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Newspaper Page TextI- Typhoon To Delay Signing MANILA, Aug. 25 (Saturday) (UP)-A typhoon which delayed Japanese arrangements for arri val of U. S. occupation troops to day raised a possibilily there might be a slight hitch in carry ing out Gen. Douglas MacAr thur's surrender program. It was noted here MacArthur had said the initial landings Tuesday were dependent upon weather conditions. The Japanese advised the al lied supreme comander today that the Atsugi airfields where MacArthur and U. S. airborne forces will land have been left in very muddy condition due to rainfall accompanying the ty phoon. Whether the fields will dry out in time to allow the landings to proceed as planned was not yet known. The Japanese reported the al lies will follow occupation of the Tokyo area with new air and sea landings on southern Kyushu be ginning Sept. 1, the day after the scheduled signing of the Japa nese surrender. - MacArthur advised the Japa nese today in an official commu nication that ho desired Japanese communications officials to meet his advance party Aug. 26, pre pared to set up telegraph and ladio communications. He said he wished direct wire facilities between the supreme comander's headquarters, and the Japanese government and imper ial headquarters and also direct channels to the Japanese broad casting facilities. Churchill Joins Attlee to Blast Lend-Lease End LONDON, Aug. 24 (UP) Win ston Churchill joined Prime Min ister Clement Attlee in commons today in sharply criticizing the United States for its abrupt ter mination of the lend-lease pro gram. Churchill, former prime minis ter an dnow opposition leader, said he could not believe "this is the last word of the United States." "I cannot believe," Churchill said, "so great a nation whose lend-lease policy was character ized by me as the most unsordid act in the history of the world would proceed -in . such a, rough and harsh manner as to hamper a faithful ally who held the fort while their own American arma ments were prepared." Churchill urged commons mem bers to exercise the utmost re straint in commenting on the sit uation lest they hamper the ef forts of British negotiators. British Again Hit Bulgarian Election LONDON, Aug. 24 (UP) A British foreign office spokesman warned Bulgaria again today if her election is held Sunday as proposed, recognition of the Bul garian government will be impos sible. The new warning was is- ; sued as plans in Sofia went for ward for conducting the poll. : Radio Moscow, however, again today reitrralcd the Bulgarian government was giving "full freedom" to opposition parties in the election. Sofia reports mad? plain the elc'ion will be helc' Sunday un less a formal protest is register ed by the interallied control com mission. Chinese Ratify Soviet Treaty CHUNGKING, Aug. 24 (UP) The supreme national defense council and legislative yuan to day unanimously ratified the Chinese-Soviet treaty. Details of the treaty were not immediate ly revealed. President Sun Fo of the yuan and the treaty mark ed "the beginning of a new era in Sino-Soviet relations." ! Five New Red Point ' Stamps Valid Soon WASHINGTON,' Aug.. 24 (UP) Five new red ration stamps LI, Ml. Nl. PI, and Ql become valid Slpi. 1 for purchase of meals and fats, OPA announced today. The stamps are worth 10 points each. Housewives will find thai their red poiits will go much further beginning with tha September ration period since lower ration values for most meals will go into effect Sept. 2. The five oew stamps will be good through Dee. 31. The fol lowing red stamps, validated previously, will alto be good durin September: V2, W2. X2, Y2, Z2, Al, Bl. CI, Dl, El. Fl,, Gl. HI. Jl and Kl. Not valid after Sept. 1 are Q2. R2. S2. T2 and U2. ESTABLISHED 1896 " " xtj"?Mr?'"' """"" 1 """""" " A ' I. s . ..' - . r) THEY FIGURE IN ALLEGED Mrs. Gladys Bailey. 39, said she lived in "utter hell" after she learned her sweeihari, a night flub operator, alegedly paid $500 to have her killed. Her charges placed William Cooper, 47, above, in jail under $25, COO bail. German Military Display in Window of Store Uniforms, pamphlets, military equipment symbols of a con quered people are now on dis play in Trotter's window. The various items were sent by George Decker to his wife, the former Ann Stange; and by Jim and Dick Ferris to their mother, Mrs. J. M. Ferris. The display has items ranging from identification tags to camou flage tents. There is a French rifle used by the Germans, a luft- waffe uniform and identification papers belonging to a young Ger man named Karl Josef Haiber, epaulets, helmets and medals taken from German uniforms. One of the most interesting items is a buckle with a poison box cleverly concealed inside, and certainly the most attractive are the all leather pearl-grey navy officer's uniforms. There is a packet of identifica tion tags for German wounded, two well-stocked first aid kits. a German slide rule, and several German dress daggers with sil ver-colored cord, compasses, bay- oneter aluminum soup ladlers and forks, cartridge cases, canteens, gun cleaning kits, infantry knap sacks, harness makers' kits, and beer mugs from Aachen. There are German 22 caliber bullets, a leather whip with a wooden handle used in prison Future Status of Hongkong Topic Of Discussions CHUNGKING, Aug. 24 (UP) Futuie status of the British crown colony of Hong Kong today dom inated discussions in official and unofficial Chinese government circles. It is believed here the initial reoccupation of Hong Kong will be carried out by Chi nese forces under Gen. Chang Fah Kwci. While British military and dip lomatic authorities in Chungking maintained complete silence, it was also thought British naval units which had been reported en route to Hong Kong a few days ago might have turned to rcoccupy other areas. If they, units land at Hong Kong, Chinese officials felt they will merely as sist General Chang's forces. On Pacific fronts Friday: Manila Tokyo charged a sub marine, "presumably" Russian, sank three and possibly four ships off northern Japan Wednes day and appealed to Gen. Doug las MacArthur to halt such at tacks. London Russian armies rolled on toward southern tip of Korea; Tokyo complained Japanese civil ians and disarmed troops becom ing victims of looting and vio lence. Chungking Chinese commu nists reported communist forces seized Weihaiwei naval base on Shangtung peninsula, Tientsin railroad station, and rice port town of Wuhu. Baseball Results NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. E. St. Louis 1 3 0 Chicago 0 4 0 Brecheen and Odea; Borowy and Livingston MUCH MORE FOOD WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UP) Secretary of Agriculture Clin ton P. Anderson said today as a result of military food cutbacks civilians will get nearly 40,000, 000 more casts of canned vege tables and nearly 14.000.0u0 more cases of canned fruits and juices from the 1945 pack than th-y had coming to them before Jap in surrendered. LA Articles on camps on allied soldiers and a harness and muzzle used on shep herd dogs to lead blind German soldiers. There are .22 caliber single-bolt action target rift(;s, binocular cases, and medical aid kits carried by the medical corps men. There is a captured flag, too, autographed by some of the American soldiers who captured it, a VE day "Stars and Stripes," and also "Unser Heer" a nazi youth pamphlet. The items, on display all this week, are housed in one of the two large show cases at the store. France to Claim None of Germany, De Gaulle Says WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UP) Gen. Charles de Gaulle today renounced any desire for annex ation of German territory, but he called for international control nf the Ruhr vallpv nnd French "MURDER MART" At Seattle. control -ofwestemlMnk--trfTlrlve will be from Oct. 29 to Nov the Rhine. At a press conference at the French embassy, de Gaulle also praised the economic assistance which the United States already is giving France. The French chief remarked jovially the United States press has not been too kind in the past in its articles about French pol icy. This was a rejoinder to President Truman's charge to a group of French journalists yes terday the United States was not getting a square deal in the French press. De Gaulle, who has been con ferring here with Truman and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, said there arc two main sets of questions those concern ing Europe, which has been dev astated by war, and those in the far cast. "Apart from the Rhineland, there is another German area which is of great importance for France and the allies the Ruhr basin. It is quite different from what is called the Rhineland," he said. He said the Ruhr can produce 140,000,000 tons of coal a year and proposed that, because of the vast importance of coal for all of Europe, a "special regime should be devised" for the Ruhr. The whole reconstruction of Europe, he said, depends upon the speed with which the Ruhr coal is mined and a method found for distributing it. Sailor Walks Out Of Hotel Window CLEVELAND, Aug. 24 (UP) Alan Bernard, Olympia, Wash, 21-year-old sailor, is addicted to sleep walking. Last night he walked right out of the fifth floor window of the Hotel Erie here and fell three stories before he hit a screened skylight on the second floor. Injuries: A broken wrist. Ruml Says . WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UP) Beardsley Ruml told the sen ate banking committee today additional "basic legislation" will be necessary to make the full em ployment bill work. At the same time, he question ed advisability of enacting a dec laration of federal policy citizens have lhe "right" to work. He said l.e objected to the phrase betouse it "weakens the dignity" of fundamental rights. "ft. f ONI liJS II iv ahw --I vls vwv w 9L, m c2 iiiiitw ii i iin Will, GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, Civilian Goods to Rise Robb's Hill State foresters here are hopirig no strong wind from any direc tion will come up within the next, two or three days, 'until after the fire on Robb's hill has come under complete control. ; Although the burned area is no rnore than 20 acres and has been encircled by a fire line, the foresters say a high wind could quickly spread the blaze into other standing timber. If. it can be held today, it will be under control. ' Meantime, stock men and farm ers in the vicinity are ready to move their livestock if necessary. The burn starts at the east side of Perry, about four miles ou.t of'La Grande. ' More than 5,000 acres of sage brush and grass had been burned over by noon today by the flames which swept up Hog valley yes. Oregon's Victory Bond Quota Will Be 80 Millions PORTLAND, Aug. 24 (UP) Oregon's quota in the forthcom ing "Victory loan" drive will be $80,000,000, E. C. Sammons, state war finance committee chairman, said today. Sammons just returned from Washington where he conferred with the war bond lealers and President Truman. The quota, $30,000,000 less than the $110,000,000 in the seventh war loan, is based on a national quota of $11,000,000,000, com pared with the previous $14,000, 000,000, Sammons said. Corporations and local govern ments will be asked to contribute $7,000,000,000. E bond sales will be set . at $2,000,000,000. The 30. Sammons said President Tru man is most serious in his efforts to take government out of busi ness and the private lives of peo ple as soon as possible. He said he found a general feeling of op timism in every section of the country. "The government is trying to eliminate red tape and get down, to 'brass tacks,' " Sammons said, "in helping to provide postwar employment and consumer goods." Wainwright Must Wait For Guard CHUNGKING, Aug. 24 (UP) LI. Gen. Jonathan M. Wain wright's evacuation from Man churia has been postponed for another three or four days pend ing the restoration of railway service under Russian military guard, it was announced today. An American officer who vis ited Sian, where Wainwright had been imprisoned by the Japanese, returned to Chungking with word a Russian army guard must uccompany the rescue train sent to bring Wainwright to Mukden. (There was no imediate expla nation as to whether the Russians oi Americans had insisted on the armed guard.) Six Prisoners Escape Missoula MISSOULA, Mant., Aug. 24 (UP) Military and civilian au thorities of three states today were searching for six prisoners who escaped from the Fort Mis soula army disciplinary barracks near here Thursday afternoon. They were reported wearing cither blue denim prisoners garb with the letter "P" stamped on the left trouscr leg and on the back of the jacket or regular G. I. clothes. Need Basic rree economy Instead, he said, congress migni better declare "involuntary un employment on the part of any citizen is a matter of national concern." Earlier, Attorney General Tom C. Clark endorsed the bill's ob jectives but asserted "the real bulwark of our society is, and must continue to be, a free an vital competitive economy " He tjomjsed vigorous enforcement Hiini imii i Forest FireConfinedto200Acres terday between North Powder and Union. The blaze was within five miles of Union and still spreading slowly. A dozen state foresters and many farmers were fighting the blaze. On the Robb's hill burn, about 40 state man and railroad men were working to keep the fire from spreading. Another small fire was report ed north of Wallowa yesterday. It had been started by lightning and had covered only about 40 acres. The Hog valley fire was snid to have been started by the backfire of a wheat truck. Crews from the Eastern Ore gon Light and Power company are still working on the portion of the Baker-La Grande 66,000 volt line which was destroyed by the sagebrush fire Wednesday night. They were oat until mid night yesterday backfiring along other portions of the line. Permanent repairs will be made Sunday, when the load on the entire system will be light enough so Baker and La Grande line can be taken out of service. HUMIDITY HELPS TO CONTROL COAST FIRES PORTLAND, Aug. 24 (UP) Nature called a truce in the for est fire situation in the Pacific northwest today. Drizzles nnd a heavy fog brought high humid ity. Progress of the Tillamook was halted and the communities declared out of danger. However, government foresters said a 300-acre blaze on Mount Baker and an equally large con flagration in the Chelan forest near the Canadian border are still in the danger stage. Fire conditions in western Washington, however, were be lieved eased. Certain logging op erations in western Oregon also were opening. All but one of the major fires that swept through three nation al forests in Idaho, burning 15, 000 acres of rich Idaho timber, were under control. The Dallas fire was expected to be controlled today. Flames are in green timber within two miles of Lincoln county and up per reaches of the Siletz river into which the Boulder flows. Quisling Hears His Speeches to Welcome Germans By SAMUEL D. HALES OSLO, Aug. 24 (UP) Vidkun badges, with each girl choosing a man invaders in April, 1940, were read back to him today at his treason trial. The prosecution rigged up loud speakers and re-played re cordings of speeches made by Quisling when Norway was in vaded. At the end of the first, Quis ling said: "There is no doubt it is my speech." A number of other proclama tions made by the puppet premier were scheduled to be read, al though it developed no record ing had been made of his broad cast ordering the Norwegian fleet not to fight. Written texts of that address were introduced in evidence, however, with a number of other ,Quisling speeches. Quisling appealed bored even when his former minister of the interior, Wilhelm Hagelin, took the stand. Hagelin eventually acknowledged he had brought from Germany almost $120,000 in British currency and had given it to Quisling. Another state witness, a former marshal al King Haakon's court, 'testified Quisling and his pro na.i aides turned the palace into a "pigsty" as soon as they moved Full Employment Law of the anti-trust laws, the pur pose of which, he said, "is to pro tect the American free enter prise system." Five Points Ruml, the New York business man who helped to make "pay-as-you-go" part of the nation's income tax system, said "jobs-for-all" legislation would have to be implemented by: 1. " Reform of social security financing. 1943 WPB Removes All Quotas on Manufacture of New Autos WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UP) The war production board to- day removed all quotas on new automobile production, but ruled new cars cannot be equipped with spare tires. "In other words, producers can now proceed to make as many cars as their ca pacity permits," WPB said. Until today the agency had ruled that the automobile in dustry could make only 250, 000 new can in the rest of this year. Now tha industry's abil ity it the only limit. OPA will announce celling prices for the news cars next week. They will be somewhat higher than 1941 prices. WPB said further considera tion of the spare tire question will be given by OPA. This apparently indicated spare tires might be permitted by the time the new cars reach the public in volume. Availability of new automo biles for civilian use, WPB ex plained, now will depend solely upon the "capacity of the indus try." Certain materials, such as tin, will continue to be scarce. Lifting of quota limits applies to t a x i c a b s, ambulances and hearses. While the new car news is awaited, OPA gave business particularly newcomers in t h e field of small business anotner boost with three orders calling for: 1. Speedy J ijciiLgof ceiling prices in new industries. 2. Relief from price squeezes. 3. Suspension of price controls on three basic raw materials mercury, aluminum and magne sium. Downey Would Make Atom Secret Free WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UP) S c n. Sheridan Downey, D., Calif., proposed today congress give "serious consideration' 'to the possibility of making the se cret of atomic power available to the world through the united na tions organization. He also warned unless Amer ica develops the industrial use nf tilfimif. nriurt In Ihn full. she will run the risk of becoming a "third rate power." Downey, member of the sen- ate military affairs committee u,hi,.h u,lll hnnHI.. IfM.isli.linn on the control of atomic power, em phasized he is not yet ready to advocate disclosure of the secret to the world. Lumber Orders For Last Week Lower PORTLAND, Aug. 24 (UP) Following is the report for the week ending Aug. 18, 1945 of comparative figures on lumber orders, shipments and production, based on information from 98 identical mills, as furnished by the Western Pine association here Thursday: Orders for Idaho white pine, ponderosa pine, sugar pine and associated species for the week ending August 18 totaled 33,204, 000 feet as compared with 52, 173,000 feel for the previous week and 78,118,000 feet for the cor responding week last year. Simi lar comparisons of shipments are 40,810,000 feel, 59,438,000 feet and 76,050,000 feet and of production are 43,058,000 feet 65800,000 feel and 81,196,000 feet. 2. Federal policy in public works and conservation programs aimed at stabilization of dpn structiun industry. 3. A taxation program stimu 'ating full employment. 4. Federal lending activities at home and abroad "associated harmoniously" with federal fiscal policy 5. A program to maintain a "prosperous" agriculture. ft f ONE MORE DOWN Russia has announced the capture of Emperor Kang Teh, above, Japan's puppet ruler of Man churia. The one-time "boy emperor," formerly known as Henry Pu Yi, is being held as an "internee" according to Marshal Alexander M. Vasilov sky, Soviet far eastern com-N mander. White House Not Commenting On Attlee Protest WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UP) The White House would add nothing today to President Tru man's assertion his abrupt end ing of lend-lease last Tuesday was not meant in any way to be a blow to Great Britain's econ omy. Charles G. Ross, White House press secretary, declined to talk about the new flurry of protests from the British officials. . Ross was asked for comment on statements of Prime Minister At tlee and former Prime Minister Winston Churchill who jointly bewailed the end of lend-lease and expressed hope the United States will agree to continue the program. "I suggest you take all those inquiries to Leo T. Crowley, the foreign economic administrator," R' said. , Trmnn said it had been un- f1? s""-! lhe sti"1 of, lend- " W"B " wi-j,..,,. .., to be abandoned when fighting ended. Ross said he knew nothing about reports Attlee and the president had conferred by tele phone on the situation. Submarine Bullhead Now Reported Lost WASHINGTON, The navy an nounced today the submarine Bullhead is overdue from patrol and presumed lost with its crew of 90 men. The Bullhead left Fremantle, Australia, July 31, the navy said, for operations in the Java sea. Efforts to contact the undersea craft by rudio began Aug. 13 but have been unsuccessful. The navy assumed the craft was lost due to enemy action. Next of kin of men on board have been notified. Clocks To Co Back To Standard Time WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UP) Clocks will go back to stan dard lime soon after congress re convenes next month. President Truman indicated as much yes terday, and today war production chief J. A. Krug told senate and house leaders war time is no longer necessary. Weather Data for 24 hours to 7 a. m.: Temperature: Maximum 98 Minimum 53 Forecast: Considerable 1 o w cloudiness west of Cascades and fair cast of Cascades tonight and Saturday. Cooler cast of Cas cades Saluiday. First of Articles On Help to Jobless Today on Page 3 i .. FIVE CENTS Soon Not Enough of Many Articles 1 To Go Around By SANDOR S. KLEIN WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UP) There's been a lot of shouting about quick termination of gov ernment controls and speedy re conversion, but it's still going to be some time before store shelves blossom out. Chances are, this Christmas will be the best since 1042. But not many of these items ' will be in sufficient quantity to ' go around. In few, if any of these case's, will items first appear in suffi cient quantities to meet initial demands: . ALUMINUM POTS AND' PANS It Is expected they will be among the earliest consumer needs to return to store shelves. ELECTRIC RAZORS A sup-, ply of them in retoilers' hands by Christmas. CUTLERY Because -they were in very heavy military demand, reconversion is comparatively simple. Miscellaneous v electric appli ances (toasters, electric i i i o n s, waffle irons, etc.) Thanksgiving ought to see some retail distribu tion. POTTERY Look for the flow to start by end of October. QUICK HOME FREEZERS A few thousand may be availab'-" for Christmas . TOYS This is going to be the first Christmas since the start of the war that there will'be a great variety. There will be plenty made from rubber, steel and wood, and this means electric trains, metal construction sets and metaj. wagons. LAWN MOWERS Enough to meet spring demands. MEN'S SUITS At best there .will be an "uncomfortably, short supply" throughout the winter.' Men discharged from the army will add to the demand. MEN'S SHIRTS, Undershirts and Shorts Situation will be the same as for men's suits. WOMEN'S DRESSES They will start to appear during the early fall, but won't be in gen eral supply before next spring. WPB is attempting to stimulate production of low - cost apparel for men, women and children. " NYLON WPB said the other day nylon stockings ought to be on store shelves by thanksgiving or Christmas at the latest. Al though iill restrictions on nylon production have been lifted, there still exists an order barring the use of nylons in hosiery manu facture. WORK PANTS and Work Clothes There is abundant ca pacity but it will take to Octo ber to get adequate distribution. SHOES Inventories are now ut their lowest point in history. Officials still hope to get shoes off rationing by Christmas. Blast in Portland Plant Fatal to One PORTLAND, Aug. 24 (UP) Officials of the Iron Fireman manufacturing company today surveyed the aftermath of an ex plosiyon and fire which killed one person and hospitalized 15 early yesterday. The fire, second major disaster in two years for Iron Fireman, is said to have cost the company ti ns of thousands of dollars. In February 1944 the company's front avenue plant burned at a loss of $2,000,000. Killed instantly by the explos ion was Michael J. Keck, 51, of Portland, an inspector. In criti cal condition at Emanuel hospit al was June Klages, 27, of Port land, a bookkeeper, who was standing near a wall by Keck, when it fell on them. Expected Crowds Not Turning Up PORTLAND. Aug. 24 (UP) Expected crowds at the state un employment compensation com mission office in Portland have not materialized since the Japa nese surrender, Ellis Jones, su pervisor of procedure and re search for the commission, dis closed today. He said the figure of those ap plying for compensation is small, considering more than 15,000 Portland shipyard workers had been discharged in the past week. Approximately 1,000 of 0,000 job seekers have applied for unem ployment benefits.