonoi, Junior Chamber; Ed Ford, city manager; Harley Smith, Maverick club president; and Leo Reynolds, Boy Scout commissioner. JULY .'J, 1915 Up Jap Anderson Plans To Fight Meat Lack, Not OPA Found Wastes in Beef Surpluses, Secretary Says By RUTH GMEINER WASlilNGGTON, July 3 (UP) Secretary of Agriculture Clin ton P. Anderson is going to fight the meat shortage, not the OPA, with the extra power granted him by congress, he said today. Anderson told reporters he conferred with price administra tor Chester Bowles about possible effects of amendments to the OPA extension bill, signed by President Truman over the week end. Lift Present Limits The bill gave Anderson greater power than held by any of his predecessors. Among them was the authority to allow small slaughterers to ship meat across state lines and lift present slaugh ter limitations. These limitation!! have been blamed for sonic of the current hnrtages. Anderson, former New Mexico congressman reported he found surplus beef "just being wiisled.'1 He predicted exercise of his certifying authority will eliminate this situation. Musi Jieip Local authorities, aided by the new flexible meat program, must cooperate in combating the black market, Anderson declared. He cited the example of Detroit where the meat supply has been drastically cut by quoins placed on small slaughterers. He made it clear he does not intend to issue "blanket author ity" to slaughter indiscriminate ly. 'It will be necessary to "tie restrictions to permits to muke sure the extra meat slaughtered will go lo shortage areas," he ex plained. Anderson said he can not estimate when the effects of the new program will be felt. Gun Wound Fatal To Oregon Girl S1LVERTON, July 3 (UP) An accidental gunshot today had proved fatal to Marlono Thomas, li, of Silverton, who died lute yesterday in a hospital here. Her brother, David, 12, is also n patient in the hospital with a bad cut in his arm suffered when he plunged through a win dow lo seek help after the shot. A gun was knocked from the wall of the Thomas home Sun day when the children were play ing with Iwo other children, and was discharged. Two other guns ucie found in the room. Mailcnc was hit in the abdomen, and lived only about 24 hours. Marlene and David are the children of Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas of Silverton, who were not at home when the accident occurred. Iristalled of the Lions commiiteo; Gordon Harass Suicide Bases; Oil Plants Vanishing' GUAM, July 8 (UP) Japanese broadcasts said about 100 American planes attacked air bases on southern Kyushu today in a multi-pronged foray keeping the aerial softening up of Japan on a round the clock basis. Tokyo reported a wide ranging fleet of light and medium planes hit the southern belt of airdromes from which Kami kaze suicide planes launch assaults of allied land and sea Aussies Advance 10 Miles To Take Borneo Airfields More Support For Invasion Near Balikpapan MANILA, July 3 (UP) Alls' tralian troops cracked tough op position and smashed ahead 10 miles to capture the Sepinggang and Munggar airdromes, the two best fields In the Balikpapan area, Radio Melbourne reported today. The Balikpapun beachhead measured about IS miles wide and 2,500 yards deep, and Aus tralian patrols were within 1,500 yards of Balikpapan city. Land Tanks A Tokyo broadcast said 7,000 Australian troops are ashore, and five more cruisers and 60 trans ports had joined the allied fleet massed in Balikpapan bay. To kyo also said the Australians had landed more than 80 tanks. . , Repair crows there at .work getting ,tie fields In condition for allied planes, the Australian broadcast said, quoting royal Australian mir force hHidqunr tors as the source of its informa tion. American carrier-based planes have been flying through the black oil smoke over Balik papan lo plaster targets ordered by the ground foroes. Good Fields ' Dutch underground reports In dicated bdth airlields were in good condition. Manggar air field, 12 miles northeast of Balik papan, has two paved runways, the longer nearly 4,000 feet. Se pinggang, five miles east of Bal ikpapan, hus 4,050 foot long run way reported in excellent con dition. The advance to Manggar was made by Australian dismounted cavalry, who met the same stiff ening resistance reported nil along the Balikpapan front after the initially easy invasion. Id represented an extension of the right, or eastern flank, of 10 miles from the previously reported high-point of advance at Stal kuda. War Bond Sales In State Climb PORTLAND, July 3 (UP) Sales of E war bonds throughout Oregon were reported toduy to have reached B2.9 percent of ouota with a $021,019 thrust near or the $55,000,000 goal. Multnomah county added $045, !W0 to get within $4,500,000 of the county's $30,000,000 goal. County percentage was 84.8, al most seven points above the cur rent national average. Oregon's total sales were $157, 000,503 for 142.8 percent of the state's $110,000,000 quota. Newburn Now Heads Oregon University EUGENE, July 3 (UP) Dr. Harry K. Newburn, former dean of the College of Liberal Ails at Iowa university, today oc cupies the president's chair a' the University of Oregon. He took over the helm of the Eugene institution with the ob servation Dr. Orlando J. Hollis, acting president, had done a fine job. President Newburn outlined faculty personnel maintenance and incieasing as problem num ber one. Others relate lo the c&ntul school and campus hous ing. Weather Data for 24 hours to 7 a. m. Temperature; Maximum 90 Minimum 54 Forecast: Scattered clouds to night and Wednesday. A Community Newspaper For Every Member of the Family FIVE CENTS fflMw .ak- - - - forces tightening the noose on Japan. The raiders, most of them Thunderbolts and Mustangs, swept in from Okinawa, enemy- reports said. They raked their lurget8 for an hour beginning soon after noon. Small Force The daylight force struck after two fleets of Superforts had dealt a destructive one-two punch to Japanese war plants within 24 hours. ' Tokyo reported a small . force of B-298 loosed a fire raid today on Kainan, about 50 miles south west of Osaka, setting fires. But this appeared to be the enemy version of the announced 50 Superforts attack on the Muruzeir refinery in the same area of east crn Honshu. This attack wrecked the third of Japan's vanishing oil centers hit by the big bombers in seven days. Japanese radio said "many'1, other B-u!9s followed up the Maruzcn raid today to scatter mines through the blockaded sea ot Japan west of the enemy homeland, while four scouting B-24 Liberators ranged over the Tokyo area itself. .,'.!; .'.There was no word the Liber. ntors had bombed the enemy cap ital, but their appearance was an omen of the increasingly heavy blows in store for Japan when the bomber fleets of the U. S. eighth air force wing in from Europe. rt Meanwhile, the enemy radio asserted Japanese air units had made another series of heavy at tacks against the allied flertyajl 1 southern Okinawa. f -..' I One of our cruisers wasVMkiy' Tokyo claimed, and another rtf ' ceived direct toroedo hits. M s The broadcast said Japuiy) been "hoarding" its planes for this climactic struggle and prom ised the entire force would be deployed at the proper time In "one stroke." I Box Score v Destruction of the Maruzen re finery brings to 23 the numbef of Japanese industrial centers wrecked by the B-29s since they started their knockout campaign with a 300-plane assault on Tokyo last March 10. This was the box score of oblit eration for the campaign to date: Hamamatsu, 70 percent de stroyed; Shlzuoku,.6fl percent; Yokkaichl, 59 perctnt; Kobe, 56 percent; Toyohashi; 52 percent; Tokyo, 50.8 percent; Kagosmima, 44.1 percent; Yokohama, 44 per' cent; Shimonoseki, 38 percent; Nobeoka, 36 percent; Nagoya, 31.2 percent; Moji, 28.8 percent;. Osa ka, 25 percent; Kawasaki, 20.2 percent; Fukuoka, 20 percent; Sasebo, 17.9 percent; Amagasaki, 11 percent, and Omuta, 2.5 per cent. " Portland Fire Loss $75,000 Last Night i PORTLAND, July 3 (UP) A three-alarm fire which swept through the Clow Roofing com puny warehouses and victory Steel Fabricating company of Portland's lower east side late last night was estimated by fire men today to have cost approxi mately $75,000. The fire, which started from a grass blaze, burnt through $20, 000 worth of roofing materials, siding and insulating board of the Clow Roofing company. 'Execute All Laws' ' Schwellenbach Says WASHINGTON, July 3 (UP)-r-Secretary of Lubor Lewis B. Schwellenbach today ordered all labor department employes to "execute the laws" regardless of whether they agree with them. -- In his first general order, the former federal judge said he was emphasizing the point raised now so as not to subject anyone to embrrassment" later. ' , Offices To Close ': The Observer building, banks, department stores, city hall, court house and other public buildings will bo closed tomor row, July 4. 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