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f.l, No Substitute ! You'll ftad do newspaper : t Weather - Partly cloudy and wme. ? what warmer with lower hu midity today; Sunday cloudy with rain on the, - coast. Max. 'temp. Friday 70, win. 51. Hirer -2.3 ft. ; " : Northwest wind. give more real Mtisfao UoB thasr your LOCAL HUItNlNG lA I'KR. with Its WORLD NEWS and HOMI2 COMMUNITY NEWS. sV NHlETQvTH YEAR Salem. Oregon Saturday Morning, June 8. 1943 Pric Zct Newsstands 5c j No. S3 n n. O ft coJicdi K mm. 1 Ti-mnm .. . T 3 A - rrouNDao 1651 . f " ;' , ' s FfcmcIi JHi St oi:e i i JB01;Amehdihg Sagner Act Is House Coalition Margin. 2 .to 1 .-. for New Board, New I !, I Procedure Rules 1 Smith Committee Advice Followed j Action Not f Likely in Senate . WASHINGTON. June l-iP-By a rote or exactly two to one, me i bouse passed and sent4o the sen ate today a- series of Wagner act amendments to create a new i three-man national labor relations i board and make sweeping changes 1 In its present procedure. ! .The same coalition of republi- ; cans and democrats which had ! held the upper hand for three days ' of preliminary fighting rolled up a 258 to 129 rote for the revisions, despite the fact that all factions agreed that they would wind up in a pigeonhole in the senate. ' ; -The amendments were rirtually ; the same as those approved by a majority of the fire-man commit itee beaded by Representative Smith (D-Va) which has been In ' restigailng the Wagner act and j the labor board since last Decern ! ber. . . - . 1 Board Given Only Judicial Functions 'Besides abolishing the positions now held by labor board members, , J.'V Warren Madden, Edwin 8. i Smith and William M. Leiserson, i the Smith amendments would sep- i arate the board's present admin istrative and Judicial functions by i establishing the position of an ad i mlnlstrator. . Sponsors : said, this procedure -wouja leave tne new . board free to concentrate Its at tention on Judicial functions. - The . amendments also would abolish ' the .. economics division now headed by David J. Saposs; would permit .court jeviewi of board decisions in representation eases and would require the board to acknowledge craft unions as , bargaining agents if a' majority of the members of such unions so de sired. ';, -;:' : Opposing these propositions at every turn, a minority tried in vain to confine the house amend ments to a series of four, approved by the house labor committee and built around the addition of two new members- of the three-man foard. ' " -. ", ";. . , .But this group was beaten, once on a teller, vote of 178 to 111 and on roll call rotes of 246 to 137 and 2S8 to 129. Only fire changes were made in the original Smith bill four of them recommended by President William " Green of the American Federation of Labor. The fifth by, -Rep. .llen ID Fa) would relieve employers of the requirement that they bargain with labor representatives who are net citizens of the United States. Just -before the final rotes on the amendments. Chairman Nor ton (D-NJ) of the labor commit tee contended thatthelr adoption would mesa that "the workers of this country will be sold, down the Tlrer." - " Then, directing her (attention to Green, she said that until yester day her own bill had the AFL sup port. . "Strange things happen over night, and we hare strange bed fellows in congress today' she aid. "What combination or trade was responsible for the change of heart of Mr. Green Is beyond me." jQreen several months arb said the Smith amendments would hare the effect of destroying the act, but Smith produced a letter from him yesterday saying that if four changes were made, the amend ments, "taken as a whole would correct in large measure the "abases" of the NLRB. All four were accepted, by the house today. QmrcH Asks for oUfication that the First Con gregational church has petitioned for permission to build a church on the southeast corner of; Cot- i tage and Marlon streets ender local opUon, provisions of the zon ing code has been sent to 109 af fected property owners in the . dis trict tj City, Engineer J. H. Da ris. ' Permission to proceed- with , construction will be given should no protests be tiled or if protests are received from less than El per cent of the property owners affected. t Plans for the new church build Ins, to replace the congregation's recently , razed, structure at Lib erty and Center streets, are balng prepared by Frederick II. Eley, local architect. : Our Senatoris Passed ROSE nVAL CROWDS LEARN OF SALEM CENTENNIAL .. .. 7t V il Hau$ers Column Well, the ball game must be along in the second inning and this line of typescript is the first that has sullied' this sheet of copf py paper since we started star-5" ing at it at 7:50 p.m. It - is now; 8:35, ' .p.m. and that is one hour ss-u va. tt v v s-uau u w a of staring. That? Is br no means a record, but it; Is L." a good illustra tion ' of i 'the amount of star ing at a sheet Of paper a man can riH-Hnter, jr. do when he puts his heart to it. We have , been; staring at just such sheets of naner' for rears and we believe that we can stand with any authority on. the subject and give as good as we are given. If we are given an Idea we will promptly steal it, because it is a well known fact that a hard up columnist will plagiarize at the drop of a hat,; pin or embroidered handkerchief. There is something about taring at a blank sheet of pa per that is - cleansing to the mind. The first 15 minutes of staring and there are a few stray thoughts running around over the wrinkled surface of the brain. You think idly of ham burgers, Bucky Harris batting average, a spool of white TSo. 60 mercerized, the 1032 Olym pic games, Hedy Lamarr and -the Australian wool clip for the years 1903-1907. That is the first stage and is to be regretted. Howerer, re search has proved that it is im possible to skip this stage and thus, , if it were possible, go di rectly to the second or rhapsodic stage. " '. In this (the second or rhapso dic stage) the subject no "longer sees the paper in front of him. It becomes a purple blur and the subject experiences a sensation as If falling from the top of the Chrysler building after being Jok ingly pushed by a friend. Strange ly, there are hardly any stray thoughts in the braia and there is a sound as if a tap In the bath room had been left running tor the whole of a two week's ra- cation. ; These sensations gradually fade away and the mind of the subject, his eyes still fastened as if by a fatal charm to the blank piece of paper In his typewriter. becomes a total blank. He reels nothing, knows nothing, thinks nothing. At this juncture It can be safely assumed that he has (Turn to page I. eoL 7) Pulp and Paper Labor Pact Apparently r Pulp and paper mill workers of the west coast hare apparently approved terms of a new' contract agreement giving a basic wage in crease of 2 H cents an hour and vacations with pay, counting of ballots In Portland has shown. C. F. Davis, secretary of the Salem local of the Paper Makers union. informed Tho Statesman last night. Da via said 10,000 ballots were cast by both paper and pel? workers and that the trend was heavily for approval. Vote of the Salem locals was 519 yes. 13 no. Principal changes , In the . new agreement are; ' 1. Prorision of a racation with full par. to all regular employes who hare had two years of serr- j ice. 2. A , general Increase of IVt cents per hour to male and female employes, making new base rats 9 O Salem, the Centennial city, was sold to Portland Rose Festival crowds corerea wagon, wnicn received Honorable mention . luaing in front were Alice Sawyer, left, and Lois Cheney, "Miss 1840, right. Other smiling young women bidding for attention for Salem were Molly Jean Maison Patricia Lee, Cynthia Delano, Gcnerlere Dowd and Peggy Minkiewltx. f w ' ' ,'1 , ? - - . . The Whisfcerinos, of which the shore heardsmea are m, tew, were la the Salem's float. Floral Covered I Whisker inds Salem High Band Wins Second Award in Division; 25,000 in Stadium, Streets Witness A large and bizarre delegation representing Salem In the Portland rose festival floral parade Friday was enthusi astically greeted by tne thousands of, spectators. The Salem high school band, winner, of second p! beautifully decorated float, now on streejts here, several WhiskerinoS and marching Cherrians ; n - .a-TOTt yt 1 itecora wu Class Graduating Today 116 to JReceive Diplomas; Dr. Walter F. Dexter Will Be Speaker ' . ! - ' Dr. Walter Friar Dexter, Cal ifornia ' superintendent of pub lic , instruction, will this after noon address Willamette univer sity seniors in commencement exercises at the Elsinore theatre at 4:30 o'clock. The largest class ever to be graduated from Willamette, 116, includes ten from, the law schooL Four j will receive ! the degree of master of arts in teaching; given for Hie first time1 this Tear. Trustees, faculty knd seniors (Torn to page t col. 4) Wins Approval . JL JL oVtS. eents for aten, I2 cents for women, -t - ii ; f; - -Js-8. Prorision for speciarTsdJust ments for approximately 10 00 em ployes to be based on job analy se. ; . 1r ' yJt 4. Special adjustmfmts on maintenance jobs resulting in a general rate of $1 an hour for class A journeymen mechanics. - 5. A guarantee!; of a minimum of four hours for any employe re porting, and starting work. t V Improvements la seniority provisions. Including advance con sultation with the union commit tee on questions of layoff, promo tion and rehiring; -." 7. Enlarged bargaining rights for the nalana aai representatives of all employes. Davis and Paul 'Pierce of Salem were two of the jelght men who handled negotiations for the new agreement. " .. .. .--t if ... fc-V. , V . ) !, 3 ' - -- T I Wag Advertises Centennial Other Thousands on Mammoth Parade ace in its division; the exhibit on ' downtown participated. I While the float won prizes. the Centennial was capably ad vertised. The covered wagon flower combination included "Sa lem" on each side and "1840 1940" on the wheels. Riding on the float were Miss Salem 1840, Lots Cheney, and six other Salem girls, Molly Jean Maisonl Cynthia Delano,! Patricia Lee,' Genevieve Dowd, Peggy Minkiewits and Al ice Sawyer all in pioneer dress.: The jWhlakerlnds presented unique appearance In this parade. Completely surrounding ithe float, they wdrs clothed in brightly col ored shirts and overallsTasd car ried rifles of ancient styla. , The band lost but to Vancourer, Wash., high school, six-year win ner, in (competition among bands outside lot Portland. Albaay won third place." - - j r Nearly 400 Salem f 41k jour neyed to Portland on . a: special train with the Cherrlank, and it was : estimated . sereral i hundred made the trip by automobile . ' . Portland, ore., juie Tne. rain that made the flowers so j fragrant vanished gracefully today as lorely - floats, v pretty maids and hot bands Sm o d through, Portland In a Id: parade, J beautiful climax of the annual 'rose-festival. .' . I' X The 7 floats and. 4 3 marching units passed in review Of 25,000 spectators at Multnomahl C I r 1 e stadium! and wended Into; the bus- (Turn to Page J, coL Stulis Convicted k0f Manslaughter ALBANY, June T--A cir cuit court jury tonight convicted Rufus A. Stults, Eugene Junk dealer, of manslaughter, , in the death of Alex Barju, hif partner in la juhk sale. -". ' - . The state claimed Stults robbed Harju before - beating - him with a length: of pipe. Stults claimed he etruck la self defense. Circuit Judge McMahan did not Sl. ia ntAnAlir yesterday with this flower-decked i. Rose parade, too, as an escort for on Flanked by Mary C Chadwick Called at Age 72 Resident Here Since Age 2; Family Notable in plistory of State MarjyyC. Chadwick, 72, a resi dent of Salem for the past 70 years, I died Friday night at her home at 402 North Capitol street. FunerM services will be held- at 11 a.m. Monday at the Episcopal church, with Clough-Barrick mor tuary in charge. 1 Burial will be in City iiew cemetery. - : She i was born In Roseburg June It, 18i8, and came to Salem with ber parents in 1870 when her fa ther, Stephen Chadwick, , became secretiry of state. She lived con tinuously since that time on Cap itol street. She was a graduate of Sacred Heart academy-end av life long member, of the. Episcopal church. She was a member of St. Agnes! guild, a charter member of the Junior guild and a mem ber, of Chadwick chapter of the Order of Eastern Star. ; 1 y" . . . Surtiring are a brother, Pltzer F, Chadwick of Tacoma:.Wash.; niecesj Marian Gray Pease of Se attle, Janet Gray Steiwer ofr Jef ferson! Claire Chadwick Pease ,of Olympla, Harriet Chadwick Karr of ' Takima; nephew, Stephen F. Chadwick of Seattle; - and niece, Elizabeth Chadwick 1 Carlson of NewTiorltCity-. 4 . Back in Columbia ! PORTLAND, Ore;, June T.-CJP) Premier Mussolini's war -like preparations sent' the Italian line freighter Leme hurrying back to Astoria rtoiMyi' y.i':",d i The ship crossed out ef the Co lumbia river last night but re turned at 12:15 a. m., conforming with Shipping 1 orders to seek a neutral- port. s- - , 1 The Leme loaded at Vancourer, Wash.j: and scheduled - a call at San Francisco. ' It recently can celed a stop at Vancouver British Columbia.. . - " l.f. , ' j Bart Heads Banters " . BOSTON, June 7-iipfJ. LeRoy Bart, rlee-president of the Florida National bank, Jacksonville, Fla., was elected president today of the American institute of banking;, yTramingi For AllYouth' uGapital Issue ' ' ' j Offhand -j Approval Given by;FR Opens Dehate; v Opinions Varied ' 'V- Indirect j Sale ; of - ..Older; j ' Be Approved Soon . :-.: . ' - ' t WASHINGTON, June 7.-ff)-President . Roosevelt applauded . a newspaper editorial demanding compulsory military training for the United States today, while his aides. Joined., with Henry Ford in a preliminary move toward possi ble mass production of warp lanes on a gigantic scale. In addition, Mr. Roosevelt asked congress for specific authority to turn old United States army, guns back to manufacturers, a proce dure expected to place them quick ly, if indirectly, in the hands of beleaguered French and - British soldiers. - Fifty, nary planes are al ready following such a route to the allies. ' ' Highly' placed persons said to night 'that the administration plans to release, all told, more than SOO army and nary planes. These would include army attack bombers, - various other models, and the' SO nary planes already disposed of. - - - . 1 .The present plans, it was said, call for turning back to manufac turers a large amount of ordnance material, including; 000,000 Lee- Enfield rifles. . ammunition and 500 or. more 75-mllllmeter guns of British and French models. The government, it was said, would re ceive from the manufacturers- a $30,000,000 credit on later pur chases of new material." , - .The president's mores to release - v (Turn to Page 2. CoL. 1) Halted for Truce Temporary ' Concession Is , Made to Aid Harvest of Berry Crops ' PORTLAND Ore., June 7-(P) Cooperage unions and manu facturers called a two-weeks truce in a wage dispute today to prevent bumper strawberry crops from rotting on the vines. : The Western Cooperage com pany, tied Tup for 14 weeks, granted a 7li-cent an hour wage increase through June 21 and re opened its berry barrel sectioa for Immediate production. The temporary agreement was extends ed to the Seattle plant. Growers said picking .of the rapidly ripening berries was at a standstill in some sections and that work would cease in 'other1 fields unless supplies were avail able at once. Four hundred workers struck here because the company only offered a 2 -cent an hour In-li crease.' Discussions will continue through the truce period and the strike will return to' status ' quo if a permanent agreement cannot be reached. 4 The cooperage strike had not seriously affected " local 4 straw berry growers and- packers but would hare dealt cherry grow ers a serere blow had it con tinued,: packers said yesterday af ternoon. They bellered the agree ment reached in Portland would protect eiteir barrel anpplr tor cherry brining. . , Fadling Tree Kills , MOLALLA, Ore June 7.-jP)-A falling tree killed Nels Stef fan son. 14. Colton, log bucker, near here today. The widow, a son and two daughters survive. Tax Bill Desigi Tico Millioi ': ' ' 1 : v. ,. WASHINGTON, June 7-tflVA new tax, bill, designed - to raise $1, 08. 000.008 a year i for nation al defense by digging deeper than erer before Into the arerage Am erican's pocket, won tentative ap proval today of a bouse tax sub committee, ff i : - The new taxes would be ear marked to liquidate in the next fire years a $ 4,0 0 0,0 0 0,0 0 0. In crease la the public debt limit from $45,000,000,000, to 149. 000,000,000 , which the bill would authorize - in ;- order -. -to meet' defense - appropriations , be ing made at this session. Presi dent Roocerelt already has re quested v approximately $4,600c 0C3,iS0; for; defense." i-"-. ,. The"hll would-bring approxi mately 2,050,000 - additional per sons withini reach of the Income Ux collector by reducing exempt tion to the lowest level since tho income tax law. was enacted. The basic exemption for married cou ples would be cut from $2500 -to $2060 and for" single persons from $1000 to $800.t - . - In addition, the measure would wo LPecisive l rends lUiViaem: jo e run is ; R eticeni on Battle WeygandV Reported at Front, Declares Resistance Is Strong; fllore Nazi I anks Are Blasted in Trap Line Now as Qose' as 60 Miles From Paris; Germany Reports its Oil Reserve Bigger Than Ever ; s ww a w v r w m m-. . . .. . : uno vr7'-nz river valley toward Paris have Nevon. within AO milea at fh Charles Moriee said today in Le MTMrmu umitT) guiirus osa onmgni uie re-escaDusnea vveygana line that close to the capital, Morice said. . - v A , NEW YORK, June 8- (Saturday) p)A. British radio re port, picked up by CBS early today, quoted a member of the French war ministry as saying that Allied Generalissimo Max- -1 ime Weygand had gone to the Somme front from Paris and was directing personally the continuation of the battle., . . ' - (By, the Associated Press) . I ., : Allied soldiers poured out a withering fire as they clung fast to their main defense positions on the 125-mile Aisne Somme front Friday night after advance forces had fallen back, under orders, from the crushing German drive into France. v , : -... While the fighting reddened the sky over the continent- England's third, night of air wa iiaciuue guu uuuets , waicn , LOXDOX, June -5-The air. ministry and the ministry of home security issued the follow. - tag communique todays ' ' "During last sight and la th early hours of thlsjnornifl,"en ' amy aircraft c rdssed the" coast.' BomeHbombs were" dropped but little material damage was done and bo casualties hare been re ported. LONDON, June 7VKeu ters, British news agency, quot ed the Duke of Windsor In a dis patch from Paris tonight as de claring reports abroad that he had relinquished his place as a liaison officer with the French and British armies in ' France were "wholly inaccurate." The duke's reported action came 'yesterday from informed sources here who said the duke and duchess had gone , to their Cap d'Antibes residence for an "indefinite stay. NEW YORK, June 7-iiP)-The Maritime Register said today it had received reports that the Dutch motorship passenger lin er Drechtdijk had been beached at Antwerp after suffering se vere damage from German air bombs. The 0338-ton ve s s el, traded between Pacific coast ports and Rotterdam before the war.' LONDON, June 8-(Saturday )t i iffy-Sir Launeelot., OUphant, .. British ambassador to Belgium who had been missing since the r German invasion of the ' low " countries, ' was ; authoritatively ' reported to have been located! in l Berllaw Police Searching For Missing Child City and state police officers were searching last night for Vir ginia Lacy, f , of West Stayton, wno starting - hiking . yesterday from her father's farm, toward Salem. She was seen In Turner bout t pvm. ' ; ed to Reach More Citizens Impose a supertax of ten per cent of the normal tax for the next five years; increase surtax jfates on- the Income brackets be tween $0000 and $100,000 and boost corporation ' Income taxes ,by one per cent of taxable in cone. K Persons not affected by the In come tax increases will be reach ed for part cf the defense costs through increases of 10 per cent lor more which the bill would im pose on virtually all existing ex Icise tax levies, such as the tax on gasoline. The latter is tentative ly scheduled to go up a v half Scent from the present one cent levy. . , . J Chairman Cooper (D-Tenn), who said the bill was unanimous ly approved br his subcommittee, told newsmen that the lowering Jof income tax exemptions was in tended to be permanent law, as was the imposition of the higher surtaxes. f - All the Increases would , apply to 1940 incomes on which taxes wlil be due next March 15. : : ' . yjag Pnllefeis roops advancing down the Oi,e driven ' to the neighborhood of rmnltnl HfHKanr tfnn.Tn..A Petit Parisien. Withdrawal of raids was spiced with & shower a nazi : mer cnattered into Oroofs and buildings at a southeast nort tint nthsrwla. M.nrt.t ti idents huddled in shelters' , and cellars for ;45 -minutes and' s- . . . . u aeaaiy spray. - A German bomber crashed ra East Suffolk and one prisoner was reported taken.' Air raid alarms shrieked in eight of Eng land's shires. - - - ' gand wrote .a communique in his own hand to make it clear his d ranc units backed up in a-strategic morement to meet a-typl-al nazi double-flanking push. -: East of Sdissons, 6a miles from Paris, German adv ance forces hurled themselves ' across- the Alsne river only . to be "wiped out," said-the French high com mand. ' ' , Heedless of terrific losses, nail troops pressed their attack all along the front in the third night of the bloody baty of France. The French explained tthe ad vance units fell back after, "ful filling their mission", against en emy tanks and infantry. French resistance, carried out "with bravery," followed r the ime Weygand to "hold tight to out V i aui r. During the third day of the aviation carried out "incessant' V, attacks,, dropping 100 tons; or bombs ; on "armored machine, convoys and communication lines. , ;' h German armies, pounding vio lently at the center of the tosrh French defenses of the Somme- Aisne front, were trying to make the broad valley of the Oise river a, nasi highway to Paris. . r. The later attack came north mt RAtnnnt r . - ... - Another came on the Alsne rir- ex. raaL auu uutlu axis miiKiuinaT. which Is the French richt flank in that sector. Nail panzer units broke into the French lines in the west to ward tne upper uresie rrver. out VMCVI UI5J ffCIQ,UC WllU & JWt . fire 1 from Weygand 'support pointa," ' designed to ' trap suck . .... -Ilk . V unit. ' - - . tnesB poinia in ibb west were reported holding fast. ' On the third night of the thun derous battle of France, the heav ens again were red with tke glare of battle all along the great front from the Alsne to the sea. A decisive trend still was net evident.. ine uermans stui had. tte strength to attack powerfuJly; The French, Inspired by defence of their own soil, fought back aa hard as ever. : ; Nasi forces hacf scored two ad vances, one of about 7 M ' milea from the Somme to the Bresle en the west wing, and another of 4. L . m . . . . . uwai six iuues irom uue aiiri.a . to the Alsne on the east wing. : The center of the Weygand line still was holding fast. It was considered algniflcaet that the. German high commasd made no specific claims te ad vances, but In unusually terte ' - fTnrn to sara 3. eoL 4) Street lighting ay A survey toward determiaiE? possible adjastments in street lighting rates for the city cf lem Is being cade by the Pert land i General Elc-ctrls ccraranr, the firm's offices here said ye s terday. - The company's last mom:.' bill to the company was held ' 7 by order cf Alderman George L, Belt, chairman cf tiie l';ht co: mlttee cf, the city coascil, tst I the PGE company presents a t u is for charges. The comraay h; 5 been charging tha city under terras cf a ccstract vthkh pired April 1.