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,
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Continuous Lverr Day
Frosi 1:C3 pjn.
Victory
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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. .
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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.
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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
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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-
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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." ;
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