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PAGE TWO TW OFXGOlf STXTESl'.IAIT. Salem;' Oregon, TEursdoY trdrnlng. Apdl TK I2IT Japs Lose 30 Planes D (Continued from Page I) D ; sinking a 6000-ton carro ship In Ilansa bay. New Guinea, where a 10,009-tn and-aa 8te- -, ton shin - had been hit in a preview . raid, A light orniser was damaged by allied bombs ' In the Arafura sea. ' . - New Britain island and New Guinea received considerable at tention.' " On New Britain, a heavy bomb er attacked the building area of Ubili: both heavy and medium units bombed the airdrome and the harbor at Gasmata, also at tacking barbes and float , planes; at Ara we, medium bombers straf ed buildings, and at Cape Glou cester a two-motored bomber at tacked the airdrome and attacked grounded aircraft. On New Guinea, in addition to the raid on Hansa bay, a medium bomber strafed barges in the har bor of Finschhafen. In addition to the blow dslivered against shipping ; at Hansa bay, planes attacked anti-aircraft posi tions, loaded barges and an air field. . -High School Youths Take Forest Guard SEATTLE, April 14-(ff)-High school youths and civilian defense volunteers will compose, an emer gency corps this summer to guard against heavy forest fire losses in Washington and Oregon during the manpower shortage in the woods. - . X- v - The Washington forest fire as sociation headquarters Wednes day outlined a defense program which will encompass state forest services, national parks, the In dian, service and private forest fire fighting, agencies. ' The main battalion for the fire patrol is being recruited from high schools. Boys 16 and older are being ; signed up . at $130 a month for the summer. They will augment the regular lookouts, guards and . rangers.' . Several thousand farmers, busi ness men and professional men of smaller communities will stand by as a line of . reserves - under the office of civilian defense organ ization. " The high , school boys, in fire suppression crews of five to 25 each, -will lire in forest camps.. Seven GOPay - McNary Urge Runil Measure WASHINGTON, April 14-() Seven republican members of the senate finance committee, acting with the approval of Minority Leader r McNary of Oregon, pledged support Wednesday for the Ruml skip-a-tax-year plan.. They signed a statement -declaring that they would give full sup port to the "earliest possible ap plication" of a withholding tax for collection at the source as part of ine Kumi plan. : The statement said that if the house could agree on such a pro gram the minority believed the senate finance committee would approve a bill of this nature with in 48 hours. rnose who signed the state ment were Senators McNary. Van. denberg of Michigan, Lodge of Massachusetts, Danaher of Con necticut, Taft of Ohio. Thomas of idabo. Butler of Nebraska and MUlikin of , Colorado. - Senator Vandenberg said . Senator Davis of Pennsylvania, the eighth re publican on the finance committee. was oui .ox town and therefore could not be reached for his sig nature. - . Farm Boards to Use "S- Draft itecorda ; WASHINGTON.' Aoril 1 a - i The war food administration has instructed county agricultural war boards to use records of the local selective service boards m their campaign to recruit skilled work ers for dairy: farms' from lists of registrants , between ages of 18 - and :45. . :' :. .: -. - uminmnuon sug- ciea to county ooards that form Miters mignt oe dispatched to Kiiie dairy workers not now en gaged in that: occupation. , To jo Broadcast x ; " : . Recorded in NY .1 " NEW YORKV April 14-(P)-Pre-mier Hideki jojo, Japanes war minister, declared Wednesday that the allies' are waging - "persistent and moreover desperate" counter-offensiyes- by land,' sea "and air from Burma" to the Aleutians. Their speeches made at presen tation of awards to Japanese sci entists for investing-and develop ing devices toj aid Japan's war effort, were broadcast by the Tok yo radio and recorded by. the fed eral -communications commission. Uuc Tory niacins Out STOcmioLi,r, a p r i 1 u-VP) Ilunary has refused axis requests for trocps. to help; defend the Bal kans tsi is withdrawing soldiers frcn Kassia, usually reliable sources said Wedaesday Post War Planning Group Scans Employment Problem, Suggests Building Program Conversion of war plants' into peacetime industries, stimulation of other industries, and promo tion of a substantial public- buil ding program, should play an im portant part in Oregon's post .war activities, it was decided at the first meeting of Gov.' SnelTs post war readjustment and develop ment committee here Wednesday. All members of the committee agreed - that employment is the outstanding post-war problem. The committee, including 15 members, created by the 1943 leg islature, has an appropriation of $10,000. .Dr. "Victor Morris, Uni versity 'of j Oregon, was chosen committee chairman and George Aiken, state f budget chairman. committee secretary.. Gov. Snell told the committee the major objective at the present time is to win the war. "Then we wiu be faced wiin tne reaajust- -a j mm M meni penoo, oneu aeciareo. xie a . m a J l 1 TT emphasized the necessity for re - taining present war Industries, obtaining new industries, contin - uation of agricultural production, and providing employment ; for both the returning soldiers and civilians, i KB. McNaughton, Portland banker, urged the committee not to proceed too fast but to decide upon a meritorious program that will have the support of the pub - lie. Thf i th- nnlv rvt war re, adjustment unit in Oregon with UustaW unit in Oregon with a legal status," McNaughton de clared." and we win encounter many serious problems.' Both long ; range and short range post war programs were suggested by committee members. One would center on an effort to obtain i federal projects and the other home activities. It was urged that the state place itself in a : position to match federal funds for government projects as signed to Oregon. The proposed, public building program would, include the fed eral government, state, counties, municipalities and school dist ricts. . I c The executive ; committee is composed of McNaughton, Morris, Aiken, George Buckler and R. H. Baldock. This committee was au thorized to negotiate for the env ployment of a full time executive director at a salary not in excess of , $400 a month. i It was suggested that the di rector be versed in both nation al and state affairs. Army Slates ifaopagan Activities WASHINGTON, April 14 -JP) Army plans for large-scale propa ganda activities in North Africa and southern Europe were dis closed Wednesday by Elmer Da vis who said 300 propagandists were needed to work with Gen eral . D wight D. Eisenhower's forces. ; As explained by the director of war information, the propagand ists would devote themselves to spread of propaganda among axis troops and among civilians in both allied-occupied territories and be hind the enemy lines. Coastal Ship Finds Fliers r VICTORIA. B. C Aoril 14 is Officers and crewmen of the coastal steamer Prinra Aii gave help when an RAF medium bomber crashed in the sea off nearby James island Tuesday with the loss of two of its three-man crew, it was learned here today. Few details were available pending an -official statement, which the RAF said would be is sued after an investigation. The Princess Alice, operated by Cana dian Pacific steamships between Vancouver, Victoria -and Seattle, picked up one survivor, severely injured, and recovered one body. , : The crash occurred just as the steamer hove in sight Walla Walla Prisoner Escapes by Ruse WALLA WALLA. Anril 1 tfs X C Steedler. serving ll for robbery in Lewis countv. caped .from Inside the walla of Washington state prison Wednes day by a ruse. Warden Bert O. Webb" reported. " , Steedley i was working in the I prison laundry but managed to grtamoiur members of an inmate crew leaving for work mitM h I walled He - entered the penitentiary i last August. . FR Appoints' Labor Member of 7LB ' WASHINGTON, April 14-flP The war labor board announced Wednesday that President Roose velt had appointed Van Ai Bittner as a labor member of the board. succeeding Thomas Kennedy, secretary-treasurer of . the United Mine Workers, who resigned. - Bittner, who Is assistant to the president of the CIO United Steel workers, has' been serving as a substitute labor : member ef the board. r ONtheHOMEFRONT By ISABEL CHILDS Dismayed " to . learn that JSalem city police - (state officers a n-d county sheriffs deputies, too, for that matter) were attending school, I started to look into the matter Tuesday.-Only the initiat ed can : understand the jealousy that can creep over a profession al would-be writer upon hearing that the cops may be learning grammar. ; j . Most colorful bit of writing to tx found anvwhere in the dtr is M mr m - likrf to be tucked away in the I : " basket at the city Police station. 1 nut there by a man interested J onj. m telling the facts of the 1 case. caring little 'whether he J usea the word "took' or M taken." I when someone starts making him conscious of such ; comparatively I unimportant details, we police I porters may just as well join the J merchant marine, for the boys will be doing their own newspaper I stories. 1 So, there was a bit of chill in my voice as I questioned , about this schooL but the edge came off Us It became apparent that it's a bit of brushup on use of firearms the men behind the badges are taking. I V t. f Ranks of all three law enforce- ment agencies here have been filled with so many new men re - cently that the school is really more than a review for most of them. . ' I Uoyd Grice, inspector with the liquor control commission, is pro fessor, serving the state vocation al department while on leave from the OLCC. And if his schools in other parts of the state arouse half the enthusiasm that the i Salem classes have stirred his fame is made. : V Just one feature reminds one of a liberal arts university (Wil lamette at freshman glee season) and that is the wagering on marksmanship records. WLB Denies Lumbermen's Petition SEATTLE, April U(JP The war labor btoard denied Wednes day a petition by four woodwork ing companies in Oregon and Washington for a review of a west 1 I coast lumber commission decision, I tha aMm J 1 . I ported. I Thm firm, l.l. I I u- i la I peai were the Tacoma Door and -iywood operators, the M & M Woodworking -company, - Evans Products company and the Smith Wood Products company. A.un uuuer commission, in a I . 1 decision last November, granted a 74 per cent wage increase to approximately 6000 employes of the four concerns, retroactive to February 15 of last year. Th. . , 1 . . w imuor Doaro. in an opinion written .by Wime Morse of the University of Ore gon, emphasized that a party pe titioning for a review of a WLB regional board or industry com mission decision must J establish existence of one or more of the four conditions laid down by the WLB in its appeal Drocedure Dean Mors et forth that the commission had violated none nt ,our conditions and the deci- won was consistent with its pow CIO Reports Work Delay SAN FRANCTsm ai A work delav of Mri-.i ' I work hi .V."' 1, C the waterfront Wednesday by SO stevedores was reported to Pres- ident Roosevelt by the CIO Long- shoremen's union, in line with a union campaign to can attention to what the union sav 1 lark A planning in assignment of water- j iront labor. Officials of the San I Stevedoring companv attribut;! 1 delay; to a scarcitv of tn ooais, preventing the moving of J a vessel unable to crateed 1 its own power. T I By the time a tug-boat arrived I the company said,, the tide had chnedi causing further delay. Schuscknifnfs Son oes Reported Dead AT THE GERMAN FRONTIER. April 14 -UPS- Th IT.tmfIH son of Kurt Schuschnigg, former auuuui cnanceuor. was report 1 1- Wednesday to have died several weeas ago in a hosoital far Poland. . . - . . . s I He .had been working in a Ger- j man labor 'unit. - . .. 1 Rnm f iitifla Ali:l . rt i uisuui AnnT rorre i v. . 1 - i xjivvvri, Apru i UPV- The xuxne raaio apparently trying to 1 expiwn h axis setoaca: In North l Africa, praised the British Etehtb. army Wednesday night as -the finest fighting force in the world 1 today." - i RAF Attacks Continent G (Continued from Page 1) G caught vulnerable Italy In an aerial vise. , - i , - J rThe whole dockyard was well ablaze,1 said one pilot who made the 1500-mile round trip, flight, to attack the big fascist submarine, shipbuilding and repair center 50 miles southeast of Genoa in north ern Italy." : : ';:: ,' :: 'Returning airmen said Italian defenses were 'pathetic" daring the raid, which .was officially described as heavy, and they told of tremendous explosions being touched off 'and thick palls of smoke arising ever Spesia. -J p';'i5r'V' ''kX' , One airman said he saw a large ship burning in the cuter har bor, and another said he saw only one searchlight. "They did not give us the slightest trouble," he I said of the Italian dif pnHm. I " " ww One German fiehter nlane was J . - w - . r downed off the south coast of England this evening by. British fighters. Three British planes were re ported missing from the Spezia raid and a dawn attack on north western Germany. Cairo . headquarters said all i RAF planes returned safely from the Monday night assault on Mes sina and Palermo. Other fighter - bombers ham mered freight 'yards at Bruges, Belgium, hit freight trains and -"". raa I " to rance na utiacxea onjecuves at I Dre5S umr. xnree uerman planes were de - i ciare1 SDm aown during these oayugni sweeps, ana lour British 1 pisnes were mwaing C. G. Gabriel Dies, Hospital C (Continued from Page D C time staff member of the Marion county war price and rationing board has an unusually large cir cle of acquaintances here. : Mr. Gabriel bad been a Mason for 36 years, and at the time of his. death was a member of Salem lodge No. 6, Salem lodge of Per fection,. Al Kader shrine and Chadwick chapter, OES. He was affiliated with the Salem Elks lodge. A great lover of horses, he was a member of the Salem Saddle dub. . . Survivors, in addition to his mother, and widow, include broth ers, Edward B. Gabriel, Portland and Andy J. Gabriel, Eugene; sis ters, Mrs. Ed Montague, Cheney, Wash.; Mrs. W. R. Lisko, Burlin game, Calif.; Mrs. Ivan Tichnor, Sunnyvale, Calif- and Mrs. A. E. Cooke, Milwaukie, Ore, Funeral arrangements had not Kami AMr1fAU V&iliiAwlaw .tvK but are to be announced today! hv th W. T PlVHrm onmnanv I House Fights Farm Measure WASHINGTON, April 14 - UP) A new farm j fight broke out in the house Wednesday over the appropriations committee's recom mendation for abolition of the farm security! administration and threatened to riddle the $707,040.- 844 supply bill for the agriculture denartment for tho ft.al mar I tSEL starting July Opponents of the FSA abolition move scored a major strategic victory by persuading the rules committee to decree procedure under which many provisions in the controversial measure may be removed by a single objection. At the request of the agricul ture commiiiee, wmcn accused the aDDroDriationa e nm-m f 1 1 m usurping us i legisiaave preroga tives, the rules committee refused to safeguard the bill from parlia mentary points of order. The ef fect of this I action is that any member and there were- many waiting to do it could raise point of order against any leei. provision not directly deal- ing with appropriations and th DT remove ltt J ... - i Officer Wounds WanTT TLL ' lnOU6ht StealitKr Anfn " i ruiMHD, April IHavtan. dition of John L. Gordon. 30. shot 11 Wednesday by a Portland of- ficer home on leave from the air cur,s w aescriDed by hospital attaches as Tfair tonhtht. The;officer, John D.Dow. 33 said he fired twice at a man he MW crouched behind his car which naa been : moved about si . The second bullet struck the man's shoulder. Gordon is a shoe sale. man who recently came here from New York, f Plane Crash Kills Honolulu! Soldiers HONOLULU. April j. . . i . -- , aoiaiers were killed and wvn civUian workmen injured when an rmy ptthefr crashed at Wheeler MS J j . iea Tesieraay, army authorities jounced Wednesday. , -i-nm civilian. . h. t- t. uuut puduc . wn .. - t.: - '.- jia wie viciniiy oi tne ac-' ciaent. All are resident. f w- olulu. Names of the oldir not announced. f Tod Ljkte to f!lffw r. t WANTED. Cowl wagJ Gets 4 Axis Planes Lieut. Meldrum L. Sears . (above) ot Paris, TIL, was ' credited in dispatches with shooting down four axis planes during aerial combat ever the Mediterranean. .. In the engagement, allied fliers barred a total of 18 huce trans t pert planes. Associated Press Telemat. ; - " Escape Try 15 Years ; SAN FRANCISCO, April 1-P) Fred Hunter, 43, who would have been eligible for parole from Al- ra prison m 5epiemoer, toces charges in connection with Tuesdays attempted escape which i would add la years to his prison 1 life, US Attorney Frank J. Hen- nessey said Wednesday night. 'Hennessey said Hunter, one of four who tried to flee the island prison, will be charged with at tempted escape and attacking an officer with a deadly weapon. He was discovered biding in a cave on Aicatraz island late Tuesday, Hunter. er, sentenced from Ohio, belonged to the Alvin Karpis once gang. Harold Brest, 31, Pennsylvania bank robber who Is the only oth er surviving member of the quar tet, will probably face no further prosecution, the attorney said. "I see no purpose In prosecuting Brest, because he has forfeited all good time he may have accumu lated and he's already serving for life and 50 years," Hennessey ex plained. Warden James A. Johnston said bodies of James A. Boarman, 24, Indianapolis bank robber, and Floyd G. Hamilton, 36, former member of the southwest's Bon me arxer-uiyae Barrow gang. were still being, sought in San xrancisco Day. aoux men were hit when guards fired on them as they swam for freedom, the war den said. ' " Wheeler Asks I IstsTallTls'riff'Gt M-M. lltUt.O For Fathers WASHINGTON, April 14 UP) 'Zhl -M-h 1 pose amendments to the house- ww vuiiuuor liia-iit. axes winiin nm vjjiuvcu jvu.ua y Dm to provide blanket deferments for fathers and to require physical examinations of all registrants now to deter mine whether they are fit for army duty. .. ' The Kilday bill puts draft quo i xas on a statewide basis and pro- - j L 7T. . i yicthatthemduction erf fathers in any state would be delayed un til the supply of eligible single men and childless married men in that state has been exhausted. "I think the bill would be bet- if we amended it to provide a flat exemption for fathers of children born prior to Pearl Har bor, even if we had to put a time limit on the period of exemotion"" tin , oi exexnpuon. Finds Wasted WASHINGTON. Aoril 14 I A Xwo7ear "" b A A - V ' I master department of food waste In mjj, . u.n.cu iiu ramps snowed that more than a fifth of the food was discarded, the senate war in vestigating committee dftcloscd Wednesday. . However, Brig, Gen. James I Ironk, deputy quartermaster gen eral, testified that the war de partment has "issued instructions to all concerned and by a sys tem of further inspection is in full control of the situation." His testimony, taken at a closed com mittee session April .3, was made public Wednesday. . Ends TeaJghi! X Big Featares In Technicolor! vlga..r.;3 CI.sigt Lu - Cempanioa - Smash Hit! ' WITH llarjorie Raxnbeaa May Bring Inquiry f Y 77 Axis Planes Doomed Ef (Continued from Page 1) E the surviving axU airdromes in i 41011 fhit-DI be helpful to Gov Tunisia Itself-MegrfaM at Foch- If0 SneU's comrnittee to file en the outskirts' of Tunis, and Oudna, south ef Tunis. ' - (Not" only the Tunisia affiedfair forr. ht,t i RriticH hnmfUiaspH bombers and RAF planes under the Middle East command were pounding violently at the Italian base-land. . It was announced in London that Spezia, the. naval base in . northern Italy below,' Genoa, i and the Palermo and Messina har bors in Sicily- had been . heavily bombed. - " :C C'- (The British air force based on Malta also ' was in the thick of what appeared to be an unprece dented 'effort to bomb the; axis clear, out ; of the Mediterranean sea, a . communique announcing successful fighter-bomber attacks on enemy airdromes oh Pan tell er- ia island between Sicily and Tuni sia sweeps over Sicily itself . (One of three axis naval ves sels attacked in these Malta-based sweeps was destroyed, f (There were roundabout and unconfirmed reports, that some axis forces already were beginning to evacuate from Tunisia over to Sardinia and Sicily, but it appear ed very likely that most of these evacuees ; were , German technical air force personnel who no longer could be usefully employed In Tu nisia because of the croEressive immobilization of axis air fields). There again was nothing to in dicate that the Germans were at tempting any large-scale evacua tion of Tunisia; it appeared that they intended to hold Tunis and Bizerte to the last possible mo ment. ; Draft Medico T UI OCIIOOI Corps WASHINGTON, April 14 -6 The medical director of the se- iecuve service system reminded senators Wednesday that soon all aacuuons 10 we armea zorces must come from present high school age youths whom he cri ticized in general as "soft and flabby' Testifying in favor of a bill to appropriate $3,484,377 a year for the high school victory corps program, CoL Leonard G. Rown- tree told the senate education committee that in the past two years his office has accumulated evidence of an overall lack of health and physical fitness among! young Americans. wvbuvc, m muu, uciutv taxing . oiooa pressures oi pros pective ' inductees tne draft ex aminers used to make them squat down and get up 10 times.1 "Now some of the examining physicians tell me they have to go around and help the boys up after five squats," Rowntree tes tified. Innocent Plea Set In Child Slaying MEDFORO, April 14-KflVTillie Michalski entered a plea of inno cent at her arraignment Wednes day on a grand jury indictment charging her and Sgt. Bernard Lot- ka with first degree murder in "vww . I the son here April connection with the smothering of 1.; Lotka's arraignment was post poned to next Tuesday at the re quest of. his counsel. George A. Codding, former Jackson county district attorney, appointed by Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna. Miss Michalski's trial date will be set then. The court appointed Otto J. Frohnmayer to represent her. Internees Escape SHERBRCOKE, QUEBEC. April 14 UP)-T w o German merchant seamen Rudolph Altroueller, 29, and Stefan Gladys, 24 escaped from a civilian interment camp at J B S Yr S ----- Bay War Bonds. Stamps r now siiownta cumin- CO-FEATUKE rTt Men with an ideal so power ful it soothed the worst nasi tortures . . THE PURPLE V JtODAY and, mm Continuous Lverr Day Frosi 1:C3 pjn. Victory I i. IIMI llllllllll V" unit ittiu utntnucm I r C of C Secretary Probes IMilk Scene Henry B. Pinninger, : secretary of the Roseburg chamber jot com merce is sending ' letters to all i chambers of commerce in Oregon asking them to assemble "informa- sup me-nuuf nnpuOT in I , j lgr1 member of the I uuuuw. fit seeKS TO ODiain We OI producers, milk wno.nave re tired from business, number of herds now in production and those that - have been . slaughtered and other information.- ; The committee will confer, with the office jof price administration. Intensive Tin Can Drive Set A (Continued from Page 1) A tive, promised. Camp Fire Girls groups will be Invited to assume similar responsibilities. " - '- Rules for preparing tin cans to make them valuable as salvage were outlined as follows. ': , L Wash cans, thoroughly af ter emptying contents. Remove paper labels.. . 2. open can at both ends and tack .la tops and bottoms. J. Flatten cans by stepping on them1 bat - do aot hammer them flatleave enough spaee between f flattened aides ; to able to see threoxh them. - Attending Wednesday night's meeting In addition . to Paulus, Finney and newspaper - represen tatives were Mrs. J. A. Inglis, Palk county salvage chairman; S. E. Whitworth, Dallas school su perintendent; Mrs. S. E. Whit worth, salvage publicity. . chair man; Mrs. - Earl lulgham, Polk county, women's activities chair man, andj Mrs. Del win Reinemer, city civilian defense personnel of ficer, all of Dallas; W. C Heise, West' Salem salvage chairman; Robert ELj Rieder, . Marion county agricultural agent, Jones, Supt. Benett and Leigh ton. . I n ! rw 1 V OlKCS 1 raCCCl By Iforter B (Continued from Page 1) B James, clad in a white night-gown. "She seemed to be struggling as she fell backwards, trying to hold herself up by the curtain over berth 14. j Her eyes were right on me. it seemed, as tnough she was trrin to nek to me with her Thin I saw her eves roll back and 5 she si unwed down. second tnirnrtse - witness was Eugene W. Norton, of Daly City, Calif., who occupied upper, 7. Nor ton said he had awakened prepar atory to leaving the train at Eu gene, Orei He said swishes against the curtain indicated someone had 'gone down the isle twice between 4:30 a. m. and 4:35 a. m. Fifteen minutes later he heard Mrs. James scream and cry out. He saw; the man running down the Isle. I Injures Two HOLLISTER, Calif, April 14 navy Dump on a rouun p- Moffett field crashed UP)-A navy blimp on a routine pa- into a 2000-foot hilltop five miles southeast of Gilroy early Wed nesday, injuring two of its crew and shaking up the others. - , After .spilling out the crew members, the blimp bounded over the coastal hills and was found later about five miles from ' the scene of the crash, totally wrecked. The pilot, Lieut. (JG) Robert M. McBridr of Murfreesboro, Term., suffered cuts about , the face, and the co-pilot, Ensign Don S Haslett of Piedmont, Calit, re ceived a broken leg. Haslett Is a former Stanford university golfer. SEHISSi Blimp Mishap ire ciA07ir:o-DiAsir:o action rjtjcca nova cocjo annex a ; r ;-'pira Liz Meat Firms IFile Suits. : .. . -. - ' ........... I Against OP A , WASHINGTON, April 14 Two large meat packing compan ies, Armour and Co., and Wil son and Co., have- filed suit against Price Administrator Pren tiss . : Brown ; in . the t. emergency court of appeals, claiming they have been 'compelled to sell meat to the army at a loss under OPA price regulations and asking for an increase. ', (::' Armour in' three suits, claimed it had been ordered to supply the . 0m. am. 4am army , ana - navy wiui o.vui.yi i pounds of meat at a loss of $251, 502, Wilson, without setting totjh the amount of meat, claimed that the price - at which it made the sale j threatened "to impede the production of carcass beef , which war effort. . . ' j Both companies asked the court to set aside an OPA order deny ing their application for high prt- :.! 't'"v ' : In its reply; the office of price administration declared the max imum price regulations were en forced "to prevent inflation and competitive advantages of those who furnish carcass beef to the government. The OPA-also chal lenged the. jurisdiction of the court to grant the ' packers re-, quests. . .- -V i OPA Rejects es WASHINGTON, April 14-() Price Administrator ! Prentiss M. Brown Wednesday rejected rent control changes proposed by the national association of real estate boards, saying they, would be in conflict with the president's order j to "hold the line" against infla- f tion. , - The association proposals were of a' technical nature. Brown com- : mented that "while your proposals do not explicitly request any gen eral increase in the rent . level, their adoption would clearly achieve such a request" Capitol Newsmen Rap Restrictions . WASHINGTON, April 14-(ff) In a letter to President Roosevelt, Gnang the standing committee of Wash- . said that restrictions placed on newspaper reporters at the forth-: coming international food confer ence constitute Ma denial of legiti mate news to the American pub lic and hence an ..abridgment of I the freedom , of the press." ; 1 cvrPvpNC KNOWS Tuty-.e CM) 1 r? THE LIVES AND 10YES Of tTTZt T 02) A Bex-Offtee f:4f 9 llsulat no7 noGEns - ' raita . nnves Inc." Ezzl: Tcyfcr aa ' ii U - M i ' : - i , t V ' : r - Today K -CABaiit0 Bex-Offlee 3 1 -v Open ffJ! KjF;S .Lit.it-)1 Qs--?: