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SZCI-PAGZ2 Republican Central Committee Calls for Isolationism End; Sprague to Stay in Politics PORTLAND, July lMVThe Oregon republican central tommittee Saturday advocated an end to isolationism, demanding that the United States take a leading role in world affairs after the war. A resolution at the annual meeting urged the government to "take -such, positive position in world affairs upon the instugusv- Am ericans in New Guinea - . Defend Port Moresby; Allies Raid Japa In China, Burma (Continued from Page 1) ther would not be vital, both were strategically important as "jump ing off points." By Tha Aaaodatcd Press Allied pi aa ts presumably manned by American and Chi nese airmen attacked the Jap anese Kiaagsl headquartersat Ltnehwaa 'with satisfactory results," a Chungking commnn Iqae said Saturday, aad the hard-hitting US air leader. Brig. Gen. Claire Chennault de clared: "We are going deeper and deep er into China. All cities under Japanese occupation will be bombed. Hankow. Canton and other cities in occupied China which were never bombed before have been bombed now.1 Two allied planes were missing from the assault on Linchwan. The city is in an area where the Chinese reported the ambushing and dispersal of 30,000 Japanese troops who are part of a-vast Jap anese attempt to wipe out all pos sible Chinese bases which could serve US airmen in expected op erations against Tokyo -and other Japanese industrial centers. The Chinese high command meanwhile announced the- recap ture of Chungshu, 45 miles south west of Nanchang, and Tsungjen, 70 miles to the south. put the Chinese position thoughout the province , still was grave, and Gen. Chang Chisiung, a leader in the national military council, urged the expansion of the Chinese army Into a well- equipped striking force of 10,000, 000 men. ,1' ' sTTS astssiw Va ailMiis s4 a-a Im Ys . mw9 sMiasJ -Sswis,saMBia ass mm dU , asesawhfle announced that '' Amerleaa ';. planes - striking far Into ' northern - Burma bad at tacked repeatedly the Japanese it. "air field at Myitkylna during the past week te preveat the Japanese from repairing or us lar the ranways. A railway bridge southwest of the airport was damaged and a freight train was machlneguBned daring these operations which were - termed highly satisfactory. No losses were suffered by the Americans, the comma nlque said. In the Australian theatre, Gen eral MacArthur's headquarters said 21 Japanese bombers escorted by eight fighters had attacked the allied outpost at Port Moresby in southern New Guinea. Two Japanese bombers were shot down and a third was report ed hit while "the enemy's bomb ing was scattered and wJd and there 'was no damage or casual ties," the communique said. British Move Ahead 5 Miles (Continued from Pago 1) carrying between 14 and 17 pas sengers, according to the authori tative guide Jane's All the World's Aircraft. However, he huge plane could carry more troops with all passenger facilities ripped out and there have been estimates that they could transport between 40 and 60 soldiers each.) In another attack on German supply lines, RAF bombers ' raided Tobruk harbor, new one f the principal Inlets for enemy supplies. ' The British reported a direct hit was scored on a ma alliens ship on the harbor, caus ing explosions and a blase which eeuld be seen SO nines away. . ' Land fighting raged throughout today in the region close to the coast and some fighting was re ported In the southern sector where fierce artillery duels con- tmued. -yC;. - ' owtroaat wauuy aatarost rata. A rroSaetiaJ SS-tsat Martf is ta sate way to fiaaaeo set host. A vi Ha Via so a!cte v HAWKINS A K0S2Tt, INC. Authorized Mortraea Vomm Solicitor tor Ttaa FTudenuaJ insurance Go of AuMiiica. Guardian BuOdtag Salem, Oreo inon of peace that there may be no repetition of the world chaos now in existence." The resolution was- similar to one -adopted "by the- national GOP committee several months ago. Palmer Hoyt, Portland publish er, in a keynote-address to party leaders from ail sections of the state said, "All of us must always remember that America must al ways come--first.'' He said that criticism of Im proper spending, boondoggling aad useless expenditure of lives was proper. Bat It Is Improper, ha said, to criticise the baste tasks of the war or to attempt hi any other way to deter the war. effort. Gov. Charles A. Sprague told the meeting that he is- retiring from the office but not from poli tics. "I am going back to , the ranks as a worker" in the party, he said. The legislative committee rec ommended enactment of a law permitting use of the state capitol building for meetings of lawfully organized political parties. It also urged a law requiring county clerks to certify the election : of precinct committeemen within 15 days after primary elections. Other resolutions pledged all- out cooperation in the war effort and approved party candidates. Mrs. John W. Richardson, Port' land, defeated Mrs. Grace M. Wells, Klamath Falls, for vice chairman of the state committee in the only contested election. Of fleers reelected were Nlel " AHea, Greats Pass, chair- Kenneth Nielsen, Eugene, secretary, and John N. Adams, Portland, treasurer. Allen announced a new execu tive committee of: C F. Bollinger, Gladstone; Alice Paine, Milwau kee; Mrs. Freeda Peterson, Dal las; Mrs. Ada Cox, Florence; Rob ert D. Lytic, Vale: Mrs. Elsie G. Baldwin, Hood River; William E. Walsh, Marshfield; Roy Kilpat rick, Canyon City; Fred W. Bronn, Portland; Mrs. Julia Lofgren, Portland; Sam Speerstra, Salem, and Mrs. Wells. Oregon's Are SmaU Families WASHINGTON," July ll.-P- The average Oregon family in 1940 was smaller than the ave rage for the i est of the nation, the bureau of th! census said Satur day. ' Rural farm families were the largest in thn state with an ave rage of 3.55 persons per dwelling compared to the national average of 25. Oregon's rural non-farm average was 3.26 compared to 3.78 nationally and the 'urban average was 3.08 against 3.61 na tionally. Of the 337,402 dwellings report ing, 333,fl38 were occupied by whites while 3554 were inhabited by non-white. Active Rejects Giib's Merger ' SEATTLE, July ll-P-AcUve International, young men's serv ice club, elected Mainard C. Lar- sen, 37, Missoula, Mont, president Saturday at the conclusion of ' a three-day convention which also rejected plans for a proposed merger with two other similar or ganizations in the United States and Canada. Larsen succeeds Art Fairchild, Raymond, Wash, as Activian president Other .officers elected were Joseph Crowe, Spokane, Wash, first vice-president, and John Read, Bellinghtm, WasrL, second vice-president Spokane war selected as next year's con vention city. , College Receives Staffs Bicycles CORVALLIS, July ll.-)-Ai-ter waiting almost six months for priorities and approval from doubting state officials. Dean Wil liam A. Schoenfield of Oregon State college's agriculture depart ment had bis 21 bicycles Friday, They will replace automobiles for use of the experiment station staff in the vicinity of the campus. Cemetery Association ; Officers-Are Listed I MACLIAY Officers of ' the Stlpp Cemetery of Macleay Maintenance association, recently organized' are Theodore Olson; Merle Bow en , vice-president; Mrs. Robert Craig, clerk. Mrs. J. F. Gr Tekenburger, J. Irvine Cap linger, directors. Standing com mittees include around. J. Irvine Caplinger," . Harry : Martin, sr. Tneodore AJlson; sinking fund: Mrs. M. M. Maaee. Mrs. J. R Whittig and Robert Craig. Ship News Deleted LIMA,;Peru, July ll-Ln-A government decree issued Satur day forbade the publication of news .dealing with - ship move ments and also banned the broad casting of ' weather - data because "it may be useful to the activities of aggressor countries." " The Porthmd Girl Wed hy Proxy VANCOUVER, Wash-, July 11 (AP)-A six-year romance of tn American, girl and a Briton who is now a war worker in England wis climaxed Saturday by a proxy marriage. Judge Charles-W. Hall read the ceremony which after the war will unite Louisa Elizabeth Bau- schardt, Portland, . and William John Munnings, 28, London. Standing for the groom at the ceremony was Roy Taylor, Port land, a friend of the bride's fam ily. Munnings met Miss Bauschardt six years ago when ha visited in this country. Big Tax Bill Given Okeh Six Billion Revenue Expected From-New House Measure WASHINGTON, July 1HSV-A record- breaking $6,250,000,000 wartime tax bill, falling heavily on both corporations and individ uals, was approved finally by the house ways and means committee Saturday. 1 Product of more than 18 weeks of work, the 324-page measure proposes to raise $2,485,400,000 in corporation taxes and, $2,958,000,- 000 in individual Income taxes. Huge as it is. the bCl b short of the treasury's rooi. Secretary Morgeathaa asked the commit tee to raise about $8,700,008,000 fat additional revenue to swell to S17.teo.WMOS the federal government's prospective re ceipts this fiscal year. The final draft provides in gen eral as follows? 1. CorporationsIncrease in the present normal and surtax from 31 to 45 per cent and substitution of a flat 87 per cent excess prof its tax rate for the present scale ranging from 33 to 60 per cent 2. Individuals Increase the present normal tax rate from 4 to per cent and the present sur tax graduated scale of 8 per cent on the first $2000 of net income to 13 per cent. Beginning in Jan uary, 5 per cent of each person's taxable income would be deduct ed from pay checks or pay en velopes, with the accumulations used as a credit against 1943 taxes due in 1944. r , S. Excises Increases la ex cises on liquor, wine, beer, to bacco, dears, train fares, tele- . phone bills, freight and express shipments, race track bets. At a stormy session in the morning, the committee aban doned its program of a 94 per cent ekcess profits rate, with the corporations entitled to a 14 per cent refund in bonds saleable aft er the war. Reversing themselves again, the committee boosted the combined corporation normal and surtax from the previous level of 40 per cent to 45 per cent Cooper said that these two actions added about $94,400,000 to the total of the bill Rural Letter Carriers Meet Members of the Oregon Rural Letter Carriers association- from many . parts of the state arrived in Salem Saturday, for the opening of their annual Convention, being held in the chamber of commerce Alvin . Houston, .'national rural carriers' president from North field, Minn., was principal speak er at Saturday night's meeting. Today's program will open with a memorial service and address by Rev. Irving Fox at the cham ber at 10 a. m. Officers of the state association include. Robert C Taylor of As toria, president, and Phil M. Schweirer, Monmouth, secretary. Mrs. Mane Todd, Hermiston, is president of the auxiliary, and Mrs. Ed Holland, Scio, secretary. Electric Laboratory Sites Asked, Oregon WASHINGTON. J uly ll.- The Bonneville power administra tion has been asked to inform the bureau of mines of possible sites m the mid-Columbia river region for a $500,000 electric technical laboratory, Interior Secretary Ickes told Senator McNary (R Ore) Friday. . : - , - The laboratory was authorized in the 1943 interior department appropriation bilL Anti-Tank Guns Best CAIRO. EatvoL Julv ll-fa Maj.t Gen. Charles Scott of the United States army said upon his return from a two-week visit to the desert front Saturday that British anti-tank guns now in use are equal' if not superior to any thing the Germans are using. Malta Bags 3 Craft . VALLETTA, Malta, July 11.-W-RAF fighters destroyed a German , bomber and two axis fighter planes Saturday over this British Mediterranean Island fortress, bringing the total bag of enemy aircraft for July to 87. Firms Given Time PORTLAND, July llz-iffy-Col-lector of Internal Revenue J. W. Maloney said Friday that corpora tions have been granted an exten sion pf time to September 23 for -filing capital stock . tax ' returns f or fiscal year ending -June 39. OltEGOH STATESMAN. Salem. 'Work or Fight' Draft in Effect Oregon Drafting Now Affects Family Men ; Wooto'n Explains - (Continued From Page-1) . as as dasely as possible mnder telegraphic authority from the service. ' ' "The portion of the new-act which has - caused so much con fusion is designated title II of the act and amends paragraph (1) of section (e) of the selective training and service act which authorizes the .president to make certain rules and regulations re garding- deferments. Title II of the new act also strikes out sub section (c) of section 13 of the selective training and service act which defined the term 'depend ent as including only an indi vidual dependent in fact upon a registrant for support from the in come earned by the registrant. . "Intent of title II of -the new act is to provide that registrants otherwise qualified for military service will be inducted by cate gories in the following order, In sofar as possible: Category .1 in cludes registrants who have no persons financially dependent upon them and who do not main tain a family relationship entit ling them to be placed in cate gory 3 or category 4; category 2 includes registrants who do not maintain a family relationship entitling them to be placed in cat egory 3 or category 4 but who do have persons financially depend; ent upon them who qualify as de pendents under existing selective service regulations; category 3 in dudes registrants who do not have children but who do- have wives with whom they maintain a bona fide relationship in their homes, provided marriage took place prior to December 8 1941, and at a time when selection for service was not imminent; cate gory ' 4 includes registrants who with their wives and children, or with their- children alone, main' tain a bona fide family relation ship in their homes, provided marriage took place prior to De cember 8, 1941, and at a time when selection for service was not imminent "Some individuals have made much of the fact that the word ing ef the act refers to defer ment from service rather than to selection for service In a cer tain order. Actually the only deferment Involved for the in dividuals la the categories out lined above Is that local boards will fill calls by selecting men for serviee from category 1 be fore taklnr men from category t, from category X before tak ing men from category. 3, aad from category 3 before taking men from category 4. "Actually the only men defer red from service at the present time, in the sense that the word "deferred" has been commonly used, are the registrants who have been placed in Class II-A or II-B because they are temporar ily irreplaceable in activities 'es sential to the war effort or activ ities essential to the support of the war effort and the men who are classified in Class IV because they are unacceptable to the army or are deferred or exempt by law. Examples of those deferred be cause of their need in civilian ac tivity are locomotive engineers, key shipyard workers, and air plane designers. Exempt by law in Class IV are theological students and ministers, and deferred by law are certain officials such as congressmen, state legislators'and elective officers, and judges of courts of record. "It is revealing no secret to say that category 1 is virtually ex bauited, except . for men Just turned 20 years of ge who reg istered June 30 of this year and they cannot be made available for induction until September. It is therefore obvious that local boards will soon be inducting men who fall in category 2 and cate gory 3. When category 4 will be called into service will depend upon two things, whether or not the war necessitates a constant increase In the armed forces, and whether or not men of 18 and 19 years of age will be made avail able for service by congressional , action. "It most also be remembered that while the army's meed for men Is great, the need ef war industry is also great and is even heavier on the increase tn a state like Oregon where ship yards are expending many times and the lumber industry is working at full capacity. . . "Oregon state headquarters for selective service and the Oregon headquarters of the United States employment service are cognizant of the need for manpower by war industry and the armed forces. In cooperation with each other and with the state vocational educa tion department they are now seeking to persuade men who are In category 3 or category 4, and particularly those in category 4, to either accept a war industry job if they are already well train ed or to enter defense training classes while on their present Jobs so that they can enter war industry. No effort is being made to remove ' men from essential Sledeeerated - Ealarred- ; " Usual Wave $L5t " Perns OQ f v J Push f7ave ts fl ! Complete , J V J V J Pea Thura. Eve. V SJ 7 Appointment -'V S- phone 3SS3 39S First National dank C!4x. : CASTL5 PE22X, T7AVE2S Oregon. Sunday Morning, Italy Accident Hurts Silverton Man S1LVERTON. July ll.-Ernest Mott sr., fanner and resident of Grant ' street here, had not re gained consciousness et- up late hour Saturday nignt in sauverton hosDital where he had been taken following a still-unexplained ac cident. . f - - - Mott wee found in his overturn ed truck; at theedge of tha Salem- Silverton hixhway aroroximately Vt miles out of Silverton in the Brush Creek; district, near tne William Maurer place. Post-War Era Given Study ' Welles Directs Werk On Problems; Gets Gragresa Praia WASHINGTON, July 1 lP) Collaborating with some members of congress, a staff working under the direction of Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles has begun an exhaustive survey of the problems the world will face when the war ends, it was learned Saturday. , One influential legislator, who asked not to be quoted by name, said it was his understanding that an attempt was being made to prepare a thorough-going analysis that would put detailed informa tion on world conditions at the fingertips of American officials when they sit down at the peace table. This study was said to range the broad field of international rela tions,' including the economic, po litical and social trends to ; be taken into account when the peace-makers set about their task of revamping a world geared al most exclusively to war for years. Legislators who .professed knowledge of the project said it seemed obvious to them the sur vey would bfc based on tne pros pects of a peace embodying the four freedoms President Roose velt enunciated' in his January 6, 1941, message to congress free dom of speech, freedom of re ligion, freedom from want and freedom from fear. . The Idea of maintaining a cur rent study of peace problems won applause from members of the senate foreign relations committee holding such widely divergent views as Senators Lee (D-Okla.), an early advocate of American intervention in the war, and Nye (R-ND), who opposed President Roosevelt's foreign policies vigor ously before Pearl Harbor. Canned Milk Given Russia k SEATTLE, July ll-(ff)-Repra-sentatives of war relief agencies of two allies Britain and Russia met Saturday aboard a Russian ship in the harbor to demonstrate their spirit of cooperation. The British-American war re lief administration donated to the Russian war relief, Inc., $500 worth of canned milk to be fed infants in distressed areas of the Soviet union behind the eastern front Woman Bruised When Hit by Car Geraldine Hamm, route one, Dallas, received several bruises when she was knocked down early this morning by a car driven by Cecil A. Edwards, 2315 ' Fair grounds road. Miss Hamm ad mitted she was jaywalking in the 100 block on North Commercial street when the accident occurred. Edwards was not held. jobs but it is only logical that men rtfyh families should be urged to leave non-essential Jobs to enter war industry. Men who do this will have a claim for deferment in class II on occupational grounds. "This is no time for Pollyanna talk. This, is war and the sooner every American realizes that his services must be used in the war effort either in the armed forces or in an essential job, the nearer shall be the victory." ; I'VE GO' 21 JOB TO DO You bet I hart... and Em going to do it right! The Victory program includes good health for all . . . and that means eyes, too. Have your tyei checked now! FCSZ EXAMSIATXOr? 444 S&zte c Term as Low SALEM - SILVERTON - EUGENE 1Z 1342 Five Atlantic Sinkings Told Insurance Charges on. Cargo Raised 5 Per' Cent; Most Sared (Continued From Aage 1) , enemv submarine in the Golf of Mexico, tha Cuban navy an nounced. No details were dis closed. . .. ..: : The British ship was sunk only short distance front ft Florida Port to which she was being, towed by a tug. She had been attacked first March 9 while hv the- harbor of -a British West Indian island. Four of tier native crewmen 'ere killed but the vessel was sal vaged and brought, mmdreds of miles in tow until the second at tack July 7 finished her. Her entire- crew of 91 Britons, West Indians -and Lascar Indians was rescued by the tug which was not attacked. Also rescued was a stewardess who escaped both tor pedoings without injury. Only nine of a crew ef 49 aboard one of the United States ships sunk May 27 in the Carib bean were rescued when their ship sank la 99 seconds after a torpedo hit. The nine spent five days and. 29 hears en two life rafts. A navy gun crew aboard the other United States ship, sunk several weeks age in the south Atlantic, stared with their listing ship for boors after the rest of the crew abandoned it hoping for a shot at the submarine which tor' pedoed them.' They -were forced to leave the vessel the next morning when it went down. One fireman was lost and 37 men were rescued by a British naval vessel the day after the attack. Fourteen men died when a small Greek cargo vessel was torpedoed in the Caribbean April 14. Six of the men lost were trapped below deck when the ship was hit. Nine managed to climb aboard life rafts. Eaker Heads Bomber Force A US ARMY AIR BASE IN BRITAIN, July 11-vD-A bronzed Texan who learned flying tricks as a test pilot was disclosed Satur day night as chief of the US army bomber command in the European theatre, entrusted with the task of blasting, an invasion , path in western Europe. He is Brig. Gen. Ira C Eaker, native of Llano county, Texas, and is second in command to Maj. Gen. Carl Spaatz, newly named com mander of the growing US army air forces in Europe. For two months now, stocky Gen. Eaker has been whipping the American bomber command into shape and his men are impatient to "get at 'em and get it over with." It appeared their wish would not be long in coming true. VFW May Cancel National Meet EUGENE, July ll-ff)-National disabled American Veterans Com mander Laurence R. Melton said Saturday that the organization's national convention, scheduled here for August, probably would be postponed until after the war. , Melton, here from Dallas, Tex., to draw up convention plans, said the final decision would be made later this month by the DAV national executive committee. Alissoori, Nebraska Clubs Plan Picnic Members of Missouri and Ne braska clubs plan a joint picnic Sunday, July 19, at Leslie park, with a program and basket lunch eon at noon. Participants are asked to bring family picnic baskets. Coffee and cream, but no sugar, are to be provided, the committee in charge has announced. In charge of the program are Mrs. Cecil Monk, Mrs. A. M. by and Mrs. E. T. DeHut EAST.CSrDIT TEZM3 . Fhooe 5523 3 as 50c Per Week Lost Ration Book ' Now Replaceable WASHINGTON. July 11-vT) The office of price administration said Saturday that local ration boards would be permitted to re place war ration books immecu- ttelj jl "convinced; beyond a rea sonable doubt that books were lost, stolen or destroyed. ; - , Formerly, persons who lost poa- gession of their sugar ration books were required to wait two months before obtaining a new Yoiing Named Deputy to Sheriff Appointment of : D en v e r I. Young; Salem brickmason , and former owner and operator of the Capitol Tile company, a criminal deputy in the office of Sheriff A. C Burk was announced Satur day by Burk. . T Young, for a number of years a member of the Salem Lions club and currently active in the civil ian defense organization, succeeds L. L. Pittenger, who has been named recruiting sergeant in the marine corps. He is to commence work at his new post July 23, and until that date, H. H. Daniels, night deputy, is to be in charge of the criminal department Pittenger is the "second deputy to leave the -sheriff's office in the past two weeks for military duty. Robert CaTfahan of the tax collec tion department left recently to enter the army. . Lowe Dies In Lebanon LEBANON Hnathan A. Lowe, 29, died Friday as the result of a heart attack he had suffered while at the Sagert stock ranch. Lowe was -active in civic affairs of Lebanon and wis a past offi cer of the Willamette district Morticians association. He was active in the organization of the Lebanon cavalry unit of the Ore gon Home guard.. He was a mem ber of the Lions club and of the Lebanon chamber of commerce. ' Lowe was born September 14, 1903, in Portland. He came to Lebanon in 1913 and became manager of the Lowe , mortuary on the death of his father, two years ago. .. He is survived by his widow, Adah Nichelson Lowe. Other sur vivors are two sons, Nathan Albert,-?; and. Roger Allen, .4; his mother,. Mrs. Winifred Lowe and his grandmother. Mrs. Eliza Whit- lock, all of Lebanon. . Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 o'clock from the Lowe mortuary chapel. Rev. Le Roy Crossley win ; officiate and burial will be in the Masonic cemetery. . Rental Advisory Group Appointed - Named on the dry rental ceiling advisory committee Saturday by Mayor W. W. Chadwick were Gil bert Madison, manager of the Marion hotel, chairman, W. Q. Hardy, Don Young, Carl Hogg and C. C. Gies. - ;- . A request for the committee's appointment to serve in an inves tigatory and advisory capacity came from H.-C Johnson, four- county cantonment council co ordinator. Here 's Your First Job in II EMI 1 . . . - . . -. i O Of course you want to help Am-t erica in this troubled hour. And here's one part you can pkryC resolv to do something NOW to further a personal program of physical fitness get well and keep well, needs today, js our rtecdlby o5r energy, our best ettoris In useful produc tion. So-go see your Iysldan. Then let us cooperate by expert ly filling his prescriptions. Get well! Keep well! For Good Health Is a National Duty. WILLETT3 Aw Li C-'aiL.J Cjilw'siU : Ccrser SUte & Liberty phens 3118- Sugar Ration May Go Up Snipping and Output Excc Prwent Use Watch Is Careful (Contbraed From Page 1) able to maintain the rates of Im port of. the first naif of 1942; our sugar situation, with each con sumer on a restricted ration, will be considered basically found. -If warfare eute down this ease ef Import to amy reet ex teat for any length of time, or If the t7S mamland yiaU falls ihstt sf expectations, then the rationing system wffl have to be tightened." Durina' the day. OPA relaxed refutations covering .. sugar, pur chases by those living in remote areas and who might have diffi culty in getting transportation to stores. Under the new order, i ranchers, sheep herders, prospec- i torr and similar persons may buy up to 12 pounds of sugar each as an advance against their regular rations. . Until now. they could purchase only a month's supply, or two pounds, at one time. 158 German Aliens Takien : ' (Continued from Page 1) WASHINGTON, July lMflVAn exhaustive crossexamination to which a federal agent waa sub jected Saturday indicated the prosecution apparently had reach ed the climax of its case against the eight nazi saboteurs on trial for, their lives before , a military court ,.:. Under tha blazing electric lights of an, air-conditioned courtroom from which all daylight has been excluded, army officers assigned to defend . the stolid prisoners cross-questioned the agent more than four hours and still had not completed their examination when the trial recessed at 6 pm. until Monday morning. This agent whose name was not given In the brief communi ques released by the commis sion, took only part ef the short , morning session to give his di rect testimony for the prosecu tion; the first part of the morn ing, session was consumed In cross-examination of an agent who had testified Friday. But despite the brevity of his direct testimony, the story he told was me. most damaging that had yet been -presented if the lengths w woicu - uic ucicuae wsut vj shake it are a criterion. He was the ninth witness to testify. British Planes Over Sweden STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sun day, July 12.-P)-The Swedish general staff for defense announ ced early Sunday that about 10 British planes flew over the Swe dish coast Saturday night ' Swedish fighters took off but were unable to contact the planes because of bad weather condi tions, it was said. " ; Other British planes were said to have flown over Scania pro vince ami Karlskrona archipela go in southern Sweden but they flew off when fired on by i anti aircraft guns, i ', .